CADWorx, CAESAR II & PV Elite: Insider Blog

Intergraph TANK 2012 Version 4.0 is now available

The Intergraph TANK 2012 version 4.0 is now available. Below is a summary of the main features of this release.

Main enhancements of TANK 2012 version 4.0:

• TANK 2012 was updated to the latest API Code, 11th Edition, Addendum 3.
• User defined Wind pressure versus Elevation in lieu of the built in API (ASCE-7) Wind load method. 
• Anchor Chair calculations have been added that include formulas and substitutions
• The user interface has also been updated. 
• The output processor has also been updated and some new features added. 
• The TANK User's Guide has been re-organized to include additional task-oriented topics and enhanced information. 
• A separate Installation Guide is now available that include troubleshooting topics. Previously the installation instructions were included as part of the TANK User's Guide. You can access the Installation Guide in .pdf format from the TANK Installation splash screen as well as from the TANK Main menu Help item. Click On-line Documentation.

 For information about Intergraph TANK visit: http://www.coade.com/products/tank

Intergraph CAS and ECE Discovery Tours: Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri, Kentucky March 8 - 22, 2012

 

We invite you to join us at the Intergraph CAS and ECE Discovery Tours that will take place in the following cities in March:

March 8 - Appleton, Wisconsin
March 13 - Irving, Texas
March 20 - Midland, Texas
March 20 - St. Louis, Missouri
March 22 - Louisville, Kentucky 

The next version of CADWorx with the Enhanced Piping being released this spring. ECE estimates that the enhanced pipe routing will reduce modeling times by at least 20%. On top of that, ECE is prepared to demonstrate how to increase performance by 30% on most projects by implementing 5 simple strategies. Come join us at the Discovery Tour so you can make your own evaluation and ask questions about all that will be new to CADWorx in the coming months and some of our Implementation strategies that leverage existing AutoCAD/CADWorx Horsepower.

Agenda:

09:30-10:00  Registration, Introductions 

10:00-12:00  Enhanced Piping Features and Functions:

• Increased routing capability with same user interface
• Modification/Placement Made Easy with Measuring and Distance options
• Changing Size
• Changing Spec
• Enhanced UserShape Capabilities

                Enhanced Piping Spec and Catalog Editor:

• Catalog Basics
• Specification Basics
• Branch Table
• Classic Spec Conversion

12:00-13:00  Lunch 

13:00-14:30  Is there more Horsepower in your CADWorx Engine?
Improve Project Performance by at least 30%
Top 3 Implementations Strategies:

• Accurate Specification Development
• Sheet Set Manager & Named Views
• Using CADWorx P&ID Standard (Free with CADWorx Plant Pro)

Top 2 PLANTMO-CAD Implementations:

• Post Processing Isometric Drawings
• Bill of Material Add/Delete Sheets

14:30-15:30  Question & Answer 

To register for the event, visit: http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-ECE-Design-2012. 

For information about the event, visit: www.ecedesign.com/cadworx_discovery_tours.

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

 

 

Intergraph® CADWorx® & Rohrleitungstage, Jan 2012 - Deutschland und Schweiz

Wir freuen uns, Sie zu unseren ersten Integraph CADWorx & Rohrleitungstagen im neuen Jahr in Deutschland und der Schweiz einladen zu dürfen.

24.1. - Frankfurt

26.1. - Basel

Die Digitale Kette der Rohrleitungstechnik mit den Produkten SmartPlant Isometrics & PICODA und unsere ICAS Produktreihe CADWorx, CAESAR II®, PV Elite® und TANK™, sowie ihre Integration, sind Schwerpunkt dieser Veranstaltungen.

Alle weiteren Informationen und Ihr Anmeldeformular, finden Sie hier. Wir freuen uns auf Sie!

Mit freundlichen Grüβen,

James Wright & Helmut Exner

Intergraph PP&M Deutschlang GmbH

 

Intergraph CADWorx Discovery Tour, Jan 2012 - Germany and Switzerland

Intergraph will host two CADWorx & Piping Discovery Events in Germany and Switzerland this January.

24.1. - Frankfurt

26.1. - Basel

These events will be held in German and focus on SmartPlant Isometrics & PICODA and the integration with our ICAS product range CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite and TANK. Please visit our website for more information and your registration. We look forward to seeing you!

