2014S o f t w a r e S o l u t i o n s f o r E n g i n e e r i n g N e t w o r k s

■ Owners,Operators■ Engineering,Procurement,ConstructionCompanies(EPC)

■ EngineeringConsultants

In this issue Managing Innovations! ..............................................................................3

Business News ..........................................................................................4

V6.3 delivers enhanced design and production efficiency ....................11

Cadmatic FZ LLC opens its doors in Dubai ............................................15

IBEMA – Cadmatic key tool in Brazilian plant project .............................16

Taking full advantage of intelligent 3D spaces .......................................19

Cadmatic eShare – new standalone virtual plant information system ....20

Master class in distributing design across networked environments .....23

Elomatic designed Soya processing plant in Uusikaupunki ...................26

Effective allocation of spaces key to error free installation ....................28

Kraftszer completes demanding steam boiler design in distributed Cadmatic design environment ..........................................30

Air duct design boosted by exciting new features .................................34

Designing three project phases simultaneously – EPG Design implements Cadmatic on challenging first project ..........36

New Diagram interface heads long list of improvements .......................38

Italian Engineers S.R.L involved in demanding tank farm project in Angola .....................................................................40

New electrical design tools improving design efficiency ........................42

eXchanger for Intergraph PDS®, AVEVA PDMS® and Smart Plant® ........44

Izoprojekt an active Cadmatic user since 2006 ......................................45

Distributing design to the most efficient global design resources – Cadmatic CoDesigner technology the best for the job ........................47

Hangzhou Project & Research Institute of Light Industry increases use of Cadmatic .....................................................................50

Speed up design with modules and model comparison ........................51

Cadmatic signs large contract with L&T in India ...................................53

ES Company designs large transshipment terminal ...............................54

Highly efficient automatic pipe isometric generation ..............................56

Users’ Meeting 2014 & upcoming events ...............................................58

Appointments .........................................................................................59

Cadmatic – Sales and Support Centers .................................................60

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Cadmatic’s story began 30 years ago. The first code lines were written in 1983 and the first

plant design project was completed in 1985. This started the success story that has continued through changing eco-nomic cycles over the years. Cadmatic has frequently been able to bring new in-novations to the market that have assist-ed our customers to improve their com-petitiveness and efficiency significantly.

The 1980s saw the introduction of the use of Cadmatic software in personal computers before our competitors. In the 1990s we were the first profession-al 3D plant design software company in the world to move to Microsoft Win-dows. In the 2000s we launched the first web-based technology for 3D and data reviews along with easy-to-use and ef-ficient technology for distributed design. Now we are introducing an advanced solution for information management on the market. Cadmatic eShare makes it possible to move to real digital informa-tion management.

In addition we have continuously launched new functionalities to lower costs, improve quality and shorten time schedules in design, construction and materials management. This magazine contains articles about some of the lat-est developments and opportunities.

Continuousneedtoimproveindustrialproductivity

Customers are increasingly moving work to emerging markets. The work is mostly done in different networks and design, fabrication and construction are com-monly far apart. Due to these changes, tacit knowledge; best but often unwrit-ten practices and experiences, is not available anymore. This may even lead to lower quality and delays in schedules.

The unit cost may be lower, but the challenge is to reduce the total cost. This is actually the main question to which Cadmatic is providing answers and solutions: how can we optimize the total cost, where total cost means the cost of working hours, quality, coordi-nation, material, control, learning, re-pairing, etc?

Findingsolutionstooptimizethetotalcost

We want to provide the best solution on the market to meet this challenge. Cad-matic CoDesigner makes distributed de-sign very easy. Customers can easily uti-lize the most suitable and cost effective resources from different locations, with-out the need to work in the same office.

The implementation and use of the software is seamless. Cadmatic’s work-ing processes and user interfaces are advanced and modern. The way of working suits designers’ thought pro-cesses and our user interfaces teach users how to use the software.

Our new solutions for Information Management facilitate and significant-ly improve data handling, publishing, sharing and integrating data within the project and the operational phase of the plant.

We can offer an integrated solution from basic design to detail design and engineering, up to construction, opera-tion and maintenance.

We provide our customers with the op-portunity to work in an integrated multi- software environment. The customer can select the software application that best fits each specific need. We put great efforts into developing integrations and interoperability.

Cadmatic’sinnovationskeepcustomersaheadofthe

competition

Our goal is to optimize the total cost and provide good quality services lo-cally. Cadmatic has international sup-port centers in over 20 countries. The latest of these was opened in Dubai to serve EPC and plant owners in the Gulf.

We are investing now and in the fu-ture in innovations that keep our custom-ers competitive and at the forefront of developments. Let’s build a successful future together!

I wish you interesting and informative reading regarding our customer cases and innovations!

Jukka RantalaPresident

Cadmatic Oyjukka.rantala@cadmatic.com

ManagingInnovations!

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Our clients are establishing partner-ships and teaming up with others in order to take on projects and are making more effective use of sub-sidiaries and globally distributed subcontractors. By providing suita-ble tools and services and by adapt-ing quickly to this changing market, we have managed to significantly in-crease the number of software us-ers and locations where Cadmatic is used. The number of customers grew by 25% in the past year and now totals 620 user organizations in 50 countries. On the following pag-es we highlight a selection of new clients.

EurOPE

Finland

Astrum Engineering & HR has imple-mented Cadmatic design and engineer-ing modules. The company is located in Turku and provides engineering and consulting services for the process and marine industries. AE&HR works in STX Finland’s distributed project environ-ment.

Citec Engineering Oy Ab has pur-chased Cadmatic eBrowser licenses for 3D model visualization, project follow-up and commenting purposes. Citec pro-vides multi-discipline engineering and information management services to the Energy and Power industry and other technology-dependent industries.

Eurome Oy has implemented Cad-matic design and engineering modules. The company provides design and engi-neering services and HVAC installation services to the plant and marine indus-tries. The company works in STX Fin-land’s distributed project environment.

Fennocon Oy has implemented Cadmatic design and engineering mod-ules. Fennocon Oy is a Finnish consult-ing and engineering company.

Finnprotein Oy has purchased a Cadmatic Information Management so-lution for project visualization, follow-up and commenting purposes. (See p. 26)

First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FQM) is an established and rapidly growing mining and metals company currently operating seven mines and developing five projects worldwide. The company produces copper, nickel, gold, zinc and platinum group metals. The company’s current operations are the Kansanshi and the Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine, the Las Cruces copper mine, the Kevitsa nickel-copper-PGE mine, the Pyhäsalmi copper-zinc mine, the Ra-vensthorpe nickel-cobalt mine, and the Çayeli copper-zinc mine. FQM has pur-chased eBrowser licenses for 3D model visualization, project follow-up and com-menting purposes.

Focusplan Ltd has purchased Cad-matic design and engineering mod-ules. Focusplan Ltd is an engineering company that provides services for plant and process engineering, me-chanical and structural engineering, control systems and automation engi-neering, HVAC engineering as well as 3D laser scanning and point cloud pro-cessing.

Foreship Oy has implemented the full scope of Cadmatic design and en-

gineering modules. Foreship is a well-known and highly respected design and engineering company.

Koja Marine Ltd has implemented Cadmatic design modules. The com-pany is a part of Koja Group, which manufactures and delivers air-handling equipment and systems for buildings and the process and marine industries. Koja’s head office is in Tampere, Fin-land. Koja Marine specializes in the design and supply of air-conditioning systems. The company can provide the complete basic design of air-condition-ing systems, electrical automation de-sign and equipment deliveries. (See ar-ticle on p. 21)

Loipart Oy has implemented Cad-matic design modules. Loipart Oy is a turnkey supplier of catering area solu-tions. Loipart combines its tools for me-chanical design with Cadmatic modules by expanding the scope of engineering activities to complete outfitting design in catering areas.

Länsiviivain Oy has implemented Cadmatic design modules. Länsiviivain Oy is a Finnish engineering and consult-ing company that services the process and shipbuilding industries. The com-pany is situated close to STX Finland’s offices and is experienced especially in the engineering of machine rooms and pipe systems.

Oy NIT Naval Interior Team has ac-quired the Cadmatic eBrowser applica-tion for 3D model visualization, project follow-up and commenting purposes.

Orsap Oy has implemented Cadmat-ic design and engineering modules. The company is located in Raisio and is a turnkey contractor specialized in com-plete interior deliveries of public and cabin areas. Orsap also has extensive

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experience in providing HVAC, piping and AC-room installations. Orsap works in STX Finland’s distributed project en-vironment.

Rejlers Finland Oy has implement-ed Cadmatic design modules. Rejlers Finland is part of Rejlers Group and of-fers engineering, consultancy and turn-key delivery services to customers in the fields of process and marine indus-tries, energy, construction, property and infrastructure. Rejlers has several of-fices in Finland and employs about 350 people. Currently, the Group employs over 1,100 people in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Estonia. The company was founded in 1942 and is quoted on the OMX Nordic Exchange.

Sance Oy has implemented Cadmat-ic modules. It is a Finnish consulting and engineering company that provides ser-vices to various industries. The services range from preliminary studies to instal-lation supervision and comprehensive project management.

STX Finland Oy has expanded its use of Cadmatic by purchasing more li-censes. Recent projects with Cadmatic software in Finland include a new low-emission passenger vessel for Viking Line, a multi-purpose deck cargo ves-sel for Finnish cargo firm Gaiamare and a cruise liner for German TUI Cruises.

Turun seudun puhdistamo Oy has purchased a set of Cadmatic plant de-sign modules. The company manages waste water treatment for 10 towns in the Turku region. The waste water treat-ment plant is located inside a hill close to the Turku city center. The plant was

originally designed with Cadmatic by FCG (Finnish Consulting Group).

Viafin Process Piping Oy has pur-chased Cadmatic eBrowser licenses for 3D model visualization, project follow-up and commenting purposes. Viafin Pro-cess Piping Oy is a manufacturer and contractor for process industry piping assemblies.

Viking Line has purchased the Cad-matic eBrowser application for 3D mod-el visualization, project follow-up and commenting purposes.

Wärsilä Finland Oy has acquired the Cadmatic eBrowser application for 3D model visualization, project follow-up and commenting purposes. Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the energy and ma-rine markets.

Belgium

Drever International S.A., located in Liège, has increased its number of Cadmatic licenses. Drever Interna-tional is a market leader for continuous annealing furnaces and galvanizing plants for steel and stainless steel strip.

Czechrepublic

3D Chemoprag has implemented Cad-matic. The company is focused on en-gineering design using 3D technologies and has long-term contracts with many

renowned customers all over Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia as well as North and South America.

Denmark

A.P. Møller-Mærsk group in Copenha-gen has purchased Cadmatic informa-tion Management solutions. They will be used to follow-up and comment on the company’s projects.

Germany

Neptun Werft GmbH in Rostock has purchased Cadmatic software for de-sign and production purposes. Neptun Werft is a sister company of Meyer Werft in Papenburg.

VOSTA LMG has signed a contract for the implementation of Cadmatic soft-ware for use in its offices in Amsterdam and Lübeck.

Design offices WESER.ED Engi-neering and Design, KONO Kon-struktionsbüro GmbH in Bremen, SMB Naval Architects & Consultants in Bremerhaven, Maritime A-Design in Hannover and Drews Marine in Ham-burg have implemented Cadmatic soft-ware.

Some other companies in Germa-ny that have chosen Cadmatic software include SAM Electronics GmbH and STN Schiffselektrik GmbH.

▲ First Quantum Minerals, Kevitsa, Finland

◄ A Cadmatic plant model by 3D Chemoprag.

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Hungary

Cooptech Ltd has expanded its use of Cadmatic design and engineering modules. Cooptech is a leading engi-neering and contracting company for the Hungarian chemical and pharma-ceutical industry.

Kalor Bau Kft. has implemented Cadmatic software. The company op-erates in the Hungarian energy sector and its design commissions range from small heating plants up to large and complex power plants. Kalor Bau has extensive experience in thermal solu-tions and wind energy and its services include feasibility studies, planning, en-ergy rationalization and complex design deliveries.

Italy

AIMS srl has implemented Cadmatic software for design of its industrial, off-shore and marine sector projects. The company was founded in 2001 and pro-vides its customers with complete solu-tions that span basic design, detailed engineering and comprehensive project management.

BP Engineering srl has signed a contract for the use of Cadmatic soft-ware in its design projects. The 40 year old engineering company offers a wide range of services including process & basic engineering, project manage-ment, static and seismic dimensioning (structures and equipment), topograph-

ic and bathymetric surveys, procure-ment, expediting and cost control, supervision and inspections, cost esti-mates, feasibility studies and cost/ben-efit comparisons.

Bres srl has implemented Cadmat-ic software. The founders of the recent-ly formed plant engineering company have 20 years’ experience in plant en-gineering. The company’s main fields of activity are oil & gas as well as pet-rochemical and chemical plants.

Italian 3J Yachting has purchased Cadmatic software for its CAD design office in Follonica.

Fluorsid S.p.A. has implemented Cadmatic software. The Cagliari-based company was established in 1969 and is a leading global manufacturer of in-organic fluorochemicals for the alumin-ium industry, with an annual capacity of over 100,000 tonnes of aluminium fluoride and synthetic cryolite. Fluorsid is also a leading producer of anhydrite for the building industry, the largest Ital-ian supplier of synthetic gypsum and an important producer of sulphuric acid. The privately-owned company employs 130 people.

Italia Progetti Srl has invested in Cadmatic software. The company was founded in 2008 and provides its cli-ents with technologically advanced equipment and turnkey products. The company invested in Cadmatic soft-ware to simplify model visualization and to take advantage of the Cadma-tic eBrowser to ease 3D model sharing with customers.

