Earlier this year we launched Bentley CONNECT Advisor, an in-product tool to access context relevant learning material.
Bentley CONNECT Advisor is installed with CONNECT Edition applications based on MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 4 or later. It is offered as a Technology Preview in Update 4 then will be a fully-fledged feature of Update 5.
For CONNECT enabled V8i applications like MicroStation V8i SS4 (and those based on in it, AECOsim Building Designer SS6 Update 1 for instance) Bentley CONNECT Advisor is a standalone download from the Fulfilment Center that when installed will detect the V8i applications that it can integrate with.
In CONNECT Edition applications Bentley CONNECT Advisor appears as an icon at the top right of the application window alongside the Help icon:
In V8i applications it appears as a toolbox (if it does not appear open the Toolboxes dialog with Ctrl + T, tick the CONNECT Advisor box):
Bentley CONNECT Advisor is easy to use, just search using relevant terms, Boolean expressions can be used to refine search results. Content is available from the resources shown below, results can be sorted and filtered, favourites can be saved. Click on the help icon at the top right for a comprehensive guide.
This is the quickest route to finding relevant Bentley LEARN videos.
Note: the Technology Preview of CONNECT Advisor delivered with MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 4 does not include the favorites feature, the standalone version is a newer version, MicroStation CONNECT Edition will catch up when Update 5 is released.
Bentley CONNECT Advisor also has options to list additional categories including future events:
To use Bentley CONNECT Advisor you must be logged into the CONNECTION Client. This does not require a SELECT subscription, only registration as a CONNECTED User. For more information on that please see the Bentley Cloud Services Overview.
The CONNECTION Client is installed with CONNECT Edition applications and CONNECT enabled V8i applications from MicroStation V8i SS4 onwards.