CADWorx, CAESAR II & PV Elite: Insider Blog

CAU2012 Drivers of Success Winners Webinar: CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite, October 24, 8AM CT

We are happy to announce the three outstanding projects as winners of CAU2012 Drivers of Success Competition. These winners are awarded with paid conference fees for one representative, plus paid hotel accommodation and travel to/from their cities. This webinar will feature these projects.

Here are our winners:

• FLSmidth for CADWorx category,
• Mott MacDonald for CAESAR II category,
• L&T Chiyoda for PV Elite category

During this webinar we will provide you an overview of CAU2012 CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite winner projects and how Intergraph solutions helped them achieve their project goals. Join this webinar and not only learn about the product features that can help you complete your projects efficiently but also how you can become the winner of Drivers of Success 2013!

View the recorded webinar here

Date: October 24, 2012
Time: 8:00AM CT - click here for your local time
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: free eSeminar

CAU Express in Caracas, Venezuela and Bogota, Colombia - October 23 and 25, 2012

We are happy to offer you our first CAU Express events in Caracas and Bogota! CAU Express consists of in depth training sessions on CADWorx, SmartPlant, CAESAR II, and PV Elite, all packed into a one-day, high-powered learning experience, that will not only leave you well informed, but will help you become a better plant designer and engineer.

Our CADWorx, SmartPlant, CAESAR II, and PV Elite product experts will help you expand your technical knowledge and you can network and share your experience with others. Each event will be capped off with product focused Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and a networking reception.

Here are our 2012 CAU Express October dates and locations:

October 23 – Caracas
October 25 - Bogota

Visit the CAU Express Home Page to learn more about this event and what it has to offer!

Hear from some of the past CAU event attendees!

"We thoroughly enjoyed the day and found the material presented very useful." 
"This event always generates a buzz.  It was an informational power packed three days!  I highly recommend it."
"The sheer amount of information that was available blew me away! The co-operation and good-will displayed between vendors, developers and end users sets an incredible example for the whole industry."

Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Discovery Tour 2012 - Norway and United Kingdom

Join us for the upcoming CADWorx, CAESAR II and PV Elite Seminars in Europe:

Oslo, Norway: September 12 - Learn more and register

Darlington, UK: September 18 - Learn more and register

During the day Intergraph experts will show you how to save time, improve quality and work safer in order to outsmart your competition. The sessions will introduce you to CADWorx, CAESAR II and PV Elite and will look at the productivity tools included in the latest releases based upon real life projects and challenges with live demos and regional ICAS customer presentations.

See first hand how you can leverage all the benefits these tools can offer to your projects and learn how to improve your workflow efficiency and design accuracy. For more information on European events, news and case studies, please visit our European CADWorx and Analysis pages.

We look forward to welcoming you as one of our valued guests!

Announcing CAU2012 Drivers of Success winners: Congratulations to our winners!

CAU2012 Drivers of Success Competition has now concluded and we are happy to announce our winners in the Intergraph CADWorx Plant, CAESAR II, and PV Elite categories. These winners are awarded with paid conference fees for one representative, plus paid hotel accommodation and travel to/from their cities.

And the winners are:

CADWorx Plant Design: FLSmidth

In this project FLSmidth  was tasked to supply a large $100m, 40,000 tonnes per day greenfield copper concentrator facility for a mine in Mongolia. Using Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional FLSmidth developed piping plans and sections, ISOGEN isometrics, and used the program’s live project database to create materials lists that automatically attached unique part numbers directly from the piping specifications.

CAESAR II: Mott MacDonald

In this project Mott MacDonald worked on a PNG LNG project that included gas production and gas transfer through a 700km pipeline. The scope of work involved the use of Intergraph CAESAR II to analyze above ground and buried pipelines across varied terrain and occasional fault lines and through multiple substations. CAESAR II statics modules, dynamics module (used for seismic analysis), buried soil modeler, and ISOGEN isometrics were heavily used.

PV Elite: L&T Chiyoda Limited

L&T Chiyoda Limited, a joint venture between Larsen Toubro, India and Chiyoda, Japan, used Intergraph PV Elite for vessel design for a large and complex pressure vessel in a Petrochemicals complex project. The vessel weighed 1000 tonne, was 82m in length, 9.6m in diameter, and was  fabricated in one piece. ASME Code calculations were created easily and quickly for MDMT, Nozzles, External Pressure, Hydrostatic testing, MAWP, MAP, Flanges etc.