Kind regards,

James Wright & Helmut Exner

Intergraph PP&M Deutschland GmbH

 

Intergraph PP&M, Russia and CIS 2011, Yalta, September 12-14, 2011

Intergraph Process Power & Marine, in cooperation with its partners: NEOLANT, CSoft, CSoft - Bureau of ESG, CAXperts and Leica Geosystems will host Intergraph PP&M, Russia and CIS 2011, which will be held September 13-14, 2011 in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.

Using Intergraph's global theme "Building a Smarter World" sessions will be divided into general sessions in the morning and parallel specialised sessions in the afternoon.

This two day conference will be deliver rich content that will highlight the issues of information management throughout the plant and asset life cycle. Expert speakers will touch on subjects such as: integrated planning, supply management, planning and construction management, maintenance management, design excellence, construction and operation of plants for continuous production, energy and infrastructure facilities, plus marine vessels and offshore platforms.

Participation in the conference will help attendees realize the power of Intergraph's software solutions including, SmartPlant® SmartMarine® and SmartPlant Enterprise, and how, for large and mega projects, these solutions help increase productivity, compress project timelines, as well as to ensure the accuracy of data throughout the plant life cycle.

Also featured at the event will be the Intergraph CADWorx® Plant Design Suite for intelligent AutoCAD®-based plant design modeling, process schematics and automatic production of plant design deliverables; Intergraph CAESAR II®, the world's most widely used pipe stress analysis software; and Intergraph PV Elite® for pressure vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis.

Article: Hydrocarbon Engineering June, 2011 - Storage Tank Safety and Standards

 

 Hydrocarbon Engineering - June, 2011

Gary Carson, Equamark Inc., USA, describes the important role that oil storage tank standards play in tank design and our environmental safety.

Steel aboveground storage tanks are a key link in the worldwide distribution of energy, buffering the cyclical needs of our society. Because of the need for these tanks to be close to populated regions any loss in the integrity of these units can cause catastrophic damage. There are obviously some natural disasters that cannot be designed for, such as the recent tsunami off the cost of Japan, but designing and building to strict standards can make for a safer, and therefore easier, coexistence between facilities and the communities they serve.

This article also touches on what happens when things go wrong and the causes of these, mostly avoidable, disasters, and how software like Intergraph^® TANK^TM help make aboveground storage tanks safer.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• Intergraph TANK
  

Download Hydrocarbon-Engineering-2011-06-Intergraph-CAS-TANK

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Join us for Intergraph @ Hexagon 2011 - June 6-9, Orlando, Florida

 

Join us at Intergraph @ Hexagon 2011, taking place between June 6 – 9, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. Set in over 200 acres of lush tropical landscape the resort is a "World Beyond Compare!"

The Intergraph CAS products: CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite, and TANK, will be featured plus special sessions focusing on installation and facility capture, featuring CADWorx fieldPipe and CADWorx for Leica CloudWorx, and sessions from end users sharing their successes using our solutions. Attendees will also get to see integration between SmartPlant 3D and both CAESAR II and CADWorx.

Intergraph @ Hexagon 2011 is the perfect chance to learn how to build a smarter world. This exciting international conference also offers the chance to preview new technologies, attend presentations by industry experts, participate in targeted tracks and break-out sessions, get hands-on training, and hear inspiring keynotes from today's thought leaders.

You'll experience:
• Previews of new technologies
• Compelling customer testimonials
• Hands-on training, demonstrations and workshops
• One-on-one guidance from industry experts
• Insightful and visionary keynote presentations
• Dynamic panel discussions
• Great activities promoting networking and relaxation
• And much more!

For more information, please join us on your favorite social networking platform and sign up for conference e-mail updates.
 
To register click here: http://www.hexagonconference.com/register/

For session information click here: http://www.hexagonconference.com/sessions/

 

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Beijing, China: Intergraph Discovery Tour, April 7 - 8

新闻 & 活动

Intergraph^® CADWorx^® 及分析解决方案 

Intergraph^® 发现之旅活动将于4月7日至8日在北京举办，将对CADWorx^® Plant和 P&ID Professional及其与CAESAR II^® 和PV Elite™的集成进行介绍

