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CADISON® R12
the next step to efficiency improvement
· Importing 3D-elements from any 3D CAD application
· Enable user to use current licensed software to design
3D elements and import into CADISON® environment as
CADISON® objects
3 Increase return on existing software investment
· Exporting Visio VSD-files to DWG format without having
AutoCAD installed
3 Save cost of software requirements
· Multiple options to set transparency to perform various
design activities on a complex drawing
· Allows user to perform graphical comments without
switching views or hiding obstructing elements
3 Reduce design time
3 Improve the accuracy of selecting specific elements/
nodes
· Integrated project management tool helps in planning
and tracking the progress of design phases
3 Improving project management efficiency
· User friendly wizards for creating various Secondary
Support structures with inbuild inteligence and design
validations
3 Improves design efficiency of engineers
· Ease of use, look and feel helps user to perform lot of
project engineer activities in web interface
· No need of installed CADISON®
3 Easy to share project data for various reviews
· Additional flexibility to define complex validations and
multiple checks in a single statement
3 Saves design review and rework time
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INDEX
EDITORIAL
3 Welcome
NEWS
8 Efficiency Improvement
– also at CADISON® Best Practice 2012
14 CIC 2012 – mark your calendar
SUCCESS 10 |
6 Borsig Membrane Technology persuades Bid Calculation and Bid Preparation
customers faster Part 1 of 3
16 Secures Performance for external access of 3D
Designers at VPT Kompressoren GmbH
PRODUCT
2 CADISON® R12
the next step to efficiency improvement
5 CADISON® – at a Glance
· CADISON® Project-Engineer
· CADISON® MATPIPE
9 CADISON® – at a Glance
· CADISON® Electric-Designer
· CADISON® P&ID-Designer
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12 CADISON® Integrated Digital Plant Model
15 CADISON® – at a Glance
· CADISON® 3D-Designer
· CADISON® Project-Navigator
18 CADISON® R12 Features and Benefits at a Glance CADISON® Integrated Digital Plant Model
modules and add-on modules
BEST PRACTICE
10 Bid Calculation and Bid Preparation
EVENT
14 CIC 2012 – mark your calendar
21 CIC 2011 – From Engineering Efficiency to Plant
Efficiency
SERVICE
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22 Contact information
22 Imprint
CIC 2011:
From Engineering Efficiency to Plant Efficiency
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CADISON® – at a Glance
Key Features
// Cross-trade object navigation with visual highlight function // Modern, ergonomic and intuitively learnable user
guidance // Early provision of continuously updated information
Business Benefits
// Multi-Site work of split project groups // Full multi-language capacity through Unicode (e.g. simple changeover bet-
ween English and Russian and vice versa) together with multi-language inscriptions // Accelerated communication free
from losses through central data management // Quick productivity of planning-engineer through easy learning // Con-
tinuous availability of joint updated reports and lists // No time or information loss caused by repeated data trans-
mission // High level of planning reliability through rule-based work // Integrated configurable Management of Change
// User and role-based access mechanisms
CADISON® Project-Engineer
Key Features
// Central graphics-independent project platform – the swiss Business Benefits
knife of the Project Manager
// Plausibility check of objects and their content // One click – All Information
// Easy definition of reports and lists (Word, Excel, Access // More projects with less resources within shortest time
etc.) // Transparency in all engineering projects
// Structured user and project management – with integrated // Selective and controlled implementation of company
roll concept standards
// Revision of objects and documents // Complete project survey for the Project Manager
// Identification structure that can be freely defined (DIN, KKS // Implementation of complete projects in one platform by
and optional company standards) all parties involved
// Cost calculation in the project for all phases and resources // Central and redundancy-free data management of all
(staff, material etc.) project elements
// Automatic creation of complete project structure as PDF // Revision safety
CADISON® MATPIPE the catalog at your fingertips
Key Features
// Knowledge-based modular creation of components Business Benefits
// Preparation of basic, standard and project pipe classes
// Simple import of manufacturer catalogue data // Graphics-independent component definition and parame-
// Parametric variant modelling for preparation of 3D variants terization
// Automated creation of components through neutral import // Significantly lower number of erroneous data inputs through
// Integration of manufacturer documents (certificates, test rule-based component configuration
reports, ATEX certificates etc.) // Integration in the ERP workflow - reliability through prime
// Rule-based component configuration (e.g. basic valve data verification
body with different actuators) // Standardization is possible through direct access to specifi-
// Automatic rule-based adjustment between MATPIPE and cation data
the project through the Catalogue Control System // Adoption of existing manufacturer catalogues
// Simple and comfortable extension of catalogues and data // Collision spaces for installation and maintenance purposes
structures // Reduction in modification effort through re-use of stored
sub-assemblies
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used has to be added to the PEFS to data into the (project) data-base has to With the introduction of CADISON®,
generate the P&IDs. All these data have be considered. Moreover, 3D data of 3D CAD was rolled out at the Gladbeck
to be managed consis-tently,” Mr Stegger reused components have to be gener- and Rheinfelden sites. Mr Stegger re-
stresses. Since the P&IDs are the basis ated and copied into the database. ”But calls: ”It took some time to train our de-
of the agreement with the customer, data once this work has been done, a poten- signers until they were really confident in
consistency is extremely important. The tial source of errors is eliminated be- using 3D CAD because previously we
CADISON® 3D planning tool from ITand- cause one-to-one data mapping is had only planned in 2D. After taking this
Factory GmbH headquartered in Bad processed during the whole project life- hurdle, the acceleration in our planning
Soden near Frankfurt/Germany concen- cycle.” explains Mr Stegger, underlining process was obvious: faster navigation
trates the engineering workflow at BMT the huge benefit. through the design, drawings and sec-
into one system and thus significantly ac- tional views being generated at once by
celerates the planning processes. The The productivity enhancements re- mouse click.” Also the possibility of clash
common object-oriented data model for sulting from the new planning infrastruc- detection is a big plus for Mr Stegger.
