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Cadmatic eNews2014Q4
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Contact Us
Q4 Release highlights
LaserScanModellerbringsefficienciestoWärtsiläretrofitproject
IngersollRandgainingefficiencieswithCadmatic
Increasedflexibilityviaimprovedinteroperability
Customerreference:3DChemopragA.S.
Upcomingevents
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Version 2014Q4 of Cadmatic include a new Diagram Data Miner tool, improved visual-ization for beams, shaded views and 2D pick functionality, enhanced dimensioning for duct spools, view management for the Laser Scan Modeller, advanced search functional-ity in eShare and several other additions.
Q4 Release highlights: Cadmatic 3D Plant Design and eShare – Information Management
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Diagram Data Miner
The2014Q4releasecontainsanewtoolforallDiagramusers –DataMiner. The tool is eas-ily configurable and can extract all kinds ofdatafromDiagramtoExcel.Itconnectsdirect-ly to theDiagramSQLdatabase andextractsall the information to Excel.Users can createExcelsheets forallavailableobject typesandextractedfieldscanbeeditedfordifferentre-porting andanalysisneeds. Predefinedviewsareincludedalreadyintheinstallationformainobjecttypes,e.g.armatures,equipment,instru-mentsandelectrics.
Improved visualization for beams
in 3D and 2D
Inthe3DmodelSQandRHSprofilesarevisual-izedashollowforbetterrepresentation.For2Ddrawingsitisnowpossibletoselectanoptiontoshowhiddenprofilelinesforbeams.
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New way to define special 3D isometric symbols for complicated geometries
In 2014Q4 there is an option to create spe-cial3D iso symbols for standardcomponentswith complex (flexible) geometry types.Nowevenspecialcomponentsthatuseflexgeom-etrytypescanbepresentedintheisoorspooldrawing.Otheradditionalfeaturesincludethedirectionangleofreferencestub-inbranches,containmentinformationinthecontinuelabel,spoolnamesattheendofthepipelinenameinmulti-pipepenetrationattachments,aswellasthebreakIDandthenumberofbreaksusedinnamingrulesofcontainmentisos.
HVAC and Ducting spools
DuctlineattributesarenowvisibleintheCOSbrowser andmodel queries. A new “BrowseDuctline”buttonhasbeenaddedtothe“home”tabmenu.
Improveddimensioningof flangedducts, in-cludingtheoptiontodefinefixeddistancesbe-tweenboltsinsteadofequalspacing,hasbeenimplemented. This featuremakes it easier togeneratedrawingsaccordingtoso-called“Brit-ishstandard”dimensioning.
4thpoint
2nd point
3rd point
1st point
5th point
Reference point
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2D imports/exports
2Dimportcanoptionallysupporttheimportofsolidsashatchesinsteadofpolylineboundaries.
UI enhancements
■ Improvementstopickfunctionwhen2Dhitisenabled(Ctrl+2).
■ Crosshaircenterpointmustbenowoverthemodel topicktheobjectunderthecursor.
■ Improved picking of nearest connectionpoint. Points areproposed in theorderoftheirproximity.
■ Improved feedback shownwhen pickingconnectionpoint.
■ Improvedhighlightinginshadedviews.
■ Improvedrotationoflargemodels.
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Laser Scan Modeller
DefaultLaserScanModellerviewsforworkingwithpointclouds:
■ Orthogonalshadedviewstoshowallactivepointclouds
■ Trackingviews
■ Followselectedpointinbubbleview
■ Settingforsizeoffilterbox(X,YandZ).
■ Scannermapviews
■ Locationofeachscannerwithcolorcodes
eShare introduces two-way document integration and advanced search
Theintegrationofthemodelanddocumentshasreceivedmajorimprovements.Allintegrat-eddocuments cannowbebrowsedusing adocument tree. Fromanopeneddocument,themodelitemsshowninthedocumentcanbeopened.Thisworkseveniftheselecteditemisnotinthe3Dmodel,butcanbefoundfromintegratedsystems.Forexample,youcanac-cesstheintelligentP&IDdatawhenthedetail3Ddesigndoesnot yet contain the items inquestion.A built-in document adapterallows
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thedocumentintegrationtobeimplementedquicklyinsituationswhereanactualdocumentmanagementsystemisnotusedoritcanex-portthedocumentdata.
The search function nowhasanadvancedmodewheremultiplecriteriacanbeentered.Forex-ample,itispossibletosearchforallvalvesofacertain type thathavebeenmodifiedduringthepastweek.
