CADWorx Webinar Series

Webinar, June 18th, 12:00pm CST: Getting More out of your SQL and Access Intelligent P&IDs

with Bill Vasey, ECE Solutions

    

ECE will discuss CADWorx Plant and P&ID Professional database connections and the ease of extracting data with PIDMO and PLANTMO.

PIDMO is a database interface that allows CADWorx PLANT and P&ID Professional users to leverage information stored in their process and instrument diagrams (P&ID) and 3D model drawings so that project managers, engineers, purchasing managers and other non-CAD users can import and export data from their project databases to and from Microsoft Excel. This sophisticated reporting tool enables users to easily access component information, filter for bills of materials (BOM), compile cost estimates, create project management worksheets and create Excel-based instrument and equipment datasheets with revision controls.

Further, PLANTMO, a CAD extension tool, allows designers to automatically apply project data updates to fabrication isometric drawings, populate ISOMETRIC drawings with Attribute Data, and generally manage the CADWorx user experience.

 

Speaker bio:
Bill Vasey is part owner of ECE Design and has been providing CADWorx technical support for users across the United States and Canada for over 7 years. Bill is a Mechanical Engineer and has over 10 years of hands-on CADWorx experience. Helping companies with CADWorx implementation and overall project management is what he does best. His database and CAD application expertise has enabled numerous companies realize the return on investment potential of intelligent P&ID and 3D plant design modeling. Bill has been consulting with companies worldwide and works with people to improve their skills whilst also improving overall company and project performance. Bill has been responsible for the development of numerous CADWorx Add-ons such as PIDMO, PLANTMO and ElectroMOD.

Webinar, March 19th, 12:00pm CST: Manipulating laser scans using CADWorx fieldPipe and Leica CloudWorx

with John Brinlee, COADE Inc and Joseph Lafranca, Leica Geosystems.

CADWorx FieldPipe to CAESAR II Interface Video

This is the second installment of our most popular webinar to date. Using CADWorx fieldPipe and Leica CloudWorx for AutoCAD, John Brinlee will demonstrate how easy it is to build an intelligent model from laser scan data. Leica CloudWorx provides the tools to manipulate the point cloud data set inside AutoCAD while CADWorx fieldPipe provides the tools to turn the point cloud into intelligent models. Join us as John and Joe demonstrate the power of these two tools and how they work together to improve your design efficiencies.

Speaker bios:
John Brinlee is the Sales Manager- Plant Design Solutions for COADE, Inc. A piping and structural designer using third-party applications since AutoCAD Release 10, his real-world experience in plant design is apparent during the hundreds of technical product presentations and training sessions he's performed around the world over the past 18 years. John has collaborated on numerous training manuals over the years, including the Pro-Series, AutoPLANT, and CADWorx. He was also the principal author of the Plant Design White Paper, a comparison of CADWorx 2002 and AutoPLANT 2.01, published in 2002.

Mr. Joseph J. Lafranca III is the Central US Plant Sales Executive, HDS for Leica Geosystems, Inc. Leica Geosystems develops manufactures and markets advanced hardware and software solutions for digitally measuring and modeling large, complex sites and structures with high accuracy, detail and speed. Previously, Mr. Lafranca was the Gulf Coast Regional Sales Manager for Rebis Industrial Workgroup Software. During his eleven-year tenure he was responsible for the sales and marketing of a facilities design, analysis, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance software application for the piping, process, power and chemical manufacturing industries. As the Central US Plant Sales Executive, HDS, Joe has over twenty years of plant design experience. He has demonstrated successes in developing "C"- level visions and formulating strategies as well as detailed implementation plans. He is an experienced communicator with audiences including customers, channel partners, suppliers, the investment community and employees. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Mr. Lafranca and his family reside in League City, Texas. Mr. Lafranca is available as a subject-matter expert on High Definition Laser Scanning in Construction and Process & Power industries.

