Re: Re: PDS and PDMS

Forgive me for joining this string late. I was traveling last week and missed the postings.

>> Bentley's MicroStation is the CAD software that PDS and PDMS are based on.
[RJScotti] Only PDS is based on MicroStation. DEvelopment of this stopped at MicroStation v7 and did not continue to the next generation MicroStation platform (V8). PDMS is not based on either system but rather uses its own modeling engine.

>>Both PDS and PDMS have "changed names" to Intergraph's SmartPlant 3D and
Aveva's Vantage Plant Design respectively. [RJScotti] SmartPlant is not renamed PDS but rather it is an entirely different product most of which is still in development. You will notice that Intergraph is promoting both products on their WEB site. PDS v7.2 uses MicroStation v7.2

>> MicroStation offering an AutoCAD-based 3D piping program (ex-Rebis stuff) as
well as their own seems a bit "off", since they are a direct competitor to Autodesk and some say that support from Autodesk for the ACAD-based, ex-Rebis code will just go away. [RJScotti] When you say MicroStation did you really mean to say Bentley? Bentley's MicroStation is a product which competes with autodesk's AutoCAD product. Bentley's AutoPLANT is a product that runs with AutoCAD. Bentley's ambition is to develop tools to help the designer. If that includes the CAD application, great. What's so odd about this Paul? I guess its a bit like MS Word running on the Apple McIntosh OS. For the record, the only way Autodesk could drop support for the Rebis code to to abandon all other ARX developers too. Doesnt sound like a good business decision to me. Bentley will contiunue to develop and support AutoPLANT which is the largest selling AutoCAD 3D Design system in the world.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Tue Jan 18 12:39:00 2005