AVEVA PDMS 12.0The 3D plant design application for accurate and clash-free plant design

The process and power industries seek to commission high-quality plant earlier,and to bring it on line with minimum cost and minimum risk. Achieving this in thedesign domain requires highly functional and productive applications that can beexecuted effectively across globally distributed project teams.

AVEVA PDMS allows teams of designers to work together, each with their own specialist3D colour-shaded environment, but able to view all of the design going on aroundthem.

As the designers work, PDMS builds a sophisticated plant database from which all of thelayout and detail drawings can be produced, together with accurate Material Take Off(MTO) information and all kinds of project reports such as Line List or Valve Schedules.

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AVEVA PDMS can design every detail –even on the world’s largest projects

Business BenefitsSummary:

• Reduced site rework.

• More effective use of globallydispersed design teams.

• Higher design efficiency.

• Improved quality.

• Clear identification of the costof changes.

• Reduced schedule times.

The PDMS approach enables a widerange of sophisticated design checksto be carried out across all aspectsof the design to check and improvequality. Drawings and reports aregenerated directly from the modeldatabase to ensure consistencybetween design information and theproject deliverables.

There are no limits to project size orcomplexity. PDMS is proven onprojects ranging from the smallestrefit to the largest green fieldprojects, and is compatible with allthe engineering issue, revision andchange-control processes requiredacross such projects.

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Key FeaturesBusiness BenefitsReduced site rework

• Higher quality design. The ability to perform multiple design checksacross the entire design eliminates errors, and enables 'right-first-time' engineering.

• Accurate materials information eliminates over-ordering and delayson site due to a lack of required materials or information.

More effective use of globally dispersed design teams

• PDMS, combined with AVEVA Global, allows geographically separatedesign teams to work together as though they were in a singleoffice. The environment delivers high performance for the designer,centralised administration, control, and protection fromcommunication limitations or failures.

• Effective use can be made of design capability, wherever it exists.Project teams can be quickly assembled and mobilised.

Higher design efficiency

• Powerful design applications for each discipline, built upon a highlyvisual and interactive 3D environment, with a Microsoft Office-styleuser interface, means that designers can become productive veryquickly.

• High levels of automation, intelligent behaviour and rule-basedfeatures deliver increased productivity across all disciplines.

• The ability to share component information and to reuse designdata between projects reduces man-hours and schedule time.

Improved quality

• 3D multi-discipline working environment improves communicationbetween teams and facilitates 'right-first-time' design.

• Clash checking, integrity checking and rule-based checking toolsensure higher quality designs and less rework.

• Database-driven drawing production achieves consistency betweendrawings, reports and design data.

Clear identification of the cost of changes

• Automatic change highlighting options, both in the designdatabase and on drawings, make it easier to identify andcommunicate change, and to identify the party responsible for anygiven change.

• Ability to compare and highlight changes between specific dates,revisions and milestones.

Reduced schedule times

• Reduced site work, concurrent multi-location engineering, higherdesign efficiency and higher quality all combine to reduce scheduletime.

• Greater ability to react quickly to major project changes, includingthe capability to change the project structure during projectexecution and to dynamically add in new locations or removeexisting ones, all protect the project schedule.

Overview

• PDMS provides a fully interactive, easy-to-use 3D environment forevery designer on the project, supported by a Microsoft Office-styleuser interface based on .NET technology and the latest in 3D graphicalinteraction tools.

• As the designers work with their specialist functions, they havevisibility of the entire design at all times. To create their part of thedesign they place instances of parametric components from acatalogue (under the control of engineering specifications) and, indoing so, they construct a highly intelligent PDMS database.

• Clash checking and configurable integrity checking rules identifyerrors and inconsistencies across the design.

• Conventional issue, revision, and change control processes can all beapplied without introducing a large overhead or delays in projectswhich can have many hundred users.

• State-of-the-art 3D editing features with graphical handles andnumeric feedback make design and modification quick and easy.

Design and Modification is quick and easy – even for the novice user

• Built-in intelligence, combined with configurable rules andassociations, ensure that designers are highly productive during alldesign and modification activities.

