Hi everybody,

this time I have a surprising message for you. Maybe some of you know, I still work part time for Bentley doing Vue and PlantFactory support (mainly reactivations and legacy license compatibility keys).

Now Bentley has made one step further and has this message for you:

Subject: Exciting Opportunity for the VUE & PlantFactory Community!

Hello everyone,

A few years ago, Bentley Systems made VUE and PlantFactory freely available to our user community. Today, we’re exploring an even bigger step: making the source code of these products available under a free software license, sponsored by the Academy Software Foundation.

Before we move forward, we want to hear from you—the creators who have kept these tools alive and thriving.

• Would you support this initiative?
• Would you or your organization be interested in contributing to maintain and evolve these tools as part of an open-source project?

Your feedback is critical. This decision will shape the future of VUE and PlantFactory, and we want to ensure it reflects the needs and enthusiasm of this community.

Please share your thoughts in the comments or send us a message. If you’re interested in actively participating, let us know! We’d love to identify individuals and organizations ready to help lead this exciting new chapter.

We need your input soon—your voices will guide whether we take this step forward. Let’s make something amazing together!

Thank you for being part of this journey,

The Bentley Systems Team

Please reply to this message, send me a message here or send me an email. I think most of you remember the email address, you can find the contact as well on the e-on software download page too.

I hope there are enough people that are interested so that this can become reality - that Vue and PlantFactory stays alive.

One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.