Bentley Inspector and Bentley Stakeout
Bentley OnSite is composed of two modules that share functionality. These graphic-based applications can be used in conjunction with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and other survey devices.
- Bentley Stakeout provides tools for staking design features, maintaining real-time stakeout calculations in the field, and digitally recording these activities.
- Bentley Inspector offers a complete electronic field book to streamline the work of checking and recording field construction activities.
Eliminating the Re-Engineering Step
Bentley OnSite makes fast work of pinpointing and collecting the right information for the field job. It puts an end to re-engineering of design information in various paper and electronic forms—a step that takes time and contributes to mistakes in the field.
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Bringing Intelligent Data to the Field
The types of project data that can be brought to the field using Bentley OnSite are virtually limitless. Drawings, geometry, drainage network, quantities, and digital terrain model information are intelligently indexed and compiled, so the user has direct access to the right data.
Enabling this is the Design Archive that sits at the core of Bentley OnSite. The Design Archive intelligently compiles and links all design information within a central, indexed database via the Bentley OnSite Administrator.
Quantities and Pay Item Information
Bentley OnSite Administrator imports geometry, MicroStation graphics, AutoCAD graphics, and drainage and terrain model data. But it is the pay item and quantities information provided only by Bentley Civil products that afford maximal intelligence in the Design Archive. Even without this intelligence, an inspector can benefit by manually selecting pay item and measurement formulas.
During the quantities definition process of design and engineering, GEOPAK, InRoads, and MX users can run custom pay item measurement formulas, and these formulas are carried through to Bentley OnSite. For example, if a complex formula is used to calculate the tonnage of asphalt from a plan area measurement, this formula becomes an integral part of the asphalt pay item. When the inspector records the final measurements, the same formula is applied.
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Graphical Selecting and Reporting
Because the Design Archive links pay item data to graphic entities, it is easy to find and retrieve all of the relevant data associated with any particular design feature. Information such as the pay item or material number, design quantity, description, phase or status, computation method, computed date, location, and elevation can be viewed by selecting and reporting on the associated graphic element.
Advanced Solutions for Field Specialties
Bentley Stakeout automates the stakeout process by eliminating preparation of staking information prior to entering the field. Standardized stake spacing intervals and offsets are automatically calculated for various field features, but the field surveyor is always in control and can override standard preferences. Used in conjunction with GPS, users can retrieve real-time elevation measurements and compare these to the design for instant cut/fill calculations and staking details.
Using GPS with the Bentley Inspector, an inspector can overlay the field location on top of the design graphics. Visual detection of problem areas is instantaneous. If the most sophisticated measuring device onsite is a wheel,
the inspector still benefits with immediate visual feedback as to what has been built and inspected and what remains to be constructed. The inspector can also calculate volumes such as stock piles and trenching, as well as other as-built quantities.
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Electronic Field Book and Project Data Management
An electronic field book, or Field Database, is continually updated as the surveyor and inspector do their work. Both can record handwritten notes, sketches, digital images, and voice recordings to enhance the field book.
The user can return to the office at any time to download and merge the Field Database with the previous day’s project survey or inspection data. The project manager or administrator then uses Bentley OnSite Administrator to determine the status of the project, print reports, and distribute work for the next day.
Custom Settings for User and Workflow
Through Bentley OnSite Administrator, users can customize the inspection and stakeout processes to allow for company-specific prompts and data entry. Customization can include different prompts and data entry based on pay item. Through log-in control, it is possible to restrict or grant as much power or functionality as needed for each user.
Workflow customization of the inspection process is handled via a Custom Add-on Module that presents additional tabs and dialogs for inspection-specific operations. The data entry made during these operations is written to the Field Database for storage. The Custom Add-on Module also enables the creation of custom reports depicting the exact data and format required – with full access to Field Database and Design Archive data. Any .NET programming language can be used to customize workflows.
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