MicroStation
Bring Your Vision to Life
MicroStation is the only computer-aided design software for infrastructure design, helping architects and engineers like you bring their vision to life, present their designs to their clients, and deliver their projects to the community.
MicroStation is Infrastructure Design.
It’s Simple, Really.
MicroStation not only builds the foundation of infrastructure design projects, but is also the foundation of your design and engineering solution. Providing you power, flexibility, and best-in-class features, without requiring add-ons, MicroStation makes it easy to work the way you want, leaving you time to do what you do best. With MicroStation, you can minimize risks, accelerate automation, and win more work.
Design
Create geospatially enabled 2D and 3D drawings for infrastructure projects and deliver them on time and on budget, even as project complexities and scale increase.
Communicate
Quickly produce better documents that communicate your design intent. Documents are industry compliant so you can stamp designs with ease and confidence.
Deliver
Key Capabilities For Infrastructure Design
INTEROPERABILITY
Work with native DGN and incorporate legacy data and file formats like DWG and point-cloud data without conversions.
RELIABILITY
Work collaboratively on any size project without size restrictions, crashes, or complications, knowing your system will always be on.
VISUALIZATION
Analyze and perform data visualizations on models based on their geometry or underlying attributes.
STANDARDS
MicroStation
MicroStation is easy to use and master through a configurable environment with in-app learning, video tutorials, and extensive support that helps you become an expert in no time.
What is Bentley MicroStation?
MicroStation is the computer-aided design (CAD) software that users worldwide trust for creating precise 2D and 3D drawings for infrastructure projects. Engineers, architects, and construction professionals openly collaborate to deliver inspiring projects, utilizing the industry leading DGN file format.
- Draft, annotate, and freely design 2D geometry and 3D models at any scale
- Ensure project quality by enforcing CAD standards with robust configuration capabilities
- Utilize data needed to deliver your projects, no matter when it was created
- Produce consistent, high-quality deliverables, such as paper plots, reports, 2D/3D PDFs, iModels, and 3D models
MicroStation provide a comprehensive set of 3D CAD capabilities which include creating models and renderings, performing various analyses, animations, and more.
How much is a MicroStation license?
The price of MicroStation varies per region. While there are various types of licensing available, a common choice is the 12-month practitioner license offered through Bentley’s eStore. When you purchase through the eStore, you get a Virtuoso Subscription. This means you get the software and “Keys” (tokens) to redeem for customizable training, mentoring, and consulting services.
Is MicroStation hard to learn?
The average user reported three to six months with adequate training to become proficient in MicroStation. Every software purchase through the eStore comes as a bundle with “Keys” or training credits to ensure you get the training and expert services you need to get started right away. We call this bundle the Virtuoso Subscription.
Your purchase of MicroStation includes 3 Keys. You can redeem the Keys for expert services such as consulting, mentoring, customized instruction, one-to-one mentoring and/or on-demand learning.
How can I learn MicroStation for free?
You can learn about MicroStation for free by watching the tutorial videos. Additionally, you can request an evaluation license from our product sales engineers via the Chat Bot on this page. Access all the learning you need here.