the different fields of application (e.g. ture are not so important for BMT, Mr
tender planning, process engineering, Stegger says, but: ”If there are two more For marketing and sales reasons, the
installation planning, pipeline planning, or less identical projects to execute then 3D models are prepared with Autodesk
electrical engineering, and instrumenta- the time reduction is obvious because it Navisworks. ”For customer presentations
tion) enables the integration of all plan- is only a matter of copying the database I have always 3D renderings of former
ning phases. CADISON® uses AutoCAD and matching it to the actual situation”. CADISON® projects with me. Although
as a 2D/3D geometry engine. The data However, this is not often the case. As there is nothing special about a 3D
exchange between Hysys and mentioned earlier, the increased quality model, the surprise in customer's eyes
CADISON® is realized with "MS Excel" as of the planning process is far more im- when he sees his plant in a rendered 3D
the interface. ”When the P&ID is gener- portant: ”For example, the possibility of model for the first time is always worth
ated, the database is filled and all the exporting well-defined revision states seeing.” With these visualization tech-
people involved in the project are able to from the CADISON® database – so to niques, the project time is reduced be-
query it with filters for special information. speak a data freeze at special mile- cause Mr Stegger's sales team is able to
Over the whole project run-time, all proj- stones – makes document exchange persuade the customer faster. Quite sim-
ect data coincide with that depicted in with all the contractors involved ab- ply, because BMT's competence is bet-
the P&IDs,” says the General Manager, solutely traceable.” ter articulated.
emphasizing CADISON®'s data integrity.
Of course, the initial effort required Experts often propound the view that
for entering default a vital data exchange between ERP and Summary and outlook
the plant design system helps to ensure A lot of effort was put into getting an
cost transpar-ency in project execution. overview of the market for plant design tools.
However, at BMT there is no explicit data ”We did this with our modest company size
exchange between the installed SAP in mind,” Mr Stegger explained. In response
system and CADISON®, meaning to our question why ITandFactory had come
CADISON® objects are not referenced to out the winner of the selection process, the
SAP data sets. But there are no reasons Managing Director explained: ”From the very
to miss this, the senior engineer says. An beginning, from the initial consultation up to
example helps to explain this: In each the sales phase and afterwards, we have
project let's say ten or twenty pressure been very satisfied with our contacts at
vessels are placed and listed as corre- ITandFactory. And the hotline service is ex-
sponding objects in the CADISON ® cellent as well.” The quick response time of
database. But when it comes to pro- the CADISON® database supports our deci-
curement, because of discount rates sion in favour of ITandFactory.
across all ongoing projects, these BMT is taking an additional document
vessels are ordered. The same is management system into consideration. At
true for valves or other purchased the moment, it is not possible to link all doc-
components: ”We may even buy a uments e.g. e-mails or word files to the cor-
larger volume of those parts to keep responding project database. ”Importing all
them on stock for future projects,” Mr this information into the
Stegger explains. CADISON® database
would mean losing too
much performance,” Mr
Stegger said and that
would be a pity.
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BEST PRACTICE
Bid Calculation and
Bid Preparation This Best Practice Article is intended to show you how to use
CADISON® for bid calculation with subsequent bid preparation.
Workshop Part 1 are taken from the bid Excel are generally of individual nature
Basic principles
scheme (graphic part) and and do not always reflect the company
from previous experiences so standard correctly. Multiple data inputs
that they are brought together cannot be avoided in this way and
Today a lot of bids have to be submitted in a spreadsheet. Items included in the errors will certainly arise.
before you can acquire a contract. To spreadsheets are contained in the bid
this end, normally a bid scheme will be scheme only partially. The non-graphic Another problem is that in the graphic
prepared as the basis for preparation information must be collected with huge range (AutoCAD, Visio, etc.) not all
and supplementation of the respective effort and, depending on the project, information like valve, measuring point
calculation. Calculation is frequently the spreadsheet must be adapted. The and pipeline numbers etc. should be
made with Excel and the required data calculation requirements based on shown in the bid scheme.
Today’s method of bid preparation
Normally today’s method of bid preparation looks as follows:
The bid scheme is prepared with a graphics editor
(AutoCAD, Visio, etc.)
1. Inquiries regarding the most different objects are
transmitted to different manufacturers.
2. The required lists are prepared (manually,
Attribute Extraction etc.) and adopted in the Excel
calculation.
3. The plant structures defined before are adopted
in the bid or modified.
4. Data taken from inquiries are incorporated in the
bid.
