i-models are containers for the open exchange of infrastructure information that enable project team members to share and interact with complex project data and information regardless of authoring application or technology platform

• i-models are Bentley’s “currency” for information exchange to enable Information Mobility within the federated workflows of our users’ projects

• Applicable across all products and all solution areas
• Applicable to all project information:
  • Graphics, Geometry
  • Business data
• Applicable across all phases of the asset lifecycle
• Applicable to Bentley and non-Bentley applications

• i-models are a medium for information exchange
  • within projects associated with the life-cycle of infrastructure assets

• i-models enable information to flow
  • easily, completely, and accurately between and within design, construction, and operations environments

• i-models handle all component information
  • including business properties, geometry, graphics, and relationships

• i-models are open
  • by providing standard interfaces for business, engineering, construction, and operations applications from multiple vendors