OpenPaths 2024 Release Highlights

CUBE 2024 offers a more productive, usable and efficient model management experience with a completely new GIS window for mapping and network editing, a new CubePy Python library for working with networks and matrices, an upgraded scenario manager and application editor, a new Cluster manager to improve the stability of distributed processing and much more.

CUBE 2024 is now natively integrated with AGENT travel demand modeling software, permitting assembly of virtually any travel demand model including activity-based (ABM), tour-based and classic trip-based models, and enabling time-saving automated model calibration procedures to leverage new mobility data sources for better model validation.

EMME 2024 introduces network acceleration for improved SOLA traffic assignment performance (2-7x faster single thread, up to 2x faster with 40 threads on very large applications), new transit analysis capabilities, easier specification of auxiliary transit modes in mixed-mode assignments, new Flow features for folder-based organization and new parameters for file and directory selection. EMME 2024 is now distributed and configured for use with Python 3.11 and includes accumulated maintenance to desktop and Flow features and Modeller tools.

EMME 2024 also includes major new AGENT enhancements including support for agent-based freight modeling with a new Firm Synthesizer and new agent types for Firms, Trucks, Truck tours and Truck trips, as well as improvements to automated calibration, performance optimizations, and ability re-start a demand model from a previous step.

DYNAMEQ 2024 introduces new editing capability for O-D paths and path usage and brings accumulated maintenance for desktop application features and APIs. DYNAMEQ 2024 is also distributed and configured by default for use with Python 3.11.

CityPhi 2024 introduces support for Bentley SES licensing, Python 3.11 support, accumulated maintenance and new features including an updated CityPhi Studio time slider to work more productively with keyframes, new 3D label layers for point, polyline and polygon features, a new offset layer parameter to improve rendering of directional polylines, API access to the CityPhi expression language and more.

Installing OpenPaths

To install OpenPaths 2024, make sure to download and install the OpenPaths product installer from softwaredownloads.bentley.com.

OpenPaths must be configured to run in one of two distinct editions: OpenPaths Ultimate or OpenPaths Advanced. The edition that is selected will determine which OpenPaths applications and/or application features will be available for use. More information is available during installation.

OpenPaths 2024 is a recommended update for all users.

Please consult the full Release Notes for each OpenPaths application.