5. The determined prices are transmitted to the bid.
This bidding procedure can be Advantages Disadvantages
performed to a large extent only · No extra tools for calculation and bid · Multiple data inputs
manually. In case the plants are similar, preparation are required · Error burst in case of manual data
”Copy & Paste“ can be used where · Similar data can be used with "Copy & processing
applicable. The following manual Paste" · Time-consuming procedure through a
adjustment and check-up is inevitable, high number of manual steps
time-consuming and error-prone. · Use of standards is almost impossible
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The Workshop consists of three parts:
Part 1: Basic principles
Part 2: Calculation with spreadsheet (following issue)
Part 3: Bid preparation – inquiry, bid report (following issue)
Bid preparation with CADISON® completely eliminated. The shown chart between the graphic (PID-, 3D-,
To optimize calculation, superfluous indicates the principle of the Electric-Designer) and non-graphic
manual steps must be reduced or even procedure. A difference is made ranges (Project Engineer).
1. The bid scheme is prepared with symbols or
assemblies from the central library.
2. The objects to be inquired are recorded in the
list (report).
Objects recorded with prices already are
directly specified from catalogues.
3. The respective lists can be generated directly
from the project or the drawing.
4. Valves and fittings are shown automatically or
can be made visible in the plant structure
with a few clicks.
5. Individual objects or complete plant
structures can be copied from a previously
defined calculation structure.
6. List prices are taken either from existing
catalogues or completed by hand. Evaluation
factors can be pre-set through the ”project
structure“ (outline in chapters) or
performance items so that the respective
price can be calculated.
7. In the last step the calculation structure is
evaluated through a report module und
edited in a bid (Word).
A calculation matrix is required for Calculation Matrix latter can be found even in the reports –
illustration of a calculation. This matrix The calculation matrix defines how the e.g. as cover sheet, headline, footer etc.
defines which factors are used for calculation will be performed.
calculation. The matrix might slightly CADISON ® includes a general In Project Engineer you can use
differ from bid to bid. calculation matrix in the standard different structure views for ”setting
already. The matrix can be customer- different cost views“. These views are
The following modes of calculation specifically adapted by means of the pre-defined and are even ”clicked
are possible in CADISON®: object model. together“ depending on the mode of
· Price calculation The structure developed in Project view. Of course, each object with all its
Price fixing through list prices, factors, Engineer will be found in the calculation features is a unique object in the
discount rates etc. and in the bid report in the same way system.
· On-line calculation again.
Quotation price, actual price, Delta
(even in %) Of course, a pre-fabricated template
· Calculation on the basis of working (for project preparation) is used in this
hours case (see the previous issue of
Splitting into engineering, mechanical CADISON WORLD), in which the
… continued on page 20
and electrical environment project-specific data are adapted. The
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PRODUCT
CADISON®
Integrated Digital Plant Model
CADISON® combines the engineering workflow in one system and thus significantly accelerates the planning pro-
cesses. All users can see on their workplaces – either graphically or as schematic, as 3D model or text-based in a
tree structure – the same data and objects in each case so that they can be optionally used and modified on all work-
places through simple Drag & Drop.
Data and/or objects are existing once only. Thus errors as a result of redundant data management are excluded.
The sophisticated right system ensures that tasks are handled selectively. Modifications introduced by other users
are immediately made available to all other users. The continuity of the individual work steps in one object-
oriented database forms the core of the CADISON ® technology. CADISON® uses the widespread platforms Autodesk
AutoCAD or Microsoft Visio for graphical presentations.
modules
CADISON® Project-Engineer: The basic tool of process en- fecycle of a plant. Low costs of Microsoft Visio and the known
gineer and project manager. You may design and calculate easy handling of the system are decisive advantages for pre-
your plant graphics-independent so that deeper detailing is paration of P&ID’s.
possible again in the following stage. This is what we call
“Conceptual Engineering”. CADISON® 3D-Designer: Installation and pipeline planning
in the 3D model are in the competence of the 3D-Designer.
CADISON ® Project-Navigator: The Project-Navigator is a Normally this module is used for access to data from Basic
pure “Viewing Tool” for your access to all engineering data of Engineering or P&ID. Efficient assistants are available for in-
your projects. It has the same surface like the Project-Engi- stallation planning: For instance, isometrics can be automati-
neer and is an indispensable tool for operation and mainten- cally generated from the planned pipeline systems.
ance of your plant.
CADISON® Electric-Designer: Preparation of planning do-
CADISON P&ID-Designer: The CADISON P&ID-Designer ®
cuments for instrumentation, power plants and control but also
plays a decisive role in design, construction, commissioning installation and process measuring and control technology are
®
and maintenance and has an enormous effect on the com- in the competence of the electric design engineer. The com-
plete lifecycle of a plant. In this case the preliminary project en- mon data base permits at any time the access to information
gineering will be integrated with Basic and Detail Engineering about all trades involved in the project such that planning of
and 2D layout planning. electrical engineering can be combined with planning of pro-
cess engineering.
PID-Designer for Visio®: The PID-Designer for Visio® plays
a decisive role in design, construction, commissioning and CADISON® MATPIPE: Independent module for development
maintenance and has an enormous effect on the complete li- and management of pipe classes, creation of parameterized
3D components, preparation and integration of manufacturer
catalogues, import and export of data plus examination of exi-
sting catalogue data to ensure up-to-dateness.