• Design rules created between plant items (for example, to link a rangeof pipes to a penetration or to ensure that a piece of equipment iscorrectly located over supporting beams) can be recheckedautomatically at any time during the design.

• Design and component information from earlier PDMS projects can bereused or shared across multiple projects. Utilities to change pipe sizeor specification enable rapid modification to adjust to new projectconditions.

• A general import function fromMicrosoft Excel allows largevolumes of data from externalsources to be analysed on lineand bulk-loaded into the design.

• The standard PDMS applicationcan be customised to fitindividual industry or projectrequirements, or to add furtherdesign rules or automation intothe design process.

• Undo and Redo facilities arewidely available. Whole or partprojects can be rewound to anyprevious state.

Equipment

• The Equipment functions build 3D models for all kinds of plant items,from pumps and exchangers through to complex items such as reactorvessels and compressors. They are used in all kinds of layout studies,arrangement drawings and connectivity or clash checks.

• Multiple graphical representations are available, so that spacesrequired for key maintenance activities can be visualised and clash-checked during layout and design.

• To create an equipment item in the design, the relevant template isselected and the required parameters are defined.

• Equipment templates allow complex parameterised designconfigurations to be defined so that they can be quickly and easilyreused, even across multiple projects.

• Equipment items include intelligent connection points, with relevantattributes, for the connection of associated piping, ducting,instrument and electrical systems.

An example of association rules

A typical AVEVA PDMS Equipment model

An equipment template

Key Features (continued)

Piping

• The Piping functions build a fully detailed model of all piping systems,based on component catalogues and engineering specifications. Fromthe piping model, Piping General Arrangement drawings, isometricdrawings and bills of quantity are produced.

• A full range of automatically generated piping isometrics is available,from complete system isometrics, through to fabrication and erectionisometrics and individual spool isometrics. An enormous number ofoptions are available to fit any given industry, national, company orproject requirement.

• PDMS manages and integrates all stages of the piping workflow frominitial conceptual routing at the beginning of a project, through basicand detailed design and on to individual pipe spooling at thefabricator.

• PDMS piping integrates with AVEVA Multi-Discipline Supports for thedetail design of pipe supports, and with specialist pipe stressapplications, via the AVEVA Pipe Stress Interface. Custom interfaces toflow calculation systems, wall thickness calculation and other softwarecan easily be created.

• The Automated pipe routing function allows a preliminary route andMTO to be created very quickly. The routing includes an automaticselection of required items such as gaskets and flanges.

• The Quick Pipe Routing function enables the user to define the route ofa pipe by using the mouse pointer to specify changes in direction,either in absolute terms, or relative to other model features. The routecan be orthogonal or non-orthogonal. Components can be positionedexplicitly or using feature snapping. The route can be completedautomatically where completion is predictable.

• Sophisticated modification capabilities are available at each stage toallow the piping design to be further developed. These include highlyinteractive graphical editing functions, together with functions toapply specification and pipe bore changes across the line, and todefine and modify slopes.

• Piping Assemblies such as vents, drains or control sets can be added tothe design as an entity. Existing configurations can be saved asAssemblies and reused elsewhere.

Piping isometrics with full MTO are produced automatically

Regularly used pipe assemblies can be stored and re-used throughout the design

Quick pipe routing

• All drawings, including Piping General Arrangements and isometrics,have associative dimensions and intelligent annotations, and cantherefore be updated automatically in line with design changes.

• Accurate MTO information can be generated on each sheet or drawing,or via separate reports for any System, Line, Area, and so on.

• As the design reaches fabrication, the PDMS spooling functionalitymanages the creation of individual spool isos, including the creation offully intelligent weld items in the model database, which can bemaintained across multiple revision cycles.

• Pipe production checks for bending and flange rotation can be carriedout to check against the actual machines to be used for manufacture,to ensure that the design easily fits the capabilities of the machines.Flange rotation checking enables checking that bolt holes in matingflanges are correctly aligned with each other.

HVAC and Ducting

• PDMS provides a specialist function for the design of all types ofducting.

