OpenFlows WorkSuite Reviews & Product Details

Utilities and engineering firms around the world trust OpenFlows WaterCAD as a reliable decision-support capability for their infrastructure. Design new water systems and manage existing water networks effectively to reduce disruption risks and energy use. OpenFlows WaterCAD’s ease-of-use helps you successfully plan, design, and operate water distribution systems.

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What is OpenFlows WorkSuite, and what problem is it built to solve?

OpenFlows WorkSuite is used for civil engineering design work involving water distribution, sewer, and stormwater systems. It helps teams model and assess infrastructure networks and develop designs for those systems.

What company sizes and industries is OpenFlows WorkSuite the best fit for?

Positive experiences are represented most clearly among small businesses and mid-market organizations.

Small business: Teams with 50 or fewer employees use it for water, sewer, and drainage design and modeling.
Mid-market: Organizations with 51–1,000 employees use it for infrastructure network design, analysis, and planning.

What customer support options does OpenFlows WorkSuite provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

The support experience comes across as adequate but not consistently standout. When technical questions arise, getting a timely response can matter to users.

What features or capabilities could make OpenFlows WorkSuite even more useful?

OpenFlows WorkSuite could be more useful with a smoother learning experience and refinements to design workflows. Recurring improvement areas include:

Usability and onboarding: Make commands and advanced tools easier to find and understand, with clearer guidance for common tasks.
Modeling tools and libraries: Expand component libraries and add more flexible options for network layouts and design details.
File exchange: Improve importing and exporting across common design and geospatial formats.
Reliability and reporting: Reduce slowdowns and crashes, and make system-wide reports and print outputs easier to manage.

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Chayan K.

Sales Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

Updated 11/12/2019

Originally submitted 11/7/2019

"Excellent and powerful for drainage systems designing."

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Quite powerful tool with very high ability in production of quality drawings and plans for sewer systems in different construction projects. Simple product for the user to get familiar with and it has capabilities in accurate service provision, especially in Mechanical Engineering documents production. It gives the user the ability to quickly load elevation and it also support a number of different formats plug-in from other tools like AutoCAD, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

No major issues regarding the tool usage and performance. Everything is good with this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenFlows WorkSuite:

Very powerful product for easy sewer or drainage systems designing and very easy tool to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenFlows WorkSuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating and designing of various quality documents for complex projects, like Mechanical drawings for different construction projects, especially in Mechanical installations or drainage systems designing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Civil Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/28/2020

"I've have been working as project manager/ lead civil engineer (design) for infrastructures project."

4/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

The software is "User-friendly" and easy to learn even for beginners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Sheet manager for printing work needs more improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Civil Engineering

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/12/2020

"Using it for my actual projects"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

I like the site layout of the pipe to anything you want Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Printing of pipe layout image is problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Karen R. D.

Human Resources Recruiter

Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/11/2019

"WaterCad reorganizes and distributes your drinking system, a unique tool."

5/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

His way of designing the plans in a 3D format leaves me more than satisfied, allowing me to do real evaluations, in terms of actual consumption of a locality, in this case the company allowed me to manage the supply of drinking water to employees, I like it because I also collaborate when making strong decisions, such as how should be the design within the infrastructure, I find it much easier with this software, it is great for drinking service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

It is usually a somewhat heavy and slow software when the internet is not flowing smoothly, I do not have any complaint about this product, but if some features could be clearer and less intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenFlows WorkSuite:

I recommend it to people who require a more thorough administration for the water supply in their companies. It is a quite complete and simple to implement software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenFlows WorkSuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

I collaborate in the redesign and modeling of the distribution of drinking water, for the own consumption and for the employees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Anacret M.

Civil Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/3/2019

"Important tool for stormwater designs"

4/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Important tool for use in displaying your stormwater designs in a graphical way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

There isn't any custom setting added scripts or commands you can input, but there isn't a need for that in this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Amy Sofiath S.

Project Engineer

Construction

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/15/2019

"A good program to organize the water supply for residents of an area."