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CADISON® Engineer2Web: Use your webbrowser online for CADISON® Steel: Use CADISON® Steel to rapidly and easily
direct access to all CADISON® project data. Provided you are create your steel construction in the 3D model “around the 3D
authorized to do so, you may not only view project data with plant”. Comprehensive component libraries are available,
Engineer2Web but also modify existing data and structures or such as steel sections, staircases and railings etc. Apart from
create new ones. This is the ideal access feature for main- automated derivation in 2D workshop drawings, planning can
tenance and site personnel and for “pure data consumers” not be transmitted via a standardized interface directly to stress
involved in the planning process. analyst and production division.
CADISON® Archiver: The CADISON® Archiver allows you to CADISON® Project-Manager: Tracking Project-Times for the
swap and archive complete projects from the CADISON® pro- Project Engineer working with CADISON® but also exchan-
ductive environment. Archived projects can be rapidly and ea- ging project-data between Microsoft Project and CADISON®
sily viewed with the CADISON® Archive-Browser without the gives the Project Manager the possibility, to track ressources
need to retrieve them from the productive environment. Infor- and the progress in the complete project – including orders
mation about documents in projects completed before plus with a 3rd-party system.
knowledge from experiences remain directly accessible.
CADISON® Secondary Support Modeler: with user friendly
CADISON ERP-Interface: The bidirectional CADISON ®
wizards for creating various Secondary Support Structures
ERP-Interface combines ERP and engineering workflow for with inbuild inteligence and design validations.
®
creation of a highly integrated system. For instance, orders
can be directly released from the engineering workflow and CADISON® Navisworks: Through integration of almost all
even controlled. During plant operation the technical specifi- known graphics formats Navisworks turns out to be the ideal
cations can be adjusted and the maintenance processes can tool for Design Review Meetings and Highend Visualizations.
be initiated. Company-specific standards may be presented Navisworks presents complete project real-time views for ef-
individually. ficient 3D coordination, 4D planning, photo-realistic visualiza-
tion and dynamic simulation. Navisworks is the standard tool
CADISON® Stresstest-Interfaces: The two stresstest-inter- for detection of collisions with other trades. Apart from gra-
faces ROHR2 and CAESAR2 (new with CADISON® R12) phics, CADISON® object information is made available.
makes it possible to transmit all pipeline systems created with
CADISON® 3D-Designer to the calculation programs. All re- CADISON® Application Programming Interface (API): The
quired information will be completely transmitted to ROHR2 CADISON® API allows you to optionally integrate your
or CAESAR2 in the form of import-files for analysis. Weak CADISON® engineering workflow in your business workflow.
points are recognized and can be iteratively eliminated. CADISON® API offers you a high rate of flexibility – not only for
external access to data, contents, structures and points of
CADISON® Maintenance: CADISON® Maintenance is the so- view of CADISON® but you can use it even for dynamic data
lution for lifecycle management in plant construction and main- exchange. New objects can be generated and existing objects
tenance. This module makes it possible to fix essential data can be modified or even deleted. Thus you have a new qua-
like maintenance intervals already in the planning phase, so lity of openness and accessibility of database content.
that data are accessible later for use by your technical and CADISON® API can be used by all customers as free-of-
service staff. You may automatically create lists for the main- charge supplementary module.
tenance staff (even with an offline version) while modificati-
ons are brought back to the life system again.
add-on modules
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NEWS
CADISON® International Conference: 27 – 28 September 2012 in Frankfurt
Please review your CADISON® wall calendar and mark your electronic calendar too.
At CIC 2011 (see also a review on page 21) we’ve bet with you, that even your company
was able to reach “30% efficiency improvent” and we’ve shown how to do that.
Beside news around CADISON® R13, customer speeches and CADISON® Best Practices,
we will show for example how to improve and automate your offers and quotations by up
to 80%. A come together for dinner and time for exchange of experiences with other
customers and ITandFactory will round-up next conference.
See you at CIC 2012!
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CADISON® 3D-Designer
Key Features
// Simple and rapid installation and pipeline planning Business Benefits
// Adjustment of drawings with CADISON® P&ID-Designer
or CADISON® Project-Engineer // Significant reduction of planning, calculation and assembly
// Efficient Make2D functionality for drawing derivation and errors through 3D planning
simple preparation of sectional views // Integrated and configurable Management of Change
// Fully integrated work with civil engineering and steel con- // Early data transfer to pipeline manufacturer
struction // High-duty data transmission for stress calculation and
// Easy preparation of pipelines to be laid with gradient consequently, premature analysis
// Easy manipulation of components in pipelines // State of the art isometric derivation (ISOGEN integrated)
// Parametric pipeline supports // Implementation of projects of any size through simple and
// Use of parameterized components (MATPIPE, Inventor etc.) comprehensible structuring mechanisms
// Use of design assistants for easy modelling (tank, pipe
nozzle and staircase assistant etc.)
// High-performance planning in the shaded mode
// Automatic preparation of isometrics (fabrication, assembly
and documentation isometrics etc.)
// Comprehensive and complete data transmission for pipe
stress calculation (ROHR2, CAESAR2 etc.)