Our runner-up winners are:

CADWorx products:

• Flexitech Consultants, India
• Empresas Y&V, Colombia

CAESAR II products:

• Amiantit Fiberglass, Saudi Arabia
• L&T Chiyoda Limited, India
• Engineers India Limited, India
• Genpro, Brazil

PV Elite products:

• GMMOS, United Arab Emirates

Collaboration Benefits - New category!

• Agility Group, Norway
• Fichtner Consulting, India
• Metka S.A., Greece
• Iberdrola, Spain

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the CAU2012 DOS competition.

For more information about CAU2012, visit: http://CAU2012.coade.com 

 

Intergraph CAESAR II User Group, August 9, 2012

Join us for the August month Houston CAESAR II User Group meeting to be held on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6.30PM.

CAESAR II User Group discussion will include:

• New Features of CAESAR II 2011 R1
• Preview of CAESAR II 2013
• CAESAR II at CAU2012
  

For more information about CAESAR II 2011 R1 or to register for CAESAR II R1 Overview webinar, visit: CAESAR II 2011 Release 1

Date: August 9, 2012
Location: Ashiana Restaurant (Banquet room) http://www.ashiana.cc/
Address: 12610  Briar Forest Dr. Houston, Texas 77077
tel: 281-679-5555
Food: Dinner/Drinks will be served
Time:  6:30PM – 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!

Chemical & Industrial Engineering Enhances Competitiveness with CADWorx and CAESAR II

With over 28 years experience in the refining, chemical, industrial, and food and beverage industries, Chemical & Industrial Engineering (C&I) is Kentucky's largest engineering, procurement and construction management firm as well as a regional leader.

With CADWorx we are able to create our own specifications internally with much more control over the cost and consistency, and they are much easier to manage, drastically reducing the hours and complexity

Read the full story in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• Intergraph CADWorx^® Plant
  
• Intergraph CADWorx Design Review
  
• Intergraph CAESAR II^®

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Chemical & Petrochemical
• Refineries
  

Intergraph CAS knowledge Base Articles Released

Intergraph has just released a set of knowledge base articles that provide instruction and guidance on product use and best practices for the Intergraph CADWorx & Analsysis Solutions (CAS) products: CADWorx®, CAESAR II®, PVElite® and TANK™. The latest article, submitted by Chempute, Intergraph Global Network Partner in South Africa, describes how users can create non standard equipment and add intelligent nozzles and piping connections within CADWorx Plant Professional. To read this latest article click here: Download Intergraph-CAS-Knowledge-Base-Article-CADWorx.pdf (171.3K)

 

These knowledge base articles are available via Intergraph eCustomer to all Intergraph CAS customers under current maintenance, for details on eCustomer visit, http://icas.intergraph.com/content/ICAS-Benefits-of-eCustomer. To sign up for eCustomer users should contact their local representatives, for details of local representatives visit, http://www.coade.com/Support/Dealers.shtml 

 

For information about Chempute, visit www.chempute.com.

CAESAR II Productivity Training, Houston TX September 10-14, 2012

We invite you to attend Intergraph CAESAR II Static Productivity Training on September 10-14, 2012 in Houston, TX. CAESAR II is a pipe stress analysis software, which since its introduction in 1984, became the world's most widely used pipe flexibility and stress analysis software.

CAESAR II Productivity Training is the number one pipe stress analysis course for CAESAR II users around the world. Attendees will acquire CAESAR II knowledge that extends beyond the modeling and analysis of CAESAR II systems. This course is taught by the developers of CAESAR II and covers extensive CAESAR II theory and CAESAR II theory application. During this course, attendees will work on case studies developed from helping 1000's of users solve real world problems collected during the past 25+ years. As an added benefit attendees will receive 35 PDH's upon successful completion.

What you will learn from Statics Course:

• Piping code basics.
• Guidelines for creating input data.
• Analytical approach to the piping loads design.
• CAESAR II navigation.
• Modeling and analysis of transmission lines
• Modeling and analysis of jacketed risers
• Modeling and analysis of FRP piping systems
• Analysis documentation and static analysis workshop

Read what past CAESAR II course attendees are saying:

"The course actually gives a lot of information that would surprise even an experienced pipe stress engineer!" Edmundo Bgalido, Hilltop Enterprises

"Dynamic Analysis of Piping Systems, making easy what seems to be difficult." Edgar Rincon, Multitecnia Ingenieria, C.A.