Italian Engineers has expanded its use of Cadmatic design and engineer-

ing modules. The company provides Af-rican oil companies with a wide range of services, see article on page 36.

SB Setec SpA has acquired Cad-matic software. The company was es-tablished in 2010 with the fusion of SB Progetti and Setec, which had been operating in the Sicilian industrial plant sector since 1970 and 1993 respective-ly. The integrated experience and know-how of SB Setec allows it to handle pro-jects ranging from process studies to plant commissioning.

SIAD Macchine Impianti has imple-mented Cadmatic software. The com-pany operates in the world of gases: healthcare (homecare and hospital), welding and industrial goods, gas pro-duction plants, compressors and auto-mation. Cadmatic’s 3D solution will be used by SIAD to design air separation units.

Cadmatic Italy has started coopera-tion with two new partner companies, UTIP and Italteleco. UTIP cooperates with Cadmatic as a so-called “finder” partner in a reseller capacity. Italteleco is developing a new tool that uses eBrows-er to annotate the status of 3D model constructions and problem areas.

Other new customers in Italy include Open Risorse and Aiscon.

theNetherlands

Azure Naval Architects in Haarlem has purchased Cadmatic software for the design and engineering of newbuild su-per yacht projects in lengths ranging from 30 to 160 metres.

◄ Cooptech Ltd is an active Cadmat-ic user and a leading engineering service provider to the Hungarian chemical and pharmaceutical in-dustry.

► A Cadmatic plant model by Drever International S.A.

► The SB Setec SpA office in Sira-cusa.

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Barkmeijer Shipyards, situated in Stroobos in the north of Holland, has purchased outfitting modules. They build seagoing vessels that are custom-ised down to the smallest detail.

Dutch-based Damen Shipyards Group in Gorinchem has significantly ex-panded its use of Cadmatic software in the past 12 months in China, Qatar and Vietnam. The company has also imple-mented Cadmatic for detail design and production at several sites.

Den Breejen in Hardinxveld-Giessen-dam has replaced its existing CAD sys-tem with Cadmatic software and expand-ed its in-house engineering activities to improve efficiency and lower costs.

Huisman Equipment B.V., located in Schiedam, has taken Cadmatic into use for the design and engineering of their projects. Huisman is a privately owned company operating globally with exten-sive experience in the design and man-ufacturing of heavy construction equip-ment for the world’s leading onshore and offshore companies. The company is specialized in heavy lifting equipment, drilling equipment, pipe laying equip-ment and mooring systems.

Iwan Piping Consulting, located in Rotterdam, has purchased Cadmatic software for model visualization and pro-ject follow-up. IPC is involved in the pet-rochemical, gas and energy industries. It is an international company with years of experience and knowledge in piping consulting and custom made projects.

Oceanco, located in Alblasserdam, has expanded the use of Cadmatic in its organisation. The company has ac-quired various Cadmatic software li-

censes and increased its number of in-house engineers. By collaborating with a network of subcontractors that use Cadmatic, every part of the Oceanco technical team can log into the same data, thereby achieving a reduction in total building time and an improvement in the quality of the final output.

Shipkits from Groningen has imple-mented Cadmatic software for their de-sign activities. In addition to engineering, Shipkits offers services such as project management, material logistics, paint application and outfitting prefabrication and installation. Shipkits is also capable of delivering complete turnkey projects.

STC-GROUP, located in Rotterdam has expanded their software with Cad-matic licenses. The school has had Nu-pas-Cadmatic Hull licenses for a couple of years. They decided to expand their classes with Cadmatic licenses for edu-cational purposes.

Van der Leun, located in Sliedregt, is a subcontractor specialized in electri-cal outfitting. To improve their operations and suit the needs of their contractors the company has implemented Cadmat-ic eBrowser.

VOSTA LMG has signed a contract for the implementation of Cadmatic soft-ware for use in its offices in Amsterdam and Lübeck. VOSTA LMG is a leading engineering and contracting company that serves the worldwide dredging in-dustry.

Some other companies in the Nether-lands that have chosen Cadmatic soft-ware include Alewijnse Noord B.V. in Drachten, A. de Keizer Elektrotechniek in Zaandam and Bakker Sliedrecht.

Norway

Salt Ship Design AS has incorporated Cadmatic as their design software. The Norwegian company was founded by Svein Sandvik in 2011.

The following companies from Nor-way have started using Cadmatic Infor-mation Management tools for 3D model visualization, project follow-up and commenting purposes: LMG Marin, Hellesøy Verft AS, Subsea 7, Fjell-strand AS, Fitjar Mekaniske Verkst-ed AS, Eidesvik Offshore ASA, Oma Baatbyggeri AS, Hareid Elektriske Teknikk AS, Pipe Systems Engineer-ing AS and Myklebust Verft A/S.

Poland

CRIST has implemented Cadmatic for project follow-up and model browsing. The company builds and repairs steel structures such as hydro-technical and land steel structures as well as vessels.

Damen Shipyards Gdynia S.A., member of the Damen Shipyards Group, has acquired the Cadmatic eBrowser for project follow-up and 3D model visuali-zation.

ELESHIP Electrical Design & Engi-neering from Gdansk has purchased Cadmatic for project follow-up and com-munication. ELESHIP provides electri-cal, radio and satellite installations for the construction industry and vessels.

Polish EPG Design (EPG), founded in December 2011, has implemented

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Cadmatic software on their first design project. The design company provides clients with a wide range of engineer-ing and consulting services including conceptual, basic and detailed design as well as as-built design, conversion and supervision services. EPG has re-cently successfully used Cadmatic soft-ware for oil rig structure design. (see ar-ticle on p. 34)

Galliot Marine Design, located in Gdansk, has implemented Cadmatic as the main tool for their design activities. They design, amongst others, concrete structures, fuel and oil plants and steel workshop structures.

Gdańsk Shipyard S.A. has pur-chased Cadmatic software. Since its foundation in 1945 the company has completed over 1,000 projects for own-ers worldwide.

NAVA has extended its use of Cad-matic by purchasing more licenses. NAVA employs highly-skilled, experi-enced designers and provides a vast range of services to its customers.

NED-Project sp. z o.o. in Gdansk has implemented Cadmatic software due to its suitability for different types of projects. NED-Project operates on a global level and offers a wide range of design and engineering services.

Shipcon sp. z o.o. in Gdansk has implemented Cadmatic modules to produce classification and technical documentation. Shipcon is also spe-cialized in designing steel construc-tions such as linkspans and offshore constructions.

Stogda Ship Design & Engineering from Gdansk has purchased eBrowser for model review and visualization. Stog-da is a consulting and engineering com-

pany with activities in the energy and marine sectors.

Slovakia

CADCOM s.r.o. has expanded its use of Cadmatic design and engineering modules. The company has provided engineering services to both the plant and marine industry since 2007.

Sweden

Eurocon Härnosand/Sundsvall has purchased a significant amount of li-censes that were previously rented. The company is part of Eurocon Engineer-ing & Consulting group. Eurocon has approximately 120 employees and of-fers consulting services and products to companies involved in pulp & paper, energy, chemistry, manufacturing, min-ing and steel industry processes. The company specializes in new and remod-elling projects and carries out pre-stud-ies, pre-planning and project execution. ROYAL FALCON FLEET AB has im-plemented the Cadmatic eBrowser.

SALTECH Consultants AB, based in Stockholm, has purchased Cadmatic eBrowser licenses. The company pro-vides consulting services to domestic and international companies. As experts in newbuildings and conversions SALT-ECH is involved in every stage from ear-ly technical-economical feasibility stud-ies to building supervision. ÅF Industry AB’s process design de-partment in Piteå has increased its num-

ber of Cadmatic licenses to accommo-date its growing personnel base. ÅF Industry AB is part of ÅF Group, which is a global leader in technical consulting and employs approx. 6,800 employees. The ÅF Industry division is a European leader in industrial automation, industrial IT and mechanical engineering. ÅF Indus-try has special expertise in the nuclear power, energy, pharmaceutical, process-ing and forest industries and accounts for approx. 26% of ÅF Group sales.

Turkey

Gemak, located in the Ankara area, have opened a new office in Konya and have expanded their use of Cadmatic software for design and engineering. Sefine, located in the Yalova region, has purchased Cadmatic software. It was established in 2005 and imple-mented Cadmatic to deliver high qual-ity products with short delivery times.

unitedKingdom

Hart, Fenton and Co. Ltd in Portsmouth decided to replace their 2D design tools and have selected Cadmatic to bene-fit from state-of-the-art 3D design and modelling capabilities. Hart, Fenton & Company provides a wide range of ser-vices from concept design through to delivery. The company is headquartered in Portsmouth.

◄ Members of the Cadmatic sales team and Jutal Offshore Oil Service Limited staff. Back row from left to right: Mr Ryan Li (Cadmatic), Mr Ding Bo (Jutal Engineering Depart-ment Deputy Manager), Mr Vesa-Matti Vaara (Cadmatic). Front row second from left: Mr Chen Xinggun (Jutal Piping Group Leader).

► Oil platform under repair in Gdansk

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Brazil

Estaleiro Atlantico SUL in Brazil, has implemented Nupas-Cadmatic (Hull & Outfitting). EAS will use the software in the 7 year – 7 ship Drillship-project for creating additional design and produc-tion information. The end customer is Petrobras and the contract is worth US$ 4.6 billion. The delivery represents the first batch of twenty eight drilling units that will service Petrobras’ long-run off-shore drilling program.

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Bahrain

ASRY in Bahrain has purchased the full suite of Cadmatic software including a laser scanning tool, which allows ASRY to import and use laser scanned point clouds for use in 3D modelling of retro-fit projects. The company has divided its operations into four business units, namely Offshore Services, Energy Di-vision, Consultancy Services and Ship Services.

Israel

Israeli Mashav Initiating and Devel-opment Ltd has purchased Cadmatic licenses. Mashav is the holding compa-

ny of Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises Ltd, Israel’s sole producer of cement. Nesher supplies most of the cement needs of Israel and the Palestinian Au-thority and also exports cement and clinker. The company has three plants located in Haifa, Ramla and Har Tuv. The company’s flagship plant in Ramla near Tel Aviv is one of the world’s larg-est in terms of production capacity, ad-vanced production technology and pre-serving the environment. Nesher uses Cadmatic software to monitor and follow project engineering.

Oman

Aptus Infotech is a new Cadmatic reseller in Oman. The company is re-sponsible for Cadmatic software sales and support in Oman, UAE and Qatar together with Cadmatic. The company was established in 2000 and has a net-work of sales and support offices in Oman, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Qatar

Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ), has implemented Cadmatic software in close cooperation with the Damen head office in the Netherlands.

unitedArabEmirates

Albwardy Marine Engineering LLC has purchased the full Cadmatic suite

including eBrowser. The company is part of the Damen Shipyard Group and provides services for ship repairs, con-versions, driving and special services as well as detailed engineering to their customers in ME region.

Fabtech International Ltd from Dubai has implemented Cadmatic plant design solutions in order to improve their engineering department performance. Fabtech is recognized as one of the largest and most technically capable steel producers in the Middle East. A new Cadmatic office, Cadmatic FZ LLC, in the United Arab Emirates, has taken responsibility for Cadmatic sales and software support in the Middle East region. Cadmatic FZ LLC will be headed by Mr Umesh K. Angadi. The company is based in Dubai. See the magazine back cover for the relevant contact details.

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China

Damen Shipyards Yichang, situated in the Hubei province, has implemented Cadmatic software in close coopera-tion with the Damen head office in the Netherlands.

▼ In addition to Cadmatic’s full soft-ware suite, ASRY Bahrain also uses a laser scanning tool provided by Cadmatic to import scanned mate-rials for further 3D modelling in their retrofit projects.

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Jutal Offshore Oil Service Limited has implemented the complete suite of Cadmatic plant design software. Jutal Offshore Oil Service Limited was found-ed in 1995 and has grown into a com-petitive integrated professional service provider in the offshore oil & gas and civil engineering industries. Jutal has 1500 employees and fabrication and service sites in Shenzhen, Tianjin and Zhuhai. The company has also set up subsidiaries in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Da-lian, Tianjing, Hong Kong and Macau to serve its clients in domestic and inter-national projects.

India

Axsys Technologies Ltd in India has ordered Cadmatic software. The com-pany is a Marine Engineering & Design Services and Marine IT Services com-pany, which consolidates exceptional levels of competencies spanning the entire marine domain. Cadmatic has signed a significant contract for the use of 3D design soft-ware with Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), a leading Indian technology, en-gineering construction and manufactur-ing company. L&T employs over 50,000 employees e.g. in the heavy engineer-ing, oil & gas, petrochemical, energy and shipbuilding industries. The soft-ware delivery includes a large number of Cadmatic software licenses and re-lated installation, training and mainte-nance services in four different locations

in India (Hazira, Chennai, Kattupalli and Mumbai). (see article on p. 53) Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCEL) has selected Cadmatic for ba-sic design, 3D design and project data review. A large number of Cadmatic li-censes will be used for design projects in the power, chemical, oil & gas and nuclear industries in India. Tata Consult-ing Engineers Limited (TCE) is one of India’s leading engineering consulting organizations.

Japan

Companies in Japan that have recently purchased Cadmatic software include Honda Heavy industries Co. Ltd, lo-cated in Saiki, Kegoya Dock Co. Ltd, located in Kure City, Sanko Design Co. Ltd, located in Onomichi and Shin Kasado Dockyard Co. Ltd, located in Kudamatsu City.

The Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki Industrial High School and Kyusyu University have purchased educational Cadmatic li-censes and are using them in their ed-ucational programs.

The joint development project be-tween Cadmatic and Oshima Ship-building Co. Ltd is successfully con-tinuing for the second year. Oshima has also increased its number of Cadmatic licenses.

Other companies in Japan that have increased their number of Cadmatic li-censes include Naikai Shipyard Co.

Ltd, Onomichi Dockyard Co., Sasebo Heavy Industries Co. Ltd and Tsunei-shi Shipbuilding Co.

Philippines

TTSP (Tsuneishi Technical Services Philippines Inc.) is the first customer in the Philippines to use Cadmatic soft-ware. TTSP uses the software for design and production support.

Singapore

The Singapore-based Jurong Ship-yard, has acquired a considerable num-ber of Cadmatic licenses for design, engineering and production purpsoes. Jurong is part of the successful Semb-corp Marine group.

Vietnam

Damen Vinashin Shipyard Co. Ltd (part of the Damen Group) in Haiphong has implemented Cadmatic software in close cooperation with the Damen head office in the Netherlands.

SEAS (South East Asia Shipyard) has purchased a set of Cadmatic licens-es. SEAS is part of the French-based Piriou-group.

▲ Jurong Offshore, Singapore

► Larsen & Toubro employees and Roshansingh Navlur from Cadmatic India in the L&T offices in Mumbai.

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The latest version of Cadmatic, V6.3 is packed full of new features that bring even more efficiency improve-ments to design and production pro-cesses.

There are several new additions, in-cluding an electrical tool for Plant Modeller and cable routing in 3D,

a model comparison tool as well as new features for HVAC and eBrowser. The tools and features have been developed in close cooperation with our custom-ers and stakeholders and represent fur-ther proof of Cadmatic’s commitment to continuously develop tools that enhance our customers’ operational efficiencies.

Electricaltool forPlantModeller

andcableroutingin3D

A new tool for the design of electrical cable routing has been developed and implemented in Plant Modeller. The sys-tem defines a nodal network inside the modelled cable tray structure. The user can route the electric cables between predefined nodal points of equipment via the nodal network located in the ca-ble trays and penetrations. Cable routing can be conducted ei-ther automatically or manually. The ca-ble tray and penetration layout can be changed at any time and the system adapts cable routing according to the changes. The system also checks what the maximum capacity of cable trays

and cable penetrations is. It is easy to generate output data for the lengths to precut cables and pulling routes. Tools that increase the accuracy of design work in this area are crucial for companies that build plants. Cables are increasingly expensive due to ris-ing copper prices and savings in this regard and in management allow for the optimization of installation work and tim-ing. (See article on p. 42)

Newfeaturesfacilitate HVACrouting

The HVAC functionality has received some major improvements. New internal geometry shapes for air duct compo-nents have been introduced and there

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are new tools for improving HVAC rout-ing. The routing is specification-driven, which ensures that design rules are fol-lowed. It is now also possible to automat-ically produce Plant Modeller production drawings from HVAC for installation and prefabrication. (See article on p. 34)

Isometrics

In V6.3 new features have been added for the generation of isometric drawings. Isometric drawings can be generated based on the rules derived from the 3D space model. This means that the con-tainment hierarchy, such as blocks and named spaces can be used in isometric drawing production. (See article on p. 56)

Newstructuralunits forfastermodelling

Structural units have been developed for fast unit-based modelling of steel con-structions such as platforms, railings, stairs, ladders etc. In version 6.3 more units have been implemented – circular platforms and caged ladders. The user just needs to select the unit type and indi-cate the location points in the 3D model. The steel construction will be created according to the predefined dimensions and components. This functionality fur-

ther improves the fast and user-friendly creation of intelligent modeling tools and saves design time for Cadmatic custom-ers. Structural units were developed for fast and configurable unit-based model-ling of steel constructions such as plat-forms, railings, stairs, ladders etc. In version 6.3 more units have been imple-mented including circular platforms and caged ladders. The user simply needs to select the unit type and indicate the location points in the 3D model, after which the steel construction is created according to the predefined dimensions and components. This functionality fur-ther improves user-friendliness and save design time. The following new construction set-tings have been created for structural units:

■ Ladders ■ Vertical Ladders ■ Caged Ladders ■ Passages of Structural Units ■ FRP Vertical Ladders and Caged

Ladders ■ Configurable Safety Cage

Advanced steel constructions can be designed with the bent beam functional-ity. Steel constructions can be designed by selecting the beam material from the library and then creating the geometry for the curved steel construction.

Enhancedsupport formultiplelanguages

Many Cadmatic users have a global cli-ent base or engineering network and need to be able to work in multiple lan-guages. Software that supports the Unicode standard for representation of characters allows the mixed use of all character sets in the world, for exam-ple Latin, Cyrillic and Asian characters. Unicode support has been widened to cover new functionalities, for example, descriptions of library components can exist in several languages and they can be output to drawings and listings. The drafting module also supports Unicode.

eBrowserlocationmap anddynamicclipping

A location map can be used in eBrowser to assist movement inside large models. When the user clicks in a 2D location view map, the eBrowser moves the view point into the 3D space. The location view is automatically generated from the 3D space model of a plant. It provides a more accurate view of the real posi-tion in the model and improves usability significantly. eBrowser views can now be dynami-cally clipped with the clip box function. The user can move the planes to cut

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the model view to get a better view in crowded spaces. The user simply drags the mouse to activate the functionality. When the user moves the cursor over an object in the model, the property tip function displays selected data from the component on the screen. The user thus has fast access to the desired informa-tion on the screen. Several new features have been add-ed to eBrowser to expand integrations with different kinds of asset management tools and data. The sky dome functional-ity enables the user to define an aestheti-cally pleasing “sky” for the background of the model. Several models can now also be loaded into one eBrowser ses-sion. The models can be from different design disciplines and different CAD software. They can also be from differ-ent time periods or from optional design proposals. This feature provides the user with the opportunity to expand the use of reviewing tools with design models.

Modelcomparisonfeature in eBrowser

The model comparison tool is useful in a series of similar designs. It allows the designer to view differences between a current design and a base plant, a moth-er plant of the series, or between other sister plants in the series. The designer

can view differences that exist within a project or between current designs and earlier designs. In essence, it provides a time machine for the designer and is a helpful tool for solving daily design work problems. It is also useful in keeping dif-ferent optional solutions available in on-going projects, which means that de-signers can easily view and show the differences between different options be-fore the final solution is selected. The model comparison tool allows you to easily find and examine the differenc-es between two different Cadmatic mod-els that have the same mother model. This model comparison tool is especial-ly informative when comparing different design variations. (See article on p. 51)

ISO15926basedP&ID –3Dmodelintegration

The integration between Diagram and the 3D model has been enhanced and rebuilt. The Cadmatic COS system now stores and exchanges the integration in-formation. The new integration has been prepared using the ISO15926 standard and can also be used to interface with third party software packages. The inte-gration data can be distributed globally using the CoDesigner functionality and has a renewed user interface. (See ar-ticle on p. 38)

Containmenthierarchy, 3Dspacesandcompartments

Traditional plant design consists of a set of commonly established concepts. One of these is the important concept of named spaces and compartments in a plant. It defines the structure for design work at different levels and pro-vides the foundation for logistical man-agement throughout the plant project life cycle. Version 6.3 has a new feature in this important area and has support for 3D spaces and compartments. Dia-gram, Piping Isometrics & Spools and Plant Modeller can now utilize the defini-tion of named 3D spaces and compart-ments. The definitions can be changed dynamically at any time. Compartments can be imported from selected third party software or the user can define them in Plant Modeller. An intelligent and efficient containment browser can be used to visualize and check the spac-es and compartments and manage the scope of different contractors. (See ar-ticle on p. 19)

Selectednewfeatures

Plant Agent is now a real Windows ser-vice. This ensures that the correct run-space and resources for this important interoperability process are available

► The new model comparison tool in eBrowser

▲ Enhanced support for Unicode characters allows the use of e.g. Asian language characters in the texts in drawings and listings.

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from an ICT and operating system point of view. V6.3 comes with a new Windows In-staller-based installation. The installation uses a common system provided by the operating system and can be handled with common utilities and controlled with operating system tools. Remote installa-tion can be executed with operating sys-tem group policy objects. Enhanced functionality for air ducts include visible insulation, also included in online collision control and various types of supports for air ducts.

Enhanced space reservation in 3D model

Several functions have been implement-ed for better handling of space reserva-tions including improvements to service spaces for equipment and standard components in piping and ducting, insu-lation for air ducts, as well as reserved spaces for cable ways and passages. The user can define service spaces for equipment and standard components in the library already while modelling. Shared settings can be chosen for ser-vice space systems for standard com-ponents, ducts and cable trays. This significantly improves the accuracy of the model and ensures error free in-stallation.

P&I Diagrams and Diagram/3D integration

Nupas-Cadmatic Diagram’s new ribbon user interface ensures both ease of use and effectiveness without compromising functionality. The users can customize the toolbars and intuitive icons as well as the 2D drafting functionality. Linking

with the 3D model has also been further improved and developed. The 3D model now complies with the Diagram topolo-gy and the user can visualize pipe rout-ing according to diagram connections.

■ Plant Modeller recognizes the pipe-lines that are connected to objects in Diagram

■ Diagram / Piping Isometrics & Spools piping topology awareness in Plant Modeller

■ Possibility to list differences between selected object types in Diagram and 3D model

■ Differences between objects in Plant Modeller and Diagram are indicated when Diagram is launched

■ Enhanced error reporting when comparing pipeline connections in Diagram with Plant Modeller

Export and Import

Several improvements have been im-plemented to support new versions of AutoCAD 2013 and Windows 64bit, as well as possibilities to handle imported object meshes.

■ Support for AutoCAD®2013 for eX-changer

■ eXchanger supports Windows 64bit ■ New scaling option for reference

drawing import ■ Conversion of SubDivision meshes

for eXchanger out ■ Plug-ins to Okino Computer Graph-

ics’ PolyTrans Translation System

► The topological connection be-tween the 2D diagram and 3D model includes the preselection of the correct pipelines, components and order of elements.

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Cadmatic has opened a new sales and software support office in Dubai, UAE. Cadmatic FZ LLC’s of-fices are centrally located opposite the Al Nasr Sports Club in downtown Dubai. The company will focus on providing Cadmatic software sales and support services to Cadmatic’s growing customer base throughout the Middle East region.

Cadmatic has made noticeable inroads in the Middle Eastern market in recent years, in par-

ticular in the petrochemical, energy and process industry sectors. In addition to the full suite of Cadmatic software, par-

ticular interest has been shown by cus-tomers in the Middle East in Cadmatic’s information management solutions. A significant recent customer acquisition in this regard is Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia. The new office is set to benefit from Dubai’s ideal geographical location as well as excellent infrastructure and good flight connections to other countries in the Middle East. This will enable Cad-matic to further improve its customer service and response times to custom-ers in the region. According to Cadmatic FZ LLC rep-resentative Mr Umesh K Angadi the re-gion holds much potential for Cadmat-ic’s software products and solutions. “The Middle East has seen significant

growth in the last decade, despite the financial crisis of recent years. The oil and petroleum industries are strong in the region, but we are also seeing sig-nificant growth in other industrial areas. Cadmatic’s products and information management solutions have great po-tential in the region. This office will as-sist us in reaching our full potential in this market.”

CADMATICFZllCOffice 515, Business Venue Bldg.Opposite Al Nasr Sports ClubOud Metha RoadP.O Box 33109, Dubai, UAEMr Umesh K AngadiTel. +971 4 430 8171Mob. +971 56 154 1936

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Cadmatickeytoolin Brazilian ground woodpulp plant project

Cadmatic has been a key tool for the design of a Brazilian ground wood pulp plant, for cardboard producer Ibe-ma Cia Brasileira de Pa-pel S.A. (Ibema). In co-operation with ProjNet Engenharia e Sistemas (ProjNet), which pro-vides consulting servic-es to the pulp and pa-per industry, the plant was entirely designed in Cadmatic V6. The 3D model developed during the engineering phase will also be used inside the plant’s control room with the plant control system to assist with operation and mainte-nance.

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ProjNet specializes in mechanical, piping, instrument, electrical and system design and uses Cad-

matic as its principal design software. On the ground wood pulp plant pro-ject, the Cadmatic eBrowser functions as more than a project review tool, as it will also run in the DCS control sta-tion with the 3D model of the plant. The Cadmatic News team caught up with Ibema’s Maintenance Manager, Jorge S. Boabaid and Luiz Barbante, ProjNet’s Engineering Director, to talk about the project and how Cadmatic was used in the project design and implementation.

CadmaticDiagramlinkedtoSQldatabase

“The process could be designed thanks to Cadmatic’s P&I Diagram solution. From simple valves to complex grind-ers and pulpers, it was possible to easi-ly draw symbols, connect pipes, change data, revise and publish to suppliers and customers etc. After publishing the diagrams, it was simple to understand the process, exchange ideas and to op-timize and continue the design. Since Cadmatic Diagram is directly linked to a SQL server database, it is possible to generate documentation such as equip-ment lists, specifications and attributes without the need to use software that is not common in an office software pack-age”, says Mr Barbante. According to Jorge S. Boabaid from Ibema, the visualization provided by the 3D model makes it easy to under-stand the whole plant structure and ar-eas, even to people not familiar with 2D technical drawings and diagrams. “The possibility to reach distant areas of the same plant in seconds and the

use of only a single file is very advanta-geous. During a business or technical meeting it is really important to have the versatility of the 3D model to walk through different areas and acquire equipment data. The experience of vis-ualizing the plant before it has been constructed is very valuable. Moreo-ver, the possibility of opening the 3D model on any Windows Platform PC or notebook with Internet Explorer allows the exchange of the model and infor-mation in a way which would not have been possible otherwise”, Mr Boabaid explains.