 

Webinar, February 19th, 12:00pm CST: Manipulating laser scans using CADWorx fieldPIpe and Leica CloudWorx

with Brian Cudd, COADE Inc and Joseph Lafranca, Leica Geosystems.

Using CADWorx fieldPipe and Leica CloudWorx for AutoCAD, Brian will demonstrate how easy it is to build an intelligent model from laser scan data. Leica CloudWorx provides the tools to manipulate the point cloud data set inside AutoCAD while CADWorx fieldPipe provides the tools to turn the point cloud into intelligent models. Join us as Brian demonstrates the power of these two tools and how they work together to improve your design efficiencies.

Speaker bio:
Brian Cudd is Sales Engineer, Plant Design Solutions for COADE, Inc which he joined in April of 2007. He is responsible for CADWorx FieldPipe worldwide sales. Brian graduated from San Jacinto College with an Engineering Graphics Design Degree and became a piping designer with 5+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry, specializing in brown field work. The combination of his real world design experience and his in-depth knowledge of COADE's Suite of Plant Design Applications give him the proper background to administer technical presentation and training sessions dealing with full spectrum of Plant design. 

Mr. Joseph J. Lafranca III is the Central US Plant Sales Executive, HDS for Leica Geosystems, Inc. Leica Geosystems develops manufactures and markets advanced hardware and software solutions for digitally measuring and modeling large, complex sites and structures with high accuracy, detail and speed. Previously, Mr. Lafranca was the Gulf Coast Regional Sales Manager for Rebis Industrial Workgroup Software. During his eleven-year tenure he was responsible for the sales and marketing of a facilities design, analysis, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance software application for the piping, process, power and chemical manufacturing industries. As the Central US Plant Sales Executive, HDS, Joe has over twenty years of plant design experience. He has demonstrated successes in developing "C"- level visions and formulating strategies as well as detailed implementation plans. He is an experienced communicator with audiences including customers, channel partners, suppliers, the investment community and employees. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Mr. Lafranca and his family reside in League City, Texas. Mr. Lafranca is available as a subject-matter expert on High Definition Laser Scanning in Construction and Process & Power industries.

Webinar, February 12th, 12:00pm CST: Managing Pipe Support Details

with Bill Vasey, ECE Solutions

ECE Design will discuss how CADWorx PLANT Professional and PLANTMO work together to effectively manage piping supports on a project.

ECE has developed a CADWorx Plant Professional Add-on that specifically addresses piping support management. PLANTMO taps into existing CADWorx features and functions that include adding pipe restraints/supports to 3D piping systems. PLANTMO is used to organize typical piping support details with complete bills of material. Once a pipe support is added in CADWorx, PLANTMO is used to further detail the support by allowing one to specify typical detail drawings and bill of materials complete with pricing. CADWorx PLANT Professional and PLANTMO both integrate seamlessly with a project database and are easy to configure and use. PLANTMO has an Excel exporting and importing feature that enables engineers, managers and administration resources that ability to efficiently and effectively manage data for associated with piping supports.

Speaker bio:
Bill Vasey is part owner of ECE Design and has been providing CADWorx technical support for users across the United States and Canada for over 7 years. Bill is a Mechanical Engineer and has over 10 years of hands-on CADWorx experience. Helping companies with CADWorx implementation and overall project management is what he does best. His database and CAD application expertise has enabled numerous companies realize the return on investment potential of intelligent P&ID and 3D plant design modeling. Bill has been consulting with companies worldwide and works with people to improve their skills whilst also improving overall company and project performance. Bill has been responsible for the development of numerous CADWorx Add-ons such as PIDMO, PLANTMO and ElectroMOD.

