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ProjectWise Introduction
ProjectWise (PW) is designed to house and organize all project related documents, including but not limited to MicroStation design files, Geopak files, all Microsoft Office documents, Adobe PDFs, text files, images, etc.

ProjectWise is a Bentley Systems, Incorporated software suite for document management. UDOT uses the system for management of engineering documents, such as Microstation and Geopak files,
Microsoft Office files, and other project related files. ProjectWise allows for easy collaboration amongst
users across multiple geographic locations. ProjectWise makes the use of managed Microstation and
Geopak workspaces to be configured so that any user, internal or external, can use the same workspace
configuration when opening CAD drawings from the ProjectWise system.

Requesting Access:

How does ProjectWise work?
ProjectWise maintains a database of all documents contained in the system. Through the web portal or
the ProjectWise Explorer client, you may view the contents of the datasource. When checking out
(opening) a document from ProjectWise, the file and any workspace files needed are copied locally and
opened from your computer.

ProjectWise Naming Conventions:

Working in ProjectWise
ProjectWise is similar to Windows Explorer in that it allows navigation of folder structure, opening of files,
searching for files, etc. Files can be opened directly from ProjectWise explorer or from software suites
that have ProjectWise integration (Microsoft Office Suite and Bentley Microstation are two examples).
Placing existing files into ProjectWise Explorer
To place an existing document or documents into ProjectWise, simply select the folder or set of
documents, then click-and-drag-and-drop the selected files from the Windows Explorer window to the
ProjectWise Explorer window, as shown on the next page.