Technical Requirements
Supported Platforms (Intel-based PCs):
Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 WorkStation with Service Pack 6a recommended
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 6a recommended
Windows® 2000
Computer System Requirements:
800 MB free disk space for the Bentley Publisher software and samples
Minimum 64MB of RAM. 128MB of RAM is recommended. Using more RAM will provide better performance
Minimum 200MB free disk space for file caching. Using more disk space for file caching will provide better performance
TCP/IP Networking installed
Web browser
Vector file format support:
MicroStation DGN files(including v8)with Raster attachments from Image Manager, Raster Reference or Raster Manager
MicroStation CEL files
AutoCAD DWG and DXF files (AutoCAD 2000/2000i/2002 files are supported)
MicroStation GeoGraphics projects, including DGN and Raster maps
Supported clients:
Any Web browser
Bentley Publisher Viewer
Customized clients
Any MicroStation SE application enabled with Image Manager 6.1
Any MicroStation/J application with either Image Manager or Raster Manager
Any MicroStation V8 application with Raster Manager
Raster file format support:
BMP 1, 4, 8, 24 Bits, Lined; No compression, RLE4 or RLE8
C29 (Type 29) 8 Bits, Lined or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; RLE compression
CALS 1 Bit, Lined; CCITT Group 4 Compression
CIT (Type 24) 1 Bit, Lined, Multi-resolution possible; CCITT Group 4
COT (Type 2) 8 Bits, Lined or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; No Compression
ECW (ERMapper images)
FPX 8, 24, 32 Bits, Tiled, multi-resolution; JPEG and Single Color
GeoTiff 1, 8, 24 Bits, Matrix, ModelTiePoints, ModelPixelScale tags, Lined, Stripped or Tiled, Multi-resolution possible; Deflate, CCITT Group 3, CCITT Group 4, Packbits and JPEG
HMR 1, 8 Bits, Tiled, Multi-resolution; CCITT Group3, CCITT Group4, Packbits and Deflate
Image Manager Projects 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits, A collection of 1 or more images of any of the above formats. View 1 only; If different pixel types are present, it is seen as a 32 Bits pixel type. Transparency on 24 Bits images is not supported
ImageMapped 4, 8 Bits, Lined; No compression
Image RGB 24 Bits, Lined; No Compression
iTIFF 1, 8, 24 Bits, Stripped or Tiled Multiresolution; Deflate, CCITT Group3, CCITT Group4, Packbits, RLE and JPEG
JFIF/JPEG 24 Bits, Lined; JPEG Compression
PCX 1, 4, 8, 24 Bits, Lined; No compression
PNG 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits, Lined; Deflate
PSS 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits. A collection of 1 or more images of any of the above formats. View 1 only; If different pixel types are present, it is seen as a 32 Bits pixel type. Transparency on 24 Bits images is not supported
Raster Manager Projects 1, 8, 24, 32 Bits, A collection of 1 or more images of any of the above formats. View 1 only; If different pixel types are present, it is seen as a 32 Bits pixel type. Transparency on 24 Bits images is not supported
RGB (Type 28) 24 Bits, Line or tiled; No Compression
RLC 1 Bit, Lined
RLE (Type 9) 1 Bit, Lined or Tiled, Multiresolution possible; RLE Compression
SID (MrSID images)
Sun Raster 4, 8 Bits, Lined; No compression
Targa 24 Bits, Lined; No compression
TG4 (Type 24) 1 Bit, Tiled, Multi-resolution possible; RLE Compression
TIFF 1, 8, 24 Bits, Lined, Stripped or Tiled, Multi-resolution possible; Deflate, CCITT Group 3, CCITT Group 4, Packbits and JPEG