 

Webinar, February 5th, 12:00pm CST: Managing Material Take-off Change with ICES BOM

with Donald W. Nuckels P.E., IMAGE Custom Engineering Solutions

ICES BOM Flyer

While it is a simple task to extract a Bill of Materials from a CADWorx plant model for purposes of procurement, what is not so simple it to track changes to that Bill of Materials after the initial release.  ICES BOM is a program that allows users take "snapshots" of a CADWorx Plant model from a materials stand point which can be used to generate a standard Bill of Materials or, more importantly, generate an Add/Delete report by comparing two snapshots.  This Add/Delete report is broken into two sections.  The first section is a totalized list of all the items that need to be added to the previously released BOM to make it match the most recent snapshot of the model.  The second section includes all the items that need to be deleted.  Reports are generated using customizable Excel templates.

Speaker bio:
Donald W. Nuckels , P.E. - Don Nuckels is President of IMAGE Custom Engineering Solutions based in Houston Texas.  Don has over twelve years of experience in the Engineering and Design field.  Don was formerly in engineering management of a large Oil & Gas surface production equipment manufacturer.  After approximately 8 years with that company Don started IMAGE in late 2003.  Since that time IMAGE has developed numerous software tools that help their customers increase efficiency.  Many of these tools are centered around the CADWorx product line.  IMAGE also provides custom software development,  engineering services, and As-Built piping modeling using CADWorx field Pipe.

Webinar, December 11th, 12:00pm CST: Getting More out of your intelligent P&IDs

with Dan Merrick, ECE Solutions

ECE will discuss CADWorx Plant and P&ID Professional database connections and the ease of extracting data with its newly released product – PIDMO.

PIDMO is a database interface that allows CADWorx PLANT and P&ID Professional users to leverage information stored in their process and instrument diagrams (P&ID) and 3D model drawings so that project managers, engineers, purchasing managers and other non-CAD users can import and export data from their project databases to and from Microsoft Excel. This sophisticated reporting tool enables users to easily access component information, filter for bills of materials (BOM), compile cost estimates, create project management worksheets and create Excel-based instrument and equipment datasheets with revision controls. The PIDMO application includes CAD extension tools that allow designers to automatically apply project data updates to fabrication isometric drawings and to process and instrument diagrams without the need to manually open up each drawing to make those changes.

Speaker bio:
Dan Merrick works for ECE Design and has been providing Technical CADWorx support for users across the United States and Canada for over 2 years.  Dan is experienced in CADWorx database implementation and is actively involved with software product development.   He has assisted numerous companies realize the benefits of intelligent P&ID and 3D plant design modeling.  Dan provides Training for CADWorx, AutoCAD, PIDMO, PLANTMO and other plant design software.

 

Webinar, November 6th, 12:00pm CST: CADWorx Design Review

with David Little, Director of Technology Research & Development, COADE Inc.

Model review is an important part of today's design process and CADWorx Design Review is the tool to use. Join David Little as he demonstrates the use of CADWorx Design Review in the modeling environment.

Speaker bio:
David Little is Director of Technology Research and Development for COADE and is responsible for all new technologies used by COADE in the development of all software applications. He is the author of CADWorx Design Review as well as the Caesar II and PVElite user interface.

Webinar, September 4th, 12:00pm CST: Insulation

with John Brinlee, Sales Manager, COADE Inc.

CADWorx 2009 introduced the intelligent insulation feature. Insulation is an integral part of most piping designs and needs to be considered when laying out plant models. John Brinlee will show how this new feature works and how to use it in your design work.

Speaker bio:
John Brinlee is the Sales Manager- Plant Design Solutions for COADE, Inc. A piping and structural designer using third-party applications since AutoCAD Release 10, his real-world experience in plant design is apparent during the hundreds of technical product presentations and training sessions he's performed around the world over the past 18 years. John has collaborated on numerous training manuals over the years, including the Pro-Series, AutoPLANT, and CADWorx. He was also the principal author of the Plant Design White Paper, a comparison of CADWorx 2002 and AutoPLANT 2.01, published in 2002.

Webinar, August 14th, 12:00pm CST: AutoRoute

with David Wolfe, Mechanical Engineer, Proformance Group Inc.

