Unlocking the Power of Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium in Infrastructure Visualizations

Unlocking the Power of Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium in Infrastructure Visualizations

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Power of Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium
3. The AECO Team: Our Guests and Announcements
4. Exploring Luminati for Omniverse: Key Features and Capabilities
   • Launcher and Installation
   • Synchronization Challenges in Infrastructure Projects
   • Importance of Digital Twins in Visualization Workflows
   • Geospatial Simulation and Behavior within Infrastructure Projects
5. Integrating Cesium for Geospatial Context
   • Streaming Geospatial Data into Omniverse
   • Use Cases for Geospatial Data in Visualization
   • Real-Time Collaboration and Asset Editing
   • Large-Scale Forests and Terrain Management
6. Advantages and Requirements for Collaboration and Performance
   • Collaborative Workflows and Synchronous Collaboration
   • Governing Collaboration and Approval Processes
   • System Requirements for Running Omniverse and Cesium
7. Predicted Industries to Benefit from Digital Twins and Geospatial Data
8. Conclusion and Future Developments

The Power of Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium

In today's stream, we're thrilled to discuss the powerful combination of Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium. We have the honor of hosting representatives from Bentley, Cesium, and the AECO Team. Before we dive into the details, let's hear some announcements and updates from Edmar. Don't forget to join our Discord server to stay up to date with our community challenges and engage with other users. We will also be hosting a live stream next week featuring the good folks from Adobe. But for today, let's focus on Bentley's Luminati for NVIDIA Omniverse and Cesium's geospatial integration.

🌟 Highlights

• Bentley's Luminati for Omniverse offers advanced visualization capabilities for infrastructure projects.
• The power of digital twins in synchronizing project models with visualization models.
• Cesium provides a seamless integration to stream geospatial data into Omniverse.
• Real-time collaboration and asset editing in a virtual environment.
• Large-scale forest and terrain management using Cesium's technology.
• Predicted industries to benefit from digital twins and geospatial data.

Introduction

Welcome to today's live stream, where we will delve into the power of Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium. We are excited to have representatives from Bentley, Cesium, and the AECO Team join us today. Before we begin, let's hear some announcements and updates from Edmar. If you haven't already, join our Discord server to connect with other users and stay informed about community challenges.

The Power of Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium

Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium provide powerful visualization and geospatial integration for infrastructure projects. Luminati for Omniverse offers advanced capabilities for creating high-fidelity project visualizations, overcoming challenges unique to the infrastructure industry. The integration of digital twins into visualization workflows has revolutionized the way we approach infrastructure projects, providing valuable insights and improving project outcomes.

🚀 The AECO Team: Our Guests and Announcements

Joining us today are representatives from Bentley, Cesium, and the AECO Team. We are grateful to have Dave Vercoe, Product Director for Digital Delivery Solutions at Bentley, Ryan, Solutions Architect at Cesium, Adam Morris, 3D Graphics Engineer at Cesium, and Sean Lilly, 3D Graphics Developer at Cesium, share their expertise with us. Stay tuned for exciting announcements and updates from the AECO Team.

Exploring Luminati for Omniverse: Key Features and Capabilities

Luminati for Omniverse introduces a range of new features and capabilities that empower infrastructure visualization projects. By leveraging the integration of Bentley's Lumen RT with NVIDIA Omniverse, users can create highly realistic visualizations, sync their project models with visualization models, and explore the power of geospatial simulation. Let's dive deeper into the key features and capabilities of Luminati for Omniverse.

Launcher and Installation

To access Luminati for Omniverse, simply download and install the Omniverse launcher. From there, you can easily launch Luminati for Omniverse and access essential documentation, release notes, and updates. Enjoy a 30-day free trial and experience the seamless integration of Lumen RT and Omniverse.

Synchronization Challenges in Infrastructure Projects

Infrastructure projects Present unique challenges in terms of scale, complexity, and synchronization. Luminati for Omniverse addresses these challenges by providing the capability to synchronize project models with real-time updates, ensuring accurate visualizations along the project lifecycle. By modernizing your visualization architecture and leveraging the latest GPU hardware, you can conquer any size infrastructure visualization project.