德克萨斯州休斯顿，2011年3月28日——鹰图将于2011年4月7日至8日在中国北京举办一场发现之旅活动，将对Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional和CADWorx P&ID Professional进行介绍，及其与管道应力分析软件Intergraph CAESAR II与容器和换热器分析软件PV Elite的集成进行演示。该演示将突出其提高生产力的设计及工程集成方面的特点，这些功能打破了工程与设计之间的壁垒，使两个群体可以在一个协同工作的环境中无缝分享信息。本次活动还将对用于储油罐设计与分析的Intergraph TANK™进行介绍。本地主办方为AECSoft，本地区鹰图全球网络合作伙伴。

了解注册信息，请访问http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-AECSoft-2011。 了解AECSoft相关信息，请访问http://www.aecsoft.com.cn/。 了解Intergraph CADWorx，请访问http://www.intergraph.com/products/ppm/cadworx/。 如想了解更多鹰图分析产品，请访问http://www.intergraph.com/ppm/analysis.aspx。 

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关于Intergraph CADWorx及分析解决方案
Intergraph CADWorx及分析解决方案(CAS)产品允许设计和工程无缝分享相关信息，从而保证准确性提高效率。该产品包括CADWorx工厂设计组件，用于基于AutoCAD^®的智能工厂设计建模、工艺仪表流程图以及工厂设计交付的自动生成；CAESAR II，世界上应用最广泛的管道应力分析软件；用于容器和换热器设计和分析的PV Elite；以及用于储油罐设计与分析的TANK。若想了解更多Intergraph CAS相关信息，请访问www.coade.com。

Intergraph，Intergraph图标，CADWorx和CAESAR II 均为注册商标，而PV Elite及TANK为鹰图公司旗下注册商标。其他品牌和产品名称为其所有者注册商标。© 2011 Intergraph Corp。版权所有。

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Intergraph^® Discovery Tour event in Beijing on April 7-8 to feature CADWorx^® Plant and P&ID Professional with integration of CAESAR II^® and PV Elite™

HOUSTON, Texas, March 28, 2011 – Intergraph will host a Discovery Tour event on April 7 and 8, 2011 in Beijing, China that will feature Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx P&ID Professional with demonstrations of integration with Intergraph CAESAR II for pipe stress analysis and PV Elite for vessel and exchanger analysis. The presentation will highlight this productivity-enhancing design and engineering integration that breaks down barriers between engineering and design so that both groups can share information seamlessly in a collaborative work environment. There will also be an introduction to Intergraph TANK™ for oil storage tank design and analysis. The local host is AECSoft, Intergraph Global Network partner in the region.

To register, visit http://icas.intergraph.com/forms/IDT-AECSoft-2011. For information about AECSoft, visit http://www.aecsoft.com.cn/. 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.

 

Vornel Walker
VP Marketing - Intergraph CAS

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Intergraph Discovery Tours Taking Place in South Korea March 22-25

I know that it is an indulgence, but this is too cool not to share...

Intergraph® Discovery Tour events on March 22-25 in Korea to feature CADWorx® Plant and P&ID Professional with integration of CAESAR II® and PV Elite™

HOUSTON, Texas, March 17, 2011 - 3월 22일(화) 여수, 3월23일(수) 울산, 3월25일(금) 서울에서 인터그래프 주최로 인터그래프CAS제품들에 대한 소개와 설명이 진행되며, 플랜트 설계를 위한 CADWorx Plant Professional과 CADWorx P&ID Professional 및 파이프 스트레스 해석을 위한 CAESAR II, 압력용기나 열 교환기의 해석을 위한 PV Elite, TANK설계 등의 내용을 볼 수 있습니다. 

이 설명회에서는 엔지니어링과 설계 사이의 협업환경에서 단절 없는 정보공유가 가능하게 함으로써 두 그룹 사이에 장벽을 허물고, 생산성 향상과 고도화된 설계와 엔지니어링의 통합이 강조될 것 입니다.

상세 내용 및 등록 안내는 이정민 씨(전화:02-3489-0349 or email: jungmin.lee@intergraph.com )에게의뢰하시고, 그 외 인터그래프 CADWorx: http://www.intergraph.com/products/ppm/cadworx/, 인터그래프의 해석용 제품:  http://www.intergraph.com/ppm/analysis.aspx, 인터그래프의 다른 행사나 webinars: http://coade.typepad.com/coadeinsider/를 방문해 상세정보를 보시기 바랍니다.