"Excellent well-structured approach to the complex world of stress analysis." Neil Bayliss, BPA

Register for this training here

Larsen and Toubro reduces design cycle times with Intergraph CAESAR II

A global company founded in 1938 and one of the largest private companies in India, Larsen & Toubro Limited’s Heavy Engineering group (L&T HE) designs, manufactures, and supplies precision custom-engineered critical static hi-tech equipment and systems for the processing industries including oil and gas refineries, petrochemical, fertilizer, and coal gasification plants. This includes reactors, pressure vessels, high pressure, and heat exchangers for such facilities plus waste heat boiler and steam drum packages with interconnected piping for facilities in more than 40 countries. They operate fabrication facilities in Mumbai, Hazira, and Ranoli in India and also in Oman, each with ISO 9001:2000 certification.

The ease of use and quick iterations with CAESAR II in our projects has reduced the design cycle time substantially

Read the full story in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• Intergraph CAESAR II^®

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Chemical & Petrochemical
• Refineries & Fertilizers
  

CAESAR II Webinar: Smart 3D Interface - August 21 at 10AM CT

with Mandeep Singh, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

View the recorded webinar here

 

Unfortunately the barriers between design and analysis departments are both physical and mental. Because of this, information exchange between departments is prone to error or loss, and delays and expensive retrofits can be the result of relevant information not propagated to all stakeholders.
 
This webinar will introduce new capabilities for integration between piping design and analysis in the latest version of CAESAR II^® 2011 R1 (5.31). We will reveal how the stress engineers can save on input time and concentrate on their primary task of solving stress problems by extracting the piping layout directly from the plant model, and do so with full confidence.
 
Once the piping system has been analyzed we will show how it can be quickly sent from CAESAR II to SmartPlant^® 3D and SmartMarine^® 3D (collectively known as Smart 3D) or SmartPlant Review, for comparisons with the original model. We will demonstrate how support  locations and pipe centerlines from the stress model are shown in both the SmartPlant Review and Smart 3D environments, enabling direct and efficient communication between stress analysts, designers and civil/structural engineers.

To check this webinar's time in your time zone, click here.

Date: August 21st, 2012
Time: 10:00AM CDT
Duration: 30 min
Cost: free eSeminar

Speaker bio: 

Mandeep Singh

Since 1988 Mandeep Singh has worked as a senior engineer for the Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions group. He is a senior developer for both Intergraph PV Elite and Intergraph CodeCalc. Additionally he provides technical support, instructs during the vessel seminars, and conducts product presentations. He has also used PV Elite/CodeCalc on real-world design projects. He has been actively involved in Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Discovery tours, showing the benefits of PV Elite to the clients worldwide. Mr. Singh holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, and brings together the technical expertise of the pressure vessel industry, plus an in-depth knowledge of PV Elite and CodeCalc.

CAESAR II Reinstatement Program

The CAESAR II Reinstatement Program continues and now offers discounts of up to 70% (+ maintenance) for CAESAR II users, who are not on maintenance, but wish to take advantage of the latest capabilities of CAESAR II.

Below we have listed some of the enhancements that CAESAR II has seen in the past few years:

• Improved graphics and many usability improvements
• Time saving modeling and analysis wizards
• Improved analysis model creation and manipulation
• The ability to view design models in the analysis from CADWorx or SmartPlant
• Improved and more flexible report creation
• Additional wind and seismic codes
• Additional international piping codes
• Enhanced hanger databases and design capabilities
• Bi-directional links with Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional
• Enhanced Interface with Intergraph Smart Plant with round-triping of results back to Smart Plant 3D
• Logical model organization with Line numbers

Program phases, timelines & savings:

Phase II: July - October 2012

70% product discount + 1 year maintenance

Phase III: November - February 2013

50% product discount + 1 year maintenance

If you update now, you can get next version of CAESAR II to be released in Q4 2012. For details on the CAESAR II Reinstatement Program and how you can benefit from upgrading from your current version of CAESAR II, contact your region’s reseller here: http://www.coade.com/dealer.shtml

Intergraph CAESAR II Release 1 (Version 5.31) and webinar announcement

Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions group would like to inform you that a new minor release of CAESAR II 2011 R1 (Version 5.31) is now available.