Planterection andstart-upphase

“Once again, the capability of move-ment through the model is great for erection purposes. It is possible to check data, take measurements and

visualize beforehand. The data stored in the database will also contain infor-mation regarding the erection date and start-up date, apart from the specifica-tions, which simplifies management. It is also possible to check positioning, con-nections and the orientation of equip-ment, thereby avoiding mistakes and misunderstandings. It is much simpler to follow instructions given via a 3D model to be applied in a 3D environment, than instructions on many 2D drawings that can be confusing and lead to misinter-pretation”, Mr Boabaid reveals.

eBrowserhasexcellentpotentialforuse inplantoperation

“The eBrowser 3D model could also be a great tool for plant operation. By easily moving around the virtual facilities, it would be possible to see details without

► Ibema Maintenance Manager, Jorge S. Boabaid, has been im-pressed with Cadmatic’s visualisa-tion capabilities and its application in review meetings.

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the necessity of going to the real facility. Many variables could easily be stored in the 3D model, such as the motor power or vessel volume and could also be re-trieved, once again without the need to read documents or to go to the equip-ment to acquire such information. That is the benefit of having the 3D model on a PC in the Control Room. This is a trend which is set to continue in the coming years; the possibility to fully control the plant via a 3D model, with real-time in-formation regarding processes such as pressure, flow and temperature, all in a single software application”, Mr Barban-te points out. “For maintenance purposes, having the real-time 3D model would also be extremely useful. It could contain all the information regarding the current state

of the process, malfunctioning equip-ment, equipment that needs replace-ment parts, situations close to critical conditions, lack of material and many other variables and states”, Mr Boabaid adds.

► From left to right in the picture the ProjNet Engenharia design team for the IBEMA project: Lucas Kin Hironaka, Clóvis do Nascimento Sá, Oscar Yutaka Igarashi, Daniel Olivieri Gonçalves, Roberto Noim, Luiz Antonio Barbante Tavares. De-sign team members absent: Adri-ana Rodrigues, Nilvea Tavares and José Mozetic.

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There are generally several different areas involved in projects, regard-less whether the project is small or large. These areas may include dif-ferent project locations, technologi-cal areas or simple rooms and floors. From Cadmatic version 6.1 onwards designers are able to take full advan-tage of utilizing 3D spaces to define different project areas and to man-age model objects and project doc-umentation.

In addition to simple cubes, users can now also define three-dimensional spaces with unique geometries, name

the spaces and assign additional attrib-utes. After the 3D space is defined, a containment tool automatically assigns model objects to the correct space and always keeps up-to-date information re-garding which object belongs to which 3D space and vice-versa.

3Dspacesvisualized as3Dobjects

inPlantModeller

Users can visualize 3D spaces in the model as transparent 3D model objects and utilize them in the early design phas-es when the structure is not yet availa-ble. The user can also select which ob-jects are visible or hidden at any time in active/inactive filtering of objects. Cadmatic has introduced a new tool for handling 3D spaces according to a containment concept. The containment concept governs the relationship be-tween 3D spaces and other model ob-jects, such as structural parts, equip-ment, piping parts, ducting and any other objects. Model objects inherit in-formation provided by the 3D space, which means that all model objects are “aware” of which space they are a part of. The containment browser is a tool that analyzes these relationships by

checking which objects belong where and allows the designer to change the automatic choice for objects, for exam-ple, on the border of spaces to be as-signed to a certain 3D space.

IntegrationwithP&ID

3D spaces can be used in process di-agrams for assigning space informa-tion for equipment and armatures. This makes it extremely easy to create a pre-order list of materials per zone and to estimate the length of piping required even before the 3D model has been created. Even in cases where the ex-act location of equipment is not known beforehand, it can be predefined as a location inside a particular zone, which can be later adjusted in the model. This allows the user to take full advantage of 3D spaces already in the earliest phas-es of the project.

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Generally plant owners have plant information distributed across sever-al different sources. As a result man-agers spend precious time search-ing for information, documents or part suppliers from separate loca-tions. Even once they have found the information, are they sure it is up to date and that it can be trusted? Cad-matic has developed a solution to this challenge in the shape of a new standalone virtual plant information system called eShare.

eShare is not an additional source, in fact it combines all information sources, whereby

all the plant’s information and documen-tation are accessible via a single user interface and 3D model. The information regarding a location (x,y,z) or compo-nent (Pump P123-A) can be linked to the 3D model, or the location and compo-nent information can be linked to related information in various databases. Infor-mation searches are sped up, facilitated and the information can be trusted. This speeds up decision making. Contradictory information or errors are quickly identified by the system as the same information from different sources can be easily compared and harmonized. With the aid of more trust-worthy information, more productive and safer plant operation and maintenance can be assured.

up-to-date informationsupports betterdecisionmaking

An essential feature of eShare is that it does not edit information stored else-

CadmaticeShare– new standalone virtual plant information system

where, but rather displays the infor-mation online as read directly from the source in question. This ensures that the user always has the latest up-to-date information available to support better decision making. Historical infor-mation about the plant and processes can also be accessed directly from the model. Information that is not connected to the 3D model can also be accessed. It suffices to have a piece of informa-tion, such as a position number, for ex-ample, that can be used to search da-tabases and systems. With the eShare the user can quickly find information to ensure plant operation and safety. eShare has a comprehensive inbuilt document management system that is

capable of managing complete enter-prise or project documentation, includ-ing e.g. Microsoft Office documents and technical drawings. The integration in-terface can, however, also be used to create integrations to other document management systems that are used by customers. eShare also has the capability to configure integrations to maintenance systems. In this area Cadmatic has benefited greatly from its close rela-tionship with Elomatic in developing in-dustrial systems. The co-operation with Elomatic provides Cadmatic with a val-uable source for information regarding practical industrial needs and require-ments.

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eShare Database– 3D Models– Documents– Engineering data– etc.

ERP, Material Management, Procurement

Design & Engineering data

Maintenance & Asset Management

Document Management

Operations & Controls

Planning & Control

Completelyindependentsolution

Even though Cadmatic develops and sells plant design software, eShare is completely independent thereof. Other system suppliers’ 3D models can also be used as the base for the solution. The customer can thus always use the most suitable service provider and/or

system in newbuilds or maintenance projects. Cadmatic eShare does not push to the side or replace customers’ systems (except agreed parts if so desired). It rather provides the customer with a single, simple-to-use user interface for plant information management. This en-ables existing systems to be used more efficiently.

eShare is also very well suited to be used as part of project informa-tion management, project review and control, which both the plant own-er and service provider can access via the web if desired. In this case the improved information management and exchange result in faster project completion and increased service ef-ficiency and quality.

Saudi Aramco has implemented Cadmatic eShare as its information management solution. The compa-ny purchased eBrowser licenses for 3D plant viewing and uses eBrowser along with Internet Explorer to review its PDS models. A wide range of inte-grations have been created to Saudi Aramco’s corporate systems, which allows the company to manage all these systems via a single user in-terface. Saudi Aramco is a global energy leader with operations that span the globe and the energy industry. Today, Saudi Aramco oversees the largest conventional reserves of crude oil, is the world’s largest producer and exporter of crude oil and leads the world in exporting natural gas liquids. It also owns and operates an exten-sive network of refining and distribu-tion facilities, and is responsible for the gas processing and transporta-

tion installations that fuel Saudi Ara-bia’s industrial sector. Saudi Aramco utilises a Cadmatic tool to convert its PDS models into Cadmatic eBrowser models. The eBrowser models are better suited to integration with corporate systems from an IT point of view, due to the fact that the system is web-based and that all information is contained in a small and manageable file. Saudi Aramco’s critical corporate systems that are integrated with eS-hare include RBI risk analysis, Osi-Soft Pi for process data visualisation, inspection systems, as well as iPlant, Saudi Aramco’s in-house developed document management solution. Saudi Aramco employees can now, for instance, virtually walk around the plant in the 3D model and retrieve any documentation related to equip-ment and systems by simply clicking on the objects in the model.

▼ eShare combines all the plant’s in-formation sources and makes them accessible via a single user inter-face and 3D model.

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MasterclassindistributingdesignacrossnetworkedenvironmentsSTX Finland

In 2008 Cadmatic News reported on how STX Finland’s Turku office was using Cadmatic software for the first time for the design and management of distributed design for the historic “Oasis Of The Seas and Allure Of The Seas”. The company has come a long way since then and distribut-ed design has been entrenched in its way of working on large produc-tion and design projects.

Cadmatic News spoke to CAD Development Manager at STX Finland Oy, Mr Pekka Puranen,

about their way of working at STX Fin-land and how Cadmatic solutions have been implemented at the company. According to Mr Puranen Nupas-Cad-matic is clearly now the primary design software used at STX Finland and with-in its network of turnkey suppliers and subcontractors. In general STX Finland completes ba-sic design and then outsources produc-

tion of different areas, including design, to turnkey suppliers. Some detailed de-sign is also outsourced to engineer-ing companies. All of these companies work within the network environment that is managed by STX Finland with the help of the Cadmatic CoDesigner distributed design system. “On one of our recent projects, for example, we had about 150 designers from over 20 different companies work-ing within the network simultaneously. The Cadmatic server located in Turku

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functions as the master database within the network from which replicas are cre-ated at suppliers’ design and produc-tion sites. In some cases the suppliers create further replicas for design work that they outsource. eBrowser models of the designs are published automati-cally every second hour, which makes it easy for our employees as well as our turnkey suppliers to review and check the status of the project. The distrib-uted design functionality of Cadmatic suits the STX Finland way of working very well and helps avoid the constant checking and coordination that would be required with an offline system”, Mr Puranen highlights.

SplittingCadmaticmodels forworkbreakdown

On a recent Viking Line project a new tool was used for the first time to split the Cadmatic model into a work break-down structure. In practice this means that the model can be split down to the work breakdown for a single worker per day. “Our model ‘knows’ how much time it takes to assemble a work pack-age and can present the installation se-

quence with material information in such a way that materials are packed in ex-actly the order they are required”, Mr Puranen points out.

MoreCadmatic licensesordered

In September 2011 STX Finland pur-chased a large number of additional Cadmatic licenses (Diagram & 3D). The additional licenses were required not only to cope with increased project sizes, but also to allow for the greater amount of detail that STX Finland has planned to incorporate into basic design models.

eBrowserremains afavourite

When asked to name a specific Cad-matic tool that he uses Mr Puranen does not hesitate to mention the eBrowser: “The eBrowser is a very good tool and easy to use. It is used by our project managers and supervisors all the way from the top down to the plumbers that install pipes. It is, for example, extreme-ly easy to use the eBrowser to see how

something should be built and one can also access detailed information about parts from the eBrowser.”

STXsubcontractorsworkingefficientlywithinnetworked

environment

Koja Marine implemented Cadmatic for the first time on STX’s recent Viking Line project. It was responsible for the de-sign, system delivery and commission-ing of HVAC Systems. The family-owned company, which is part of Koja Group, was founded in 1935 and is the longest serving HVAC supplier in Finland and well known for its air-conditioning and air handling systems. Koja Marine pur-chased the Cadmatic licenses in Feb-ruary 2011 in order to participate in the Viking Line project. It outsourced the one-line drawing design of HVAC sys-tems to another Cadmatic user, Rejlers Finland. Rejlers Finland is part of Re-jlers Group and offers engineering, con-sultancy, and turnkey delivery services to its customers in a wide range of in-dustries. According to Koja Marine Director, Esko Nousiainen, the company gener-

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► Koja Marine was re-sponsible for the design and delivery of HVAC systems for the STX Vi-king Line project.

◄ Nupas-Cadmatic soft-ware was used for the design and manage-ment of distributed de-sign by STX on Viking Line’s recently launched Viking Grace.

◄ According to STX Fin-land’s CAD Develop-ment Manager, Pekka Puranen, Nupas-Cad-matic suits the STX Fin-land way of working very well and avoids the constant checking and coordination required for offline systems.

ally outsources one-line drawing de-sign to subcontractors such as Rejlers that cooperate with STX, which allows Koja Marine to concentrate on its core competence. Koja Marine’s staff have nevertheless received training in the use of Cadmatic software and are in constant contact with Rejlers to check the design and to make modifications to the model.

One-linediagrams usedtocreate3Dmodel

An interesting fact about the design work delivered is that one-line diagrams were for the first time drawn and de-livered aside the 3D model on the Vi-king Line project. “This was a massive change in our way of working. Usually the one-line diagrams are part of Gen-eral Arrangement diagrams but on this project we worked within the model en-vironment which is completely different. In our experience the use of 3D design

tools avoid problems during installation. Modifications can be completed quickly in the model, which dramatically reduc-es misunderstandings. During installa-tion you don’t need to refer to the as-built design, as it is completed exactly the way it is presented in the 3D model. It has made everybody’s life easier”, Mr Nousiainen indicates.