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ICAS(Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions)에 대하여 인터그래프 CADWorx & Analysis Solutions (CAS) 제품은 설계와 엔지니어링의 관련 정보를 유연하게 공유하며, 정확성을 유지하고 효율성을 개선할 수 있도록 합니다. 이 제품 군에는 AutoCAD ® 기반의 지능형 플랜트 설계 모델링, 프로세스 지능화와 플랜트 설계 산출물의 자동 생산을 위한  CADWorx Plant Design Suite이 있으며, 파이프 응력 분석을 위해 세계에서 가장 널리 사용되는 소프트웨어인 CAESAR II, 압력용기와 교환기의 설계와 해석을 위한 PV Elite, 오일저장 탱크의 설계와 해석을 위한 TANK로 구성되어 있습니다. 이들 인터그래프 CAS 정보는 www.coade.com를 방문해 보시기 바랍니다.

Intergraph, Intergraph 로고, CADWorx, CAESAR  II는 등록 상표이며, PV Elite와 TANK는 Intergraph Corporation의 상표입니다. 기타 상표 및 제품 이름은 해당 소유자의 상표입니다.  © 2011 Intergraph Corp. All rights reserved.

Vornel Walker
VP Marketing - Intergraph CAS

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Intergraph Discovery Tour: India, October 18-22, 2010

 

The India 2010 Intergraph Discovery Tour, hosted by Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions (Intergraph CAS) and co-sponsored by KLG with stops in four cities, will feature overviews of the Intergraph CADWorx^® Plant Design Suite, Intergraph CAESAR II^® and Intergraph PV Elite™. During these sessions we will outline how Intergraph solutions are helping break down barriers between engineering and design, by helping both groups share information seamlessly, in an integrated work environment. We will also share our plans and visions for this integration in the SmartPlant Enterprise environment.

Each event will start at 9:00AM and end at 1:30PM. This is a free event.

Agenda
9:00AM - 9:10AM  Welcome & Opening from KLG
9:10AM - 9:30AM  Intergraph Corporate Overview
9:30AM - 9:50AM  Intergraph CAS Overview
9:50AM - 10:05AM  User Story Presentation
10:05AM - 11:00AM  CADWorx Now & Future
11:00AM - 11:30AM  CAESAR II Now & Future
11:30AM - 12:00PM  PV Elite Now & Future
12:00PM - 12:30PM  ICAS 20 Minute Challenge
12:30PM - 13:30PM  Lunch

To register for these tours, click on the location below:
 
Delhi, India, October 18th
Mumbai, India, October 19th
Chennai, India, October 21st
Kolkata, India, October 22nd

 

 

Intergraph 2010 reschedules to Las Vegas, Aug 30 - Sep 2, 2010

 

Dear Intergraph 2010 Attendee,

As previously communicated, Intergraph was forced to reschedule Intergraph 2010, Intergraph's annual international users’ conference, due to unprecedented flooding in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. We are pleased to announce our new conference venue – the new, spectacular ARIA CityCenter™ Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, August 30 – September 2.

The 61-story ARIA and 67-acre CityCenter comprise an extraordinary urban resort destination featuring dining, shopping, entertainment, and recreation that are astonishing, even by Las Vegas standards. Intergraph chose this location after a national search for a venue that met our conference specifications and the necessary level of quality and service that you, our customers, have come to expect.

We are making every effort to ensure a seamless transition for all our conference attendees. For your convenience, we have posted answers to frequently asked questions for attendees, speakers, and sponsors relating to the conference, and hotel and travel reservations at www.intergraph2010.com/faqs.aspx. Should you require personal assistance or additional information, please e-mail intergraph2010@intergraph.com or call +1.256.730.1000 or 800.730.4647 (toll free in the U.S.).

If you had not signed up, and are debating whether or not to attend, this is now a great opportunity to do so.

Plant and Process Magazine, Japan - Interviews Tom Van Laan

The interview between Tom Van Laan and Plant and Process Magazine was published on February 1st, 2010 in the Plant and Process Magazine, Japanese edition. Here is a summary of what was discussed during this interview.

Question 1: Can you tell us how you see the current situation of the plant design and engineering industry?
Tom Van Laan explained that the industry is under greater pressure to complete projects in less and less time, but with fewer experienced and engineers this has become more and more difficult. The aim is to allow those same (inexperienced and experienced) workers to become more efficient and therefore reduce the time taken at each step of the design and engineering process. This is what COADE helps do.

