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ProjectWise Integration ServerWhat’s New in V8iMark HattersleyBentley Systems, Inc.
Agenda
• Overview of “Athens” Changes
• Demonstration
• Futures
• Questions
Major Themes for PW “Athens”
• Distributed Projects– Delta File Transfer– Data Compression– Read/write Web Parts– New Web View Server product
• Geo-coordination– Spatial navigation and searching
• Also addressed a number of usability and user requested enhancements
Delta File Transfer
• Improve Check in and Check out file transfer performance in distributed office environments
• Work with ANY type of file
• Leverage/strengthen existing PW technologies
• Uses well-known techniques for calculating differences between two copies of a file.
Delta File Transfer
Exton to Eastern Europe check-in times– (146ms latency)– File types tested - DGNV8, PPTX, DWG2006
File File SizeTime
Without DFT (seconds)
Time with DFT (seconds)
Performance Increase with DFT
File A 8MB 82.7 7.9 ~10x
File B 4.5MB 51.2 6.8 ~7.5x
File C 1MB 13.1 8.4 ~1.5x
Data Compression
• Compression of the “database” information sent to/from ProjectWise Explorer/Admin
• Significantly reduces the size of the data sent, improving performance on low bandwidth/high latency connections
• Examples:– Display all documents in a large folder(100/1000s of
documents).– initial login, Search results, etc
Web Parts Goals
• Provide a replacement for existing ProjectWise Web Explorer Lite– Web Explorer Lite(WEL) will not be delivered with
ProjectWise “Athens”
• Support either SharePoint 2007 or stand-alone IIS environments
• Provide a platform for customization
Web Parts Capabilities
• Check out/in
• Document/Folder creation/deletion
• Multi-document operations
• Export/Send to Folder
• Component Display/Navigation
• Short-cuts to documents/folders(URLs)
• Design Compare
• Spatial Navigation
PW “Web View Server”
• The "ProjectWise Web View Server" will extend any ProjectWise deployment by providing individuals with web browser access to view ProjectWise managed content. This will make it easy for any number of connected users to access and view work in a read-only mode using Internet Explorer. And as the access is likely to be infrequent, and will always be to consume rather than collaborate on ProjectWise managed content, there will be no requirement for a user to possess a ProjectWise Passport.
PW “Web View Server”
• Leverages the same PW Web Parts in a read-only mode
• Able to support both read-only and read/write sites on same physical server
• Requires a server Right to Run license
• Requires PW Publishing Server for viewing of DGN/DWG data
Spatial Integration - Goals
• Provide ability for users to associate spatial locations to documents/folders/projects
• Provide ability to visualize those locations on key maps
• Provide search mechanism to find documents/folders/projects based on their location.
Spatial Integration - Overview
• Integrating subset of existing PW Geospatial Extension to core PW
• Automatically delivered in PW Admin and Explorer
• Advanced Geospatial features will be available as an add-on product
• Only two change to feature sets integrated into PW IS:– Vector background maps can be
created without PW Publishing Server
– Allow user to select background map used for search
ProjectWise ExplorerUsability and User Requests
• Quick Search Bar
• Photo Preview
• Back/Forward Folder buttons in PW Explorer
• File Sizes displayed in KB in Content List
• Launch PW Network Config from tools menu
• Multi-folder Drag-n-Drop
• New Progress Bar
ProjectWise AdministratorUsability and User Requests
• Datasource Statistics
• Select Users by Group in PW Admin
• User Login/out Audit Trail
• Log-out command in PW Admin
• Environment Format fields (date; date,day; date,sec)– Date and Date,day only show date info– Date,sec also includes time
• Increased upper file size limit– was 2^32 bytes (~4 GB)– now 2^64 bytes (too big for me to think about)
Overall Integration Improvements
• Auto-login(SSO) for Integrated Applications– Launch from desktop Icon without login dialog
• Local XML file used to track reference file changes(attach/detach) during checkout
AutoCAD Integration Improvements
• AutoCAD 2008/2009 Integration and new features:– Datalinks– DGN reference– DWF underlays
• Sheet Set Manager Integration
• Session File Manager
• Installer support for AutoCAD Vertical apps
MicroStation Integration Improvements
• Managed Workspaces– Conditionals(If, then, else) support– UI improvements– Project Macros(relative pathing from PW project root)
• MicroStation Athens support– In-place Reference Activation– Dynamic View– etc
ProjectWise IS Athens Compatibility
Databases:
Oracle 9i
Oracle 10g
Oracle 11g
SQL Server 2000
SQL Server 2005
Server Operating Sys:
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2003 Server(32 and 64-bit)
.NET 3.5
Client Operating Sys:Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Professional
Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit)
Applications:MicroStation 8.11, 8.9.x, V8.5.x,
V7.1.x
PowerDraft 8.11, 8.9.4, V8.5.x, V8.1, V7.1.x
ProjectWise Navigator 8.9.5
AutoCAD 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000
Microsoft Office 2007, 2003, XP, 2000
Project 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000
Visio 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000
Upgrade Path
• Must upgrade both clients and servers– Previous clients will not work with “Athens” Server– Previous servers will not work with “Athens” clients
• Side-by-side PW Explorer and Admin installations supported with:– ProjectWise V8 XM Edition– ProjectWise V8 2004 Edition– ProjectWise V8.1– Requires use of versionswitch.vbs
Performance Improvements
• Scan Refs
• Login
• Setting file and document security
• Search
• Synchronize users with Active Directory
• Integrated MicroStation actions (save, open, model create, model delete, close, change view)
• Reference file activities (attach, re-browse, detach)
• GeoPAK section creations
GeoPAK Performance Improvements
Operation of cutting 32 plan and profile sheets
• PW 08.09.04.63
• MS 08.05.02.35
• GEOPAK 08.08.03.24
• 32 files took 4 hr 9 min
• PW 08.09.04.89
• MS 08.05.02.35
• GEOPAK 08.08.03.29
• 32 files took 61 minutes
Futures
• Transmittal\Submittal workflow support
• Workflow
• Application Integration
• ……..
Questions?