Bentley View - File size:
- 2 MB
- Date added:
- Mar 10, 2023 | Last update check: 1 minute ago
- Licence:
- Freeware
- Runs on:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit / Server 2012 R2 64-bit / Server 2016 64-bit / 7 SP1 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 10 64-bit
Bentley View as a free viewer for DWG, IFC, DGN, i-models with tools to search for objects, measure distances and areas, and print drawings to scale. You can easily open DWG and open DXF designs with the same fidelity as the authoring software. With millions of users, Bentley View is the industry’s most powerful free viewer. You can view over 50 file formats, including CAD and raster images.
Powerful free viewer. In addition to being the most popular AutoCAD reader, you can view over 50 file formats, including CAD and raster images as well as Bentley’s uniquely powerful iModels.
Bentley View is a viewing application, files cannot be edited, but all views, hypermodelling links, display styles, etc. are available to use when viewing. Printing to devices and file formats is available (but not batch printing), as is publish to i-model (i.dgn).
To see supported file formats for MicroStation, PowerDraft, and Bentley View CONNECT Edition please visit MicroStation Brand Interoperability Comparison Sheet.
Bentley View is more than just a free DWG viewer. It provides some advanced viewing features, such as:
- navigate drawings and models using the streamlined CONNECT Edition user interface,
- dynamically explore models with Clip Volume to slice through models,
- leverage display rules in DGNs to view geometry based on embedded properties,
- easily navigate using touch screen support in Windows 10,
- analyze models by changing their visual display based on object attributes (height, slope, aspect angle),
- view and navigate Bentley’s groundbreaking hypermodels and their embedded plans, sections, and elevations,
- you can also use Bentley View as a MicroStation viewer, a free DXF viewer, and to open CAD files directly.
CONNECT Edition installation package. When you install Bentley View CONNECT Edition, the following items are installed with it:
- Product Documentation
- CONNECTION Client
- Bentley DGN IFilter
- Bentley DGN Indexing Service
- Bentley DGN Preview Handler
- Bentley DGN Thumbnail Provider
- HDR Preview Handler
- Bentley i-model ODBC Driver
- Bentley DgnDb i-model Importer 1.6 (64 bit)
- Bentley DgnDb i-model Importer 2.0 (64 bit)
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Preferences dialog: change the background color from black to white. ©Bentley Systems