Question 2: Could you share something about COADE's experience and achievements?
COADE has been servicing the plant design and engineering market for the past 25 years. Since its inception in 1984, COADE has introduced the following packages to the industry; CAESAR II, for pipe stress analysis; CADWorx, for plant design; PV Elite, pressure vessel and exchanger design and analysis. He highlighted that COADE's success in this industry has yielded an 80% worldwide market share for CAESAR II.

Question 3. Why does COADE hold an 80% of the pipe stress analysis market?
1. While, at the time, all pipe stress programs were running on mainframes CAESAR II was the first commercially available package that could run on a PC. It is now the standard against which all pipe stress packages are measured, and has now become the de facto standard.
2. Most COADE staff are engineers and designers, with real world experience. This means that COADE staff understands customer needs and is able to communicate with them in ways that make sense to them.

Question 4. What are the characteristics of COADE's product line?
COADE provides a high level of integration between its software offerings. Tom Van Laan highlighted how integration benefits engineers and designers by enabling them to share the same information from the design stage all the way through to analysis, and back. Only COADE can provide its customers such high levels of integration between the design and engineering disciplines.

Question 5. What are the benefits of software integration?
Integration saves time by reducing the unnecessary processes in the design and analysis timeline. For example; one-click data exchange without information loss, being able to always work on the latest design or analysis model, reducing man-made mistakes, etc. These all result in creating higher quality projects, with less man-hours and therefore a lower cost.

Question 6: How does CAESAR II user artificial intelligence (AI)?
The use of AI in CAESAR II is exhibited by the program's Loop Optimization Wizard. This technology can not only assist the younger and less experienced engineer, but also, is a great time saver to the more experienced engineer.

Question 7: What's next?
Continued focus on the Japanese market, by providing solutions that address the needs of our customers.

2009 User Conference - last chance to register and save $200!

There are only a couple of days left to register for the 2009 COADE User Conference and save $200. Register today to learn about the latest technology trends, become a skilled user of COADE plant design and engineering solutions and become an even more valuable asset to your company!

This year's conference offers the most comprehensive and informative classes to choose from. And, you won't find this depth of information anywhere else. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced user we are sure that you will find classes to interest you.

This is a sample of some of the great classes we are offering:

• CADWorx P&ID 2010
• Plant Layout Tips and Tricks
• ISOGEN Setup and Customization
• Using CAESAR II to select and locate pipe supports
• Creating specifications and data files
• Advanced tools for the Piping Engineer
• Plant Model Organization
• PV Elite Tips and Tricks
• PV Elite/PV Fabricator integration
• And many more...

Check out the full list of classes here

Register today and take advantage of the $200 savings!

Alumni Discount Program
Make use of our alumni discount program! - If you attended the 2008 CADWorx Conference, register by August 1 and you will be eligible for the 2008 rate of $795 (save $400)!

Attend the 2009 COADE User Conference for Free...

 

2009 Drivers of Success Competition

Hi,

I wanted to let you know that there is still a way to attend this year's COADE User Conference for free. All you have to do is enter our Drivers of Success Competitionand tell us how COADE's solutions have helped you become more successful and, if you win, you could join us at this year's conference for free!

At last years conference CADWorx users told the world how our software had helped them become more efficient and more profitable. Even though we liked reading about how our software performed, we also enjoyed reading how innovative our users were in getting the best out of our solutions. What also impressed us was the trust that even first-time users had in our solutions, many of whom took on tasks that they thought, in the past, were not even possible using an AutoCAD based plant design solution. Read one of last year's 'Drivers of Success' winner's stories here

More Good News
Because this year's conference features COADE's whole product line we wanted to give all of our users the opportunity to enter our Drivers of Success Competition with the chance to win a free trip to this year's COADE User Conference.

If you use CAESAR II, CADWorx, PV Elite or TANK we want to hear your story and we want to give you too the chance to join us for this year's conference. Because we know the quality of work that our user base turns out, we believe that this year's Drivers of Success competition will introduce the world to the industries' best successes in plant design and engineering.

More Chances to Win
There are three first-place prizes and three runner-up prizes each for stories featuring the following products: CAESAR II; CADWorx; and PV Elite. There is also one first-place prize and one runner-up prize for TANK. So there are plenty of chances to win.

What if you have already booked to attend? No problem, if you are selected for a first place prize we will reimburse you for your conference fee, flights and hotel!

Enter today! Submissions close July 31st!

For more info, rules and to enter the COADE Drivers of Success Competition click here

Vornel Walker
VP Marketing
COADE, Inc.