Aveva launches new plant design software
Posted: 17 March 2008
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Plant design and engineering solutions provider, Aveva, has launched Aveva PDMS 12.0, the next generation of productivity in plant design, the company has announced.
Aveva PDMS 12.0, part of the Aveva Plant portfolio, enables companies to make immediate and substantial productivity gains on their projects from the new capability delivered on a proven design platform with new exciting capabilities.
According to the company, existing customers will further benefit from a seamless upgrade and compatibility with associated Aveva Plant products, such as the world leading Aveva Global product for distributed project execution.
The release is packed full of productivity improvements with ease of use, rule-based design, automation and faster deployment at the heart of the developments, the statement from the company said.
“The release of Aveva PDMS 12.0 and associated products represents over 300 man-years of investment that will truly provide our customers with improved competitive advantage,” said Dave Wheeldon, Group Product Development Director.
“Furthermore, it demonstrates our commitment to the ‘continual progression' of Aveva’s product development strategy”
“With the release of Aveva PDMS 12.0, we really do take this technology platform to new heights of productivity, not just for the end users and designers but across the whole project, offering further fabrication and construction savings by extending the scope and ability to control, manage and share project information globally.”
Among the key features, it includes extensive enhancements to the advanced engineering applications for designing equipment, piping, ducting, structural steel, and supports - all of which are presented to the user in an easy to use Microsoft office look and feel, increasing familiarity and reducing design time.
It’s area has been particularly enhanced is the use of design rule technology. Piping engineers will have a rule-based automatic pipe routing & quality checking feature as standard, and all disciplines will benefit from the new object associations which have been introduced into the plant model. These allow key relationships to be defined and continuously monitored as the design progresses and changes. The technology is used to good effect in a new hole management application to assist the vital inter-discipline control & coordination.
The new catalogue and specification management application that is easy to use and reduces the effort required to create and modify catalogue and specification items, reducing the need for specialist skills in this area.
New database and customisation IPR protection capability enables customers to more securely share their critical data with sub-contractors and partners while reducing the risk of copy or modification.
The new access platforms, stairs and ladders application: a further example of rule-based design, enabling ease of modification of complex access configurations, and providing accurate material and weight reports.
Extensive customisation and configuration capabilities, utilising Microsoft.NET, and these too have been greatly enhanced to enable customers to further optimise, tailor and control functionality in line with their work processes and standards.
The new and innovative approach to P&ID integration - also pioneered with the release of Aveva PDMS 12.0. P&IDs from multiple authoring tools can be consolidated into a single schematic model of the plant, which can then be used to build and compare with the 3D plant model.
The schematic model is a new open environment that brings P&ID and 3D data together for the first time on a globally-deployable shared technology platform.
“Aveva PDMS is a world-leading product, and within the Middle East, Aveva’s accomplishments are growing thanks to the ever increasing number of successful projects executed using PDMS,” said Louay Dahmash, Vice of President of Aveva Middle East.
“With the many value added features, Aveva PDMS 12.0 will enhance our clients’ productivity further and deliver continued project success.” |
