Installation

Minimum Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit.
• Processor: 4-core Intel Core i5, AMD Ryzen 5 equivalent, or better.
• Memory: 16 GB RAM.
• Graphics: NVIDIA Dedicated graphics card with OpenGL support and at least 4 GB of VRAM.
• Display: 1920 × 1080 resolution or higher.
• Storage: Approximately 1 GB of free space for installation. An SSD is strongly recommended for storing BEXEL Manager projects.
• Network: An Internet connection is required for installation, updates, license validation, and features that use cloud or web services.

(*) Administrator rights are required to install and/or update the software.

Recommended Configuration

For comfortable everyday work with medium-sized BIM projects, the following configuration is recommended:

• Processor: Modern 6-core or 8-core Intel Core i5/i7, AMD Ryzen 5/7 equivalent, or better.
• Memory: 32 GB RAM or more.
• Graphics: Dedicated NVIDIA graphics card with at least 6 GB of VRAM. 8 GB or more is recommended for complex models.
• Storage: NVMe or SATA SSD with sufficient free capacity for project files and temporary data.

Large and Complex Projects

For large federated models, complex BIM projects, or workflows involving multiple disciplines and large datasets, higher specifications may be required:

• Processor: Modern 8-core processor or better.
• Memory: 64 GB RAM or more.
• Graphics: Dedicated NVIDIA graphics card with at least 8 GB of VRAM; 12 GB or more is recommended for particularly large or graphically demanding projects.
• Storage: High-performance NVMe SSD with sufficient free space for project data.

Note: Some users have reported compatibility or stability issues with AMD graphics cards. Therefore, NVIDIA graphics cards are currently recommended for the best BEXEL Manager experience.

Mac OS is not supported at the moment. To use BEXEL Manager on Mac OS, we suggest installing Windows on VMware Fusion virtual machine or making a dual boot with Windows using Boot Camp Assistant.

To use BEXEL Manager remotely, we suggest using popular remote clients such as Any Desk, Team Viewer, or VNC. Using Windows Remote Desktop Connection is possible, but due to some technical restrictions, it may result in problems with 3D views inside BEXEL Manager and therefore is not recommended.

To use BEXEL Manager in another language (the default is English), please choose the preferred language on the first screen of the installation wizard. The language can be changed at any time after the installation. To do so, please choose the ‘Properties’ option from the context menu (right-click) of the BEXEL Manager shortcut on the desktop and change the part after ‘/language:’ in the ‘Target’ field with the preferred language code. The full list of currently supported languages and their codes is: English → ENU, French → FRA,  German → DEU, Spanish → ESP, Russian → RUS, Italian → ITA, Korean → KOR, Hungarian → HUN, Serbian → SRB, Slovenian → SLO, Chinese → CHS, Polish → PLK, Greek → ELL  and Czech → CSY.

BEXEL Manager will require you to log in with your Bexel Account credentials. Once logged in, the license will be activated automatically, and you will get a successful activation message. If you don’t have an account yet or your account isn’t connected to any BEXEL Manager license, you can close the login screen and enter the license key manually. Please make sure you follow these steps when activating the software:

• Make sure you are connected to the Internet
• When prompted for activation, please choose the first option, “Enter a serial number and activate automatically.”
• Paste your license key and click OK.

In cases where BEXEL Manager needs to be used in conditions with no internet connection or the licensing process fails because of proxy or firewall settings, there is a possibility to activate the license offline. Please make sure you follow these steps when activating the software offline:

• When prompted for activation, choose the second option “Generate a request code to activate the license without a network connection (offline activation)”
• Paste your license key and click OK
• After a request code has been generated, use the Copy to Clipboard option to copy and send it with your license key to support@bexelmanager.com via email
• After receiving an email with the activation code, please start BEXEL Manager again
• When prompted for activation, please choose the third option (“Provide an activation code you obtained from Bexel’s support (offline activation)”) and enter the activation code/load file you got.
• You will get a message about the successful activation.

When you change your device or reinstall your operating system please contact our Technical Support to deactivate your license so that you can activate it again. 

The license can be deactivated, or the user can be changed once a month at the maximum or up to three times per year.

First, check if you have internet connection available.

Second, try to reach the following endpoints:

https://licensing4a.bexelconsulting.com/api/info
https://licensing4b.bexelconsulting.com/api/info

If none of these endpoints is accessible, you need to contact your network administrator to allow access to these links.

Regardless of the endpoint available, the ports that must be allowed are standard ports for HTTP/HTTPS communication: 80, 443, and 8443.

Delete BexelManager.layout file from the location C:\Users\{your_username}\AppData\Roaming\BEXEL\Bexel Manager 25 or find the location by pressing Windows key + R , type %appdata%\BEXEL\Bexel Manager 25\ and press enter. 

Find and delete files from local computer location C:\ProgramData\BEXEL\Building Explorer 5 (but not the folder itself). Activate the new license.