CAESAR II 2011 Release 1 capabilities:

• Enhanced the S3D-CAESAR II interface (PCF),
• Advanced PCF (APCF) into the piping input processor - a faster, interactive, and flexible PCF import.
• Updated CAESAR II data export to ODBC (MS Access) to facilitate round-tripping of results to Smart Plant 3D and Smart Plant Review New element order commands to block operations - invert elements and change sequence
• Usability improvements to reduce the input and editing time
• Additional corrections are listed in build.txt released with software
  

How to obtain CAESAR II 2011 Release 1:

This release will not be available on eCustomer or the coade.com website, please contact your local reseller or Intergraph sales representative to obtain CAESAR II 2011 R1. Find your local reseller by visiting this page.

Compatibility with CAESAR II 5.30:

This release has the same life format as 5.30 and it can be used on existing projects.

CAESAR II webinar:

New CAESAR II - Smart 3D Interface: Better Integration for Reduced Errors and Improved Efficiency, August 21 at 10AM CT. You can register for this webinar here.

 

Intergraph CAESAR II webinar: Customizing drawing styles in I-Configure for stress isometric drawing generation in CAESAR II

 

with Paul Martin, Intergraph

View the recorded webinar here

Stress isometrics produced by CAESAR II are customised using I-Configure, supplied as part of the product. I-Configure simplifies the customization of stress isometrics by making ISOGEN’s vast array of configuration options available in a single, simple to learn and easy to use, graphical user interface. Although CAESAR II users can generate stress isometrics using sample isometric style templates supplied as part of the product, most users will usually wish to configure their own deliverables in accordance with their company standards or project needs.

In this webinar we will focus on how I-Configure can be used to do this and show examples of adding a company drawing border, changing drawing content, modifying graphics definitions and dimensioning options, and positioning project attributes in the title block area.

Date: July 18, 2012
Time: 9:00AM CT  click here for your local time
Duration: 45 min
Cost: free eSeminar

 

Speaker bio: 

Paul Martin

Paul Martin is Intergraph Business Development Manager for CADWorx and Piping Solutions (SmartPlant Spoolgen and SmartPlant Isometrics) in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa, and is responsible for the development of existing accounts and for generating new business. Prior to joining Intergraph, he was Product Manager, and before that, Customer Support Manager, at Alias, the vendor of ISOGEN. He has 18 years broad experience in the process, mechanical and engineering software industries, where his primary focus has been the application of plant and piping design software to improve work processes and solve engineering problems. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Aided Engineering (awarded 1993, Huddersfield University, United Kingdom).

CAU2012 Drivers of Success: Two weeks left to submit your story!

CAU2012 Drivers of Success Competition ends July 15th. Don't miss your chance to participate in the Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis University 2012 Drivers of Success Competition! If you are an Intergraph CADWorx, CAESAR II, or PV Elite user, submit your success stories of using our products by July 15, 2012. There will be three first-place prizes and three runners-up prizes each for: CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite.

Reasons to participate:
•    Chance to win an all-inclusive trip to Houston, TX
•    Chance to attend powerful training for FREE
•    Feature your company and your team
•    Get acknowledged for your hard work
•    Enhance your career credentials
•    Receive an award and certificate

Prizes:
First-place prizewinners will receive an all-inclusive trip (including return flights from anywhere in the world to Houston, TX, along with hotel and conference fees) to this year's 2012 Intergraph CAS University. Runners-up will receive an Apple iPod Nano or iTouch. And, as a way of saying thank you for taking the time to tell us your story, every submission will receive a token of our appreciation.

What Do I Have To Do?
Simply complete the Drivers of Success Registration Form by July 15, 2012 to make your submission. It will be reviewed by our judges for suitability and entry into the final selection process. To review Drivers of Success Q&A, please visit: Drivers of Success 2012 Q&A

Submit your story here

Metka leverages collaboration between CADWorx and CAESAR II, saving time and ensuring accuracy

Founded in 1962 in Greece, METKA S.A. (METKA) is a major engineering, procurement,
and construction (EPC) company providing turnkey projects for the energy, infrastructure,
and defense sectors. With $490 million in annual revenue, METKA provides these services
for both thermoelectric and hydroelectric power plants and for the upgrade of existing power
plants.

By integrating CADWorx for design with CAESAR II for analysis, METKA was able to provide the client with fast, accurate and complete isometric drawings and automatically produce bills of material for fabrication.

