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The Essential OpenBuildings Designer Guide: Everything You Need to Know
Building projects rarely move forward on a single track. Architects, structural engineers, and mechanical and electrical teams are all working on the same building at the same time, and their decisions constantly affect one another. A structural change shifts ceiling heights, a mechanical routing decision affects the architectural layout, and so-on. Without a shared, information-rich […]
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Bentley Usage Reports Explained & How they Affect Your Business
Most Bentley users with an active SELECT subscription have access to Bentley usage reports, but the majority have never looked at one. That’s understandable and it’s not always obvious what you’re supposed to do with the data. If your organization recently received an unexpected term license charge, your usage data is one of the most […]
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Bentley Licensing Options Explained: How to Choose the Right Model for Your Business
Bentley Licensing offers flexible, but often confused, options for the AEC and infrastructure market. With multiple licensing models designed to support everything from short-term project work to long-term enterprise environments, choosing the right option can have a major impact on cost control, software accessibility, and operational efficiency. Building on Bentleys licensing overview and documentation, we’re […]
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MicroStation 2026: A Smarter CAD Foundation
Infrastructure teams are being asked to do more than ever, design faster, manage growing complexity, and deliver projects that are more resilient and cost effective. At the same time, talent shortages and aging workflows continue to put pressure on already stretched teams. The reality is this: traditional CAD workflows were not built for today’s infrastructure […]
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What you need to know about Bentley
Bentley systems is a global leader in infrastructure engineering software, trusted in more than 186 countries to design, build, and operate the world’s most important assets including roads, bridges, water networks, rail systems, industrial plants, and entire cities. Unlike broad platforms, Bentley specializes exclusively in infrastructure, offering purpose-built tools that help engineers, architects, and construction […]
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CAD Journey & VTCA: Strengthening Virginia’s Transportation Community
CAD Journey is proud to partner with the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance (VTCA), an organization dedicated to supporting and advancing Virginia’s transportation, construction, and engineering industries. As an active member of VTCA, CAD Journey is committed to contributing to the associations mission: To promote collaboration, advocacy, education, and innovation across the Commonwealth’s transportation infrastructure community. […]
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Optimizing Overhead Distribution: A guide to SPIDAcalc & SPIDAsilk
Modern utilities, telecommunications network operators, and engineering consultants rely on accurate modeling tools to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective overhead infrastructure. Bentley Systems’ SPIDAcalc and SPIDAsilk are purpose-built solutions that streamline the analysis, design, and management of overhead electric and communication networks. If your organization needs precise analysis, compliance-ready reporting, and seamless workflow integration—SPIDAcalc and […]
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Civil WorkSuite 101: The Powerful Bentley Bundle Transforming Infrastructure Design
Civil engineering projects—roads, bridges, tunnels, grading, utilities—are increasingly complex, data‑heavy, and multidisciplinary. Delivering them efficiently requires an ecosystem of tools that can handle modeling, analytics, visualization, and documentation without breaking the workflow. Civil Worksuite is a comprehensive, interoperable set of Bentley Civil Design tools brought together to solve for that exact problem, bringing all these […]
