CADWorx, CAESAR II & PV Elite: Insider Blog

Intergraph CAS Halloween 2011!

Every year Intergraph CAS continues its finest tradition, each Halloween our employees reveal their true selves. This year was no exception.

Truly scary...

First Prize:

Alien Girl

Second Prize/Third Prize:

Geisha & Charlie Sheen

CAESAR II helps Mott MacDonald save millions of rupees and win project technical disputes

A leading multi-disciplinary management and engineering consulting firm with offices throughout India, Mott MacDonald India (MMPL) serves clients engaged in oil and gas, pipelines, energy, manufacturing, water, and environment as well as transportation, construction, urban infrastructure, and social development.

"CAESAR II helped us confidently develop our project deliverables and its ISOGEN helped us quickly produce accurate isometric drawings."

Read the full story in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• Intergraph CAESAR II®
  
  

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Chemical & Petrochemical
• Oil & Gas - Onshore

Intergraph CAESAR II webinar: CAESAR II Interfaces with SmartPlant 3D and CADWorx Plant, November 10th 2011

With Steve Gillott and Chris Bradshaw, Intergraph

Date: November 10, 2011
Time: 15:00 CET  click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

View the recorded webinar here

CAESAR II is the world’s best known tool for Pipe Stress Analysis. It can be (and is) used efficiently within a project workflow as a stand-alone product. However, when used with Intergraph’s 3D CAD modelling software SmartPlant 3D* and CADWorx Plant** then errors are drastically reduced, the time between analysis ‘release’ and approval is reduced and therefore productivity and efficiency are improved.

A large proportion of a given plant is made up of piping (approx. 80-90%). From this approximately 60% of the piping systems are defined as ‘critical’ and require some form of formal stress analysis in order to demonstrate their safety.  If the data from the 3D model is not re-used for analysis, between 60 to 70% of the stress analysis task is spent re-modelling the piping system(s). This is wasted time which could be used to improve productivity.

A common complaint amongst project managers and analysts is that interfaces with CAESAR II don’t transfer data from the CAD arena to the analysis arena with sufficient completeness, accuracy and ‘analysts’ logic’ to justify their use.  Further, it is alleged that the interfaces don’t provide sufficient user interaction or flexibility to permit the analysis to ‘do it their way’.

This Webinar will demonstrate how both of Intergraph’s 3D offerings can transfer a high percentage of a piping systems attributes to the analysis environment thus leaving the analysis to get on with the ‘analysis task’ rather than modelling. As such, the two products, used together, can address the requirements of Owner Operators, EPC’s, smaller contractors, skid designers and many more organisations. 

A brief demonstration of the stand-alone CAESAR II product will be followed by an illustration of how the time to ‘analysis approval’ is reduced through the use of Intergraph’s SmartPlant 3D and CADWorx Plant in supplying necessary attribute data.

*SmartPlant 3D Enterprise wide suite of software that provides all the capabilities needed to design a plant, and then keep it as-built throughout its life cycle

**CADWorx Plant Professional AutoCAD based Complete Plant Design for smaller and medium sized projects

Presenter bio’s:

Steve Gillott
Steve is the ICAS Sales and Support Manager with responsibilities for analysis products.  His duties include sales of analysis products into NW Europe with direct responsibility for the UK and Ireland.  He is also the Office Manager of Intergraph Derby and supervises the ‘analysis’ support team.  With over 25 years’ experience within the industry as an analyst, sales manager, pre sales presenter, support engineer, trainer and business development he is able to tap into a large knowledge base.  He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and MBA.

Chris Bradshaw
Chris is an Application Engineer providing Technical Support for ICAS analysis products.  He has been in the piping industry for 6 years initially being responsible for technical support and training on CADWorx Plant.  Nearing completion of his Engineering Degree, Chris is a talented and valuable member of the support team and active in both pre and post sales ‘analysis’ software roles including training in CAESAR II.

Intergraph CAESAR II User Group, November 17, Houston, TX

Join us for the Houston CAESAR II User Group meeting to be held on November 17, 2011.
 
During this session, Paul Dube of Anvil Engineered Pipe Supports will give a presentation about Design of Pipe Hangers and Supports including a talk on industry standard changes regarding coil coatings. All attendees will receive professional development hour (PDH) certificates.

Date: November 17, 2011
Location: Gourmet India, www.gourmetindiahouston.com
Address: 13155 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX
tel: 281-493-5435
Food: Dinner/Drinks will be served
Time:  6:00PM – 8:30PM
 
Connect with the Houston CAESAR II user community, share knowledge and best practices, and meet with CAESAR II software developers at the CAESAR II User Group - Houston!

Register for this event here

 

Intergraph CAS Discovery Tours: Athens, Greece, November 8, 2011

Intergraph will be hosting a Discovery Tour event on November 8, 2011 in Athens, Greece that will feature Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx P&ID Professional, including demonstrations of how they integrate with Intergraph CAESAR II for pipe stress analysis and PV Elite for vessel and exchanger analysis. The presentations will describe how this integration breaks down barriers between engineering and design so that both groups can share information seamlessly in a collaborative work environment, enhancing productivity for all stakeholders. Hosting the event locally will be Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions dealer DePlan Soft. For more information about DePlan Soft, visit http://www.deplan.gr/mixanologiki_sxediasi.asp.