• The function uses an engineering specification to select parametriccomponents from a catalogue allowing a full 3D model to be built.

• A Fill command automatically fills the straight parts of the route withthe appropriate number of straight lengths.

• In-line equipment such as dampers, vanes, diffusers and hoods can allbe included.

• The ducting model can be split into spool parts for manufacture andpre-assembly and automatic spool and isometric drawings can beautomatically produced.

• PDMS integrates with AVEVA Multi-Discipline Supports for the design ofducting supports.

Ducting design and spool drawing

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Structural and Architectural

• PDMS contains a number of specialist functions for the design anddetailing of steel and concrete structures found in typical process andpower plants. A wide range of layout/arrangement and detailcomponent drawings can be produced, together with accurate weightand MTO information.

• The Beams and Columns function defines and maintains a fullyconnected nodal network of structural sections including all joint andfitting details. A simple regular structure can be created in a singlestep. The nodal network, coupled with the ability to define loads in themodel, supports integration with analysis software.

• Standard bracing configurations are available and can be customisedas required.

• Curved, tapered and built-up beams are all available.

• The Panels and Plates function defines and maintains flat panels of anyshape.

• The Walls and Floors functionenables designers to define andmaintain walls and floors ofstandard shapes.

• Fittings can be added to all typesof beams, plates, walls, floorsand so on, to apply items such asdoors, windows, intelligentpiping penetrations, stiffeners,lifting lugs and fire-proofing.

• The Access Platforms, Stairs andLadders functionality allowsdesigners to create andmanipulate access platforms,stairs, stair towers, ladders, andsimilar items. The model is builtfrom a set of customer-definableparametric standards andincludes all details for eachstructure such as handrails andkick plates. These structures canbe modified later in the designsimply by adjusting the originalparameters.

• Intelligent, parametric penetrations can be defined, together with fulldetails such as kick plates, and connected to the structure and thepenetrating item (for example, pipe or duct) so that alignment andother checks can be carried out.

• Structural modelling makes extensive use of parameterised cataloguesfor components such as section profiles, joints, and fittings. Thesecatalogues can be added to by the user to suit particular project orother requirements.

• Profile catalogues cover the leading international and national profilestandards, including angles, channels and I-beams.

• Joint catalogues containstandard types of jointsincluding cleats, end plates andsniped end preparations. Jointdefinitions are parameterised sothat, if a section related to ajoint is resized, the joint can beresized automatically.

• Fitting catalogues contain aselection of parameterisedstructural and industrial fittingsincluding lifting lugs, stiffeners,windows and doors.

• A range of interfacing options isavailable to link to specialistanalysis software and specialiststructural fabrication systems.Regular structures can be designed from a single input form

The initial concept level ladder / platform arrangement can be intelligently developed to achieve a completed detail design

A complex joint

Electrical and Instrumentation

• PDMS allows all electrical and instrument items, including electricalcabinets, transformers and switchgear, to be located in the 3D modelfor the purposes of plant layout, visualisation, clash checking andproduction of arrangement drawings.

• Electrical and off-line Instrument 3D items can be created fromparameterised templates.

• Valves and in-line instruments are selected from catalogues viaengineering specifications, and the workflow is fully integrated withpiping design, enabling such items to be detailed, for example onpiping isometrics, as required.

• The PDMS cable tray function selects components from a catalogue viaan engineering specification and creates the complete cable traylayout. A Fill command automatically fills the straight parts of theroute with the appropriate number of straight lengths.

• Cable Tray drawings can be generated for manufacturing purposes.

• PDMS integrates with AVEVA Cable Design for routing electrical andinstrument cables in the design, and integrates with AVEVA Multi-Discipline Supports for the design of cable tray supports.

Drawings and Reports

• All drawings are produced directly from the PDMS database. Theannotation and dimensions on these drawings are also generateddirectly from the database, ensuring high levels of consistencybetween documents and design.

• Updates to drawing automatically include the latest design changes.Automatic change highlighting can be used to clearly show changescompared to the previous version.

• Drawings are available in AutoCAD- and MicroStation-compatibleformats.

