Bentley Provides MicroStation PowerDraft at No Cost to Schools and Students; Offering Is Extension of Bentley's 'You Deserve Better' Upgrade Program.EXTON, Pa. -- Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Incorporated today announced that as an extension of its recently launched "You Deserve Better" upgrade program, aimed at helping AutoCAD users facing Autodesk's forced retirement, students and educators can now download MicroStation PowerDraft 2D/3D CAD software at no cost. This offering, which reaffirms Bentley's unique commitment to users, will help community colleges, middle and high schools, and vocational schools overcome the problem of keeping technical curriculums current, even when budgets are tight. "The MicroStation PowerDraft academic offer is a bold step forward to help prepare future engineers in computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive ," said Jay Sunyogh, professor and chairman of architecture and computer-aided design at Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
Bringing World Class Tools to Students MicroStation PowerDraft, which has a list price of US$1,295, is a professional-level application used for production 2D/3D drafting and detailing. It features an easy-to-use graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , intuitive viewing techniques, and an innovative set of industry-recognized tools for production work. MicroStation PowerDraft can also serve as an ideal training vehicle for MicroStation, a comprehensive platform for 3D modeling, data versatility, workgroup productivity, and application development. MicroStation is Bentley's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. underlying the design, construction, and operation of the world's infrastructure, and has become a standard for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) projects worldwide: --Most of Engineering News-Record's Top 150 Global Design Firms rely primarily on Bentley software for their AEC projects --Forty-eight of the 50 state departments of transportation in the United States This article or section has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It may need to be to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. have standardized on MicroStation for engineering --Market analyst Daratech, Inc. ranked Bentley the leading AEC software vendor to plant owner-operators, as well as the leading provider of plant-specific platforms and conceptual plant creation solutions to engineering/procurement contractor (EPC (1) (Entertainment PC) See HTPC. (2) (Electronic Product Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by EPCglobal Inc. (www.epcglobalinc.org). ) firms --More than 2,000 secondary schools, colleges, and universities, including Cal Poly Pomona, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, SUNY SUNY - State University of New York Buffalo, Auburn University, Purdue University, the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , and Stanford University, have subscribed to MicroStation-based software as members of the Bentley Education Network Included with the free software is a comprehensive training guide that provides step-by-step exercises to familiarize students with MicroStation PowerDraft and general CAD concepts. In addition, there is an instructor guide with lesson plans for introductory CAD, basic drafting, and comparative CAD. To download your free copy of MicroStation PowerDraft or for more details, go to www.bentley.com/academic. About Bentley's "You Deserve Better" Upgrade Program Bentley's "You Deserve Better" upgrade program was initiated to help AutoCAD users facing forced retirement of their software by Autodesk. Developed in response to Bentley's survey of more than 2,500 AutoCAD users, the program gives these users what they requested, plus a great deal more. It provides an open, universal solution compared to the AutoCAD offerings, including native support of DWG (filename extension) dwg - The filename extension for Autodesk drawing files. http://faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part3/. and DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) in all products, read and write support of DWG back to R11, and support of Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. . In addition, it offers users a far better set of products and services, as well as better, user-oriented policies that make user organizations more competitive and put them in control of their software costs. "You Deserve Better" is being extended to new users through this academic offering. To get more details on Bentley's "You Deserve Better" upgrade program, talk to an expert, review the survey results, and/or download Bentley's free DGN/DWG viewer, go to www.bentley.com/YouDeserveBetter. 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 2003 revenues reaching $260 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Design 500 and major owner-operators. To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit www.bentley.com/bentleywire. For more information, visit www.bentley.com. Bentley, the "B" logo, You Deserve Better, MicroStation, PowerDraft, and Bentley Education Network 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. |
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