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Need ability to define base height for design files

It should be possible, to define a base height in a design file for a building level, to use alternative relative elevation values for raceway and equipment placement and to document labels.
over 1 year ago in Bentley Raceway and Cable Management 0 Future consideration

Ability to export IFC

OpenPlant users would benefic from better IFC integration if OPM could export, at least, basic geometries to IFC. As the IFC file format has limitations to store plant design objects, OPM objects not mapped in IFC could be translated to basic enti...
about 4 years ago in OpenPlant Modeler 4 Already exists

Publish PDF to PW365 Share and create a link to the isometric drawing in 3D model

We created powershell script for YII 2020, that will post PDF files to share for markup workflows with issue resolution. We also captured the links and used IMDM to put links to markup on each isosheet. It would be nice, if this was done automatic...
about 4 years ago in OpenPlant Isometrics Manager 0 Future consideration

Create Custom Report with Component Reference to PID Drawing

Create a new custom PID Report that includes the PID drawing number where the component resides.
about 4 years ago in OpenPlant PID 3 Future consideration

Allow component properties to be loaded from external files

In many cases, project designers and engineers start their 3D models without providing engineering data to modeled components. When the 3D arrangement is approved and designers/engineers need to provide detailed data, they need to modify each comp...
about 4 years ago in OpenPlant Modeler 4 Already exists

The ability to report on surface area of objects for insulation reporting

We would like to be able to report on the objects surface area for insulation estimation. OPM does not have a Surface area property but a plain Microstation property exists called surface area under the cells section of the properties. Since OPM p...
over 1 year ago in OpenPlant Modeler 0 Future consideration

Query data from iTwin and include in isometric drawing

We can use DB_QUERY to populate titleblock information from line lists that are stored in Excel or relational database. It would be nice to be able to use iTwin as a source and query these properties directly from iTwin with ECSQL as we are moving...
almost 3 years ago in OpenPlant Isometrics Manager 1 Future consideration

Improve Visualization of routing failures

Provide additional information when a route fails due to an overfilled raceway. An option to zoom to or visualize the problem area or provide the raceway ID would help to troubleshoot more quickly.
over 1 year ago in Bentley Raceway and Cable Management 0 Future consideration

Would like to have the ability to change an existing raceway route in the Cable Manager

Would like to have the ability to change an existing raceway route in the Cable Manager for these cases: When it's necessary to add an additional raceway part in an existing route When you need to delete a number of existing parts and use other ra...
over 1 year ago in Bentley Raceway and Cable Management 0 Future consideration

Ability to exclude some cable types from certain raceways

Would like to have the ability to exclude some cable types from certain raceways so that there is capacity for the right set of cables to be routed through the raceways. Proposed Implementation Add a property to the Raceway Router dialog and Racew...
over 1 year ago in Bentley Raceway and Cable Management 0 Future consideration