Case Study: Bentley Systems boosts plant design productivity with Franz Inc.'s Allegro CL

Bentley Systems boosts plant design with Franz Inc.'s Lisp tools and 3D automation

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a global leader in infrastructure engineering software, used Franz Inc.'s Allegro CL to build its PlantWise conceptual plant design system. The challenge was to develop a sophisticated, knowledge-based application that could empower engineers with user-configurable logic and dynamic design modeling capabilities.

Franz Inc.'s solution leveraged Allegro CL's Dynamic Objects technology, which enabled Bentley to create intelligent object models and task-specific languages for its users. This resulted in a significant productivity advantage, allowing engineers to configure system logic themselves. The dynamic qualities of the Lisp environment also made a measurable impact on customer support, as developers could send small, targeted patches instead of large system replacements, greatly improving responsivity to client requests.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated