''You Deserve Better'' Seminar Adjacent to BE Conference 2005.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated:

What:

Bentley Systems, Incorporated will host a "You Deserve Better - Life
Beyond AutoCAD" seminar (www.bentley.com/ydb) on May 10 at the
Baltimore Convention Center. This free event is for all CAD users, CAD
managers, and executives in the AEC community:

--  Whose projects are being disrupted by Autodesk's retirement or
    forced upgrades of their software

--  Who feel their ability to work with legacy data is hampered by
    AutoCAD's inability to save DWG files back to older versions

--  Whose project scope and business opportunities would be enhanced
    by interoperability between DWG and DGN files

--  Who are civil engineers finding Autodesk's three-product bundle
    incomplete for their needs

Where:

Adjacent to BE Conference 2005 (www.be.org), being held May 8-12 at
the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland

When:

Tuesday, May 10, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Why:

All attendees to the seminar will find out how their organizations can
boost productivity and profitability, maximize ROI on CAD investments,
and extend the lifetime of their DWG files as they hear from and
network with others that have adopted Bentley technology, and consult
with industry experts.

Participants will also get the opportunity to see, firsthand, all of the benefits of Bentley's "You Deserve Better" programs, including:

--MicroStation-based product functionality that meets or exceeds that of comparable AutoCAD offerings, including bonus features not found in AutoCAD products and a wider range of product and application choices

--Open, universal solutions compared to the Autodesk offerings, including native support of DGN and DWG and read/write support of DWG back to R11

--Special pricing that meets or beats Autodesk pricing

--An ongoing company policy against retiring file formats or user licenses

--Free viewers for both DWG and DGN files

--The ability to create PDF deliverables

--Special services and compatible functionality designed to make upgrades from Autodesk to Bentley products fast and easy

Civil engineers will have the opportunity to attend sessions dedicated to land development and site engineering. These will include test-drives of the leading technology in civil engineering, presentations from developers and users, and a workshop showing how PowerCivil provides a complete product that covers all phases of civil site projects, exceeds the combined functionality of Autodesk's site design products, can be used to streamline workflows, plus more.

To register for the "You Deserve Better - Life Beyond AutoCAD" seminar, go to www.bentley.com/ydb, or email [e-mail].

About the BE Conference

The BE Conference is a once-a-year learning opportunity for Bentley users and their managers offering professional training, technology updates, keynotes, and best practice sharing. At these sessions, attendees better themselves, better their organizations, and better the ways they can improve the world's infrastructure.

This year's conference program offers over 350 information-rich sessions, over 100 best practice sessions, conference tracks tailored for the industries of attendees, the BE Awards of Excellence gala evening, expanded networking opportunities, and much more.

Management guru and civil engineer Tom Peters kicks off the BE Conference 2005 agenda with a look at how AEC can benefit from creating what he calls "WOW! Projects." According to Peters, WOW! Projects move at record speed and create a buzz in organizations.

To register for the BE Conference 2005, go to www.be.org.

About Bentley

Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With 2004 revenues exceeding $300 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Design 500 and major owner-operators.

For more information, visit www.bentley.com. To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit www.bentley.com/bentleywire.

Bentley, the "B" logo, BE, You Deserve Better, MicroStation, and PowerCivil are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.