// Freely configurable data transfer to visualization solutions
// Object-Inspector for rapid access and modification of object
data
CADISON® Project-Navigator
Key Features
// Central graphics-independent project platform – Key tur- Business Benefits
ning point of the project
// Navigation and viewer tool of the CADISON® project data // One click – all information
// For project control and subsequent further processing of // Transparency in all engineering projects
project data during plant operation // Complete project survey for the Project Manager
// Search, select, list and report functions // Quick finding through selective search for project information
// Call-up and issue of documents and drawings (plotting) // Ease of operation
without CAD // Generation of reports for operation and maintenance of a
// Information for maintenance & repair of the plant plant
// Roll and target-specific views of the project // Complete survey of plant structuring
// Generation of most different reports (proposals, calcula-
tions, parts lists, apparatus lists, cable lists, lists of mea-
suring points, lists of valves & fittings, pipeline material
lists etc.)
// Strengthening of business relations with your customers
through provision of project data
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SUCCESS
Secures Performance
for external access of 3D Designers at
VPT Kompressoren GmbH
the possibility for joint use of project
data but CADISON® offers a new di-
mension for this. Now it is possible for
the first time to have an optional num-
ber of staff members working at the
same time on the same project (e.g.
process engineers and I&C techni-
cians). This becomes possible by
means of the intelligent Check-IN /
Check-OUT technology.
But what about the performance of
CADISON® 3D planning in case of ex-
ternal access per VPN tools (Virtual Pri-
vate Network) and Remote Desktop?
When working a longer time on a com-
plex 3D model with a low-efficiency lap-
top, performance might dramatically
Compressor plant design with CADISON® in 3D decline. VPT found a solution through
use of the virtualization technology of
CADISON® as the object-oriented ters, dryers, coolers, pipelines, draining Citrix. The Citrix technology does not re-
and integrated engineering solution for systems, valves and fittings etc. The quire any obligatory local graphics
plant construction combines the com- company offers user-specific overall workplaces for work with computation-
plete engineering workflow so that time concepts covering not only project ally intensive graphics. The planning
and money are saved and productivity of planning, design, production, erection engineer can location-independently
planning engineer is improved. But what and commissioning but also staff train- get access to efficient workstations
happens in case the planning engineer ing and maintenance. even with a laptop.
works outside the company? The com-
pany VPT Kompressoren GmbH uses the The manpower includes 39 employ- From the viewpoint of the plant de-
virtualization technology Citrix to secure ees and almost the same number of sign engineer or operator the central
the performance of CADISON® in case freelancers so that the company may provision of virtual desktops offers the
of external access to 3D models. ease the situation in case many orders specific advantage of faster knowhow
are to be handled at the same time. transfer: Citrix makes it possible for na-
Since more than 30 years the com- tional and international participants
pany VPT has been the supplier of in- VPT has been using CADISON® as working on the same project to coope-
dustrial customers requesting air and planning tool for many years already rate much closer and more efficiently.
gas compressors, for instance as since this object-oriented and inte-
booster compressors for gas turbines in grated engineering solution for plant Citrix:
power stations, as flare-gas compres- construction unites the complete engi- Performance for the external 3D
sors on offshore platforms and for use neering workflow from tender planning planning engineer
in chemical and petrochemical industry. and process technology, erection plan- In case of desktop virtualization the
In the meantime the company extended ning, pipeline planning and electrical user interface gets de-coupled from the
its activities even to the sector of re- engineering up to instrumentation etc. terminal unit. Thus the laborious and ex-
generative power generation (biogas). Another important feature: The tool pensive provision of individual user
VPT is a specialized supplier of plants supports project management in net- clients is no longer necessary. Instead
on a turn-key basis together with all re- worked teams. Until now the ‚multi-user of that they can be centrally provided
quired ancillary equipment, such as fil- ability' has been understood merely as from the computer centre as virtual
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desktops for individual users in the needing access to the 3D model and The conclusion: Citrix helped VPT to
company. The result: The rigorous se– the central database only a few minutes acquire a company-owned and safe
paration of operating system, applica- per day via the remote desktop from Cloud Technology, After release, staff
tions and user profiles considerably their laptop to get informed about the members and external planning engi-
facilitates lifecycle management of current status of planning work might neers may get access to the centrally
virtual desktops along with remarkable find the comparatively slow access as managed CADISON® database from
reductions in storage requirement. acceptable. However, this is no longer any workplace with a laptop so that
efficient in case I have to work many complex 3D models can be handled.
The initial point for the first Citrix in- hours per day with this low performance Even under the aspect of missing
stallation with VPT Kompressoren rate. By use of Citrix I can do my plan- human resources which we deplore
GmbH was the desire of the Design En- ning work now from my home office with today already, VPT now has available an
gineer Mr. Bastian Lenz to work from his the same speed as if I would be on my important strategic tool for the safe
home office. Mr. Matthias Retterath as workplace at VPT in Remscheid. Using standing of the company: ”Citrix virtu-
the competent project manager defines Citrix, I can work from my home office ally opens for us the perspective to in-
the problem as follows: ”Our workmate the same as local!" tegrate external planning staff from
Lenz performs planning work with home and abroad efficiently into our
AutoCAD and CADISON ® primarily in In addition to that, Mr. Lenz praises planning team – so to speak in real time
the 3D range – and in this case the practical details like this: ”Depending and not with a more or less large time
usual standard solution via VPN tools on the respective application, you may loss caused in former times through
and Remote Desktop is not fast enough for instance adapt the image quality to shipping and updating of drawings”,
so that “judder-free” and smooth work- the graphics. In my day-to-day business stated Mr. Matthias Retterath. Using Cit-
flow is not possible in the high-end I am working with loss-free image qual- rix and CADISON® means that real col-
graphics range.” One essential aspect ity. In case of design review with com- laborative work around the world is
is that CADISON® has been based on a plex graphic presentation I can adapt definitely no longer a problem.
