Open and Save Files from/to Bentley ProjectWise
After you have used the External Services command to set up your account information for Bentley ProjectWise, use the Open Remote File command to download i-model (.icm.dgn) files (as well as PDF, DXF, DWG, DGN, GENIO files) from ProjectWise. This data can then be prepared for use by survey and construction crews on a job site, creating an integrated workflow for the engineering and then construction of roads and sites.
Use the Export and/or Save File Remotely commands to save projects and data files back to ProjectWise. This workflow will help you share civil design data for Bentley InRoads, MXROAD, and GEOPAK between ProjectWise and Trimble Business Center while preserving data fidelity. You can export/upload any supported format that creates a single file, i.e. ESRI shape files and Geodatabase XML files are not supported.
Note: Trimble Business Center allows you to establish multiple "External Services", as well as multiple user profile for each service. Each account connects to a different instance of a service, e.g., Connected Community or ProjectWise. If your ProjectWise instance connects automatically to datasources provided by your project partners, but shows up in your ProjectWise instance as a locked datasource (which would require an additional login to your partner ProjectWise instance), Trimble Business Center requires that you set each ProjectWise connection as a separate External Service. You cannot carry out a second login from within an external service.
Prerequisites:
- Bentley ProjectWiseaccount
To access the commands:
- Select Options in the Quick Access Toolbar and select External Services.
- Select Open Remote File.
- Select Save File Remotely or Export in Home > Data Exchange.