To register for this event, visit
http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-Greece-2011

For information on Intergraph CADWorx, visit
http://www.intergraph.com/products/ppm/cadworx/.

For information on Intergraph’s analysis products visit
http://www.intergraph.com/ppm/analysis.aspx.

Intergraph CAS Discovery Tour in Japan, November 2-3, 2011

Intergraph will host Intergraph CAS Discovery Tour events on November 2 in Yamaguchi and November 3 in Kita Kyushi, Japan. The event will demonstrate Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx P&ID Professional, including demonstrations of how they integrate with Intergraph CAESAR II for pipe stress analysis and PV Elite for vessel and exchanger analysis. They will also show how this integration breaks down barriers between engineering and design so that both groups can share information seamlessly in a collaborative work environment, enhancing productivity for all stakeholders.

To register for these events, visit
http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-Japan-2011  

For more information about Intergraph Japan, visit http://www.intergraph.com/ppm/analysis.aspx. 

SPED 31st Annual General Business Meeting, October 27-28, Houston, TX

 

Attend SPED's 31st annual general business meeting (AGBM) that will take place October 27-28, 2011 at the Houston Marriott Energy Corridor. Expand your knowledge with the latest Piping Industry information from experts on instrumentation, P&IDs, valves, fabrication, hangers and supports, pressure vessels, pipe stress, centrifugal pumps, and inspectability.

For the 4th consecutive year, SPED Corporate Members will exhibit their latest products and services for pipers, piping leads and managers. Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions (Intergraph CAS) will be a silver sponsor at this event representing, CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite, and TANK products. Dave Diehl, Director of Training at Intergraph CAS will deliver a technical brief "Pipe Stress for Pipers". 

The 31st SPED AGBM will feature a keynote focused on current piping trends. 

For more information, visit: SPED Annual General Business meeting 

About SPED:
The Society of Piping Engineers and Designers (SPED) was formed in 1980 for the purpose of serving pipers by providing training, certification and professional development.  31 years later, they continue to train and certify pipers, promoting excellence and quality in piping design worldwide. 

CADWorx Reinstatement Program (Phase II): Ends December 2011!

CADWorx Reinstatement Program continues, and those that missed the end of the Phase I September deadline, of up to an 80% discount off the price of CADWorx Plant Professional 2012 (plus the standard one-year maintenance), you can still save!

The Phase II of the CADWorx Reinstatement Program offers discount of up to of 70% and is good through December, 2011.This offer, to upgrade to CADWorx Plant Professional, also applies to existing CADWorx Plant and CADWorx/Pipe users who want to move to this full featured and comprehensive solution for intelligent 3D plant design with full AutoCAD® 2009 to 2012 compatibility. 

Warning!! If you do not upgrade by the end of March 2011, you will be subject to standard upgrade fees/penalties AND andy crossgrade fees from CADworx Plant to Plant Professional AND will not be abel to upgrade CADWorx versions older than 2008! 

CADWorx Plant Professional 2012 provides the industry’s most comprehensive and advanced suite of intelligent 3D plant design tools for piping, steel, equipment, HVAC, and cable trays, plus built-in ISOGEN for the automatic creation of isometric drawings. It also includes CADWorx P&ID for the creation of process and instrumentation diagrams and drawings, key deliverables for intelligent plant design. 
 
For a list of the advanced features in CADWorx Plant Professional 2012 compared to earlier versions, visit http://icas.intergraph.com/content/CADWorx-Feature-Matrix.  For a comparison of CADWorx Plant and CADWorx Plant Professional features, visit http://icas.intergraph.com/content/Plant-to-Plant-Pro-comparison. 
 
Phase III discount of 50% will be January through March 2012 (plus one-year maintenance in each case). For details on the CADWorx Reinstatement Program, users should contact the reseller in their region. A list is at http://www.coade.com/dealer.shtml. At the conclusion of phase III of this offer no CADWorx licences before release 2008 will be eligible for upgrade. 

 

Intergraph CAS Discovery Tours: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha, UAE October 23-25, 2011

Intergraph CAS and ImageGrafix, Global Network Partner for Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions will be hosting Intergraph CAS Discovery Tour events on October 23 in Dubai, October 24 in Abu Dhabi, and October 25 in Doha, United Arab Emirates. The event presentations will feature Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx P&ID Professional, including demonstrations of how they integrate with Intergraph CAESAR II for pipe stress analysis and PV Elite for vessel and exchanger analysis. They will also show how this integration breaks down barriers between engineering and design so that both groups can share information seamlessly in a collaborative work environment, enhancing productivity for all stakeholders.

To register for these events, visit
http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-ImageGrafix-2011  

For more information about ImageGrafix, visit http://www.image-grafix.com/software-packages/index.htm. 