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Routing pipe can be accomplished using several methods. Auto Route is a tool in CADWorx to simplify this process. Join David Wolfe as he shows the power of using the Autoroute command and how this tool can help you in your work process of building piping models.

Speaker bio:
David Wolfe is a Mechanical Engineer at Proformance Group Inc. in Greenville, SC. He is responsible for training and implementation of new software. He has experience in CADWorx P&ID, CADWorx IP, CADWorx Equipment, CADWorx Plant and Navisworks.

Webinar, August 7th, 12:00pm CST: Efficient Modeling

with Lee Smith, Lead Project Designer, John Zink Company

There is always a better way to do things and plant modeling is no different. New tools, new processes, new talent, all play a role in becoming more efficient. Join Lee Smith as he demonstrates some use of both CADWorx and AutoCAD tools to help you become more efficient in your modeling work.

Speaker bio:
Lee Smith is a lead project designer for the John Zink Company. Lee's responsibilities include coordinating teams for designing skid mounted vapor recovery units for both domestic and foreign clients and assisting in project management roles. A graduate of Oklahoma State University Tech, Lee has 30 plus years experience in the gas processing and transmission, oil refining, and chemical plant industries. Lee has gone from the drafting board to 3D CAD design and from field construction to the corporate office working with many of the leading companies of the industry. Lee has been married for 32 years and has 2 daughters and 9 grandchildren.

John Zink Company, LLC is a leading provider of advanced combustion systems and breakthrough technologies worldwide. John Zink is a Koch Chemical Technology, LLC Company.

Webinar, July 17th, 12:00pm CST: Using ISOGEN Detail Sketches

with Josh Sampson, Designer, ICM Inc.

Isometrics are used to represent a piping system for fabrication and construction. Sometimes these drawings need some additional information to convey the design intent to the fabricator. Detail Sketches are one tool to help with this intent. You can develop your own Detail Sketches to use inside ISOGEN and have them automatically placed on the drawings as needed. This webinar will demonstrate their development and use based on the requirements of ISOGEN.

Please join us as Josh presents Using ISOGEN Detail Sketches.

Speaker bio:
Josh Sampson has been a designer for seven years and has been with ICM Inc. for the past two. During his time with ICM Josh has implemented CADWorx and customized it to meet his company's needs. Most of this customization has been with ISOGEN.

ICM Inc. is based out of Colwich, Kansas and has been the leader in the ethanol market designing, building and supporting the majority of US plants. 

Webinar, July 10th, 12:00pm CST: Top-Works

with John Brinlee, Sales Manager, COADE Inc.

All valves have Top Works in the form of handles or operators both manual and automatic. A new feature in CADWorx 2009 is the ability to add Top Works to any valve. Join John Brinlee as he shows how this new tool can benefit you in your modeling work and how to add your own Top Works to the CADWorx libraries and specs.

Speaker bio:
John Brinlee is the Sales Manager- Plant Design Solutions for COADE, Inc. A piping and structural designer using third-party applications since AutoCAD Release 10, his real-world experience in plant design is apparent during the hundreds of technical product presentations and training sessions he's performed around the world over the past 18 years. John has collaborated on numerous training manuals over the years, including the Pro-Series, AutoPLANT, and CADWorx. He was also the principal author of the Plant Design White Paper, a comparison of CADWorx 2002 and AutoPLANT 2.01, published in 2002.

Webinar, June 19th, 12:00pm CST: Special End Components

with Rod Abbott, Mechanical Technologist, Wardrop Engineering

Learn how to use the special end components to create custom fittings, and put them in to the sanitary portion of your spec. 

Speaker bio:
Rod Abbott is an intermediate Mechanical Technologist with 8 years of engineering experience.  Rod has been with Wardrop Engineering for 5 years and is the Mechanical CAD Lead for the Thunder Bay office.  Since joining Wardrop, he has played a key role in implementing various 3D tools, including CADWorx and ISOGen.

