Software’s BIM
Advancements Extend Information
Mobility
Across Engineering and Operations
September 14, 2014
– Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing
comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, recently
announced the immediate availability of its WaterCAD,
WaterGEMS,
and HAMMER
V8i (SELECTseries 5) information
modeling software for the analysis and design of water distribution systems. The
software’s BIM advancements extend information mobility across water system
planning, design, and operations – improving collaboration within and between these
phases of the infrastructure lifecycle and facilitating better decision making for
enhanced project and system performance.
New real-time-based simulation capabilities
in the SELECTseries 5 releases of WaterCAD,
WaterGEMS, and HAMMER V8i improve
visibility, forecasting, and decision-making support for both modelers and
operators. System modelers benefit from the fact that supervisory control and
data acquisition (SCADA) data can be automatically imported into their
hydraulic models for use as initial conditions. System operators benefit from the
ability to publish model results to the utility’s existing SCADA system control
screen, helping forecast operating conditions.
Gregg Herrin, Bentley Systems director,
product management, hydraulics and hydrology, explained, “For over 10 years, engineers
have used the SCADAConnect
capabilities within WaterCAD and WaterGEMS to leverage valuable field information by integrating a utility’s SCADA
system with our hydraulic models. With the SELECTseries 5 releases of these
products, as well as of HAMMER, we
have further enhanced information mobility across engineering and operations. Thus,
model results can now be published to the utility’s existing SCADA system
control screen using the industry-standard OPC communication protocol. This ‘asset
performance modeling’ enables system operators to benefit from optioneering as
they evaluate and visualize model predictions directly in the user interface they
regularly employ.”
The SELECTseries 5 releases enable WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and HAMMER
users to view both real-time and historical SCADA data, and to compare data
between SCADA and model results – including the display of alarms within the
hydraulic model. Strong visualization tools empower hydraulic modelers to
monitor SCADA signals as they change in response to real-time events – similar
to a human machine interface (HMI) screen – to help them see events as they
happen and improve decision making.
Unlike software that aggregates water
usage data from multiple water customers to a single spatial location, the WaterCAD and WaterGEMS V8i (SELECTseries
5) software explicitly models water demands for individual water customers in
their correct physical locations. This provides modelers with better visibility
and control over where demands are allocated, helping them manage those demands
with finer granularity.
Additionally,
the SELECTseries 5 releases include the following capabilities:
·
WaterCAD
and WaterGEMS users can run multi-species
water quality analyses.
·
HAMMER
users can run multiple scenarios as a batch run, similar to the batch run
functionality in WaterCAD and WaterGEMS.
·
WaterCAD,
WaterGEMS, and HAMMER
users can:
o
publish hydraulic models (including results)
as i-models for use in Bentley Map Mobile,
an app that works on Android, iPad, and iPad mini tablets;
o
model from
within the latest versions of MicroStation,
AutoCAD (including AutoCAD 2015), and (except WaterCAD) ArcGIS (including ArcGIS 10.2).
For
additional information:
·
To learn more
about WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and/or HAMMER
V8i (SELECTseries 5), visit www.bentley.com/GetLatestWaterProducts.
·
To download
high-resolution WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and/or HAMMER V8i (SELECTseries 5) images, click here.
·
To view the webinar
on the WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, and HAMMER V8i (SELECTseries 5) products on demand, visit www.bentley.com/WaterSS5.
About
Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is the global leader dedicated to providing
architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators
with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure.
Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout
the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets.
Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation
applications for information modeling,
ProjectWise collaboration services to
deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve
intelligent infrastructure – complemented by worldwide professional services and
comprehensive managed services.
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over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2006
has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
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