Read the full story in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• Intergraph CADWorx^® Plant
  
• Intergraph CADWorx P&ID
• Intergraph CAESAR II^®

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Power Non Nuclear

CAU2012, September 24-25 Houston, TX: Registration Is Now Open!

 

CAU2012 Registration is now open. CAU is an annual user conference that provides powerful training opportunities for CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite users that will be taking place September 24-25, 2012 in Houston, TX.

 What does CAU2012 include?

• CADWorx technical training
• CAESAR II technical training
• PV Elite technical training
• Interactive technical labs
• Networking with industry peers
• Meeting and interacting with product developers
• Learning about the future of Intergraph CAS products
• More affordable
• New venue: Marriott, Sugar Land, TX

More info at: http://cau2012.coade.com

Would you like to attend CAU2012 for Free?

Submit your story to the Drivers of Success Competition 2012 using CADWorx, CAESAR II, and/or PV Elite and enter to win an all-inclusive trip to Houston, TX. Drivers of Success Competition 2012

Register for CAU2012 here

 

CAESAR II Productivity Training, Houston TX June 18-22, 2012

We invite you to attend Intergraph CAESAR II Static Productivity Training on June 18-22, 2012 in Houston, TX. CAESAR II is a pipe stress analysis software, which since its introduction in 1984, became the world's most widely used pipe flexibility and stress analysis software.

CAESAR II Productivity Training is the number one pipe stress analysis course for CAESAR II users around the world. Attendees will acquire CAESAR II knowledge that extends beyond the modeling and analysis of CAESAR II systems. This course is taught by the developers of CAESAR II and covers extensive CAESAR II theory and CAESAR II theory application. During this course, attendees will work on case studies developed from helping 1000's of users solve real world problems collected during the past 25+ years. As an added benefit attendees will receive 35 PDH's upon successful completion.

What you will learn from Statics Course:

• Piping code basics.
• Guidelines for creating input data.
• Analytical approach to the piping loads design.
• CAESAR II navigation.
• Modeling and analysis of transmission lines
• Modeling and analysis of jacketed risers
• Modeling and analysis of FRP piping systems
• Analysis documentation and static analysis workshop

Read what past CAESAR II course attendees are saying:

"The course actually gives a lot of information that would surprise even an experienced pipe stress engineer!" Edmundo Bgalido, Hilltop Enterprises

"Dynamic Analysis of Piping Systems, making easy what seems to be difficult." Edgar Rincon, Multitecnia Ingenieria, C.A.

"Excellent well-structured approach to the complex world of stress analysis." Neil Bayliss, BPA

Register for this training here

Intergraph CAS and CodeCAD Discovery Tours, Canada in May and June, 2012

 

We invite you to join us at the Intergraph CAS and CodeCAD Discovery Tour events that will take place in the following locations:

• Vancouver, Canada - May 15
• Edmonton, Canada - May 16
• Calgary, Canada - May 17
• Toronto, Canada - June 13
• Montreal, Canada - June 14
• St. John's, Canada - June 15

Our worldwide Discovery Tours attract hundreds of plant designers and engineers every year who are looking for efficiency, cost-saving, and collaboration benefits that can be achieved with Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis products.

Learn what CADWorx can do for you and join other successful CADWorx users in producing your "deliverables with 100% accuracy" (Read Kantey & Templer case study here).

Learn how CAESAR II can help you save your money and develop accurate deliverables (Read Mott MacDonald case study here).

Benefits of attending:

• Learn about CADWorx 2013
• Hear about CADWorx fieldPipe capabilities
• CAESAR II Version 6.0 pre-release sneak peek
• PV Elite feature report - latest version 2012 and upcoming 2013 version
• Learn about the benefits of an integrated system
• Networking and knowledge sharing with your industry peers

 

 

To register for the events, visit:
http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-PDS-2012

For more information about CodeCAD, visit: http://www.codecad.com/.

 

 

Prokon enhances productivity through CADWorx and CAESAR II collaboration and automation

Headquartered in Ankara, Turkey, Prokon Engineering and Consulting (Prokon) specializes in engineering and design for all phases of industrial plant facilities including civil, steel, electrical, mechanical, and piping projects. The company’s 200 employees include engineers, drafters and designers, and operations staff.

“We produced the greatest amount and quality of piping drawings and calculations in the company’s history."