Webinar, June 5th, 12:00pm CST: Spec Datafiles

with Rod Abbott, Mechanical Technologist, Wardrop Engineering

Learn what a data file is, how to manipulate the data, and use it in a spec.

Speaker bio:
Rod Abbott is an intermediate Mechanical Technologist with 8 years of engineering experience.  Rod has been with Wardrop Engineering for 5 years and is the Mechanical CAD Lead for the Thunder Bay office.  Since joining Wardrop, he has played a key role in implementing various 3D tools, including CADWorx and ISOGen.

Webinar, May 8th, 12:00pm CST: Drawing Annotation

with Rod Abbott, Mechanical Technologist, Wardrop Engineering
   

Learn how to add key information to your drawings such as valve tags, line numbers, and elevations.

Speaker bio:
Rod Abbott is an intermediate Mechanical Technologist with 8 years of engineering experience.  Rod has been with Wardrop Engineering for 5 years and is the Mechanical CAD Lead for the Thunder Bay office.  Since joining Wardrop, he has played a key role in implementing various 3D tools, including CADWorx and ISOGen.

Webinar, May 1st, 12:00pm CST: Keywords

with Greg Silva, CAD Coordinator, ENGlobal Engineering, Inc.
    Download Greg's Example Files Here 

Ever wanted to have a little more control of your fittings long description? Keywords are the answer. Keywords can give you a lot more control on your final bill of material description. It gives you the capabilities to add the different pipe schedules or even pipe thickness into your description without having to create multiple lines in your spec. you can also use the Keywords.dat file to create our own keywords per spec.

This presentation will take us through the steps on how to take full advantage of keywords and the keywords.dat file. And hopefully we will learn new ways in which this great feature can be utilized.

Speaker bio:
Greg Silva is the CAD Coordinator for ENGlobal Engineering Inc at the Tulsa, Oklahoma office. He has worked in the process piping field for 23 years but for the last seven years as a CAD Coordinator. He has been using CADWorx Plant software for almost eight years. He also teaches a Fundamentals of Process Piping and Design class at Tulsa Technology Center. He is also the president of TAUG "Tulsa Autodesk Users Group" the chairman for AUGI's Oklahoma AMUG "Autodesk Mechanical Users Group" also the manger for AUGI's AutoCAD Tips and Tricks.

Webinar, April 10th, 12:00pm CST: 2D Rep

with Lee Smith, Lead Project Designer, John Zink Company

A 3D model is a beautiful thing but all drawings are eventually 2D. Models can become extremely complex with multiple XREF associations and complex file/folder structures. Protecting the model integrity has also become a critical function. With the need to transmit drawings electronically and the need to secure the model, 2D Rep has become the tool to generate a 2D representation of any project. A 2D representation of the model can be transmitted easily without fear of compromising the associated data.

This presentation will show you how to use 2D Rep to generate your 2D drawings quickly and efficiently. Please join us as Lee Smith presents 2D Rep.

Speaker bio:
Lee Smith is a lead project designer for the John Zink Company. Lee's responsibilities include coordinating teams for designing skid mounted vapor recovery units for both domestic and foreign clients and assisting in project management roles. A graduate of Oklahoma State University Tech, Lee has 30 plus years experience in the gas processing and transmission, oil refining, and chemical plant industries. Lee has gone from the drafting board to 3D CAD design and from field construction to the corporate office working with many of the leading companies of the industry. Lee has been married for 32 years and has 2 daughters and 9 grandchildren.

John Zink Company, LLC is a leading provider of advanced combustion systems and breakthrough technologies worldwide. John Zink is a Koch Chemical Technology, LLC company.

Webinar, March 20th, 12:00pm CST: ISOGEN SKEYs

with Rod Abbott, Mechanical Technologist, Wardrop Engineering

Isometric drawings generated by ISOGEN use a symbol library to draw the various components. These symbols are assigned to each CADWorx component and represent it on the isometric. Sometimes you may want a different representation of the component on the final isometric. To do this you have to assign a new SKEY to that component. This takes a good knowledge of the SKEY library and the association between the CADWorx components and the SKEY assigned.

