Bentley Electric

Comprehensive Electric Utilities Platform

• Electric utilities asset management and mapping
• Multiple display and locate options
• Industry standard data model
• Utilizes Oracle Spatial for enhanced enterprise integration
• Layout and documentation
• Complete network connectivity and tracing
• Presentation and visualization including 3D
• Easy configuration
• Flexible customization
• Work prints generation
• Fully integrated with Bentley Expert Designer Electric

Intelligent Industry Standard Data Model

• Industry standard data models for transmission and distribution
• Multiple flow network models include transmission, primary, and secondary
• Attachment (structural) relationship model
• Comprehensive feature properties
• Parent-child relationship model
• Comprehensive child feature properties for each phase
• Comprehensive connectivity network models consisting of nodes and edges with direct associations to Bentley Electric features
• Place and edit commands enforce connectivity rules
• Flexible rules allow free form placement of Bentley Electric features
• Logical connectivity model maintained in a relational database or in the DGN
• Multiple persistence models supported to give you a choice of data stores for the network and associated information in Oracle Spatial, RDBMS/DGN, and traditional GIS

Facility Layout and Documentation

• Single menu contains all network maintenance commands
• Leverages the power of MicroStation and Bentley Map for placement and edit
• Image integration via MicroStation Raster Manager provides access to a wide range of image data
• Fast free form placements of structures, conductors, and devices
• Inference Engine automatically builds network connectivity, structural relationships, and parent-child relationships during placement
• Property based annotations
• Property based symbology
• Edit and review all structures, conductors, and devices
• Network connectivity, structural relationships, and parent-child relationships maintained during edits
• Automatic and semi-automatic validation and cleanup tools
• Compound feature support allows for multiple feature placements with one action
• Switch cabinets configured as compound features with the standard data model
• Features reference support documents in standalone mode with link sets
• Features reference support documents in a managed environment with ProjectWise links

Parametric Network Tracing

• Parameter based network trace capabilities:
  • Trace out (radial) from electric feature
  • Trace upstream (to source) from electric  feature
  • Trace downstream (away from source) from electric feature
  • Trace shortest path from two electric features
• Predefined parametric criteria
  • Default stop criteria
  • Isolation trace
    • Thematically re-symbolizes network to show required open devices
    • Report lists service points out of service and required open devices
  • KVA summation
• User definable parametric criteria
• API for customizations

Presentation/Visualization

• Utilize powerful raster tools for image backdrops
• Thematic representation of attributes and graphics
• Generate buffers and zones for analysis
• Measurement tools provide for distance and area calculations
• Query spatial and ancillary data for selected graphic elements
• Configurable reporting

Configurable

• Configurable with the Model Administrator
• Reconfigurable Industry Standard Data Model
  • Feature definitions
  • Network definitions
  • Automatic annotation
  • Business rules
  • Placement rules
• Bentley Electric data model independence allows complete replacement for integration with existing GIS

Customizable

• Comprehensive customization model
• Built-in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Work Prints

• Work prints with Bentley Map
• High-resolution output to printers and plotters

Integration

• Fully integrated with Bentley Expert Designer Electric for design, estimation, work management, and ERP integration