MEDIA RELEASE PR35534
First Intra-Operable Software for Intelligent Substation Design Speeds
Project Delivery and Reduces Costs
EXTON, Pa., July 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Bentley Substation V8i Provides Intelligent Information Models, Broad
Range of Tools, and Integrated Electrical and Physical Design
Workflows for Substations
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to
providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that
sustains our world, today announced the release of Bentley Substation V8i,
the first intra-operable software product for intelligent electrical and
physical substation design. This highly productive software speeds project
delivery and reduces costs by providing:
-- Intelligent substation information models that allow distributed
users
to work efficiently with federated data in a single environment;
-- The most complete set of substation engineering and design tools
available with a common graphical user interface, making the
software
easy to learn;
-- Integration with the ProjectWise system for connecting people and
information to facilitate engineering content management and team
collaboration in support of streamlined workflows.
Bentley Substation delivers intelligent infrastructure for substations
by supporting all of the key components and requirements of an electric
substation - from physical layout to electrical schematics for protection
and control, grounding grid, lightning protection, panel layout, and
control house and lighting design. In addition, it intra-operates with
Bentley's broad portfolio of software offerings, including civil
engineering for site design and selection and architectural design for
building modeling.
Bentley COO Malcolm Walter said, "Our new substation product
underscores Bentley's commitment to helping our users engineer the 21st
century utility. Together with our solutions for power generation,
transmission, and distribution infrastructure, Bentley Substation V8i
completes our end-to-end solution for today's utilities, and uniquely
provides the breadth and depth of software to design, build, and operate
the intelligent infrastructure that's the foundation of the smart grid -
and ultimately supports the creation of intelligent cities."
Bentley Substation V8i combines powerful electrical design with full 3D
modeling. The electrical design tools deliver integrated intelligent
drawing and automatic report generation to quickly and easily create
electrical schematics, cable and wiring routes, and panel layouts. The 3D
modeling, coupled with the software's built-in grounding grid layout and
wire sag algorithms, empowers users to optimize substation site layout and
minimize on-site problems by dealing with clearances, interferences, and
other potential construction issues early in the project lifecycle.
By replacing traditional 2D CAD, paper-based workflows, and disparate
collections of software with the advanced 2D and 3D integrated tools built
into Bentley Substation, project teams can reduce substation electrical
system design time by more than 30 percent. As a result, organizations can
do more work with fewer people, all while saving money and improving
project quality.
Bentley Substation also features a comprehensive database that includes
more than 2 million up-to-date electrical parts. Having immediate access to
this extensive repository of parts data helps engineers quickly generate
accurate bills of materials for both electrical and physical design work
and enables organizations to implement parts standardization, further
enhancing quality and reducing costs.
To help overcome the challenges associated with locating new
substations in communities, Bentley Substation also provides full 3D
modeling integrated with terrain models and advanced visualization tools.
This makes it easy to communicate design intent to stakeholders and
expedites early acceptance, reducing business risks and speeding regulatory
approvals.
Commenting on the release of Bentley Substation, Juan Torres Pozas,
networks product manager at IBERDROLA Engineering and Construction, a
leading energy engineering company, said, "We had been looking for a suite
of software that could address our pressing need to systematize our
processes for designing substations. Every substation involves a
substantial amount of electrical, physical layout, and civil engineering
work. There are tools for automating electrical processes and facilitating
the design of cabling, wiring, and cable routing policies, but physical
layout and civil engineering tasks are still largely done manually, using
2D drawings. CAD software can be used, but it is not integrated into the
overall product. Bentley took one of its core products and extended it to
support our key requirement - integrated electrical system design and 3D
physical layout design. This will significantly increase our substation
design productivity and eliminate mistakes caused by a lack of project
coordination."
For additional information about Bentley Substation V8i, visit
About Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects,
engineers, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software
solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Founded in 1984, Bentley has more
than 2,700 colleagues and offices in more than 45 countries, had 2008
revenues surpassing $500 million, and, since 1993, has invested more than
$1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.
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SOURCE: Bentley Systems, Incorporated
CONTACT: Ron Kuhfeld of Bentley Systems,
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ron.kuhfeld@bentley.com
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