• Layout and other drawings can be finished entirely in PDMS.Alternatively, they can be transferred to AutoCAD using AVEVA FinalDesigner, so that available AutoCAD-skilled labour can be used.

• Flexible reporting capabilities enable all types of reports and schedulesto be produced direct from the PDMS database, such as valve or nozzleschedules, which can be produced in CSV or other formats.

• Accurate Material Take Off (MTO) information is available across alldisciplines by item, unit, area and so on.

• Reporting options include surface area, weight and centre of gravity.

Catalogues and Specifications

• An extensive set of catalogues covering industry, national andinternational standards is available, including piping, structural steel,ducting, hangers, supports and cable trays.

• Each catalogue provides the parametric definition of all components inthe required size ranges, ratings and types. So, for piping componentconnection types, physical and nominal size, material codes and boltrequirements are all stored.

• Engineering specifications control the way in which components fromthe catalogues may be used in the design.

• Standard catalogues can be defined once and shared across multipleprojects.

• New catalogue items, for instance for project specials, can easily becreated by the user.

• Controlled changes to component and specifications are quick and easyand there are many functions to manage, control and apply suchchanges across the design.

Management and Control

• PDMS is designed to support large teams of designers working togetherin a controlled and managed way. It has sophisticated and highlyconfigurable access and change control tools to allow the system to betailored for an enormous variety of engineering work practices andproject situations.

• Work breakdown structures can be changed in line with the evolvingproject needs, for example, to adapt to changes when constructioncontracts are awarded.

• With the use of AVEVA Global, the standard PDMS capabilities can beextended to manage a PDMS project across geographically separatelocations.

An example of change highlighting in a drawing. The changes since the last revision arecolour coded. Red items are new. Green items have changed annotation. Cyan items aremodified.

Adding or modifying catalogue components is a simple, straightforward activity

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Change Management

• Session management capabilitiesenable project roll-back to anyprevious configuration of aproject. This is possible becausethe model database grows byadding layers of data, from eachsession, that record the parts ofthe model changed during thesession. This also means that thefull change history of any part ofthe model can be shown.

• Change highlighting facilitiesmean that modelling anddrawing changes from a previousversion, or from a specific dateand time in the past, can bedisplayed on screen or indrawings in highlighted colours.Reports of changes can also becreated.

Quality Checking

• Automatic multi-discipline clash detection is available for designerswhile modelling, and detailed clash reports can also be created ondemand. A separate product, AVEVA Clash Manager, is also available tosupport the management actions involved in approving and resolvingclashes.

• Data consistency checks of the model are made for correct alignmentof components and correct connections between components.

• Customer-defined engineering data checks are available to ensure thedesign is in accordance with design rules and project and companyquality standards.

• Association rules built into the design model (for example, to locateelectrical cabinets in line with floor or ceiling penetrations) can bevalidated at any time.

Localisation

• An extensive range of international character sets can be used fordata, catalogues, drawings, reports and user interface, including manymulti-byte (Asian) and single-byte (European) character sets.

• Feet/inches and metric units are available throughout.

Customisation and Configuration

• There is a customisable graphical user interface, and powerful object-oriented macro language for customising the operation of the systemto fit the needs of any particular project, industry or workflow, to addcustom automation functions or to create interfaces with in-house orthird-party applications.

• An open programming environment allows customers to develop theirown applications on top of the standard PDMS. The .NET technologymeans that these applications can be written in any compatible .NETlanguage, such as C or C++, as well as in PDMS’s programmable macrolanguage (PML).

Integration and Interfacing

• A variety of interfaces to analysis systems, drafting systems and third-party design systems are available.

• A wide range of data exchange formats is supported, including DXF,DGN, SDNF and CSV.

AVEVA PDMS manages a full version historyof all changes made to the database bysaving the changes made in every sessionas a new layer of data in the database.

An engineering check for potential dripping flanges placed above instruments andequipment

Change highlighting in the model. The picture shows changes since a certain date. Newitems are marked in yellow and modified items are marked in orange

Key Features (continued)