Regardlessofwhichwayamodelitemisopened– fromsearch results, froma label in adocu-ment,fromalinkinobjectproperties–thesamefunctionalityisavailableforexaminingtheitem.Also,alldatafromthemodelandexternalsourc-esaswellasassociateddocumentsareshown.
In addition to the existing hyperlink-basedmethod,eShare can now be integrated with other web applications thatuse Javascript.Thisgivestheadditionalbenefitthatexistingbrowsertabsfor an application canbe reused,whichpre-ventsmultipleapplicationtabsfromappearingwhenswitchingbetweentheapplicationssev-eraltimes.Thelinksbetweentheapplicationswork immediatelywithouthaving towait foranyapplicationinitializationormodelloading.
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On a recent design project for Wärsilä UAE, Mikael Renström from Elomatic Ltd used the Nupas-Cadmatic Laser Scan Modeller (LSM) for the first time. He was impressed with how much the new tool eased his work and helped him find optimal design solutions.
Laser Scan Modeller brings efficiencies to Wärtsilä retrofit project
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TheWärtsilä retrofitproject in questionwasan LSGO-conversion of themain boilers foranLNG-tanker thatneeded tobe conductedtomeet strict emissions regulations. It tooksix weeks to produce 230 isometrics/spooldrawingsfromthedateofreceivingthelaserscannedmaterials.
Mr.Rentströmhasabout11years’experienceinusingCadmatic,buttheWärstiläretrofitprojectwasthefirsttimeheusedtheLaserScanMod-eller.
“I hadpreviously usedonly the Point CloudManager (PCM). Thebiggestdifferencewiththe LSM is thegreat improvement regardingthehandlingofpointclouds.Thebubbleviewsmakeitmucheasiertovisualizethedesigninanauthenticenvironment”,saysMikael.
BeforestartingontheprojectMikaelwasshort-lybriefedonthelaserscanmodellingtool.
“MyexperiencewithLSMisthatitisagreatstepforwardcomparedtoPCM.LSMiseasytoworkwithand ismorestablethanPCM.Reviewingthedesign is fareasierand faster.With fasterandmoredirectfeedbackfromthe3Ddesignwehavebeenabletoreduceprojecthours,butmaybemore importantly,wehave improvedourdesignquality.With thebetter visualiza-tionitiseasiertofindmoreoptimaldesignso-lutions”,Mr.Renströmexplains.
With faster and more direct feedback from 3D design we have reduced project hours and improved design quality.
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Laser Scan Modeller launched with 2014Q2
In the lastdecade the amountof retrofit/re-vampprojectshassteadily increasedandhasplaced increasinglyhighdemandsondesignprojects.
Brownfieldprojects,changesintechnologyandexpansionofproductionarefactorsthatplacedemandsondesign tools. TheCadmatic La-serScanModellerwaslaunchedwith2014Q2toreplacePointCloudManagerandboosttheabilitytouselaserscanningtechnologieswithNupas-Cadmatic.Itseamlesslyintegrateslaser
scanningdatawith3Dmodelsandconstructiondataandbooststheabilitytouselaserscanningtechnologiesindesignprojects.
Key features of Laser Scan Modeller
■ Norestrictionsonlaserscanningequipmentandpointcloudformats
■ Intelligentmapofscannerswithannotations
■ Active/inactivefilterstoboostperformance
■ Perspectivebubbleviewspresentingcorrectdepthinview
■ Create intelligent 3D components usingspecsandlibrary
■ Modelproducedisfullyintegratedwithoth-erNupas-Cadmatic3DDesignmodules,in-cludingautomaticISOandBOMgeneration,projectreviewineBrowserandintegrationwith the eShare informationmanagementmodule.
Í Mikael Renström extensively used the Cadmatic Laser Scan Modeller on the Wärtsilä retrofit project.
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Ingersoll Rand (India) Ltd. has been using Cadmatic software since June 2014. They have been particularly impressed with the in-creased accuracy Cadmatic delivers for iso-metric production.
Ingersoll uses Cadmatic tomodel the utilityhouses of power plants and petrochemicalsplants. ThecompanypreviouslyusedPro-E&AutoCADsoftwaretomodelthepipingworkssuppliedintheirturnkeysolutionprojects,but
decided to implement Cadmatic in order togainmoreefficiency.
AccordingtoMiteshR.ShahfromIngersollthepreparationofisometricsin2Dwasverytimeconsumingandonlyprovidedthemwithabout70%accuracy.
“With thehelpofCadmaticwe cangenerateisometricsandBOMwith100%accuracy.Thissavesustimeandmoneyaswedon’tneedtosendoutextramaterialsanymore”,saysMrShah.