Read the full story in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• Intergraph CADWorx^®
• Intergraph CAESAR II^®

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Metals & Mining

Intergraph CAESAR II webinar: CAESAR II Stress Isometric Generation Basics, May 22 at 10AM

with Dominik Hepp, Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions

Date: May 22, 2012
Time: 10:00AM CT  click here for your local time
Duration: 30 min
Cost: free eSeminar 

View the webinar recording here

One of the most widely used means to communicate stress analysis results with others, alongside the analysis data reports themselves, is through the use of stress isometric drawings. When included with the stress analysis reports, stress isometric drawings add tremendously to the effectiveness of information transfer. In this webinar we will focus on the aspects associated with stress isometric drawing generation from a CAESAR II model. We will start off by looking at the default isometric output and expand to review model annotation features, line number filtering, forced split points, etc. Finally we will introduce I-Configure as a tool used to create and configure custom isometric styles. In-depth coverage of I-Configure functionality has been reserved for a separate continuation webinar.

Speaker bio: 
Dominik Hepp joined the Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions (Intergraph CAS) group in August 2011. His responsibilities include providing end-user technical support, product testing, and training/presentation support for the CADWorx Plant Design Suite, CAESAR II, and product integration.

CAU Express a Global Success with 849 Attendees

Intergraph CAU Express Events Attracts Over 849 Attendees in Four Weeks!

ICAS takes CADWorx & Analysis University (CAU) on the road, with CAU Express, and boosts CAU annual end-user attendance by almost 700%.

CAU is a two-day, in-depth training event that takes place each fall in Houston, Texas, covering the ICAS products: CADWorx, CAESAR II and PV Elite. CAU has always been enthusiastically embraced by our users, but because of its location it has been a very US-centric affair with only modest attendance from outside the Americas.

Making CAU Global
For CAU we had always attempted to recruit attendees from overseas, but for many engineers, designers, and their companies, the cost of travelling to these events made attendance difficult. That is why this year, instead of specifically attempting to recruit attendees from overseas, we decided to take CAU Express on the road to those regions with a strong ICAS user base.

What is CAU Express?
CAU Express is a value-priced, single-day event that showcases a selection of both new and highly regarded classes from our annual two-day CAU event.

Each stop kicked off with a keynote on “Enhancing Productivity Through Collaboration” by Rick Allen, senior vice president PP&M, and president of ICAS. After the keynote delegates each attended 4 x 90 minute classes for their chosen product track or field of interest. Each day ended with roundtable discussions on the products and an evening reception.

Some locations also included SmartPlant 2D solution tracks, given by local distributors and Intergraph offices.

Where was CAU Express held this year?
March 22^nd Johannesburg, South Africa, Chempute, Attendees: 75
March 26^th Dubai, UAE, Image Grafix. Attendees: 95
March 28^th and 30^th Mumbai and Chennai, India, KLG Systel. Attendees: 170
April 25^th Yokohama, Japan, Intergraph Japan, 87
April 27^th Beijing, China, AECSoft. Attendees: 237
April 30^th  Seoul, Korea, Intergraph Korea. Attendees: 106
May 2^nd Singapore, IOCS Asia. Attendees: 79

A total of 849 end-user attendees

Interesting fact: the largest classes were in China for CAESAR II, with 135 attendees!

What attendees have said

Your event yesterday was fulfilling and truly rewarding. It’s so great to have Mr. Dave Diehl and your team supporting us technically. I look forward to the next CAU express.

Darwin Santiago, Mechanical/Piping, Penspen International Ltd., Dubai, UAE

My sincere thanks to you all for hosting CAU EXPRESS in Mumbai. It was indeed a memorable day for us. I appreciate the efforts put in by you all for making this event successful. Last but not least: Please conduct CAU in Mumbai every year!!!!!!!

Deputy Chief Engineer, Pipe Stress, Mott McDonalds, Mumbai, India

Those that made it happen…
We could not have pulled this off without the help of our local partners. A special thanks goes to the ICAS session instructors that were on the road for two separate two-week blocks over a seven week period, delivering quality until the last delegate left. These valiant souls were: Richard Ay and Dave Diehl, CAESAR II; Sonia Delgadillo, CADWorx; and Luis Sanjuan, PV Elite (this was his first business trip with ICAS since joining 3 years ago). Also ICAS Regional Managers, Rob Herrington (IME) and Chris Schiller (APAC).

A special mention to the ICAS marketing team: Elvira Ballard and Alex Timofeyev for globally promoting CAU Express and closely working with our local partners. Also we want thank Kelly Montgomery and Eileen Tan for their help in making the APAC stops such a success.

