You connect 12d Synergy and Bentley ProjectWise with an integration that moves documents, models and attributes between a 12d Synergy project and a ProjectWise datasource on rules you configure. CDE Sync™ connects both platforms through service accounts, maps 12d Synergy attributes to ProjectWise environment attributes and keeps the chosen folders in step, so civil teams and the client or consultant each keep their own platform.
Where 12d Synergy and ProjectWise overlap
Both platforms are well established in infrastructure. 12d Synergy is widely used by civil contractors and surveyors working in 12d Model. ProjectWise is widely used by road, rail and water authorities and by large engineering consultancies. A common pattern sees a contractor's civil team working in 12d Synergy while the authority requires every deliverable in its ProjectWise environment, with its own attributes completed.
Moving information between the two by hand means exporting, renaming to the authority's convention, completing attributes and uploading, then doing the reverse when the authority issues updated references. That work repeats for every issue and revision across the life of the project.
What the integration handles
CDE Sync™ moves files with their version history and maps 12d Synergy custom attributes to ProjectWise environment attributes. Classification, revision and status data carries across, and ISO 19650 naming fields are handled where the project uses them. Folder structures can mirror each other or be mapped to the authority's structure. Every sync is logged with full traceability back to the rule that triggered it.
Some teams look at vendor tools first. 12d Synergy CDE Connect and Bentley Enterprise Connection Services (BECS) are each offered within their own vendor's product family. CDE Sync™ is independent of both vendors and connects 12d Synergy and ProjectWise on equal terms, alongside any other platform on the project.
How to connect 12d Synergy and ProjectWise, step by step
Agree the exchange with the authority or consultant: document types, folders, direction and frequency.
Collect the ProjectWise environment attributes and the 12d Synergy attributes in use.
Request a ProjectWise service account and a 12d Synergy service account with access to the agreed folders.
Connect both platforms in the CDE Sync™ wizard.
Select the folders on each side and map attributes between them.
Set the direction and schedule, then run a pilot on a small batch of documents.
Review the results with both document control teams and extend the scope.
Meeting authority requirements
Road and rail authorities usually publish detailed requirements for how documents must be numbered, described and lodged in their ProjectWise environment. Building those requirements into the CDE Sync™ mapping once means every subsequent transfer meets them automatically. It is worth agreeing with the authority how superseded revisions should appear, which status values mean a document is ready for review, and who should be notified if a transfer fails validation. Contractors working for several authorities can keep a mapping per authority and reuse it across projects, which shortens setup on the next contract.
Keeping models and documents together
Civil deliverables often depend on each other. A drawing references a model, a report references survey data, and an authority reviewer needs to see them as a set. When documents are moved by hand, those relationships are easy to break, because one file is uploaded and its companion is forgotten or sent at a different revision. Configuring the sync around folders that hold complete packages helps keep related files together. Agreeing a status that marks a package as ready means the whole set moves at once. That gives the authority a coherent submission and gives the contractor confidence that what was reviewed is what was issued.
Security and data residency
CDE Sync™ streams files directly between 12d Synergy and ProjectWise without storing them. Data is encrypted in transit and processed in the Azure region you choose, which suits authorities with data residency rules or Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) obligations. Utopia Digital holds SOC 2 Type II and Cyber Essentials. See the Security Trust Portal and the global data region map.
12d Synergy, ProjectWise and the Utopiaverse™
Connecting 12d Synergy and ProjectWise adds both to the Utopiaverse™, the connected record Utopia Digital builds across your platforms. CDE Sync™ keeps them aligned, CDE Backup™ keeps an independent copy in your own Azure, CDE Migrate™ handles platform changes and CDE Archive™ captures the record at completion. AI Insights then searches civil and engineering content together. The 12d Synergy and ProjectWise integration pages have more, and How Do I Connect 12d Synergy and Autodesk Forma? covers a related pairing.
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