Importance of Digital Twins in Visualization Workflows

Digital twins play a crucial role in visualization workflows, enabling better project outcomes and information agility. Synchronized virtual representations of real-world assets, digital twins offer a comprehensive understanding of infrastructure projects and their connection to the surrounding environment. By adopting digital twins in your visualization workflow, you can streamline data integration, storytelling, and material mappings, resulting in more efficient decision-making processes.

Geospatial Simulation and Behavior within Infrastructure Projects

Geospatial simulation provides an essential context for infrastructure projects, enabling a deeper understanding of the project's impact on the surrounding environment. Cesium's geospatial tools allow seamless integration of geospatial information and reality meshes into digital twins, enhancing the visualization's aesthetics and environmental accuracy. Moreover, the behavior simulation feature enables the integration of ground truth data and animation, adding realism and analytical insights to infrastructure visualizations.

Integrating Cesium for Geospatial Context

Cesium's integration with Omniverse brings geospatial context and rich data visualization capabilities to infrastructure projects. By streaming 3D tiles—open standard data formats for highly detailed geospatial data—users can easily Visualize complex terrains, photogrammetry data, and point clouds. This integration enhances the value of digital twins, allowing users to explore detailed geospatial data and create immersive visualizations.

Streaming Geospatial Data into Omniverse

Cesium's integration with Omniverse enables the seamless streaming of geospatial data into the platform, leveraging 3D tiles data structures. This allows users to incorporate real-world context, including buildings, terrain, and imagery, directly into their visualizations. By effortlessly accessing geospatial data through Cesium's ion cloud platform, users can create highly accurate and detailed representations of their infrastructure projects.

Use Cases for Geospatial Data in Visualization

The integration of geospatial data provides numerous use cases for enhancing infrastructure visualizations. Users can surround their designs with real-world context, making accurate and informed decisions. Geospatial data also facilitates activities such as site analysis, shadow analysis, stakeholder engagement, and interactive modeling. Additionally, the visualization of drone or aerial 3D survey data becomes seamless, enabling easy integration of highly detailed and up-to-date survey information.

Real-Time Collaboration and Asset Editing

The collaborative capabilities of Omniverse and Cesium allow teams to work together in real-time on complex projects. With synchronous collaboration and asset editing, multiple users can simultaneously make changes and review approvals, streamlining the collaboration process. This enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of collaboration between stakeholders, resulting in better project outcomes.

Large-Scale Forests and Terrain Management

Cesium's technology in conjunction with Omniverse makes managing large-scale forests and terrain data effortless. By leveraging drone data, aerial surveys, and Cesium's ion cloud platform, users can easily generate realistic vegetation and forestry simulations. Whether it's visualizing environmental impacts or creating futuristic animations, Cesium's technology provides the necessary tools for managing large-scale forest and terrain data.

Advantages and Requirements for Collaboration and Performance

Collaborative workflows and synchronization are at the core of successful infrastructure projects. Omniverse enables both synchronous and governed collaboration, integrating with Bentley's digital twins to ensure accurate synchronization. By adopting these collaboration methods, teams can effectively manage changes, approvals, and sign-offs, leading to streamlined project execution. Regarding performance, using an RTX-enabled graphics card with ample video RAM is recommended to handle the high-fidelity visualization capabilities of Omniverse and Cesium.

Predicted Industries to Benefit from Digital Twins and Geospatial Data

The application and benefits of digital twins and geospatial data extend to various industries. Heavy civil, transportation, energy, water, and mining sectors can harness the power of digital twins to improve decision-making, streamline operations, and enhance visualization workflows. The ability to integrate accurate geospatial data and collaborate in real-time opens up new possibilities for innovation and efficiency across industries.

Conclusion and Future Developments

The combination of Bentley's Lumen RT and Cesium offers unparalleled visualization and geospatial integration for infrastructure projects. With Luminati for Omniverse, users can create highly realistic visualizations, sync project models with visualization models, and leverage geospatial data to enhance their design processes. The integration of Cesium allows users to seamlessly stream geospatial data into Omniverse, enabling accurate and detailed representations of complex terrains, buildings, and environments. As technology continues to advance, digital twins and geospatial data will play a crucial role in transforming the way we design, visualize, and collaborate on infrastructure projects. Stay tuned for future developments and exciting innovations in this field.

Resources:

• Bentley Systems
• Cesium