Ingersollcurrentlyhas3–4projectsinthepipe-lineformodelingrelatedtopowerplantsfortheRajasthangovernmentandNTPC.
Í Ingersoll’s Mitesh R. Shah (left) has been impressed with the efficiency gains achieved with Cadmatic.
Ingersoll Rand gaining efficiencies with Cadmatic
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Cadmatic is mindful of the fact that our customers include different parties in their projects and that CAD formats are not by default compatible between the project parties. Over the years we have developed interfaces with other CAD software, CAE calculations, CAM manu-facturing modules and many others. We continuously develop new interfaces or provide conversion services together with our partners.
eXchanger for AutoCAD® >
eXchanger for PolyTrans® >
eXchanger for PDS® >
eXchanger for PDMS® >
eXchanger for Smart3D® >
Increased flexibility via improved interoperability
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CadmaticeXchangershaveforsometimebeenat the forefront ofCadmatic’s philosophyofopenness.ThecontinueddevelopmenthasnowresultedinafamilyofeXchangertoolsfordiffer-entformatsandneeds.OneofthemostpopularisAutoCadeXchanger,whichallowstheusertoconvertmodelstoandfromAutoCADformats,whileensuringthecorrecthandlingof3Dge-ometriesaswellasattributes.
eXchanger for AutoCAD®convertsmodelsofequipment andmodulesbetweenCadmaticandAutoCad®2014versionsandlower.The3DeXhanger forAutoCAD® convertsAutoCAD®solidmodelsfromandintoCadmaticreferencemodels.ThisallowsAutoCAD®userstousetheir3DmodelsinNupas-Cadmaticdesignprojects.TherearealargenumberoffiletransferpluginstoAutoCAD®,whichenablescompatibilitywithdifferentformatsandthetransferof3Dmodelsfromandtootherapplications. Ï Val d’Agri plant example: the model was
created in PDS® by Italia Progetti srl and converted into eBrowser
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Customer reference3D Chemoprag A.S.
3D Chemoprag, the global dry laundry design specialist, has gained vast expertise in standard P&G dry laundry design over the last 22 years. It has supported the successful project delivery of more than 33 P&G sites globally.
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The company’smain customers over recentyearshavebeenP&Gworld-wideandWrigley/Mars.3DChemopraghasexpandeditsactivitiesabroadintheCzechRepublicandhasanofficeinBratislava, Slovakia. Inboth locationsCad-maticisusedasadesigntoolandCoDesignerisusedtofacilitatejointprojects.
Cadmatic’sPeterSzokody,whowasinchargeofsoftwaretrainingandimplementationforChe-mopragrecalls that theystarted in2010withtwotrainingsessionsof5days(5daysforba-sicusertrainingand5daysforadministrationtraining:Parts&SpecandDocumentmanage-ment).At the same time the IT administratorwastrainedwithregardsITelements.
After the trainingperiod thefirstprojectwasstarted without delay and the software hasbeenusedsincethatfirstprojectwithoutanydifficultiesrelatedtosoftwareperformanceoradministration. Some years agoChemopragstarted cooperating with a Bratislava-basedcompany touseCadmatic’sworldwideengi-neeringsolution.Thisenabledsmoothcoordi-nationofprojectworkbetweenthetwoofficeslocatedindifferentcountries.
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According toMr. JanMacháček fromChemo-pragCadmaticofferedamoreefficientsystemthantheonetheyhadusedpreviously.
“OriginallyweusedotherCADsoftware,butwewerenotsatisfiedwithitasitrequiredadedi-catedadministratortohandlesettingsandout-put.Weneeded technical support and assis-tanceallthetime,evenduringprintingofpipeplans,whichwasnotanoptimalwayofwork-ing.Cadmaticismuchmoreuser-friendlyfromthispointofview.Itisalsoexactlysizedforthenumberofpipelinesandtypeofworkwearedoing.Fromacostperspectivethereisagoodbalancebetweenthepriceandtheservicere-ceived–weareverysatisfiedwiththeCadmaticsoftware,saysMr.JanMacháčekfromChemo-prag.
Mr.MacháčekalsohighlightstheimportanceofbeingabletoeasilyconvertAutoCadfilesusedforprojectequipment toand fromCadmatic.ChemopraghasfoundtheCadmaticeXchangertobeanidealtoolforthispurpose.
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Upcoming eventsExhibition Time Place
NorShipping 2–5 June 2015 Lilleström, Norway
Marintec 1–4 December 2015 Shanghai, China
OMC’15 25–27 March 2015 Ravenna, Italy
ADIPEC 2015 9–12 November 2015 Abu Dhabi, UAE