central database so that all staff mem- the image quality so that I can fluidly
bers working on a joint project have continue work.”
access to this central database. Brief information regarding Citrix
Step-by-step VPT is now going to Citrix was founded in 1989 and com-
In general, VPT with two locations in equip its marketing and after-sales divi- bines virtualisation, network and Cloud-
Germany, a number of internal sales sions with Citrix. Moreover, the company computing technologies in one complete
and erection employees and external anticipates the chance to supply itself product portfolio and permits virtualised
freelancers is faced by the problem that with free engineering capacity both on working environments for users and virtu-
data inventory must be kept consistent the national and the international level. alised computer centres for IT divisions.
for all project participants. In principle, Mr. Retterath: ”Under the aspect of in- More than 230,000 companies worldwide
this works properly with the conven- creasing shortage of qualified staff, ex- are using Citrix technologies so that they
tional procedure (remote desktop) but cellent perspectives can be can deploy their IT environment rapidly,
in case of multi-hour work in the 3D anticipated. We established initial con- easy and cost-efficiently. The company with
range the performance limit is reached tacts to some external engineering of- a turnover of 1.6 billion US-Dollars (2009)
rather quickly. Mr Lenz stated: "People fices already.” has 10,000 trading and alliance partners in
more than 100 countries.
”Our design engineers perform their planning
work primarily in the 3D range – and in this
case the conventional standard solution via
VPN tools and remote desktop is not fast
enough for “judder-free” and smooth workflow“
(VPT Project Manager Matthias Retterath).
Advantages of VPT’s container concept are plausible. The machine can be pre-assembled Matthias Retterath Bastian Lenz
and tested in the workshop under defined and clean conditions – this raises quality and reli-
ability of equipment to a higher level.
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PRODUCT
Generic CAD Import
Importing 3D-elements from any 3D CAD application which support SAT-format, or di-
rectly from AutoCAD DWG. User can also define the required connection points inter-
actively as it was available in Inventor Interface.
· enable user to use current licensed software to design 3D elements and import into
CADISON® environment as CADISON® objects
3 Increase return on existing software investment
VISIO® DWG Exporter
An embedded DWG converter in PID-Designer for Visio® provised additio-
nal functionality to export Visio® P&ID drawings as AutoCAD DWG drawing.
· exporting Visio® VSD-files to DWG format without having AutoCAD in-
stalled
· no need for having AutoCAD installed
3 save cost of software requirement
Set Transparency in 3D-Designer
Set Transparency is one of awaited feature in
CADISON® environment, which enables user to
handle complex drawings in a better way. The trans-
parency of element / bunch of elements / elements
on selected layer to desired level between 0 to
100%, that the elements are available in drawing but
will not hinder the varoius graphic operations.
· allows user to perform graphical commends with-
out switching views or hiding obstructing element
reduce design time
3 improve the accuracy of selecting
3 specific element/node
Project Manager
Syncronization of Project Plan between Microsoft Project® and CADISON® is
improved. All task, resources will be syncronized based on the MS Project
UID,which enable to rename and rephrase task discription without changing
task id.
· Integrated project management tool helps in planning and tracking the pro-
gress of design phases
3 improving project management efficiency
Pipe Support – Secondary Support
The module is enhanced in R12 with features to create variations in existing type of support and has
also added a lot of industry validations at data entry level in GUI to ensure the structure created are
constructable and elrectable in construction phase.
· user friendly wizards for creating various Secondary Support Structures with inbuild inteligence and
design validations
3 improves design efficiency of engineers
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Consequently, the tank AB002 might appear in a number of configurations –
Even different detail views can depending on the mode of view.
be presented through different
views.
Calculation structure
1. Project – Sum of all
chapters in one project
2. Chapter – Sum of all
performance items in
one chapter
3. Performance item – Sum
of all objects in this
performance item
4. Object – Objects like
pumps, tanks, pipes,
fittings, time objects etc.
Objects can be included both
in the (graphic) bid scheme
or as non-graphic objects in
the Project Engineer (see the
structure image).
Example: Calculation factors in the object “Tanks”
Description Value Unit Action
Quantity 10 m Manually
Calculation unit 100 €/m Manually
Total calculation price 1000 € Calculated
Surcharge rate 1% Percent Manually
Sum of surcharge rate 10 € Calculated
Factor for risk allowance 1% Percent Manually
Sum of risk allowance 10.1 € Calculated
Cost recovery factor 1,2 Manually
Sum of cost recovers 204 € Calculated
Profit allowance 1% Percent Manually
Sum of profit 12 € Calculated
Sale price of material 1236 € Calculated
Overall factor 1.24 Calculated
Preparation of such a calculation matrix is obligatory. The calculation method for definite factors (yellow) is defined in the
respective company standard.
