Bentley Descartes V8i
The Advanced Processing Platform for 3D Imagery

Bentley Descartes is a very powerful toolset for integrating 3D imagery into information modeling workflows. Bentley Descartes supports the processing of the fundamental data types used in infrastructure projects, such as point clouds, scalable digital terrain models, and raster files. Bentley Descartes also handles legacy documentation processing such as vector-to-raster and raster-to-vector conversion.

Bentley Descartes is now available both as a stand-alone and as a layered application for MicroStation, and for MicroStation-based infrastructure design applications.

Bentley Descartes will make infrastructure professionals more productive by providing them with:

	Advanced point-cloud data processing Bentley Descartes integrates point clouds into information modeling workflows. Point cloud processing increases return on investment from point-cloud data and helps to save infrastructure design time and costs.
	Manipulation of scalable terrain models Bentley Descartes enables the creation and use of large models at the city or regional level for large engineering projects or planning, thus increasing the return on investment for large datasets. The ability to view larger terrain models also improves the quality of decisions made in infrastructure projects.
	Advanced raster processing Bentley Descartes brings raster images into information modeling workflows, providing visualization and context for infrastructure projects. This improves the quality of project outputs.
	Processing of legacy documentation Bentley Descartes enables hybrid workflows and the cleanup and vectorization of legacy documents in information modeling workflows, helping teams to increase their productivity.