Bentley Systems & Tech Soft 3D

Bentley Systems is a global leader in infrastructure engineering software, supporting the full lifecycle of complex assets, from design and construction to operations. Bentley’s Synchro portfolio plays a critical role in helping project teams plan, visualize, and deliver construction projects with greater clarity and confidence.

To support Synchro’s 4D construction workflows at scale, Bentley relies on Tech Soft 3D’s HOOPS Visualize and HOOPS Exchange as foundational components. These toolkits enable Bentley to ingest diverse design data, render highly accurate models, and deliver time-based construction insights to thousands of users worldwide.

The Challenge

Construction projects today are more complex than ever. Teams manage massive amounts of design data across multiple disciplines, often originating from different systems in a wide array of formats. Schedules and finances are tight, work sites are crowded, and decisions must be made quickly to keep projects on track and on budget. Traditional tools make it hard to visualize how a project will unfold or understand the impact of changes across multiple trades and contractors, leading to costly rework, delays, and safety risks.

Synchro 4D Pro addresses these challenges by integrating project schedules and 3D models in a single, visual platform. By leveraging Bentley’s product, teams of all experience levels can:

• More easily see construction sequences play out in real time

• Identify conflicts before they happen

• Coordinate work across multiple contractors and disciplines

Developing and maintaining an application to provide this functionality comes with significant technical challenges. Synchro must import a wide variety of CAD and AEC file formats, manage large and complex 3D models, maintain accuracy for measurement and simulation, and render them with high fidelity for 4D playback. Achieving this performance and reliability demands specialized software components capable of handling scale, precision, and diversity of construction data.

To save time and money in delivering these features to their customers, Bentley turned to Tech Soft 3D and their HOOPS software development toolkits.

HOOPS Toolkits Power Synchro’s Project Streamlining Efforts

At the heart of Synchro 4D Pro, Bentley relies on HOOPS Visualize and HOOPS Exchange to power the core elements of the application's functionality. HOOPS Exchange allows Synchro users to bring together a wide array of CAD and AEC file formats, consolidating design data from sources into a single, unified environment. This makes it possible to view and manage every piece of the project in one place, instead of juggling multiple applications or data silos.

Synchro 4D Pro serves thousands of customers worldwide, with projects ranging in complexity from oil refineries to commercial high-rises and everything in between. HOOPS Visualize is capable of delivering the high-performance, high-fidelity rendering that Synchro is renowned for. The toolkit enables the platform’s signature 4D playback, marrying the construction schedule directly to the model so project teams can see exactly how the work will unfold over time.

The model is at the center of Synchro 4D Pro, and HOOPS is at the center of the model.

- Morgan Hays, Senior Director of Product, Bentley Systems

Together, these HOOPS toolkits give Bentley the ability to provide a seamless, visually rich, and data-driven experience that keeps teams aligned and informed throughout the project lifecycle.

Licensing these features from Tech Soft 3D allows Bentley to focus their application development efforts on delivering their own functionality, while relying on HOOPS for the underlying data access and visualization infrastructure.

Why Bentley Continues to Rely on Tech Soft 3D

Bentley’s partnership with Tech Soft 3D spans nearly two decades, built on a foundation of collaboration, technical reliability, and crucially, similar visions on providing customer value.

The integration that we have with HOOPS Exchange and HOOPS Visualize is at the center of enabling the core value proposition that Synchro offers to its customers, which is alignment and understanding of how the project is going to unfold.

-  Morgan Hays, Senior Director of Product, Bentley Systems

Tech Soft 3D toolkits were able to provide the breadth of format support, accuracy-first visualization and proven, scalable performance Bentley needed. With HOOPS Visualize and HOOPS Exchange at its core, Synchro is well-positioned to support the next generation of construction planning and execution.

Bentley & Tech Soft 3D: Fast Facts

Industry:

Construction / Digital Project Management

The Challenge:

• Consolidate diverse CAD and AEC data from multiple sources into a single environment

• Deliver high-performance 4D visualization linking construction schedules to models

• Support a responsive, scalable application without building core data access and visualization infrastructure from scratch

The Solution:

• HOOPS Exchange enables robust access to a wide range of CAD and AEC file formats

• HOOPS Visualize powers high-fidelity rendering and 4D playback

• Collaborative partnership with Tech Soft 3D accelerates development and extends Bentley’s engineering capabilities

The Results:

• Synchro 4D Pro delivers unified models linked to construction schedules

• Faster feature development with less time spent on low-level file handling and visualization

• The development team focuses on construction-specific challenges instead of reinventing core technologies