CADWorx, CAESAR II & PV Elite: Insider Blog

Hydrocarbon Engineering Article on Integrated Software Solutions

Hi,

In this article, published in Hydrocarbon Engineering's March 2009 issue, I wanted to outline the benefits of plant design solutions that seamlessly share information. I felt it also important to highlight how the loss of information adversely effects the design and engineering process, and the accurate and timely production of deliverables.

Often for information transfer the words 'interoperability' and 'integration' are used interchangeably. We believe that both methods of sharing information are very different and both vital to the design process. Even so certain tasks are best suited to one or the other form of information transfer.

For example, if you wanted to produce an accurate piping isometric from a piping or plant design system, the best way would be to output that information in a format that would be accurately read by an isometric package. This is a good example of 'interoperability', as demonstrated between COADE CADWorx Plant Professional and ISOGEN by Alias.

On the other hand the bi-directional link that exists between COADE CAESAR II and COADE CADWorx Plant is fundamentally different. In this case information is seamlessly transferred both to and from the pipe stress analysis package and the piping and plant design package, this method of information transfer accurately illustrates our definition of 'integration'. 

COADE's goal is to move closer to an extensible world of integrated plant design and engineering solutions, and being authors of both design and engineering tools give us a great head start. Even so we realize that in any effective system both interoperability and integration have areas of operation within which they are most effective.

The article, Hydrocarbon Engineering - Bespoke Software, can be read here.

Vornel Walker
VP Marketing
COADE, Inc.

PV Elite helps Godrej design the 882 ton pressure vessel

   

Read the Success Story from the Godrej company, India and learn how PV Elite, COADE software for pressure vessel design and analysis, helped Godrej to design the 882 tons pressure vessel and to complete the project in record time.

Godrej company was formed in 1897 and has since grown into an international manufacturer and supplier. The Godrej Process Equipment Division manufactures process equipment for end users in the refining, petrochemical, fertilizer, oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceutical and power industries.

"PV Elite gives us the flexibility to design towers and exchangers to exacting standards. We can even perform analysis on vessels with exchanger bundles located in a tower."

Read full article in US Letter and A4 formats.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• PV Elite
• CodeCalc

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

FEATURED RESELLER:
KLG Systel, India,

To learn more about PV Elite pressure vessel and exchanger analysis and design, please visit: PV Elite Product Overview.

Elvira Ballard
Marketing Assistant
COADE, Inc. 

COADE USA Team Supports COADE Japan at SPAR 2009J

COADE Japan Team at SPAR 2009J May 14 - 15 at show start.
(L to R): Ken Jones, Tom Van Laan, Megumi Hasegawa, Yoshiko Tamura, Katsumi Watanabe

The COADE USA team tied up with the COADE Japan office as sponsors of SPAR 2009J in Kawasaki, Japan, on May 14-15, featuring demonstrations of CADWorx Plant Design Suite and CADWorx fieldPipe for Leica fieldPro. Produced by Spar Point, SPAR 2009J is an annual forum on capturing and managing existing-conditions data.

The COADE CADWorx Plant Design Suite is a complete solution for process plant design that offers intelligent drawing to database connectivity, advanced levels of design automation and easy-to-use design tools, as well as the industry's only truly bi-directional links between CAD and engineering analysis. Because of these distinct advantages, it is being rapidly adopted in Japan and other global markets by EPC firms and owner operators in the process, power, water treatment, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and semiconductor industries.

CADWorx fieldPipe produces AutoCAD-based, laser-precise 3D models, site designs, spool drawings and design verification from any field site. It makes producing as-built of existing facilities faster, easier and safer, and the designer knows the drawings are complete and accurate before leaving the site. 

Visiting from COADE USA were: Thomas J. Van Laan, PE President/CEO, John Brinlee, Sales Manager, Plant Design Solutions and Chris Schiller, Technical Sales Representative, Plant Engineering Solutions

Vornel Walker
VP Marketing
COADE, Inc.

CADWorx Design Viewer 2009

COADE, Inc. announces the release of the CADWorx® Design Viewer 2009.

CADWorx® Design Viewer is a free viewer that allows project stakeholders to view models published by CADWorx Design Create. CADWorx Design Viewer is a solution that can help you achieve better project efficiency, reduced project time, improved project collaboration resulting in succesful projects, satisfied customers and therefore repeat business.

• Better project collaboration
• 3D tools for easy review, exchange and feedback
• Model intelligence
• Improved project efficiency
• Reduced project time

Editions:

CADWorx Design Review - provides faster and easier review of plant design models by designers, managers, owners and other stakeholders.

CADWorx Design Create - an add-on to CADWorx Design Review, gives the ability to publish optional date-limited and password protected review models that can be read by CADWorx Design Review and CADWorx Design Viewer.

Access a printable PDF here.

Success Story - Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd

Please read a success story from the Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd. (former Kran Developments). Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd. is another prize winner of the Drivers of Success competition held at the 2008 CADWorx User Conference (to register for 2009 COADE All Products User Conference, visit: http://www.coadeuserconference.com/2009/).

Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd. is a small company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read the success story and learn how Collaborated Engineering used CADWorx to meet tight deadlines.

"CADWorx Plant Professional allowed Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd. to achieve complete control over our project and ensure a smooth project flow in 3D."

Read full article in US Letter or A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

FEATURED RESELLER:

• Chempute, South Africa

Elvira Ballard

CADWorx fieldPipe featured in the Australian Pipeliner

CADWorx fieldPipe, a product that combines Leica Geosystem's laser precision with Leica fieldPro's in-field direct-to-model power, was featured in the Australian Pipeliner magazine in April , 2009.

The article talks about the intelligence and accuracy of the laser technology of CADWorx fieldPipe and how Falk PLI Engineering and Surveying group used it to save project time and to eliminate the added cost and rework. "We saved approximately six to eight hours just for one spool piece - a full workday. That is less than 50 per cent of the time it would normally take," says David Danko, Falk Laser Scanning Project Manager.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx fieldPipe

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

• Offshore

PRODUCT RESELLER In Australia:

• Cortex Resources, web: http://www.cortex.com.au/

You can read a full article in PDF here.

To access the Australian Pipeliner website, visit: http://www.pipeliner.com.au/

Elvira Ballard