Singlemodel indistributednetwork easesdesignwork

Länsiviivain Oy became a Cadmatic customer at the beginning of 2011 and used the software actively for piping design on the STX Viking Line project. Länsiviivain specializes in piping and machinery area design and has been a regular supplier of design services since 1992. According to Länsiviivain CEO, Timo Mattila, the company purchased one Cadmatic license and rented a further

11 more in order to be part of STX’s Cadmatic network. “Some of our employees had previ-ous experience of working with Cad-matic, which helped us to get started. It made things a lot easier and we saved time with Cadmatic as we could all work in the same model with STX. Cadmatic is a very good tool for routing pipes and suits our company’s needs. It took some time to get used to producing the work-shop drawings with Nupas-Cadmatic, but that is working fine as well now”, Mr Mattila says. According to STX Finland’s CAD De-velopment Manager, Pekka Puranen, Cadmatic suits the STX Finland way of working very well and avoids the con-stant checking and coordination re-quired for offline systems.

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Europe’s largest full range soya processing plant was recently completed in Uusikaupunki, Fin-land. The soya processing compa-ny Finnprotein Oy, showed faith in Turku-based Elomatic Ltd’s agro-chemical engineering know-how by entrusting it with the design of the 100 million euro project with Cad-matic plant design software.

According to Elomatic Vice Presi-dent, Hannu Heikkilä, the com-pany was involved in an EPCM-

type capacity. Elomatic was responsible for plant design that covered a wide range of disciplines as well as procure-ment and supervision services in the construction phase.

“The plant is the biggest of its kind in Europe, in fact there are only a few processing plants of equal size in the world. Running at full capacity the soya processing plant processes about 400 000 tonnes of soybean a year”, says Mr Heikkilä.

Domesticagrochemicalexpertise

The construction work in the Orivo in-dustrial area was recently completed. The project is a rarity even for an expe-rienced engineering company. Modern soya plants process soybeans to produce products for the animal feed industry, foodstuffs industry and for bio-fuels. The Finnprotein plant processes soybean one hundred percent without

producing waste. The versatile soybean is fully utilized up to and including the bean hulls. In addition to animal feed and soybean oil it can be further processed into soya concentrate i.e. protein concen-trate, lecithin, molasses and granules.

Cadmaticplantdesignsystemprovidesdesignefficiency

Cadmatic design tools were used on the project for fully comprehensive design of equipment layout, piping systems, steel construction and other structures. New Cadmatic V6.2 features were used successfully throughout the design pro-ject. “The eBrowser model review tool was an important communication tool for the project team including all de-

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sign disciplines, contractors and the owner and operator. The markup fea-ture was extremely useful as well as the new visualization functionalities. With the new eBrowser we were able to gen-erate MTO’s directly from the eBrows-er model. Another valuable feature was the possibility to compare different de-sign stages and alternatives”, Mr Heik-kilä points out.

► An eBrowser model of the Finnpro-tein soya processing plant. eBrows-er was used on the project for efficient visualization and commu-nication between the design teams, contractors, owner and operator’s personnel.

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From the outset of 3D modelling the idea was to reserve spaces and al-low engineers to create designs that would optimally use these spaces. Space optimization is critical since the space allocation for equipment, piping, HVAC and cables, as well as for personal working areas is ex-tremely limited. The effective alloca-tion of spaces avoids errors during installation that could adversely af-fect scheduling.

Over the years engineers have spent hours and hours searching for the optimal po-

sitioning of equipment and pipe routing. With the advent of 3D design it became much easier to “see” the exact space required and take the correct decisions

regarding space allocation. In version 6.3 Cadmatic has implemented further improvements for even more efficient handling of service spaces. New features have been added and improvements made in the following ar-eas:

■ service spaces for equipment ■ service spaces for standard com-

ponents ■ insulation for air ducts ■ space reservation for cable ways ■ passages

Spacesastransparent 3Dobjects

All service spaces are handled as trans-parent 3D objects that are assigned to the corresponding equipment. In addi-tion to visualizing the spaces, the sys-

tem also takes the spaces into account for clash checks. The user can define service spaces already while modelling components (e.g. ejector or hydrauli-cally operated valves) and immediately view them thereafter in the 3D model and/or hide them in the 2D drawing if preferred.

Insulationforairducts

The material and dimensions of insula-tion required for air duct parts is con-tained in specifications similar to the way piping insulation is done. The in-sulation materials are later included in material lists and provide the purchas-ing department with accurate materials estimation.

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Cableways spacereservations

Space reservations for cable ways are visualized as 3D objects which ensures that sufficient space has been allocated for cable installation and prevents any other routing in this area.

Passages

Passages are designed to ensure the correct space reservation for platforms and jammed engine rooms. It is impor-tant to leave the correct minimum height space for passages. The easy-to-use visualization tools for control and filtering allow the spaces to be turned on and off, while online colli-sion control automatically visualizes any potential clashes.

▼ A 3D service space for equipment ▲ Specification-driven insulation for HVAC

► Space reserved for installation of cables on the cable tray

► Service spaces can be defined al-ready when the component itself is being created.

▼ Reservation of passage space for stairs

◄ The 3D passage space reservation in the model ensures that there is sufficient space for people to pass.

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Since its foundation in 1990, Kraftszer Ltd has become a well-known participant in the Hungarian industri-al and power engineer-ing market. Kraftszer is part of German GAH, a member of the Alpiq-group (formerly Atel-group). The company’s expertise areas cover power plants, indus-trial energy services and engineering. Since 2009 the company has successfully been us-ing Cadmatic software for the implementation of demanding design projects.

Kraftszer completes

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S O F T W A R E S O L U T I O N S

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Kraftszer completes

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S O F T W A R E S O L U T I O N S

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At the end of 2009 Kraftszer im-plemented Cadmatic Plant De-sign Software for the piping

design of the BOP (Balance of Plant) systems of a gas turbine combined cy-cle installation in Hungary at the Duna-menti power plant. The extensive and complex piping work required for the project necessitated the selection of software that could generate the isomet-ric drawings with several modifications. The Cadmatic solution was selected by Kraftszer based on its pipe design capa-bilities and the possibility to import ele-ments from other 3D software packages. The openness of the software was crucial since the client used Microstation-based 3D software and supplied DGN files for the steel structure and vendors’ equip-ment. The design environment model was also distributed with AutoCAD DWG files.

Demandingbiomassfiredsteamboilerinstallationdesign

After gaining experience in using Cad-matic in 2009 on the BOP project, Kraftszer used the software for a de-manding new biomass fired steam boil-er installation at the Dalkia-owned Pécs power plant in Hungary. The design pro-ject was started in the autumn of 2010. The boiler is a straw fired, 4-pass wa-ter tube boiler – installed in an exist-ing boiler room in place of previously demolished coal boilers. The new bi-omass boiler produces max. 146 t/h steam at 100 bar and a superheating temperature of 540°C. The boiler’s over-all dimensions are rather impressive: the width is 16,5 m, the length 25 m, the height 30 m and the gross weight is 1500 tons. A twin-nave bale storage hall

has been built next to the boiler house. The design comprises the installation of the boiler body, steam piping, feed water supply, combustion air ducting with pre-heater, exhaust gas ducting with exhaust gas filters and ventilation, automatic straw bale handling from the storage hall to the boiler, slag handling system and other auxiliary systems such as compressed air and fire fighting pip-ing systems etc. The amount of sepa-rate systems is 22 in all.

Distributingdesignefficiently

Due to a lack of design resources Kraftszer distributed the steam boiler project environment from the very start of the project. “This type of work was unfamiliar to us, but we recognized its

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effectiveness very quickly. Now we can cooperate with different companies that are using Cadmatic, both in Hungary and abroad. This enables us to manage the available resources in design work and in project administration”, explains Kraftszer’s Design Department Head, Mr István Tömösközi. Cadmatic software was used from the beginning of the project to prepare the basic P&I drawings with the Diagram module, where it provided a direct con-nection between the P&I and the 3D model. “This connection facilitated the consistent pipe and valve coding in P&I drawings and 3D model. Code repetition suppression was another important mat-ter provided by the diagram module. By using the P&I module we were able to generate several lists (e.g. equipment, valves, instruments) from the database.

In some cases it needed SQL database handling”, Mr Tömösközi continues.

Constructiondesignphase

Cadmatic was used for the construction design phase of the project as well. The boiler body was imported from the boiler manufacturer’s 3D model. The existing boiler house was laser-scanned and the point cloud was used to generate a 3D AutoCAD model. This AutoCAD DWG file was imported into Cadmatic and used for design and collision checks. The other equipment, steel structures, pipes, valves, fittings, ducts, pipe sup-ports, and cable trays were modelled entirely with Cadmatic. “During the construction design many arrangement and section drawings,

nearly a thousand isometric drawings and hundreds of pipe support drawings were generated from the 3D model. The drawings were created almost fully auto-matically, only the annotations were po-sitioned manually”, Mr Tömösközi con-cludes. The above-mentioned documentation was created by eight engineers with the support of four foreign engineers work-ing in different towns and countries.

◄ 3D model of the new four straw transport lines

► Kraftszer’s design included the boiler body, steam piping, feed wa-ter supply, combustion air ducting with pre-heater, exhaust gas duct-ing with exhaust gas filters and ven-tilation, automatic straw bale han-dling from the storage hall to the boiler, slag handling system and other auxiliary systems.

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Cadmatic Plant Design Software has starting from V6.1 completely over-hauled its HVAC and ducting mod-ule. The new module takes the effi-ciency and ease of air duct design to a completely new level. This has been achieved with the aid of spec-ification-driven routing, as well as automatically generated installation and prefabrication drawings and Bills of Material (BOMs).

The designer can now simply con-centrate on routing ducts while the system ensures that the cor-

rect components are used every time. The online collision detection alerts the designer immediately if there are colli-sions during routing.

Specification-driven ductrouting

The design of air ducts is based on specifications and the look and feel is

quite similar to pipe routing. The spec-ification consists of design rules that ensure that the correct materials are selected according to the size-related duct part design rules. There are three different types of air duct parts: straight ducts, prefabricated ducts and indus-trially manufactured parts. The speci-fications also include the definitions for additional duct part materials such as flanges, bend radiuses, duct ends etc. The correct amount of holes is always inserted automatically for flanges. In practice the designer selects the system and HVAC Line ID before select-ing the shape and size for the air duct; thereafter he/she can continue with air duct routing. The system automatically selects the correct components for duct parts and curve radiuses according to the speci-fications and duct part design rules. This significantly increases the efficien-cy and decreases the amount of er-rors in design. The designer can also use custom values for sizes by defining the width and height of the duct part manually.

Automatedductspoolgeneration

The new HVAC module automatically produces dimensioned prefabrication documents. The function is similar to pipe spool drawing generation. As a result the user produces dimensioned duct spool drawings for prefabrication with all the necessary production infor-mation and BOMs. The duct spool drawings can be gen-erated in groups according to the lo-gistical hierarchies inherited from con-tainment management (see article on p. 25). The duct spool groups can for instance be compartments, blocks or installation stages. The status control function makes it easy to check which air ducts have already been generated to documents.

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▼ The new HVAC module provides advanced tools for design of dif-ferently shaped air ducts.

◄ The user selects the air duct sys-tem, line ID and size before routing air ducts in the 3D model.

► Specifications and design rules en-sure that the correct components are selected automatically.

◄ Air duct insulation can be shown in the 3D model and be taken into ac-count for collision checks.

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Polish EPG Design (EPG), found-ed in December 2011, has imple-mented Cadmatic software on their first design project. The Marine and Offshore design company provides clients with a wide range of engi-neering and consulting services in-cluding conceptual, basic and de-tailed design as well as as-built design, conversion and supervi-sion services. EPG has successful-ly used Cadmatic software for oil rig structure design as well.

EPG implemented Cadmatic soft-ware in its first month of opera-tion. According to EPG Managing

Director, Mr Marek Pruchniewicz, most of the EPG designers had previously gained experience in using Cadmatic software before joining EPG. “We knew the benefits of using the software and this is why we chose to implement Cadmatic here at EPG as well. The local Cadmatic reseller, PBSP helped us with the start-up. We are still in contact with them and in case we have any difficulties, we can always count on them. It is very important to have good support, especially when

dealing with production documenta-tion”, says Mr Pruchniewicz.

Demandingfirstdesignproject

EPG’s first design project was very de-manding due to the short timeframe it had to be completed in and the wide scope of the design. “You have to remember that we are a young company and completing a pro-ject like this, on such a tight schedule, was rather demanding. We prepared three phases of the project simultane-ously with Cadmatic software: workshop

Designingthreeprojectphasessimultaneously– EPG Design implements Cadmatic on challenging first project

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design, supervision and as-built docu-mentation. The software was really use-ful during supervision discussions. It is always clearer for constructors when they see the 3D model. The 3D model acts as the basis for proper produc-tion documentation. The most important thing is to focus on creating the correct 3D model of the construction, after that the rest is more or less automated”, Mr Pruchniewicz explains. EPG designers have found the Cad-matic eBrowser to be a very useful tool. According to Mr Pruchniewicz, it assists designers to control the whole project (all parts such as structural, outfitting and piping) with a single tool and to see

details that are very difficult to see in a 2D environment.

Cadmaticused foroilrigdesign

EPG has also started using Cadmatic successfully to design (oil) rigs. “I have

to be honest and say that we were a bit sceptical at first to use the software for designing oil rigs. Our scepticism proved to be completely unwarranted. It turned out that the software can be suc-cessfully used to develop documenta-tion for such designs as well”, Mr Pruch-niewicz adds.

▼ A view of the main structure of the bridge

► EPG designers and a structure & outfitting expert working on their latest project.

► EPG Project Managers Lukasz Lesiewicz and Marek Podbereski (closest to the camera)

◄ The Eldfisk 2/7 S project was di-vided into several zones, such as the well bay, bridge and module area. On the left is the top side of the bridge area and on the right a view of the main structure in the module area.

