Bentley Launches TriForma QuickStart Service Program for 3D Solid Modeling and Enterprise Workflow.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1998--Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Exton, PA) today announced the launch of TriForma(R) QuickStart service program.

This special service program is designed to help companies to quickly upgrade to the 3D solids modeling and enterprise-wide methodology of MicroStation(R) TriForma.

A survey of architecture firms found that over 95% of principals are planning to move from a desktop/design focus to a broader enterprise-wide approach in the next five years. This approach considers the entire lifecycle of buildings and the extended enterprise that creates and operates them.

Many leading architectural and engineering firms -- including NBBJ, Shepley Bulfinch, and Sverdrup -- have upgraded to MicroStation TriForma's single building model approach which offers 3D solid modeling, automatic generation of drawings and specifications, and a shared source of all building information.

The QuickStart program reapplies the base of knowledge gained in already helping these companies upgrade to the enterprise workflow. The program not only maximizes productivity for each user in this new methodology but also considers the elements that will streamline the workflow within the firm and the overall building process.

Brad Workman, vice president of building engineering products at Bentley, notes, "This is an important time in architecture. The QuickStart program is a simple proven service that can help architecture firms achieve this new level of productivity."

He continues, "This improved workflow involves the individual, the organization, and the entire lifecycle. The end result is a better building process and ultimately, a better building."

TriForma QuickStarts are a week in duration but additional days may be added if necessary. The program includes: needs assessment, product installation and dataset coordination; components and component libraries; part and part family development; compound parts and compound part family development; compound cell and parametric  frame creation; and a management status report.

For more information on Bentley, MicroStation TriForma or TriForma QuickStart, please contact Bentley at 1-800-BENTLEY, 610/458-5000 (Americas), [phone] (Europe, Middle East, Africa), [phone] (Asia/Pacific), through E-mail at [e-mail], or through http://www.bentley.com.

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Bentley Systems, Incorporated, is a worldwide leader in engineering software and user services. The Bentley Continuum is the company's comprehensive engineering IT strategy comprising products, services, and strategic affiliations.

The company now serves over a quarter million professionals in building/plant engineering, geoengineering, and mechanical engineering. With revenues now over $150M annually, Bentley was listed as the largest privately held company on the 1998 Softletter 100 and named to the 1998 Upside Hot 100.

Bentley's MicroStation desktop and ModelServer(TM) Internet/intranet/extranet-based products are used at over 70% of the largest U.S. engineering firms. They form the software foundation of well-known buildings, roadways, machines, and industrial plants around the world. The Bentley SELECT(SM) technology and service subscription program now reaches over 150,000 users.

Bentley Strategic Affiliates, including GEOPAK Transportation, HMR, Jacobus Technology, NetSpace Systems, and WorkPlace System Solutions, provide project services and the world's best and most interoperable engineering applications to Bentley users.

More information about Bentley and Bentley Strategic Affiliates is available at www.bentley.com.

Bentley, MicroStation, and TriForma are registered trademarks; ModelServer is a trademark; and Bentley SELECT is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Incorporated. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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