Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides Software for the lifecycle of the world s infrastructure. The companys comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans architectural, Engineering, Construction (AEC) and operations. These software solutions are used to design, engineer, build and operate large constructed assets such as roadways, bridges, buildings, industrial and power plants and public utility networks.

Bentley Systems is based in Exton, Pennsylvania but has development, sales and other departments around the world.

=Software=

Bentley s principal software solution is Microstation. MicroStation itself is a 2D/3D CAD platform from which Bentley software divisions and third-party software companies can build more specific solutions. For example, GeoGraphics is an extension from Bentley s Geospatial vertical which adds geographic and spatial capabilities to MicroStation. Bentley has a history of buying companies that fit into their four product verticals. For example, in 2005 Bentley purchased Haestad Methods to add water/wastewater modeling tools and simulation engines to their Geospatial software lineup.

Bentley also has a document/project control management solution called ProjectWise.

The current versions of Bentley products are branded V8 and numbered 8.05. The next (currently unreleased) versions are branded V8 XM Edition and numbered 8.09.

=See also=

Bentley competes with Autodesk in the CAD software market.

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