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 support
• Easy configuration
• Flexible customization
• Work prints generation
• Fully integrated with Bentley Expert Designer Electric

All the Power of MicroStation

• Smart, quick drawing and editing of GIS features in a MicroStation environment
• Raster Management
• Dimensioning
• AccuSnap, AccuDraw
• Display priority, transparency
• Photorealistic visualization and animation
• Geocoordinate system and reprojection
• Full 3D modeling
• Superior MicroStation printing and publishing
• Workspace management for large projects

Intelligent Industry Standard Data Model

• Industry standard data models for distribution (includes primary and secondary) 
• Seperate network models for primary and secondary
• Attachment (structural) relationship model
• Conduit and cable 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
• Switch cabinets and internals configured as compound features
• 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
• Place commands available via the Command Manager. menus, and toolbars 
• 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 and property-based symbology enforce company standards 
• 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 and their contents are placed with a single placement command
• Features reference support documents in managed and unmanaged environment with MicroStation Link Sets

Conduit Management

• An enhanced underground network data model
• Structure and trench route layout with the Command Manager
• Conduit and cable management tools built into the Feature Editor
• Inference assisted connectivity and relationships
• Diagram Editor for cross section and wall layout
• Specialized conduit network tracing and XML reporting
• Place by Trace Result to semi-automate placement of conduit and cable along trench and conduit routes
• Oracle Spatial support using standard data formats

Network Trace Analysis

• 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
  • Trace multiple paths between two points (multiple conduit paths along a single route)
  • Trace redundant paths between two points (spatial separation between paths)
• Predefined default stop criteria 
• User definable criteria supported
• Trace result presentation and reporting
  • Cumulative trace results
  • Individual and composite visualization of results
  • Tabular presentation with auto-locate
  • Place from trace result
  • XML reporting 
• API for customizations

Spatial Analysis and Presentation

• Spatial analysis
  • Create buffers around selected features
  • Create joins between features in an active session regardless of format or projection
  • Spatial queries
  • Overlay feature classes
  • Analytical results are graphically symbolized and reported through the Data Browser
  • Maintain overlays in project file or export to supported formats 
• Thematic display 
  • Ramp
  • Ranges
  • Unique value
  • Fully configurable symbology
  • Auto-generated legends
  • Thematic definitions persisted 
• Query and browse 
  • Construct complex queries with simple interface
  • Query all supported formats
  • Save queries for later recall
  • Sort and filter columns
  • Automatically locate selected features
  • Export to a variety of formats 
  • Edit single or multiple features at once through the Data Browser 

Maps and Work Prints

• Grid and graticule generation
• Marginalia 
  • Legends
  • North arrow
  • Scalebar
  • Neatlines, grids, and graticules 
  • Logos
• Interactively place borders with multiple viewports 
  • Delivered and user customizable border libraries
  • Size scale dependent
  • Graphical placement (move, rotate, scale)
  • Automatically place metadata in border
  • Automatic PDF creation
• Paper-space sheet models
• Plot high fidelity output through MicroStation
• Publish to intelligent PDF
  • 3D PDF
  • Bookmarks
  • Web links

Integration

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

Oracle Spatial Editing

• Fully compliant with Oracle Spatial
  • Two-tier connection
  • Directly query, capture, edit, and post Oracle Spatial data
  • Supports multi-user access through feature locking
• Three-tier connection
  • Available through the ProjectWise Connector for Oracle
  • Supports multi-user access through Oracle standard versioning
• Adheres to native Oracle Spatial feature and topology models
• Supports Oracle Single Sign-on allowing users to access Oracle's database using Windows sign-on credentials
• Maintains defined topological relationships
• Maintains DGN links to external files and URLs
• Provides application specific editing tools for accurate feature placement and editing
• Bulk Oracle Spatial Load tool provided
• Supports the storage of 3D models in Oracle Spatial

Configurable

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

Customizable

• Customize using standard industry tools and MicroStation tools
  • C expressions
  • XSLT
  • VBScript
  • VBA
  • MDL
  • .NET API