This presentation will show you how to change an SKEY for a component, the association between components and the SKEY library and how you can use your own SKEYs to assign special graphics to your final isometrics. Please join us as Rod Abbott presents ISOGEN SKEYs.

Speaker bio:
Rod Abbott is an intermediate Mechanical Technologist with 8 years of engineering experience.  Rod has been with Wardrop Engineering for 5 years and is the Mechanical CAD Lead for the Thunder Bay office.  Since joining Wardrop, he has played a key role in implementing various 3D tools, including CADWorx and ISOGen.

Webinar, March 13th, 12:00pm CST: ViewBox

with Brendan McMullin, Piping Designer, Capital Engineering
   

All projects use multiple model views to setup the drawings. Generating views in AutoCAD can be time consuming and somewhat frustrating. By using the ViewBox command inside CADWorx you can quickly setup multiple views of the model for use in all your drawing needs.

This presentation will take you through the process of setting up the needed views using the ViewBox command. Please join us as Brendan presents ViewBox.

Speaker bio:
Brendan McMullin is a Piping Designer at Capital Engineering in Edmonton, AB, Canada. He started working with Capital Engineering eleven months ago. In the last year Brendan has contributed to the as-built 3D model of eight Coker towers and a new 3D model of a Zinc Smelter. He is currently working on a 3D model for a Granulation Plant. Equipment for the three projects was created using CADWorx Equipment. The piping and structural steel were created using CADWorx Plant. He also has experience with CADWorx Isogen and Navisworks.

Webinar, March 6th, 12:00pm CST: ISOGEN Project Manager

with Matthew Breeden, Designer, ICM Inc.
and Josh Sampson, Designer, ICM Inc.
    

The final deliverable for any project is drawings and ISOGEN is the standard for producing isometric drawings. To get the most out of ISOGEN you need to understand the Project Manager. This is the beginning step to having truly great isometrics.

This presentation will take you through the Project Manager step by step and give you a good overview of how to harness the full power of ISOGEN. Setting up a new project, discussing the file structure and file types, and demonstrating the most important settings needed for complete isometrics.

Please join us as Matt and Josh present ISOGEN Project Manager.

Speaker bios:
Matthew Breeden has been a designer for three years of which the last two have been with ICM Inc. Josh Sampson has been a designer for seven years and has also been with ICM Inc. for the past two years. During their time with ICM Matt and Josh have implemented CADWorx and customized it to meet their company's needs. Most of this customization has been with ISOGEN.

ICM Inc. is based out of Colwich, Kansas and has been the leader in the ethanol market designing, building and supporting the majority of US plants. 

Webinar, February 21st, 12:00pm CST: CADWorx PIDView

with David Wolfe, Mechanical Engineer, Fagen Engineering
        Download David's Example Files Here

With the introduction of PIDView in CADWorx Plant Professional 2008 designers now have a direct link to P&ID data to use in developing their piping models. The link between the P&ID data and the model data is now available and viewable inside Plant Pro. With easy to use drag and drop, any valve in the P&ID can now be inserted into the model and all links are made automatically. View the P&ID file directly inside Plant to confirm the proper item before insertion.

This presentation will cover modifying your database to be "PIDVIEW" capable, using spec types, and another new command "COMBINEPROCESS." David will also demonstrate using the PIDView palette inside of CADWorx Plant. Join us as David Wolfe presents this powerful tool.

Speaker bio:
David Wolfe is a Mechanical Engineer at Fagen Engineering in Greenville, SC. He is responsible for training and implementation of new software. He has experience in CADWorx P&ID, CADWorx IP, CADWorx Equipment, CADWorx Plant and Navisworks. Fegan Engineering LLC is a national full-service engineering firm working in the biofuels industry.