Note: CAU2012 will be held September 24-25, Houston, Texas. Details will be posted on www.coade.com and Intergraph event sites in the coming weeks.

Vornel Walker
ICAS Marketing

CAU2012 Drivers of Success Competition: Submit Your Story And Enter To Win An All-Inclusive Trip To Houston, TX!

Don’t miss your chance to participate in the Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis University 2012 Drivers of Success Competition! If you’re an Intergraph CADWorx, CAESAR II, or PV Elite user, submit your success stories of using our products by July 15, 2012. There will be three first-place prizes and three runners-up prizes each for: CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite.

Reasons to participate:

•    Feature your company and your team
•    Get acknowledged for your hard work  
•    Enhance your career credentials
•    Receive an award and certificate
•    Chance to win an all-inclusive trip to Houston, TX
•    Chance to attend powerful training for FREE

Prizes:

First-place prizewinners will receive an all-inclusive trip (including return flights from anywhere in the world to Houston, TX, along with hotel and conference fees) to this year’s 2012 Intergraph CAS University. Runners-up will receive an Apple iPod Nano or iPod Touch. And, as a way of saying thank you for taking the time to tell us your story, every submission will receive a token of our appreciation.

What Are We Looking For?

You can base your submissions on projects from any industry, as long as you have used CADWorx, CAESAR II or PV Elite during the project. If you use CADWorx, CAESAR II or PV Elite and like the results, we want to know! See an example of one of last year's winner's here.

What Do I Have To Do?

• Simply complete the Drivers of Success Registration Form by July 15, 2012, to make your submission.

To see CAU2011 winners and review Drivers of Success Q&A, please visit: Drivers of Success 2012 Q&A

CAU2012 Overview webinar: May 8, 2012 at 10AM CT

We invite you to attend a 30-minute webinar where we will give you an overview of this year's CADWorx & Analysis University (CAU) 2012 that will take place on September 24 and 25, 2012 in Houston, TX. CAU is an annual user conference that provides powerful training opportunities for CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite users.

This webinar will take place on May 8 at 10AM Central time. All webinar attendees will learn how they can save $200 off the registration fee of $895.

What does CAU2012 include?
•    Two days of powerful, advanced technical training
•    Interactive technical labs
•    Networking with industry peers
•    Meeting and interacting with product developers
•    Learning about the future of Intergraph CAS products

Additional reasons to attend CAU2012:
•    Product-specific tracks
•    Advanced in-depth technical training
•    Learn how to be more productive and effective
•    New venue: Sugar Land, TX
•    Lower registration fees

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CAU Express 2012 Beijing, China - Website

This is a great website promoting this year's CAU Express stop in Beijing, China April 27, from our Chinese resellers AECSoft Engineering Software.

To see this site click here CAU Express 2012 Beijing

CAU Express is an in-depth learning expreience covering CADWorx®, CAESAR II®, PV Elite® and the SmartPlant® E&I solutions, and has had successful stops in South Africa, UAE and India and continues to:

Yokohama, Japan - Wednesday, April 25
Beijing, China – Friday, April 27
Seoul, Korea – Monday, April 30
Singapore – Wednesday, May 2

For more details and to register please visit our CAU Express site

The ICAS team is looking forward to these events and to meeting you at our main CAU event which takes place in Houston, Texas September 24-25

Vornel Walker

 

CAU Express 2012 in Dubai, South Africa, and India - A Success!

Intergraph CAS held very first, and very successful, CAU Express events in March that took place in Johannesburg, Dubai, Mumbai, and Chennai. Thank you to all of you who helped us make each CAU Express stop successful!

CAU Express March 2012 welcomed over 300 attendees...for a one-day, advanced learning, and powerful networking seminar. Attendees were able to not only improve their skills with in-depth CADWorx, SmartPlant, CAESAR II, and PV Elite classes, but also hear industry success stories and meet and mingle with industry peers.

Here is what our March attendees are saying about this event:  

• "It was a very fruitful day, I enjoyed it a lot. Must say, the presenters are top class and they know their product well."
• "The course was very very helpful. I really enjoyed it. The presenter was very good in conveying the information across."
• "We thoroughly enjoyed the day and found the material presented very useful."

 

We are looking forward to welcoming attendees to the CAU Express 2012 April/May events due to be held in Yokohama, Beijing, Seoul, and Singapore!

If you have not signed up for these events yet, you can register here