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Version 6.3 of Cadmatic sports a brand new ribbon interface for the Diagram module that will ease the everyday work of designers. Other improvements in the Diagram mod-ule include the implementation of electrical single line diagrams and a new topological link between 2D diagrams and 3D models which im-proves the integration between draft-ing and modelling considerably.

A brand-new user interface for the Diagram application has been developed to meet the everyday

needs of designers. The new interface is more intuitive, ergonomic and fluid and facilitates daily design work. The new interface speeds up design work as it enables designers to quick-ly find and easily create new diagrams and make changes to existing diagrams.

It also eases linking the required data to the 3D model and checking for any de-sign changes in the project. The ribbon has been designed to as-sist designers to quickly find the com-mands required to complete a task. The commands are organized in logi-cal groups that are grouped together under tabs. Each tab relates to a type of activity, such as locating symbols or 2D drafting on the page. In order to re-duce clutter some tabs are shown only when needed. Another special feature of new inter-face is a left-button menu for commonly used commands such as edit or move. This option allows the user to save time by selecting these commands from the ribbon, thereby easing everyday de-sign. The user can also quickly insert the same types of valves along an en-tire pipeline and afterwards change the valve type on the fly.

Electricalsingle linediagrams

The Cadmatic Diagram module has ex-panded its application area to electrical single lines or wire circuit and schemat-ic diagrams. In version 6.3 Cadmatic Diagram in-cludes a large library with a wide range of electrical diagram symbols: fus-es, switches, lights, switchboards etc. These symbols are ready to be used as elements and as usual they can also be used as templates to create projects and standard specific symbols. It is also possible to create complete electrical diagrams for all the systems and further benefit from the Cable Router module in Plant Modeller to automatically allocate all the cables to cable ways and to cor-rect penetrations.

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Newtopologicallinkbetween2Ddiagramsand3Dmodel

The following data is typically shared between the diagram and 3D mod-el: systems and pipelines, equipment, valves, instruments, pipe run topology (order of the elements along pipe run), location information, routes, weight, etc. In the case of electrical diagrams the shared items include cable ids, connec-tions, equipment, cable routes, nodes on cable ways and equipment, loca-tions, as well as compartments, blocks transversed and lengths etc. A newly implemented topological link between the 2D diagram and 3D model allows the user to benefit from full inte-gration between the 2D diagram and 3D model. While routing pipes or ca-bles and connecting to equipment, for example, only the correct system and line will be suggested to the designer. During routing, a “candy bar” visualiza-

tion will indicate the topological route to target the connection, e.g. equip-ment or switchboard. However, if the designer prefers to change the order of the elements or to connect the pipe-line to different pieces of equipment this can be done by simply confirm-ing the action. To detect such cases at a later stage the “compare topology” command can be used. The check will be performed automatically and result in a list of comparison results that al-low the user to locate the conflict in the

3D model and decide either to correct it in 2D or 3D. The topological information provided can be used to improve pipe length es-timations. Based on the predefined lo-cation of equipment and the topologi-cal information the length of pipes and cables can be estimated even before the 3D model is created. This allows designers to estimate the required ma-terials and total cost of the project for the shipyards and ship-owners at an early stage.

► The new ribbon user interface for the Diagram application

▼ Right mouse clicking opens a list of the most useful commands.

► An electrical schematic and electri-cal library of symbols

◄ While routing pipes in the 3D mod-el the software suggests connec-tions to equipment according to the 2D diagram: suggested connec-tion shown in red-and-white “can-dy bar”.

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Italian Engineers Srl (ITEN) was founded in July 2010 by two Rome-based engineering companies, Farc Italy Srl and Erregi Srl. The companies combined their exten-sive experience, spanning 30 years in industrial engineering, for the joint venture company. Their com-bined know-how in industrial plant design, piping and civil engineering and architecture allows ITEN to pro-vide comprehensive design servic-es for large industrial investments. ITEN recently used Cadmatic soft-ware for the design of a demanding tank farm project for Group Sonan-gol, the Angolan parastatal respon-sible for petroleum and natural gas production in Angola.

ITEN specializes in process engineer-ing for utilities (water, steam, energy, fuels, gases, compressed air), piping

engineering (stress analysis included), as well as civil and structural engineer-ing for industrial targets. The company’s objective is to provide all the engineering services required for the realization of in-dustrial plants. The experience gained in 3D modelling by ITEN’s founding mem-bers has been incorporated in the com-pany’s know-how and Cadmatic software is an important tool for project design and implementation in this regard.

Cadmaticprovidesflexibilityduringearlymodellingphases

Farc Italy started using Cadmatic soft-ware already back in 1994. According to Engineering Director at ITEN, Salva-

tore Bocchetti, the decision to start us-ing Cadmatic at Farc Italy was its ease of use and the versatility of the soft-ware package, as well as the fact that 3D modelling was requested by some customers. “We currently use Cadmatic at ITEN for the modelling of industrial plants on the basis of P&ID’s because it is more flexible than other systems, especial-ly during the early modelling phases. What has impressed me is the intelli-gent model and the ease with which you are able to model real supports as well. Then there is the user-friendly eBrows-er tool, which we use very often to in-terface with customers via the Internet for review meetings and to discuss pro-ject progress. Another very useful fea-ture during surveys of existing plants, is the ability to create models from la-ser-scanned point clouds. This saves a

Italian Engineers S.R.L involvedindemandingtankfarmprojectinAngola forGroupSonangol

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considerable amount of time and results in a very low percentage of errors”, Mr Bocchetti explains.

Tankfarmdesignproject forGroupSonangol

ITEN has recently conducted a de-manding design project for Sonangol, (Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola), for a tank farm in Barra do Dande. The farm will include new oil handling and storage facilities, a boost-er station, jetty and pipelines to facilities. In the first phase of the project (2010–2015) 31 storage tanks, about 4–6 LPG storage bullets and 1 cryogenic tank with a total working volume of around 670,000 m³ will be accommodated. A number of pipelines, will connect the tank farm with the marine terminal, the

existing refinery, railway loading facility, the existing airport in Luanda as well as the future airport. A branch to feed a new cement factory is being consid-ered as well. This new infrastructure will have the capability to receive, store and distrib-ute the bulk fuel requirements of Luan-da. It will also supply petroleum prod-ucts to regional distribution depots at Cabinda, Soyo, and Malanje as well as to the south of the country all the way up to the new southern refinery. ITEN used Cadmatic for the basic de-sign and for much of the advanced front end engineering design phases of the project: the 3D model created in ad-vance with Cadmatic software, will also be used to complete the detailed engi-neering part of the project. “I think that Cadmatic is not only suit-able for modelling of industrial plants,

but due the its versatility, also for man-aging materials on site, during prefab-rication and/or construction, especially for piping due to all the piping sketches that can be extracted automatically from the 3D Model”, Mr Bocchetti concludes.

▲ According to ITEN Engineering Di-rector, Mr Salvatore Bocchetti, Cad-matic’s flexibility was a key factor in the successful design of the Tank Farm project. He has also been im-pressed with the eBrowser and the software’s ability to import laser-scanned point clouds to be used for further modelling.

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Cadmatic Plant Design Software has introduced new tools for electrical design. The new Cable Router sig-nificantly saves man-hours in cable routing and shortens the time need-ed for installation of precut cables in plants. The Cable Router comes with a fully automated routing func-tionality that selects the optimized routes for cables, calculates their cut lengths and checks cable way fill rates and possible collisions in cable jumps between cable ways.

Cable ways can be routed with different types of components such as trays, ladders or ca-

ble conduits. The cable management tool creates a dynamic nodal network based on existing cable ways and pen-etrations in the model. This nodal net-work represents all possible routes for cables in the plant. The system uses the

nodal network to find the most optimal routes for cables between equipment and other objects. Component connec-tion nodes are automatically generated. It is also possible to define new con-nection nodes to optimize the required length for larger pieces of equipment.

Modificationsduringrouting

Due to the dynamic nodal network it is possible to start cable routing when the design of cable ways is still ongoing, or if modifications to existing cable ways need to be made. The user can modify existing cable way objects at any time, even if some cables are already routed through the cable ways. The cable net-work changes automatically according to the changes made to cable ways. If the original route is no longer possible, the tool reroutes the cable automatical-ly. The system controls the status of ca-bles and makes it easy for the user to

manage which cables are routed, not routed, or for which cables the route has changed. If rerouting is not possible the route status of the cable is marked as ”broken” and can be routed again when possible. The user doesn’t need to do manual work or create definitions for air jumps if the cable way element is not directly connected. The tool automatically cre-ates air jump segments to be connect-ed if they are close to each other and not directly connected via a tray ele-ment. The user can modify the nodal network by adding, removing and disa-bling nodes or segments.

Automatedcablerouting

Once the nodal network for cables is generated the user can continue to de-fine different cable types. The cable def-inition contains information regarding the properties of cables such as: ca-

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ble ids, cable type, the head equipment with a cable node and the tail equip-ment with a cable node. After this the cable is created and it is shown in the ”not routed” list of cables. Cable definitions can be imported easily from Microsoft Excel for instance via the XML link from which the Cable Management tool automatically creates cables. This saves a lot of time as there is no need to define cables manually. If required cables can be defined manu-ally as well. Cable routing starts by defining which cables should be routed. The user se-lects one or multiple cables after which automatic routing identifies the best route for all the selected cables in a few seconds. The route length and fill rate of the cable ways and penetrations are prioritized when evaluating the most op-timal routes for cables. The fill rate con-trol system ensures that cable ways are not filled up in excess of the maximum amount. Collision detection is also avail-able when penetrating walls, floors or other structural parts as well as in the air jumps between cable ways.

Segregationcontrol

The segregation control of cables makes cable routing even more effi-cient. Segregation is managed accord-

ing to two types of main rules: The user can define dedicated cable ways for certain kinds of cables or minimum dis-tances between different segregation classes when cables are routed using the same cable way. Manual cable routing provides the user with several alternatives. The user can simply pick existing nodes from the model or create new ones. The new route is automatically computed to go through the selected nodes. This is a very useful function when the user wants the cable to be routed on only one side of a plant for example.

Cableprecutlengthsandinstallationinformation

Many options are available to check and visualize the result of cable routes. The user can select node points in the model and visualize all cables that go through the selected points or simply visualize the route for individual cables. The spatial information is automatical-ly included for all cables, which makes it easy to visualize and list all the 3D spac-es and areas that a cable has traversed. The system automatically produces cut length lists for cable precut. The ca-ble router also produces a floor-specif-ic cable route code diagram that visu-alizes the cable ways and nodes in the

nodal network on top of the plant layout. It can be used to help installation staff find the correct routes for precut cables easily. The diagram creates labels for all intersections, bends, air jumps, etc. ac-cording to the named nodes, which are generated automatically.

◄ The nodal network represents pos-sible routes for cables.

▲ The cable route code diagram guides the installation staff to find the correct routes for all cables.

▲ Air jumps are created automatically to connect separate cable ways.

► A visualization of the route used for an individual cable in a 3D model.

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The Cadmatic eXchanger has for some time been at the forefront of Cadmatic’s philosophy of open-ness. This continued development has now resulted in a conversion tool for Intergraph PDS® and AVE-VA PDMS® models. The tool allows users to easily convert PDS® and PDMS® models into eBrowser or Cadmatic 3D models for further use.

The tool is extremely user-friendly and simple to use. When convert-ing the user simply chooses the

attributes to import and customizes the colours in the Cadmatic environment. The conversion tool uses the Cadmat-ic model review format, which makes it easy to manage the 3D model. The re-view model can be utilized as a refer-ence model and loaded into a real de-

sign project as well. The versatile tool allows the user to select the exact at-tributes to be imported and to filter out any information that is not to be shared. The conversion tool is part of the new interoperability development. The con-verted models can be utilized to com-bine different disciplines and software inside a single project. Models can also be managed with geometrical box-es and then combined after which the merged model can be reviewed as a single unit. The tool also allows PDS® models to be partly converted and is able to convert DGN files created in any other software.

Convertedmodelslighter andeasiertouse

The converted models are drastical-ly lighter and can therefore be shared

via the Internet with ease or used for design and review purposes on any workstation or laptop. If converted to eBrowser models, they can be used for project management purposes, to navi-gate through the model and to access any information required. The convert-ed models can also be interfaced with documentation or other software and databases if desired. The Cadmatic eXchanger for Auto-CAD has also seen some improvements. It is now much more effective in export-ing to Inventor and SolidWorks software. All geometries can be converted to en-tities that can be read into MCAD soft-ware. The functionalities are supported in AutoCAD 2013 or newer.

PDS® and SmartPlant® are registered trademarks of In-tergraph Corp. Aveva PDMS® is registered trademark of AVEVA Group plc.

eXchangerfor Intergraph PDS®, AVEVA PDMS® and SmartPlant®

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Izoprojekt sp. z o.o. (Izoprojekt) has been an active Cadmatic user since the company was founded in 2006. The Włocławek-based Polish en-gineering company offers a wide range of design services for the en-ergy, chemical and petrochemical industries. Izoprojekt has used Cad-matic efficiently on both small and large multidisciplinary projects. A re-cent impressive project completed by the company with Cadmatic is the technical documentation for an ULTRA-A-200TM air separation plant for Anwil SA.

Izoprojekt has achieved success by hiring highly-qualified employees with extensive experience in their domains

and by using modern tools in their de-sign work. In Poland the company ad-heres to Polish Codes and UDT require-ments, but its employees have also gained experience in applying most international standards in their design work. Izoprojekt strives to continuously im-prove the skills of its staff by training them in modern design practices and the use of new and modern tools that support designers. The design tasks and activities at Izoprojekt are complet-ed with professional calculation and CAD software that supports 2D & 3D design.

