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MicroStation/J by Bentley Upgrade

"MicroStation is now available in specific Engineering configurations."

Fineline is proud to announce our recent upgrade to MicroStation/J 7.1, Bentley’s latest version of it’s CADD software. We are one of the first companies in the state of Idaho to receive the upgrade, and we’re looking forward to supplying our clients with these improved capabilities.

MicroStation is now available in specific Engineering configurations. With our clients in mind, we have upgraded our package to the Geoengineering discipline… even better; we’ve also had Bentley include two of their latest geotechnical add-ons. "MicroStation GeoGraphics" and "GeoXpressions." These two additional configurations now give us the opportunity to provide GIS Capabilities to our clients.

MicroStation J/GeoGraphics is compatible with all previous versions of MicroStation, (4.0, 5.0, and SE). Files can easily be transferred to and from Autocad format, creating even more compatibility with other Engineering consultants and organizations.

GeoGraphicss by Bentley for MicroStation

"MicroStation GeoGraphics is a fully integrated CAD/GIS solution with sophisticated geoengineering functionality."

 

MicroStation GeoGraphics 7.1 is a key engineering product and forms the foundation for discipline-specific applications. By configuring MicroStation/J for a particular use, it significantly increases user productivity and offers a more natural and easy-to-use environment for users in geoengineering than plain MicroStation elements and operations. With this engineering configuration included with MicroStation/J, independent software developers can take advantage of high-level functionality to increase application performance and reduce development time.

Finally, using this engineering configuration facilitates the migration to component-based modeling. MicroStation GeoGraphics is a fully integrated CAD/GIS solution with sophisticated geoengineering functionality. It extends MicroStation's industry-standard data capture and editing tools with a solid database interface and powerful spatial analysis functionality. MicroStation GeoGraphics integrates seamlessly with MicroStation providing tools to input, manage, analyze, and visualize geographical information within MicroStation. Most mapping projects require some level of customization, which is why MicroStation GeoGraphics has been designed to be an application development platform, as well as an end-user product. Its open design provides a wide range of mapping functions that enable users to extend functionality and create custom applications.

GeoXpressions by Corporate Montage for MicroStation

"GeoXpressions can create cartographic maps; contour maps; two-way time maps; well logs; log correlation's (composite logs); geological cross sections; lithology columns, and use landsat imagery and seismic sections"

 

GeoXpressions is the most productive and powerful presentation tool available for the E & P petroleum exploration industry. Its strengths are in its geology-specific tools, its WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) operation, its connectivity to specialized formats such as CGM Plus, and its robust plotting. With GeoXpressions you can create cartographic maps; contour maps; two-way time maps; well logs; log correlation’s (composite logs); geological cross sections; lithology columns, and use landsat imagery and seismic sections. Also supported are graphs, tables, AutoCAD files, photographs and blocks of text. Based on the powerful MicroStation/J CAD system, GeoXpressions offers fast, responsive graphics and a huge range of drawing tools. Specific features have been added to MicroStation for this application, such as transparency and display-list ordering, and links to specific data formats such as LAS (well log data). A plot server is included - this moves the plotting function off the user’s computer and onto the server. And the output is WYSIWYG, you see on the screen exactly what will come out on the plotter. The entire image is available on the PC therefore output may also be directed to other destinations such as Laser Printers, MS Word, MS Power Point, and Web Pages.