While these generic solutions are the best-known Bentley products, there is a whole toolbox of other applications, ranging from Bentley Rail Track (previously InRail) to STAAD for structural analysis and design, that are widely used globally.

For this reason, the stated intent of Bentley Systems to stay with perpetual licensing, at least for the near future, must be very reassuring.Īs one of the most established purveyors of engineering software for all engineering disciplines, there can be few users who have not encountered Microstation for both two-and three-dimensional CAD design, underpinned by Assetwise and Projectwise for managing project assets and progress, somewhere in their career. The trend, partly because of the growth of the cloud-based market, has been to move away from perpetual licenses to pay-per-use and fixed-user or machine models.

License administrators who are tasked with the stewardship of engineering software licenses have had to deal with some very disruptive changes in licensing models offered by major vendors recently. This article has been contributed by Neil Leigh, Marketing Manager at OpenLM. 3D CAD Design: As one of the most established purveyors of engineering software for all engineering disciplines, there can be few users who have not encountered Microstation for both two-and three-dimensional CAD design, underpinned by Assetwise and Projectwise for managing project assets and progress, somewhere in their career.

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