TOP 10 – BIM PLATFORMS

PROVIDER: BENTLEY SYSTEMS CEO: NICHOLAS CUMINS YEAR PLATFORM LAUNCHED: 1985( MICROSTATION 1.0) MAIN PURPOSE: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING BIM

MicroStation, Bentley ' s flagship platform, dates back to 1985 and now underpins OpenBuildings and the wider infrastructure suite. Where Revit and ArchiCAD focus on buildings, Bentley owns the civil and infrastructure layer: roads, bridges, rail and utilities.

MicroStation 2026 leans heavily into AI, pairing a Python Assistant for scripting with Bentley Copilot for plain- English guidance, while integrating real-world geospatial data from Google Maps and Cesium directly into design environments. Its visualisation tools provide realistic representations, supporting effective decision making.

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