Bentley Building Electrical Systems

Building information modeling

• Professional electrical design solution for building services:
      - Power distribution
      - Lighting
      - Fire alarm
      - Emergency lighting
      - Telecommunications
      - Information technologies
      - Security
      - Public address
      - Lighting protection
      - Video
      - EIB
      - Other building services systems
• 2D/3D design and modeling
• Design automation tools for equipment arrangement
• Circuit management
• Design + Analysis interfaces
• Room spaces and engineering zones for design, reporting, and others
• Stepwise refinement of design
• Interoperable with other Bentley Building design disciplines
• Space allocation and visualization
• Design data transparency and reporting
• Construction documentation

Power distribution systems design and analysis interfaces

• Distribution equipment arrangement
• Feeder and branch circuiting
• Automated circuiting and labeling
• Parametric 2D/3D symbols
• Online design checks for circuit load, length, and number of devices
• Wiring installation methods
• Bidirectional interfaces to power analysis
• Distribution system modeling
• Conductor sizing
• Power analysis third party interfaces
      - EDSA (US NEC/ANSI/IEEE)
      - AMTECH ProDesign (BS 7671)
      - elcoPower (DIN/VDE)

Lighting systems design and analysis interfaces

• Automated fixture arrangement by matrix, ceiling grid, construction lines, and so on
• Automated circuiting and labeling
• Ceiling grid arrangement and snaps
• Parametric 2D/3D symbols
• Scalable 2D schematic symbols for switches and others
• Bidirectional links to third party Lighting Analysis programs:
      - Lumen Designer
      - DIALux
      - Relux
• Luminaire arrangement and analysis results from Lighting Analysis program
• Calculate as-fitted design from BIM model to Lighting Analysis
• Import data from Lighting analysis programs:
      - Luminaire arrangement
      - 2D/3D fixture dimensions
      - Fixture electrical load for circuit design
      - Manufacturers’ data
• Visualization in Lighting analysis programs

Fire alarm systems

• Fire alarm systems arrangement
• Zone definitions for fire protection, PA, emergency egress, and others
• Device arrangement by protection zones/coverage area
• Automated schematic generation from model

Circuit management

• Define, edit, and manage circuits by system and distribution panel
• Assign cables for wiring
• Define wiring installation types
• Route circuits and connect devices
• Circuit routing modes:
      - Straight line
      - Orthogonal
      - Actual raceway route
• Calculate circuit load, length, and number of devices
• Route circuits in raceway
• Link circuits to other DGN files in the BIM model
• Calculate and update circuit labels

Electrical raceway (cable containment) design

• Raceway systems design and 3D modeling:
      - Cable tray – ladder and solid bottom
      - Busway
      - Conduit
      - Cable basket
      - Wireway
      - Trunking systems
      - Modular wiring systems
• Calculations:
      - Raceway length
      - Cable fill
      - Weight
• Circuit routing
• Define clearance envelopes

Electrical support systems

• Hanger/support systems design:
      - Raceway/cable containment systems
      - Equipment/device supports
• Parametric definitions
• Arrange supports along raceway system

Electrical space reservation

• Clearance envelopes for space reservation in the model:
      - Raceway
      - Equipment
      - Busway plug-ins
• User definable code and working clearance requirements
• Supports transparency in the model
• Visualize clearances in the BIM model
• Interference detection with Bentley Interference Manager
• Design review with Bentley Navigator

Symbol Manager

• Create, edit, and manage electrical 2D/3D symbols
• Standards support and delivered libraries:
      - ANSI/IEEE/NFPA
      - BS
      - DIN/VDE
• User definable 2D and 3D symbols
• Symbol size options including factor, scale, and user defined
• Define IFC classes
• User definable levels
• Device classes with load, wiring configuration, power factor, demand factor, and so on 
• Symbol group definition with available systems

Coordinated construction documentation

• Plans, sections, and elevations
• Panel, circuit, and device schedules
• Bill of materials, quantity takeoffs, and other reports
• Compatibility with office automation tools for further processing and formatting

International and custom standards support

• Electrical codes and standards:
      - U.S. ANSI/IEEE/NFPA
      - UK BS
      - German DIN/VDE/VDA
      - Others
• Create, manage, verify, and enforce company, client, and project standards
• Support for U.S. and other national CAD standards
• Support of DGN, DWG, DXF, PDF, STEP, IGES, IFC 2x, and other major industry standards
• Import/export of IFC 2x, the emerging standard for sharing building information

Design visualization and 3D output

• High-end integrated rendering and animation tools, including radiosity and particle tracing
• Support of 3D Web formats, such as VRML, QuickVision, panoramas

Support of 3D within Adobe PDF

• Creation of Adobe PDF documents directly from Bentley Architecture with embedded 3D navigational models
• Include DGN and DWG drawings, project documents, renderings, and interactive and animated 3D models
• Navigate models in PDF using hyperlinks and bookmarks

Interoperability with building design, engineering and analysis

• Integrated with Bentley Architecture, Bentley Structural, Bentley Mechanical Systems, and more
• A shared multi-disciplinary model for team collaboration and coordination
• Review and management of interferences across multiple files and disciplines in conjunction with Interference Manager
• Simulation of construction schedules in conjunction with Schedule Simulator (part of Bentley Navigator) and project management applications, such as Microsoft® Project or Primavera® P3

Integration with management environment

• Supported in Bentley ProjectWise, Bentley’s comprehensive collaboration server