Bentley Brings 3D Modeling to Electrical Substation Design Software
July 28, 2009Bentley Systems Inc. has released Bentley Substation V8i, intraoperable 3D modeling and managed workflow software for intelligent electrical and physical substation design.
Substation V8i provides intelligent substation information models that allow distributed users to work with federated data in a single environment, Bentley says. It provides a complete set of substation engineering and design tools available with a common graphical user interface, and integrates with the ProjectWise system to facilitate engineering content management and team collaboration in support of streamlined workflows. By replacing traditional 2D CAD, paper-based workflows, and disparate collections of software with the 2D and 3D integrated tools built into Bentley Substation, project teams can reduce substation electrical system design time by more than 30 percent, according to Bentley.
The software reportedly supports 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 is interoperable with other Bentley products including its civil engineering software for site design and selection and architectural design software for building modeling. Bentley Substation also features a database of more than 2 million electrical parts.
"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," said Malcolm Walter, Bentley COO.
Bentley Substation V8i combines electrical design with full 3D modeling. The electrical design tools deliver integrated intelligent drawing and automatic report generation to create electrical schematics, cable and wiring routes, and panel layouts, according to Bentley. The 3D modeling, coupled with the software's built-in grounding grid layout and wire sag algorithms, reportedly enables 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. The software further provides full 3D modeling integrated with terrain models and advanced visualization tools.
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