Bentley provides tools and technology to view and query i-models:

• Adobe Reader
  • The Adobe Reader i-model plug-in can embed an i-model in a PDF so that the graphics and data contained in the i-model are available in Adobe Reader.
• Bentley Navigator
  • Designed for high performance i-model viewing. It provides a rich environment for viewing graphics as well design and business data. It’s also designed to create and manage markups or perform clash detection on i-models.
• Mobile device applications
  • Multiple applications are available, appropriate to specific workflows, to interact, view, query, and mark-up i-models.

Bentley provides multiple options for accessing the data in an i-model: 

• Bentley Navigator or Adobe Reader
  • Allow you to see and query the data, while viewing a 3D model or 2D drawing through standard functionality available in both applications.
• i-model Transformation Services
  • Provide capabilities to aggregate, relate, filter,  relate, and re-format the content of i-models based on user-defined configuration rules in order to organize the information for specific end uses.
• i-model ODBC Driver
  • Provides and industry standard interface which allows you to access and use the data, in familiar tools like Excel, Access, Visual Studio, Crystal Reports and can be configured to map complex design oriented content to be easily consumed by business-oriented applications.
• i-model Software Development Kit (SDK)
  • Provides portable application programming interface (API) for accessing all the content contained in an i-model from within 3rd party software vendor or user developed applications