Releases and Updates 2025


  1. Aug 8, 2025

    New in PDF Markup

    Document Comparison Enhancements

    Selective Page Comparison

    Users can now select specific pages to compare within the Document Comparison tool. This is especially helpful when working with documents that have different page counts, allowing users to focus only on the relevant content.

    Semantic and Visual Comparison Support

    The comparison tool now supports both semantic (content-based) and visual (appearance-based) comparisons. This dual-mode capability helps users quickly identify changes in both text and layout between selected pages.

    Learn more › 

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    New in PDF Markup

    Visual Comparison Tool Enhancements (Nudge Tool)

    The Nudge tool will allow users to move, rotate, and scale documents for more precise visual alignment.

    Available features:
      • Interactive Document Alignment
      • Manual Scaling and Fit Options
      • Alignement via Mouse and Keyboard
     
    Aug 5, 2025

    Model Tree V3 now available in iModel Viewer (New!)

    The updated Tree Widget introduces advanced model interrogation tools including Instance Focus Mode for isolating individual elements, Invert View for toggling visibility states, and 2D/3D View Toggles for switching between representations. Enhanced search supports partial name and ID queries, while right-click context actions (e.g., Zoom to, Hide, Isolate) streamline inspection workflows across disciplines and categories.

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    Jul 30, 2025

    Form-to-Clash Status Sync (New!)

    You can now automatically sync Clash Statuses with Form Status transitions in Clash-type forms. This new feature enables users to suppress or unsuppress clashes based on the outcome of the form workflow—streamlining coordination and enhancing data accuracy across teams.

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    Jul 3, 2025

    New in BUILD

    Form Default Values

    In the forms designer, default values can now be defined for all fields on the form.

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    iModel Administrator functions

    Users with administrative permissions assigned will have access to create and edit the iModels from the same Manage iModel page.

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    iModel Manager

    The iModel Manager has been moved from Administration section to the left navigation panel under the iModels icon. This allows users to quickly view and navigate to the existing imodels in the project.

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    Jun 19, 2025

    New in BUILD

    Build Trial Project Deprecated

    Build Trial project creation has been deprecated from SYNCHRO Control. Any existing projects will remain active for the 30-day trial period then deleted.

    Form Renderer (NEW!)

    An updated, more stable, version of the form renderer is included in this release available using the "Try new form renderer" toggle switch currently available.

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    Project User Management 

    The new User Management control has been updated to include the following enhancement and fixes:

    • Download users - Available from the Bulk actions dropdown, this exports the current user list and roles to your local machine.

    • Import Users - The Import Users dialog now provides an option, Send welcome email to all the added team members, which lets you control whether an invitation email should be sent or not to all users imported to the project.


    • Users no longer need IMS Administrator privileges to bulk import users.

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    May 23, 2025

    Forms Grid (New!)

    A new forms grid is now available for preview in the Infrastructure Cloud which can be enabled using the toggle switch which is now available in each form grid. The grid provides new technologies which will result in better performance when loading and interacting with forms.

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    Forms Manager (New!)

    A new and improved forms manager is now available in the Infrastructure Cloud providing much anticipated new functionalities to enhance management of forms across projects..

    The interface is updated providing an improved way to apply settings to multiple forms definitions simultaneously.

    Additional functionality for the forms manager includes the following:

    • Import/Copy form definitions

    • Manage Properties (Form Bindings)

    • Share among projects

    • Application Access

    • New PDF Export layout options

  8. May 6, 2025

    iTwin Spatial Editor (New!)

    The Edit iModel page (accessible from the iModel context menu) now has a button to launch the iTwin Spatial Editor. This replaces a previous web widget that has been deprecated.

    This feature is to address iModels where some files are not correctly geospatially located and in extreme scenarios can cause severe graphical distortions.

    Learn more ›

    Apr 21, 2025

    New in DESIGN

    PW365 Upgrade to Infrastructure Cloud - Single Project

    As part of our ongoing efforts to create the best user experience across the entire lifecycle through Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, we are consolidating our portals into only one – Infrastructure Cloud Portal.

    By accessing all your projects and data from a single location, you will gain new capabilities and more integrated and collaborative workflows across design and build phases, resulting in more successful project delivery outcomes.This is why we created a tool that will allow Project Owners and CONNECT Administrators to Upgrade ProjectWise 365 projects to Infrastructure Cloud Design Projects.
     
    Note: Before you start the Upgrade process, please read this article to learn about pre-requisites, entitlements, and FAQ.

  9. Mar 3, 2025

    Photo Mark Up in Media Indexing

    Our Media Indexing service now offers image markup tools and photo-based issue creation, streamlining workflows and enhancing collaboration.


    To learn more about Photo Mark Up in Media Indexing – click here

January 2025

Project Owners can decide to Cover Costs for External Organization invited to collaborate through Deliverables Management.

Once the invited organization accepts the invitation, click on Manage External Organizations Billing Settings to select which organization you want to cover costs for.

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[Note: All participants from Invited External Organizations will record Manage usage and will get Manage permissions.]

To learn more about Cover Costs for External Organization invited to Collaborate via Deliverables Management – click here