Cadmaticused for3Ddesignprojects

Izoprojekt has used Cadmatic for all of its 3D design projects, which include a wide range of projects starting from small technology nodes to multidiscipli-nary projects such as paint factories or air separator unit plants. According to Izoprojekt Project Manager, Ms Grazyna Lemiech, it is especially in large pro-jects that Cadmatic is very helpful in detecting possible errors or collisions. “It provides us and our customers with great satisfaction to be able to review projects in the Cadmatic eBrowser appli-cation. With this tool we can quickly and easily carry out a virtual plant inspec-tion. This helps us and our customers

IzoprojektanactiveCadmaticusersince2006

A cryogenic liquid storage facility

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to easily review the plant design, which makes it easy to identify any adjust-ments that may be needed. Cadmatic also has the useful ability to create ma-terial specifications. This is particularly important when many independent ob-jects exist in the model”, says Ms Le-miech.

Increasedefficiency andtimesavings

“Working with Cadmatic software, espe-cially version 6, gives us a lot of satis-faction and makes it possible to consid-erably increase the efficiency of design work. It also shortens the time required

to produce the technical documenta-tion”, Ms Lemiech points out. One of the Izoprojekt’s largest com-missions to date has been the design of the technical documentation of an ULTRA-A-200TM air separation plant, with daily capacity of 210 tonnes, for Anwil SA. The plant’s process design was completed by AMCS Corp. The model is part of the ULTRA Series® of customized and highly efficient mul-ti-product plants. The impressive plant produces gaseous oxygen and nitrogen along with liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen and liquid argon.

▲ An air separation unit plant

◄ Izoprojekt Project Manager, Ms Grazyna Lemiech

Izoprojektsp.zo.o.

Izoprojekt sp. z o.o. offers a wide range of design services for the energy, chemical and petrochemi-cal industries.

Special areas of expertise include: ■ Design work for chemical and

derivatives industry plants ■ Design of pressure and non-

pressure equipment and ap-paratus (EN-13445, ASME, AD-Merkblatt and UDT require-ments)

■ Design of technological and energy pipelines as well as calculating stress analysis for pipelines (EN-13480, ASME B31.1, ASME B31.3)

■ Design of industrial buildings

Izoprojekt offers technical services including:

■ Surveys ■ Authority supervisions ■ Technical consulting.

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In the face of increasing global com-petition, distributing design and en-gineering projects to locations that offer the best knowledge and cost efficiency has become a necessity, rather than a luxury. There are many factors that drive the need to dis-tribute plant projects to different lo-cations. Many companies have of-fices in several different countries and there is often price pressure to source labour from low cost coun-tries. The best skills for specific tasks may be located in different lo-cations to main design sites.

Advanced software technology is required to handle large glob-ally distributed projects seam-

lessly. The system has to be built so that it does not demand excessively fast in-ternet connections to operate. On the other hand, reliability is a key factor in guaranteeing success in projects that need to be completed on tight sched-ules.

CadmaticCoDesignerforglobalprojectdistribution

Cadmatic software introduced its new V5 technology some years ago to fa-cilitate the distribution of plant design

and engineering projects. The Cadmatic CoDesigner product has been designed for highly efficient global distribution of plant design projects to remote sites. The internet-based online and offline sharing of 3D product models is seam-less with CoDesigner and shortens project design and review times. It also strongly supports the use of the same 3D product model database for the life

Distributingdesign tothemostefficient globaldesignresources– Cadmatic CoDesigner technology the best for the job

DesignOffice

DesignOffice

Subcontractor

Owner

Plant

▲ Global design project distribution with CoDesigner

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► The Cadmatic eBrowser is an im-portant application in distributed projects as it facilitates communi-cation. Owners, project manage-ment and installation personal all have access to the latest eBrowser model and can communicate by commenting for e.g. on the loca-tion of pumps by using the stand-ard markup tool.

cycle management of vessels from ear-ly design to operation and decommis-sioning. The CoDesigner solution is based on a smart database-centric client server system that efficiently stores 3D mod-els, project data and documents in data-bases hosted by a database server. The main features of CoDesigner are repli-cation of Cadmatic product model data-bases and document files and control of the ownership of project data. The sys-tem also handles automatic data back-up, event logs and other features that are required to safely distribute the design project globally to several locations.

Systemupdatesatsetintervals

In globally distributed projects, data is updated at set intervals between remote design sites via an online network such as the internet, or by simply exchanging the file in an email attachment. Design-ers can rest assured that the automatic replication system takes care of data synchronization, thereby ensuring that no design hours are wasted due to in-correct information.

Projectdatareplicationbetweendesignsites

Concurrent design management and design data replication is simple with Cadmatic. When one of the consulting companies involved in a project routes pipes, makes any other changes to the design or creates new components in the database, they save the model to a local server and the results are au-tomatically replicated via the project’s master server for other consultants to see. This speeds up the design process and ensures that all the project partners have updated and relevant information at their disposal at all times. This greatly reduces the number of errors and eas-es design coordination.

Historiccruiseshipdesigndistributedacrossseveralengineeringcompanies

Cadmatic software’s distributed design capabilities were put to a stern test in Royal Caribbean International’s “Gene-sis Project” in 2008, where it was used extensively for design and engineering

as well as for managing the distribution of the design across several engineer-ing companies. In order to complete the massive project, STX Finland Oy used up to 32 design suppliers in addition to its own design staff. Cadmatic was used by 9 companies for the design of a large part of the machinery areas, AC rooms and public spaces of the vessels. The de-sign project replication between all the involved companies was implemented with the CoDesigner functionality. The project was completed success-fully and has set the benchmark for managing distributed design on large projects. Cadmatic is, in fact, fast earn-ing a reputation of having the best sys-tem in the world for handling distributed design.

DistributeddesignisstandardwayofworkingatWärtsilä

At Wärtsilä distributed design is not viewed as a special way of working; it is in fact the standard way of work-ing at the company. New projects are generally set up with a master server,

◄ Design project distribution prin-ciple in the Genesis project: The Cadmatic server was located at the yard and functioned as the master database. From the yard’s master database several replica databas-es were created for the different design companies.

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from where replica servers are created at Wärtsilä’s various offices around the world and when needed also at subcon-tractor’s offices. Cadmatic’s distributed design system greatly reduces travelling, accommoda-tion, and daily allowance costs at WSD as it negates the need to move people around to where resources are required. With distributed design a designer can connect and start working on a project within minutes with the CoDesigner so-lution, regardless of their physical lo-cation.

Projectreplicationduringinstallationonboard

WSD often have replica sites installed at the building site for a long time, where the designers cooperate with the cli-ent and make changes according to their wishes. The system works well de-spite the fact that the work is often done across many time zones. The system is also occasionally used in off-line mode, when creating as-built documentation for example. In this case somebody is sent out to the shipyard

without on-line replication. He takes all the measurements and once he has travelled back to the office, connects to the network and updates the changes.

robustsystem thatremains easytohandle

Global distribution of plant design and engineering projects is a challenging task when using 3D design tools. If it is done manually by sending files and da-tabases up and down between sites the work often contains many errors and re-quires much time and effort. With the help of well-proven CoDe-signer technology, global project dis-tribution can be done easily and in an error-free, automatic and expedited manner. The goal in the software devel-opment for CoDesigner was to create a robust system that is as easy to handle as possible. The many demanding pro-jects done by customers with the CoDe-signer solution proves that this goal has been successfully achieved.

Distributeddesign with CoDesigner

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■ Allows users at multiple remote sites to work online together on the same project 24/7

■ A unique, resource-friendly and intelligent 3D design distribu-tion concept

■ Balances your engineering ca-pacity and controls cost

■ Maximizes efficient use of re-sources anywhere in the world

■ Distributes design work to the most effective location

■ Automatically controlled syn-chronization of project data be-tween project master and rep-lica sites

■ Provides access to the latest approved project data

■ Secures data from unauthor-ised modification

■ Makes use of standard inter-net connections with average bandwidth

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After implementing Cadmatic soft-ware in 2007, Hangzhou Project & Research Institute of Light Indus-try has successfully used Cadmatic software to complete several medi-um-sized chemical projects. They have also been able to improve com-munication between plant investors and designers with the aid of the eBrowser tool

In early 2011, Hangzhou Project & Re-search Institute of Light Industry de-cided to purchase more Cadmatic li-

censes to meet their growing amount of design projects. The new licenses have , among others, been used for the successful design of two large chemi-cal projects, one for a 50kta nylon 11(l) alloy resin plant and another for a 20kta polyacrylamide plant. Cadmatic News spoke to Mr Li Feng, process/piping engineer and Cadmatic user from the Hangzhou Research Insti-tute of Light Industry about their use of Cadmatic 3D design software.

Communicationenforced byeBrowser

“With the help of the powerful eBrowser tool the communication between plant designers and plant investors has been improved greatly. When using eBrowser the plant investor can easily and quickly gain a good understanding of the latest project status. The intentions of plant designers also become rapidly clear to constructors as soon as they have a glimpse of the eBrowser model without reading through hundreds of 2D draw-ings”, explains Mr Li.

Moreeffectiveindesignandfewer errors

“Even when more licenses are added, all the users can work simultaneously in one project. Cadmatic is a powerful design management tool and enables multiple designers to work on one pro-ject simultaneously, without any clash-es or overlapping. This leads directly to error-free design and increases design efficiency”, Mr Li concludes.

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Design can be sped up consider-ably by using design modules and model comparison. Design modules enable users to store sets of objects in the Cadmatic library for later use. The ability to reuse designs negates the need for time consuming copy-ing from older projects. Another new functionality that speeds up design is the ability to efficiently compare eBrowser models. This makes it eas-ier to discuss and review different alternatives and facilitates the deci-sion-making process.

It is extremely easy to create “mod-ules” in Cadmatic for reuse in the same project or another project. The

user simply needs to pick the required objects (equipment, piping elements, HVAC, cable trays or structural com-ponents etc.) from the model and store them in the library, from where they can be selected. The user can also define where the origin of these new “modules” will be to ensure that it can be easily inserted in the right place. The model drawing is stored with the template so that the user can print it with ease, or check the sizes or any other information. A small eBrowser model of the unit is created automatically. The user can also define

the required attributes for later identi-fication, such as names, project num-bers and other object related data. This allows companies to build up their own libraries of typical units or blocks for use in other projects later on.

ComparingmodelsineBrowser

A new functionality in eBrowser allows users to load different models at the same time so that they can be com-pared. A list of differences can be out-put from eBrowser. This facilitates the visualization of different design solutions and simplifies the evaluation of model changes at different review intervals.

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eBrowser can detect all the differ-ences between the two models: moved equipment or other components, rerout-ed pipes, HVAC lines, cable trays etc. It also detects changes in dimensions, geometric models, specifications and modified component attributes. These changes are visually highlighted and the type of change is indicated. The functionality has many uses: The user can compare two models from the same project from different project phas-es. It is also easy to compare projects that have the same ancestor (base pro-ject), such as sister ships, alternative de-signs and similar FMTs. In all cases the functionality facilitates discussing and reviewing different possibilities and mak-ing decisions about further steps. The user also receives a general overview of the differences between projects and can use this information to estimate the resources required for renovations of plants or for building similar plants. Plant structures and units that are re-peated in different projects are stored in the Cadmatic library for easy reuse and modification. With the use of the eBrowser model comparison functional-

ity users can achieve considerable time and cost savings.

reusingexistingdesigns

When a “module” is used in another project, the user only needs to locate and orientate the “module” and simply map components and position ids for the named equipment and valves and map piping specifications to the speci-fications in the new project. After this the “module” becomes part of the 3D mod-el of the new project and can, if need-ed, be changed or adjusted. The functional model template feature provides companies with the unique op-

portunity to reuse completed designs, thereby avoiding time consuming copy-ing and changing of component oper-ations. It also enables the creation of a library of typical project parts such as process units, equipment layouts and different kinds of modules. By using this library the user can create new design concepts in the early design phase in the shortest time possible and later pro-ceed with the same model for more de-tailed modifications.

► Comparing different solutions in eBrowser expedites and eases pro-ject reviews and discussions.

▲ Reusing existing design modules from previous projects speeds up the design process.

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Cadmatic has signed a signifi-cant contract for the use of 3D design software with Larsen &

Toubro Limited (L&T), a leading Indi-an technology, engineering construc-tion and manufacturing company. L&T employs over 50,000 employees e.g in the Heavy Engineering, Shipbuilding, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Energy industries. The demanding software delivery in-cludes Cadmatic software licenses and related installation, training and mainte-nance services for more than 100 con-current users in four different locations in India (Hazira, Chennai, Kattupalli and Mumbai). The company’s design, engi-neering and production activities are located at L&T’s Hazira manufacturing complex and at a new greenfield ship-yard in Kattupalli near Chennai. The Chennai office has been developed as the main engineering center. The installation is the biggest CAD investment in the Indian private sector for many years and the contract repre-sents a breakthrough for Cadmatic in India and South East Asia. The contract was concluded after comparison with all major ship design software solutions on the market. The ship types that will be designed by L&T with Cadmatic software include high-tech vessels, and niche vessels such as specialized heavy lift cargo ves-sels, CNG carriers, chemical tankers as well as defence and paramilitary ves-sels and other role-specific vessels.

