- Redeem training credits for training or services of your choice
- Create electrical models
- Design industrial machine controls
- Generate wiring schematics
Promis.E
Promis.E
Including 3 training credits
Advance electrical designs with intelligent modeling
Automate tedious tasks found in traditional CAD-centric electrical system design with Promis.e and reduce errors with an intelligent model that cross-references schematics, 2D layouts, 3D equipment models, and reports. With Promis.e, you get an intelligent 2D/3D electrical system design application that delivers projects faster and with fewer errors than traditional CAD. Promis.e automates tedious drafting and employs an intelligent model that cross-references schematics, 2D layouts, 3D equipment models, and reports. The application is used around the world to design industrial machine controls as well as electrical systems for process plants, mines, and rail signaling.
Support intelligent designs with a project-based workflow
Promis.e organizes your work into projects, linking drawing pages for cross-referencing, error checking, and list generation. Changes made to one part of the project are automatically reflected in the rest of the project.?Promis.e includes the ability to analyze and set wire sizes for each run. By planning for appropriate sizing early, you can provide the facility with lower CAPEX through optimal wiring purchases and control OPEX through lower utility costs. With Promis.e, electrical design theory and practice, engineers can support operations and reduce costs and materials with wire sizing.
Save time with schematic design tools
With built-in symbol libraries, macros, and cut-and-paste capabilities, Promis.e provides quick generation of control system schematics. System logic also provides you automatic device ID assignment, real-time automatic cross-referencing, automatic wire numbering, and error checking. You can also automatically generate schematics from commands stored in a spreadsheet file. Promis.e comes equipped with standard IEC and ANSIIEEE page formats. Symbol libraries are available for ANSI and IEC electrical applications as well as for hydraulic, pneumatic, and process control drawings.
Improve design quality with error checking
Promis.e alerts you to possible errors as drawings are created which reduces the amount of manual checking, improves the overall accuracy of the drawing, and prevents costly corrections. Error conditions include short circuits, gaps in the circuit, duplicate device IDs, duplicate wire numbers, missing part numbers, missing cross references, and over-assigned contacts.
Integrate your engineering data with a parts database
Promis.e includes a parts database that allows you to associate components in the design with specific parts information. It also facilitates the generation of parts lists, panel layouts, and other documents. Parts database files are available for many leading equipment manufacturers, which saves project team members from having to manually enter data. Users can also import existing parts data, including parts data and attributes from OpenPlant and other applications.
Generate accurate reports quickly
A parts database linked to the schematic provides superior documentation. This enables bills of material, purchase order lists, panel layouts, terminal plans, wire lists, and wiring diagrams to be generated automatically, based on drawings and other system information.
General/System Features
- Online tutorial
- Available in English, Chinese, German, Russian
- Command protection
- One-click navigation
- Search tool
- Fully open API
- Floating network license
- Project-wide data edit
- Integrates with ProjectWise Design Integration for comprehensive worksharing and collaboration
- Can operate in Citrix environment (XenApp 5.0 or 6.0)
Drawing and Design?Features
- Project-based design organization
- ANSI/IEEE or IEC electrical symbol catalog included
- Optional catalogs: hydraulic, pneumatic, and ISA
- Manufacturers parts databases and symbol catalog
- Import parts data and attributes from OpenPlant
- Ladder builder
- Global find/replace wire property
- User-definable device tag formats, wire layering, wire tag formats
- Cable termination diagrams
- Automated balloon callouts
- Panel layout mode
- BOM explorer
- Dynamic symbol text
- Global find/replace symbols and symbol properties
- Wire sizing tool
- Automatic component alignment
- Automatic wire numbering
- No page limits
- Automatic page numbering
- Automatic page save
- Automatic project copy
- Page copy, rename, move
- Global title block replace
- Automatic device tagging
- Custom symbol creation
- User-definable circuit macros and symbols
- Symbol migration tool
- AutoCAD block migration tool
- Intelligent off-page wire references
- Automatic wire/line break and heal
- Automated circuit copy
- Wire crossing/connection preferences
- User-definable wire property display
- Catalog manager
- Cable manager
- PLC schematic generator
- Automatic PLC addressing
- PLC I/O import
- Automated symbol rotation
- Real-time cross-referencing across multiple pages
- Multidiscipline collaboration
- Multiple undo/redo capabilities
- Instantaneous real-time error checking
- Forced wire routing
- Dynamic wire diagrams
- Terminal/pin-plug manager
- Cable export to Bentley Raceway and Cable Management
- Graphical terminal/pin-plug plans
- Spare parts utility
- Multilanguage drawing text
- Drawing mode manager
- Automatic wire routing
- Equipment numbers (generic part numbers)
- Export graphics and data through iModels
Reports and Documentation
- Automatic report generation
- Bills of material
- Wire list
- Wire labels
- Wire length calculation reports
- Cable list
- Terminal-plug list
- PLC list
- Job costing report
- Field wire list
- Revision history reports
- Custom report designer
- Output reports to TXT, CSV, HTML, RTF, PDF, XLS, MHT files
Special Utilities
- Project builder
- Komax wire wizard
- Panduit selection tool
Easily work with other teams
With Promis.e, you can exchange project data with other applications such as OpenPlant, Bentley Raceway and Cable Management, PLC programming software, and more. Promis.e integrates with ProjectWise Design Integration to accelerate information worksharing and content reuse for multidiscipline design coordination and collaboration across teams.