Continuation
In the next issue of CADISON WORLD we’ll demonstrate how a bid calculation is made in CADISON®.
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Issue 2012 | 1 EVENT
CIC 2011 – From Engineering Efficiency to Plant Efficiency
Citrix® introduces CADISON® in Cloud / Engineering tools on the move
Plant construction projects are more frequently characterized by internationalisation. This means on the one side dis-
tributed project processes exceeding culture and time limits and on the other side shorter project life spans. The key
word for that is: Time-to-Market. How can we assure quality and manage the costs under those circumstances? This
had been one of the central isues of the ”CADISON® International Conference 2011“. As the congress report reveals,
there had been interesting contributions.
With 130 participants from 10 technology trend. Not only in relation to current solution since it can be
nations the ‘CADISON® International use of social networks but also in demonstrated that efficiency is
Conference 2011‘ had been so relation to Cloud Computing gaining increased by at least 30%. Project
international as never before. The importance in combination with growing examples from national and international
selected place of the conference of this data volumes and complex plants. Good CADISON® clients show that this is not
year had been the ‘darmstadtium‘ in the news even for hardware and IT provider. only wishful thinking.
centre of the university town Darmstadt Even smaller engineering undertakings
as a perfect meeting point for science, must invest more into their IT Paradigm change for planning tools
economy and culture with a high level Infrastructure since they manage even Mr. Ketan Bakshi, Chairman of
lectures and discussions. Even the large-size projects, says Mr. Joshi. ITandFactory and manager of the
symbolic force was correct: While the Neilsoft-Group but also majority
chemical element darmstadtium with the Almost all undertakings are dealing shareholder of ITandFactory GmbH
ordinal number 110 is formed from the with the continuity of data in the (another shareholder is the engineering-
connection between one lead and one workflow (‘interoperability‘). Interfaces service provider Triplan AG), even thinks
nickel ion so interesting new properties not existing or interfaces with non- about a paradigm change in enginee-
are developed, the conference informed sufficient compatibility never ceased to ring. He summarizes his ideas under the
the audience how ITandFactory with be one of the crucial points in the slogan ”Transform engineering – create
partners like Citrix help the engineering branch. The intra-discipline data business value‘ (from engineering to
tool CADISON® to acquire attractive new exchange functions perfectly with an entrepreneurial net product)”.
features. integrated tool like for instance
CADISON® but in case of different Mr. Bakshi states: ”Customers want
From technology trend to market platforms we still reach limits. to create their products faster and with
drivers lower costs. Therefore they need
When specialists of a specific Mr. Joshi states: ”Since plants are support: Solution providers that
technical branch come together, the getting more complex on the one hand accompany them in this phase that the
most interesting question is: What are and the global competition to acquire desired target can be reached together.“
the news on the market? Mr. Ajit Joshi, engineering orders is getting harder on He promises: Even CADISON® R11
Managing Director of ITandFactory the other hand, all engineering service helps the design engineer to save some
GmbH detects in the engineering world- provider must do the splits that isn’t 750 engineering hours for the
wide similar developments with plant easy: Cost reduction and increase of implementation of an average project. In
designers and operators: He considers productivity. He recommends the case of R12 to be introduced on the
the ”digital wave“ as the most essential engineering tool CADISON® as the market in the middle of 2012, the
Ajit Joshi, Sebastian Dörr, Vice Pre- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard
Managing Director ITF sident Sales Europe ITF Schembecker,
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SERVICE
Contact information
Our locations and international sales partners
Germany
Head office Bad Soden: engineer may save
ITandFactory GmbH · Auf der Krautweide 32 · 65812 Bad Soden further 1000 engineering hours.
Phone: +49 6196 6092-310 · info@ITandFactory.com
Krefeld: Moreover, IT provider should be able
ITandFactory GmbH · Alte Friedhofstraße / Building L222 · 47829 Krefeld
to develop customer-specific tools. He
Phone: +49 2151 51632-77 · Krefeld@ITandFactory.com
underlines: ”ITandFactory is small and
Austria flexible enough to provide this”. The
St. Poelten: figures are clear: In the past three years
ITandFactory GmbH · Heinrich-Schneidmadl-Straße 15 · 3100 St. Poelten ITandFactory invested additional 15%
Phone: +43 2742 9001-3110 · St.Poelten@ITandFactory.com per year in product development. In the
Switzerland last six months alone the undertaking
Head office Rheinfelden: increased its development capacity by
ITandFactory AG · Quellenstrasse 37 · 4310 Rheinfelden one third.
Phone: +41 61 833-3050 · Rheinfelden@ITandFactory.com Moreover: The cooperation of
Reinach: Neilsoft and Triplan in the joint society
ITandFactory AG · Kägenstrasse 18 · 4153 Reinach
ITandFactory will ensure that all
Phone: +41 61 338-3232 · Basel@ITandFactory.com
customers will benefit from the global
USA know-how and the long-year
Chicago: Phone: +1 630 357-7430 · Sales.USA@Neilsoft.com international experiences of engineering
Los Angeles: Phone: +1 310 437-6300 · Sales.USA@Neilsoft.com specialists from Neilsoft and Triplan. This
Michigan: Phone: +1 734 459-1100 · Sales.USA@Neilsoft.com will include assistance in the migration of
inventory data (AutoCAD, paper
UK
printouts) into the 3D models of
Luton: Phone: +44 1582 455-559 · Sales.UK@ITandFactory.com
CADISON®.
