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basic / August 14, 2021

Advantages and uses of various software packages

A) Autocad / Micro Station 1) Useful for piping application: A) P&ID’s   B) Plot plans   C) Equipments layouts   D) Piping plans   E) Isometrics   T) Piping support drawings Advantages: A) Replace drawing board   B) Neat drawings C) Fast modifications   D)Copying of identical parameters PDS / PDMS ( 3D – Plant Design System) Salient features A) 3D […]

By · August 14, 2021 · 2 min read

A) Autocad / Micro Station

1) Useful for piping application:

A) P&ID’s  

B) Plot plans  

C) Equipments layouts  

D) Piping plans  

E) Isometrics  

T) Piping support drawings

Advantages:

A) Replace drawing board  

B) Neat drawings

C) Fast modifications  

D)Copying of identical parameters

PDS / PDMS ( 3D – Plant Design System)

Salient features

A) 3D software input data via forms & menus

B) 3D model easy conceptualizing of plant layouts

C) On line clash detections

D) Various information obtained PDS/PDMS

• Piping layouts

• Ducting layouts

• Cable tray layouts

• Isometrics & material take-off

E) Customization

 

F) Various discipline engineers working in their design modules like civil Engineers on structural & piping engineers on piping module etc.

G) Ability to get inputs from various engineering disciplines without fi1ndering their data

H) reporter module

I) Linking to in- house M to program for procurement & line wise report

J) Piping specification in users format

Software for stress analysis

●        CAEPIPE

●        Caeser – II

●        Triflex

Advantages of above software

• Time saving, problem which used to consume weeks can be solved within minutes.

• Accurate results

• Can solve problems with number of anchors and number of piping branches which By manual method is unthinkable Can solve problems consisting of occasional loads and various combination of Loads.

●        Network setup

●        Refer enclosed line diagram

●        Giving network component

●        Connectivity both for LAN and WAN