Operating System
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit)
Windows Server2016 (64 bit)
Windows Server2012 R2 (64 bit)
Windows Server2008 R2 SP1(64 bit) ? Standard and Enterprise
Supported Databases
SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2016
SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2012
An Express version of SQL Server is included
Processor
Intel? or AMD? processor 1.0GHz or greater. Promis.e is not supported on a CPU that does not support SSE2.
Memory
16 GB minimum, 32 GB recommended
Hard Disk
24 GB free disk space (which includes the 16 GB install footprint for a complete installation)
Video
1 GB of video RAM or higher
24-bit or higher
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Free Bentley training with every license
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One-time license purchase with an annual SELECT (maintenance) fee
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Shared Network License – no assignment required
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24/7 support and access to all the latest updates
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Pay-as-you-go license model
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Pre-paid account based on estimated annual Bentley software usage
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Each quarter, Bentley reviews your monthly usage and charges you for what you used
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Monthly billing accommodates an increase or decrease in software licenses without a long-term commitment
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Great for occasional or short-term requirements
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Licensing
A Perpetual License is bought outright and owned indefinitely. You pay once, then pay an annual SELECT maintenance fee to keep your software updated and supported. It’s a shared network license, so it isn’t tied to one user.
An Annual Subscription is a 12-month subscription license you renew each year. It’s assigned to a named user and can be re-assigned every 30 days. Lower upfront cost, but access ends if you don’t renew.
In short: a Perpetual License is buying the software, while an Annual Subscription is renting access for the year.
It comes down to how long and how often you plan to use the software:
Choose an Annual Subscription if you want a lower upfront cost and no long-term commitment.
Choose a Perpetual License if you plan to use the software for many years. It is usually the cheapest option over the long run (around seven years or more).
Choose a Cloud Service Subscription if your usage is occasional or short-term and you want maximum flexibility. Keep in mind that CSS is charged at a premium rate, so it is not the most cost-effective choice if you use the same software regularly.
If you are not sure, just ask us. We will look at how your team works and recommend the option that saves you the most money.
It is simple and there is no disruption. Your software, your licenses, and your data all stay exactly as they are within your Bentley Account. The only thing that changes is who looks after you. CAD Journey can act as your dedicated partner for support, licenses, training, and advice. There is no cost and nothing changes.
Every license includes access to all the latest software features and updates, along with round-the-clock technical support. As a CAD Journey client, you also have our team of Bentley experts as your first point of contact for any question. Annual Subscriptions go a step further and include free one-on-one training and mentoring hours to help your team get up to speed.
Here is what to expect after you order:
1. Within 24 hours, your licenses are fulfilled and added to your account, ready to assign.
2. Within 48 hours, one of our Customer Success Managers reaches out to make sure you are set up and everything is working as it should.
From there, the main steps are registering each team member, assigning a license to each one, and having everyone install the software and sign in. We will walk you through all of it, or we can simply take care of the setup for you.
The CONNECTION Client is a small free app that sits on each user’s computer. Users sign in to it with their account, and that sign-in is what activates the software. It is also where users download updates and check which licenses they have. There are no activation keys or serial numbers to manage anymore, so signing in is all that is needed.
The administrator is the person who can manage users and assign licenses for your organization. You can also set up co-administrators so more than one person can help manage the account. This is useful if your IT team handles software, or if you want a backup for when the main administrator is away. We can help you set up the right people with the right access.
It depends on the license type:
– Annual Subscriptions are assigned to a named user, so you need one for each person who uses the software.
– Perpetual Licenses work as a shared pool, so they can be used across your team without being tied to one person.
If you are not sure how many licenses you need, we are happy to work it out with you.
Once users are registered your license administrator can begin assigning licenses.
1. Sign in to your license portal at connect.bentley.com.
2. Open the License Management area.
3. Choose the product and assign it to the user you want.
The user gets a confirmation email and can start using the software right away. If you get stuck at any point, just reach out and we will jump in.
New people first need to be registered as a user on your account before they can be given a license. An administrator can add them by entering their name and work email, and then assign a license to them. If you would prefer, send us the details and we will add and assign your new starters for you.
Yes, a practitioner license can be re-assigned as many times as needed on the first day it is assigned to a user.
After the initial 24-hour assignment period, the license will be locked for 30 days. At the end of the 30 day period the license will be available for re-assignment.
Any re-assignment will restart the 24-hour assignment clock, and will be followed by the 30 day assignment lock.
No. Software now activates through a simple sign-in. As long as a user is registered, has a license assigned, and signs in to the CONNECTION Client, the software will run. There are no keys to track or share.
SELECT is Bentley’s maintenance program for perpetual license holders. It gives you access to the latest software version, technical support, and license portability across devices. Without the SELECT program you can only utilize the version you purchased and lose access to updates. For most active users, SELECT is a requirement and letting it lapse can create complications as versions evolve.
Annual subscription users will lose access at the end of the term if they do not renew. The CAD Journey team will flag your upcoming renewals well in advance so that you’re never caught off guard.