5/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

I love the way it generates and creates fluids, it is easy to implement, it reduces the time to draw how to install and install the pipes to distribute the water, with this software I can do everything digital, it served me a lot in a project of installation of water services, to a residential set, and the program does it to perfection, and I even cost to implement it but its learning curve is simple and more when it is done by a specialist engineer, the system becomes more flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

It may be that when simulating the installation and how the system works, it slows down, and you have to close and reopen the program because it hangs, but your auto-save system supports everything in the cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenFlows WorkSuite:

If you are afraid of not knowing how to use this software, or it is the first time you try it, join is simple and easy to implement, and maybe a few introductory courses and handling would be spectacular, it is worth acquiring a software of this type I recommend it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenFlows WorkSuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

I contribute a lot to create a water distribution system from scratch, I collaborate in the saving of unnecessary costs when investing in materials that could be lost in the tests, because this software made the work to be done in the established time and the company has been able level up with respect to works and projects in the hydrological area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Betty D.

Manager

Biotechnology

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/28/2019

"Analyze and model a perfect water distribution system with WaterCad"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

I like how it gives a detailed analysis of how to distribute water in an infrastructure, it helps me to reduce the risk of generating more expenses in the future, and risks of interruption and allows me to administer and distribute potable water to employees without any problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

I do not like it because the software is something heavy, and has many features that at the beginning are quite complex to understand, you need a support with immediate response, as doubts arise every now and then, but even so it is quite reasonable software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenFlows WorkSuite:

I think you should study well the case of investing in a program like this, because as its managers are Bentley the software can be somewhat expensive, but it is an excellent product that helps reorganize, design and modify the water system of your infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenFlows WorkSuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helped us to restore the potable water service for the employees' consumption, to reorganize and modify the way of distributing the water with quality designs, and in different departments of the company in a reliable and solid way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Mohana K.

Project Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/28/2018

"Design of Large scale Sewer network is Made easy by Bently"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Its very easy design tool can be used for any region globally. model building is very easy compared to any other mainstream sewer design software. Loading elevation or DEM surface is very quick and many formats of input can be used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Zooming options and views of the software need little improvement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenFlows WorkSuite:

this is the handy software to design the gravity network very easily, only thing is the user must be aware of the basic civil engineering principals and particular client standard requirements such as min and max velocity, slopes, pipe sizes etc.. it can also design channels and swales. I would say it's a complete package to design and get the quantity of materials with fewer efforts and time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenFlows WorkSuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have designed a complete network of more than 800km of sewer network using sewer cad software. the file sizes are very less and can be sent via outlook mail as an attachment very comfortably. various scenarios can be created based on client requirements such as fixed flow or pattern flow etc.. various peaking factors can be assigned to the same model, without creating many model files. ( single model can be used for different types of client requirements or different options.) one more big advantage is we can create various selection sets and design/ load the required input data to those selection sets alone. for each different scenarios reports can be generated separately and comparative study can be done. One more big advantage what I found is that the software can be used for both analysis and design mode so that the person who is reviewing the model can put the system in analysis mode and check for various options without disturbing the original model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Edger L.

Project Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/18/2019

"WaterCAD, The perfect tool for designing of water distribution system."

5/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Very easy to use WaterCAD in which it can be operated in both platforms, independently or within another product, depending on the user project. High ability in reporting of different result and can also used in creating of Fluid cad files. Its an excellent product in designing/planning of different water distribution channels, and even tracing of water installation on site. Availability of online tutorials which helps the WaterCAD new users more about the software and its the best in analyzing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Only misbehaving when working on very big project files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenFlows WorkSuite:

WaterCAD its the best tool in designing of planning of water distributions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenFlows WorkSuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

-Planning and tracing of water distribution channels and installations, among other benefits in different industries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Thadshayeni U.

Thadshayeni Uthayan

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/2/2019

"It is very efficient and user friendly"

4/5

What do you like best about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

This application is an excellent software to design the structure according to the requirement as well as maintaining the aesthetic appearance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenFlows WorkSuite?

Not major things to be commented but sometimes it gets stuck during some complex designs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenFlows WorkSuite:

It will be easier to learn if AutoCAD is familiar and the user should have a good knowledge about the software to obtain the optimum benefits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenFlows WorkSuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has very accurate and powerful tools to make a perfect sketch. And design can be more eased as it has the ability to check the conditions and requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.