Intergraph CAS Discovery Tours: Chiba, Japan October 19 & Tokyo, Japan October 20, 2011

  
Intergraph CAS and Intergraph Japan will be hosting Intergraph CAS Discovery Tour events on October 19 in Chiba and October 20, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. The event presentations will feature Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx P&ID Professional, including demonstrations of how they integrate with Intergraph CAESAR II for pipe stress analysis and PV Elite for vessel and exchanger analysis. They will also show how this integration breaks down barriers between engineering and design so that both groups can share information seamlessly in a collaborative work environment, enhancing productivity for all stakeholders.

To register for these events, visit
http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-Japan-2011. 

For more information about Intergraph Japan, visit http://www.intergraph.com/global/jp/. 

For information on Intergraph CADWorx, visit http://www.intergraph.com/products/ppm/cadworx/.

For information on Intergraph’s analysis products visit, http://www.intergraph.com/ppm/analysis.aspx.

ECE Design Adds New Staff And Expands Houston Office To Support Intergraph CADWorx, CAESAR II, And PV Elite Market

 

ECE Design, a Global Network Partner for Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions, has added new staff and has relocated to a larger Houston office in its continued effort to support the growing market for Intergraph’s popular plant design and engineering analysis solutions.

The new expanded ECE Design office and training center facility is located at:

7102 W. Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 220
Houston, Texas, 77040 USA

“We are committed to hiring the best resources and providing the best training facilities to assist our CADWorx and analysis customers with sales and support services,” explained Bill Vasey, president of ECE Design. Also joining the ECE staff are John McWilliams, Robert Riley, and Bill Shipley with years of piping design experience. John Brinlee, director of Business Development at ECE Design emphasized the company’s focus on the CADWorx and analysis markets. “Hiring knowledgeable people like Bill, John, and Robert adds to our core competence as CADWorx experts,” Brinlee said, “and we plan to continue to grow this expertise.”

For more information about ECE Design, visit www.ecedesign.com. 

For information on Intergraph CADWorx, visit http://www.intergraph.com/products/ppm/cadworx/.

For information on Intergraph’s analysis products visit http://www.intergraph.com/ppm/analysis.aspx.

Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Newsletter, September 2011

  

 

 

CADWorx and Analysis University 2011 - Thanks to everyone who attended! The conference had a great turonout with 246 attendees representing 111 companies. Continued...

31st SPED Annual Business Meeting - Intergraph CAS will be a silver Sponsor at this event representing CAESAR II, PV Elite, and TANK products. Dave Diehl, Director of Training at Intergraph CAS will deliver a technical brief "Pipe stress for pipers". Continued...

SPED Houston Chapter Networking event, October 6 - SPED Houston Chapter will be taking place on October 6 at 5.30PM - 8:00PM at Sherlock's Pub. Continued...

To read more, please visit ICAS Newsletter September, 2011

Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Newsletter, August 2011

  

 

 

CADWorx and Analysis University 2011 - CADWorx and Analysis University 2011 is approaching fast. View Z-mag or CAU2011 YouTube video. See what's included here here.

Intergraph CAS New Support Organization - These changes will go into effect September 8, 2011. To obtain more information and read about the new system benefits, visit: Intergraph CAS New support organization.

Intergraph CAS Houston Training - On September 12-16, Intergraph CAS will deliver CAESAR II Statics Pipe Stress Analysis productivity training in Houston, TX. To register, visit: CAESAR II training

To read more, please visit ICAS Newsletter August, 2011

Intergraph CAS Discovery Tours in Bangkok, October 17-18 and in Rayong, Thailand, October 21-21

    

Intergraph CAS and Neon Infotech South East Asia Co., Ltd., would like to announce an Intergraph CAS Discovery Tour event on October 17-18 in Rayong and October 20-21 in Bangkok, Thailand. 

During this 2-day session we will employ hands-on methods, using the latest releases of CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite to provide a solid platform of experience for attendees. Attendees will also discover the integration possibilities between various Intergraph solutions and how this integration can benefit their workflow, engineering design and project executions.

Although these sessions are free of charge for all attendees, it is necessary to pre-register for the event so we can make appropriate arrangements for the required software, training materials, plus food and refreshments.

Please register for this event here:

http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-Neon-2011

 

 

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Harder Mechanical succeeds through over 800 model changes on complex California chemical plant project

Harder Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (HMC) recently completed a $150M chemical processing plant design project in California for a facility that covered 10 acres and a project that entailed over 800 design changes.  In business since 1934 and ranked by ENR as the fifth largest specialty mechanical contractor in the United States, HMC specializes in the fabrication and installation of process mechanical/piping systems for commercial, industrial, biopharmaceutical, and advanced technologies projects. Famous for its ability to tackle even the most difficult project, this one presented some exceptional challenges.  CADWorx Plant Professional is their detailing software of choice.

“CADWorx helped us avoid all the project challenges associated with historic construction such as constructability issues, coordination problems, fabrications errors, material purchasing omissions, and pipe support stress analysis accuracy.”

Read the full story in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• Intergraph® CADWorx® Plant
• Intergraph CAESAR II®
  
  

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Chemical & Petrochemical