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Polish Engineering and Services Company ES (Company ES) is an engineering and consulting office that provides comprehensive ser-vices for the oil industry, especially for oil refineries, chemical and petro-chemical plants and oil companies. The company has also broadened its scope to support foodstuff indus-try clients.

Company ES used Cadmat-ic to complete the design of a petroleum-product-handling

transshipment terminal for Lotos SA. ES Company uses AutoCAD, Microsoft software and Cadmatic for documenta-tion preparation and its own software for pressure vessel and storage tank calcu-lations. All of these programs operate according to UDT, AD-Merkblat, DIN, ANSI, API as well as British and Ameri-can Standards and PN codes.

In 2010 ES signed a contract with Gdansk-based Projmors, for the design of a petroleum-product-handling trans-shipment terminal at Marta Wisła, for Lo-tos SA. Projmors specializes in marine engineering and ES conducted part of the technical design. According to ES President, Janusz Kosarzycki, the design task was very demanding as it included pipelines for 11 different products such as asphalt, xylene, base oils and nafto-wax. The task was further complicated by the fact the Gdansk refinery covers a vast area and different products are stored at various locations, which often extend the pipeline route to 1.5 km.

Pipelinecoversalmost halfofthetransshipment

plantarea

“One could say that the newly designed pipeline network covers almost half of

the plant and meets in one place, the waterfront, where the Marta Wisła prod-ucts will be dispatched to customers. In a project such as this there is an in-creased danger of collisions, which could delay construction and force de-signers to look for new solutions. In or-der to avoid this we decided to model the areas through which the pipes are routed in 3D. With the aid of the mod-el the design can be checked in virtual reality, thereby removing any obstacles and also optimizing the pipe routing”, explains Mr Kosarzycki. To achieve this goal ES decided to use Cadmatic software, which had pre-viously been used by the company on smaller projects, such as the piping for the installation of a methyl ester plant for Bioagra in Tychy, or downstream handling of petroleum products in a few different plants in Poland. After be-coming familiar with Cadmatic, the ES designers were ready to use it on the

ESCompanycompleteslargetransshipmentterminaldesign

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more demanding transshipment termi-nal design. “The first task was to model the ex-isting facilities such as roads, flyovers, drifts, pumping stations and tank farms etc. Then we did an inventory of the ex-isting pipelines. Once the foundations were in place we started designing the new pipeline and newly designed facili-ties”, Mr Kosarzycki continues.

Efficientprojectreview withCadmaticeBrowser

The Cadmatic eBrowser model was used for design reviews with Lotus rep-resentatives where they checked and approved individual parts of the project. “The eBrowser tool allows the inves-tor to monitor the proposed routes of the pipelines and after some adjustments, to accept them and the implementation of the project. By implementation ac-

ceptance we generally mean the edit-ing of documentation. The Cadmatic software makes this a relatively simple task as it precisely executes documen-tation such as lay-out drawings, the typi-cal cross sections, isometric drawings as well as the crucial bill of quantity for individual and collective lines. The eBrowser markedly sped up the project

review process and completion phase arrangements. We were closely assist-ed by PBSP, the Cadmatic reseller in Poland, with installations and problem solving”, Mr Kosarzycki concludes.

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One of the most important parts of a design project is the extraction of project documentation. Isomet-ric drawings are a significant part of this documentation extraction scope. Over the years automatic pipe iso-metric generation was developed as part of Cadmatic software solutions to fulfill customer needs. The system is efficient and recognized by cus-tomers as easy to use and an effec-tive way to avoid time consuming manual work on projects.

The isometric generation module is designed as part of Cadmat-ic solutions and therefore makes

its use a natural choice. The main goal

in the development work was the crea-tion of an intelligent connection with the 3D model to track all the modifications and an accurate intelligent annotation mechanism. In replicated projects with several locations and offices working on the same project, the software controls ownership of each isometric drawing and ensures accessibility for all engi-neers involved. Large projects are challenging from a piping isometrics perspective, due to the amount of isos that need to be gen-erated. In one project, for example, the number of pipelines can reach several tens of thousands, in which case auto-matic production of isometrics is critical to keep to time schedules and project deadlines.

Isometrics98% automaticallygenerated

According to research conducted in co-operation with Cadmatic customers, the percentage of isometrics generated ful-ly automatically, without requiring any additional manual work and which is ready for printing and the workshop, is as high as 98%. Some additional atten-tion might be needed for the remainder due to special pipe junctions (miter el-bow connections etc.) that require ad-ditional dimension clarifications to be shown on the drawing. The main advantages of using Cad-matic for isometric generation are the fully customizable layout of isometrics, complete integration with the 3D model and the automatic breaking of isomet-

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rics across several pages according to predefined project settings.

Flexiblevisualization andsplitting

The user can select how much of the pipeline will be shown on each page and define how to split pipelines (on flange connections, joints, welding seams etc). The list of materials is gen-erated fully automatically and includes all kinds of additional materials such as bolts, nuts, washers, insulation materi-als and others. More information can be easily added to be shown automat-ically. This includes information such as coordinates for installation purpos-es, labels for the next isos to continue

mounting and the external surface area for paint estimates. Additional informa-tion can also be imported as referenced drawings, visualized as 3D pictures of pipelines, as standard projections, or as special sketches for pipe parts. When isometric drawings are gener-ated they can also be exported in 2D in PDF, DWG, DXF or DGN formats or sent straight to the printer.

Isometric drawings and spools

Many small improvements concerning isometric drawings have been devel-oped according to customer wishes, including better presentation of multi-pipe penetrations in isometric draw-ings.

■ Adjustable zoom step factor to en-sure the best visualisation while han-dling spools and isometrics.

■ Added possibility to insert annotat-ed attachments for isometrics that include only one spool

■ Multi-pipe penetration plate for part lists of isometrics as extra material

■ Weld / joint information is shown on spool drawings

■ Improvement for flexible elbows in isometric drawings

■ PCF file format export is now sup-ported

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The 2014 Users’ Meeting will be held from 21–22 May in Budapest. The city was selected due to its cen-tral location in Europe.

The Users’ Meeting is traditional-ly held every second year and presents an ideal opportunity for

networking with other Cadmatic users

in workshops and during the informal evening program. We invite all engineers, design man-agers and members of management to visit the upcoming Users’ Meeting to learn how to benefit more from Cadmat-ic software. The main themes of the up-coming Users’ Meeting are the new fea-tures of the latest software version 6.3. Participants will be invited to various

workshops and detailed software pres-entations regarding the new features and future development plans. They will also have an opportunity to attend cus-tomer presentations to learn more about how Cadmatic solutions are used in oth-er organizations. We look forward to seeing you at the Cadmatic Users’ Meeting 21–22 May 2014, Budapest.

CadmaticPlantDesignSeminar“Integrating the Future” 8 November 2013, Shanghai, P.R. China Adipec(Stand 1540, Hall 1)10–13 November 2013, Abu Dhabi, UAESaoge (Stand 1116)25–27 November 2013, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaMarintecChina20133–6 December 2013, Shanghai, P.R. ChinaPetrotech201412–15 January 2014, New Delhi, India

SeaJapan20149–11 April 2014, Tokyo, JapanCadmaticusers’Meeting201421–22 May 2014, Budapest, HungaryMarintecSouthAmerica201412–14 August 2014, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilONS201425–28 August 2014, Stavanger, NorwayrioOil&Gas201415–18 September 2014, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilEnergia 1428–30 October 2014, Tampere, Finland

upcomingevents

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JuhaAsantihas been appointed as Sales Manager

romanHnatiukhas been appointed as Software Engineer

JormaHelinhas been appointed as Senior Application Specialist

TommiHenrikssonhas been appointed as Senior Application Specialist

TeuvoHokunihas been appointed as Product Manager, 3D Applications

Mikko Johanssonhas been appointed as Product Manager, Diagram Applications

TomiJunnilahas been appointed as Software Engineer

Matti Juntunen has been appointed as Vice President, Marine Business

TimoKaltiohas been appointed as Vice President, Software Development

SamiKoponenhas been appointed as Vice President, Plant Business

MarkoKuuselahas been appointed as Senior Application Specialist

Perttilönnrothhas been appointed as Release Engineer

SeijaPerkohas been appointed as Support and Training Coordinator

liisarosenqvisthas been appointed as Application Specialist

Juho-VilleSaarelahas been appointed as Software Engineer

Joni Saarinenhas been appointed as Software Testing Engineer

MaijuSalminenhas been appointed as Documentation Engineer

Matti Siltanenhas been appointed as Vice President, Products and Services

Ilari Torstihas been appointed as Software Architect

TeemuValtonenhas been appointed as Product Manager, Information Management

Vesa-MattiVaarahas been appointed as Sales Manager

Wallisliuhas been appointed as Technical Manager

DharmendraAwasthihas been appointed as Software Engineer.

rajeshBurasehas been appointed as Senior Sales Manager

NagendraIrivisettihas been appointed as Software Engineer.

roshansinghNavlurhas been appointed as Director, Sales & Operation

NeelamTrivedihas been appointed as Secretary

umeshAngadihas been appointed as Sales Manager

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FinlandCadmaticOyHeadquartersItäinen Rantakatu 72, 20810 Turku, Finlandtel +358 2 412 411sales@cadmatic.comwww.cadmatic.com

BelgiumDreverSystemsParc Scientifique du Sart-Tilman Allee des Noisetiers, 4031 Liege, BelgiumMr Q.D. Trantel. +32 4 36 60 330tqd@drever.be

BrazilProjNetEngenharialtdaRua Cotoxó, 32 PerdizesSão Paulo 05021-000, BrazilMr Luiz A. Barbante Tavarestel. +55 11 3871 1973luiz@projnet.com.br

VIT3DVirtualInformationTechnologyltda.Av. Luiz Paulo Franco 457, Sala 1203Belvedere; Belo Horizonte MG, BrazilMr Rafael Rigonitel. +55 31 3287 8777rafael.rigoni@vit.com.br

ChinaCadmaticChina(Shanghai)Section A, Floor 9, Building 90No.1122, North Qinzhou Rd.Xuhui DistrictShanghai 200233, P.R. ChinaMr Ryan Litel. +86 21 6991 0869ryan.li@cadmatic.comMr Tommy Autel. +86 1380 172 9748tommy_au@shanghainordic.com

HungaryK-EpStudioAngol u. 34, 1149 Budapest, HungaryMr László Kuczogimob. +36 30 942 7157email laszlo.kuczogi@k-ep.hu

IndiaCadmaticSoftwareSolutionsPvt.ltdMetropolitan, 2nd floor, Plot no. A-140, Road no. 23, Wagle Indl. EstateThane West. 400 604, IndiaMr Roshansingh Navlurtel. +91 22 2583 6168mob. +91 98 3351 1557email roshansingh.navlur@cadmatic.com

IndonesiaPT.TerafulkGlobalBIZWISMA BII, 7th Floor # 706Jln. Pemuda No. 60-70, Surabaya, 60271, IndonesiaMr Fikri Rumitel. +62 31 5459 519mob. +62 81 7097 8258frumi@terafulk.com

ItalyCadmaticItalyvia Biagio Petrocelli 22800173, Roma, ItalyMr Gianluca Ricozzitel. +39 06 8339 4455gianluca.ricozzi@cadmatic.com

JapanNYKTradingCo.,ltdWorld Trade Center Bldg. 34F, 2-4-1 Hamamatsu-cho, Minato-ku, 105-6134 Tokyo, JAPANMr Takaomi Shimizu tel: +81 3 5408 7122salespromotion_t@nyk-trading.com

SEASystems3-3 Nakiri-cyo857-0023 Sasebo city, Nagasaki pref., JapanMr Kohki Maedatel. +81-956-25-0102 kmaeda@sea-soken.co.jp

TheNetherlandsNumeriekCentrumGroningenB.V.Osloweg 110, 9723 BX Groningen, The NetherlandsMr Geert Teppertel. +31 50 57 53 985tepper@ncg.nl

SultanateofOmanAptusInfotechP.O.Box 47, Jibroo 114, Sultanate of Oman 1st floor, Rajdhani Restaurant Building Opp Kimji’s Bait Al Ahlam Showroom MBD South, Jibroo 114, Sultanate of OmanMr Rrajesh Malaviyatel. +968 2481 7719 / 2481 2875rrajesh@aptusinfotech.com

PolandPBSPSp.zo.o.Szymanowskiego 2, 80-280 Gdańsk, PolandMr Piotr Bilonmob. +48 500 245 680piotr.bilon@cadmatic.pl

RussiaDelcam18 Kolomyazhsky Av.Saint-Petersburg, 197348 RussiaMr Victor Strelchenyatel. +7 812 305 9008svm@delcam.sbr.ru

SerbiaElomaticd.o.o.Jurija Gagarina 28/3011070 Belgrade, SerbiaMr Ivan Maksićtel. +381 11 2284 118ivan.maksic@elomatic.com

SouthKoreaMTICorporation4th Floor Centum-SH-Valley (Building)1474 U-Dong, Haeundae-Gu612-020 Busan, South KoreaMr Seung Tae Kim tel. +82 51 246 4312stkim@shipdesign.co.kr

TurkeyArTIEngineeringltdEvliya Çelebi Mah. Rauf Orbay, Cad. No: 33/934944 Tuzla – Istanbul, TurkeyMr Serdar Yaraştel. +90.216.446.73.90mob. +90.532.337.88.13syaras@arti.tc

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VietnamVISECVinashin Shipbuilding Engineering J.S.C. 12/115 Dinh cong str.Hoang mai dist., Hanoi, Vietnam Mr Viet Anh Nguyentel. +84 4 3668 7226 mob. +84 904 333 020anhnv@visec.com.vn

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