We are in the Age of Big Data, it's spilling over into Infrastructure Design. It's only going to get bigger.
We know what the future of Civil Infrastructure Design looks like: Digital Twins.
What can we adopt today that prepares us for tomorrow?
Easily and Profitably?
On the Bentley Platform, two complementary technologies bring tomorrow to us today, profitably (hint: start small, but start now)
Item Types are property sets that you can attach to elements (that's what AutoDesk calls them: "Property Sets").
In a nutshell, it's "Data in the Nutshell". Intrinsic Data.
You decide. You define.
Whatever you want.
The Power of a Big Data platform brings with it a monster: Big Noise.
Bentley's View Display Rules tames Big Data's monster.
Not only is our platform capable of showing much more data, we can now - with Item Types - pack a lot more data into our graphics.
View Display Rules allow you to
- resymbolize (hide/demote) irrelevant features (minimize noise)
- resymbolize (promote) relevant features based on their attributes.
Here's how it all works: View Display Rules
Here is a quick hands-on to creating your own Item Types and Display Rules: Creating an Item Type: Easy!
The future is here. Get good with it now. It not only will cost you little, it'll improve your quality and make you money right away.