The following section contains frequently asked questions related to the Bentley Map Mobile Publisher and Bentley Map Mobile Converter applications.:
The Bentley Map Mobile Publisher application was primarily designed for interactive use in a Bentley Map session, providing a simple user interface to select feature classes, set searchable business properties, and define display order for a single output Bentley Map Mobile i-model. Although the Bentley Map Mobile Publisher settings can be saved and reused later, the primary intent is to provide an interactive tool to publish Bentley Map Mobile i-models from the data loaded in the session, similar to common PDF printing processes.
By contrast, the Bentley Map Mobile Converter application was designed with high-performance, scalability, automation and extensive configuration capabilities as the primary objectives. As a command line tool, use of the Bentley Map Mobile Converter can be scripted in batch files to automate the recurring production of Bentley Map Mobile i-models. Please refer to the "Functional Matrix" section for more information.
By providing a 64-bit command line tool that runs in a Windows command shell, the Bentley Map Mobile Converter removes the 32-bit memory limitations of Bentley Map, allowing users to convert 10s, 100s or even 1,000s of design files into a single Bentley Map Mobile i-model containing tens of thousands or even millions of infrastructure assets. With "Custom Configuration Files" capabilities, well beyond that of the Bentley Map Mobile Publisher application, the Bentley Map Mobile Converter offers organizations more ways to refine the Bentley Map Mobile i-model output.
Yes. As source input data changes over time, the Bentley Map Mobile Converter also provides the ability to detect changes and generate changeset files that can be consumed by the "Incremental File Updates" capability of Bentley Map Mobile, ensuring the mobile workforce has up-to-date asset data. Please refer to the "Functional Matrix" section for more information.
No. The Bentley Map Mobile Converter supports all Bentley Map Mobile Publisher capabilities plus many more. Please refer to the "Functional Matrix" section for more information.
The Bentley Map Mobile Converter application is included with the Bentley Map Mobile Publisher product delivery, available for download here on the "Bentley Software Downloads" site. After installation of Bentley Map Mobile Publisher, the MapMobileConverter.exe command line tool can be located in the …\MapMobilePublisher\converter folder.
The Bentley Map Mobile Converter application can be run by opening the "Bentley Map Mobile Converter Shell" and entering MapMobileConverter at the command prompt. Please refer to the "Getting Started" section for more information.
Yes. The MapMobileConverter.config.xml file is provided in the …\MapMobilePublisher\converter folder to illustrate basic configuration settings that can process both Bentley Map and MicroStation design file data. Please refer to the "Default Configuration File" section for more information.
Yes. The MapMobileConverter.config.xsd file provided in the …\MapMobilePublisher\converter folder can be used to validate Bentley Map Mobile Converter custom configuration XML files. It can also be used with XML/XSD aware editing tools such as Visual Studio to provide interactive schema validation and documentation. Please refer to the "XML Schema Definition (XSD)" section for more information.