Commenting on the new release of Bentley Descartes, John Nolan, CAD manager, Network Rail, London, England, said, “We have been early adopters of Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries 4) and this new release provided us exactly what we were looking for. Scalable terrain models now allow us to create and manage terrain models with hundreds of millions of points, and the section modeling capability of Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries 4) addresses tunnel modeling perfectly. With the flexible display options for point clouds we can visualize the terrain or only the vegetation as necessary. With its fast, scalable terrain model manipulation and very powerful modeling tools, Bentley Descartes allows us to integrate point clouds and engineering data into hybrid models.”

Régis Roberge, 3D imagery specialist, CIMA+, said, “CIMA+ recently tested the beta version of Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries 4) on a project that required us to process terrestrial point clouds. Bentley Descartes enabled us to execute our point-cloud processing routine simply, quickly, and efficiently. We strongly recommend this product for advanced point-cloud processing.”

For more information about Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries 4), visit www.Bentley.com/DescartesSS4.

About Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Bentley Systems applies information mobility to improve asset performance by leveraging information modeling through integrated projects for intelligent infrastructure. Its solutions encompass the MicroStation platform for infrastructure design and modeling, the ProjectWise platform for infrastructure project team collaboration and work sharing, and the AssetWise platform for infrastructure asset operations – all supporting a broad portfolio of interoperable applications and complemented by worldwide professional services. Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in 50 countries, more than $500 million in annual revenues, and since 2005 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.

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