India
Head Office Pune: Phone: +91 20 2605-3003 · Pune.Sales@Neilsoft.com What will be the development trend
Bangalore: Phone: +91 80 2226-7786 · Bangalore.Sales@Neilsoft.com of CADISON® in the coming years? Mr.
Chennai: Phone: +91 44 2811-4247 · Chennai.Sales@Neilsoft.com
Bakshi states: ”The focus will be clearly
Hubli: Phone: +91 836 4264320 · Hubli.Sales@Neilsoft.com
shifted from engineering efficiency to
Mumbai: Phone: +91 22 6770-2737 · Mumbai.Sales@Neilsoft.com
New Delhi: Phone: +91 011 41086157/58 · Delhi.Sales@Neilsoft.com plant efficiency what definitely means:
The optimum energy and water footprint
Spain will be in the centre. We shall offer the
Martorell: Phone: +34 93 774 4474 · Spain@ITandFactory.com required tools for giving support to the
Italy design engineer in this new orientation –
Milano: Phone: +39 02 48300930 · Italy@ITandFactory.com such as search assistants giving support
to the design engineer responsible for
the purchase of components. Even
Cloud technologies will be used more
intensively in order to optimize
cooperation within the whole supply
Imprint chain. Last but not least smart tools are
Issue 2012 | 1 – June 2012 required that may actually support the
Appearance: Twice a year design engineer in the design of a
Publisher: ITandFactory GmbH plant.“
Auf der Krautweide 32, 65812 Bad Soden, Germany
info@cadison.com Efficient planning processes through
Editor-in-chief: Sebastian Dörr, Editor: Norbert Kress modularization
Layout: ABE Werbeagentur, Pforzheim, Germany In this connection Professor Dr.-Ing.
Misprints, errors and alterations are subject to change. All rights reserved. Gerhard Schembecker from TU
Reprint and electronical processing only with written consent of publisher. Dortmund presented an interesting
approach. His initial point: The growing
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globalization increases the pressure on saving. We start production much terminal unit. The user will be granted the
the chemical industry in Western Europe. earlier.“ corresponding rights to use applications
Even specifically in Germany the focus and documents depending on the user’s
must be increasingly shifted to the Citrix: The access of CADISON® work on a company-owned computer, its
production of special chemical products through the Cloud private PC or from on a computer
and pharmaceuticals. These product Citrix was founded in1989 and installed e.g. in an Internet-Café.
groups are manufactured in small combines virtualization, network and
batches but many and complex reaction Cloud computing technologies in one From the view of a plant design
steps. The slogan is applicable here as complete product portfolio that engineer and/or operator the central
well: Time-to-market is getting more and generates virtualized operating worlds provision oft he virtual desktops mainly
more critical. for users and virtualized computing offers the advantage of of the rapid
centres for IT division. More than know-how transfer: Citrix makes it
”Nevertheless we are still 230,000 companies worldwide are using possible that national and international
constructing so as if the plants are Citrix technologies in order to develop participants in one project are able to
mega-plants, which it takes an average the IT environment rapidly, easily and work together much closer and more
of 10 years up to commissioning.“ But in cost-efficient. The undertaking with a efficiently.
this period of many years the basic turnover of 1600 million US-Dollars
assumptions regarding the sales (2009) has 10,000 commercial and The conclusion: The use of Citrix and
potential are frequently changing etc. as alliance partners in more than 100 CADISON® R11 ensures that the actually
a result of the simple fact that the markets countries. collaborative work around the globe is
have changed. ”Therefore we need a definitely no longer a problem.
fundamentally different plant design Among them is even ITandFactory ITandFactory wants to take up a bet even
philosophy“ says Mr. Schembecker. He with CADISON®. The advantage: When today already that all plant design
recommends standardized modules with using the Citrix technology a local engineers working with CADISON® may
one independent process engineering graphic workplace is not ultimately increase their efficiency by at least 30%.
function in each case that, in principle, required for work with compute-intensive The reports of national and international
can be used again. These modules are graphic. The design engineer has CADISON® customers presented on the
filed knowledge-based and in the form of access independent of the location to congress reveal that the bet risk is kept
a decision tree in a data base. ”It should high-efficiency workstations even with a within tight limits. The development
be our target that the system shows the laptop. targets presented on the ‚CIC 2011‘
design engineer in the development of a show that the management fixes
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram If a user gets registered on its standards that are still higher. Last but
(P&ID) which variant will produce which computer via the Web-Interface of not least a paradigm change is standing
costs.“ XenDesktop, the access gateway first of before: CADISON® is on the way from
all checks the safety features of the engineering efficiency to plant efficiency.
The design engineer receives only
an 80% solution as result but this solution
is available very quickly. Can we accept
The next CADISON® International Conference
an 80% solution? Of course, says Mr.
Schembecker: ”In case of such a
27 – 28 September 2012
corridor planning under the aspect of
plant output we might have to accept
10% higher investments but these are
peanuts in comparison with cost
advantage due to the enormous time
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