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Integrating the Plant Design Processfor Structural Engineers

Mitch Sklar, Technical Director, Structural Products

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Interoperability

Analysis & Design

Analyze

Detailing & Fabrication

Augment

Modeling & Documentation

Deliverable Publishing

View

Content Management

Project Review

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iWare Apps

Bentley's Free Software Serving Infrastructure Professionals.

Software Interoperability Is Crucial To The Successful, Cost-effective Design, Delivery, & Operation Of Infrastructure.

Http://www.Bentley.Com/En-us/Free+software/

http://www.bentley.com/En-us/Free+software/

http://www.bentley.com/En-us/Free+software/

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What is the Structural Dashboard?

The Dashboard is a free tool that assists in managing the data & workflow of projects from start to finish.

The Dashboard provides a Single Interface to learn how Bentley’s comprehensive products integrate together in more efficient project workflows.

It also a useful Launch Pad & Web Portal for easy access to any information on Bentley’s structural products, RSS News Feeds, Be Community Blogs & Forums, SELECT software downloads, support & sales.

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Benefits of the Structural Dashboard Easy access to open

“recently opened model files” for any installed structural product

Project Folder & File management filtered by structural product

Quick links to Be Community website, log a support issue, contact Bentley Sales or SELECT

Real-time RSS News Feeds Project Notes include quick

links to specifications, design documents & project web sites or embed pictures, spreadsheets or add notes like project billing codes, contacts

All latest Product Versions

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New Dashboard DGN Viewer• View Basic, i-Model or ISM DGN Models

• Navigate, Search, Isolate & Measure Components

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Integrating the Plant Design Process for Structural Engineers

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Structural Engineer Pipe Stress Engineer

Pipe Supports(Type, Loads, Location)

Piping Designer

How do EPC’s Work Today?

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How do EPC’s Work Today?

“A manual approach to managing these piping loads begins with analysis of the piping system to locate supports, guides, & anchor points.

After the analysis is complete the piping engineer sorts through the piping support reactions to find the critical cases that the supports/ structure must be designed for.

These forces are hand marked on a multiple piping isometric drawings; with one copy given to the piping designer to complete the PDS piping model, locations of pipe shoes, guides, anchor points, etc; and Another copy given to the structural engineer for designing the supporting structures.

While working in PDS / FrameWorks the structural engineer would build the structural model incorporating all the required pipe supports. To prepare the structural model for analysis the engineer must then search each isometric finding the support points and associated loads evaluate and apply them to the structural model.

“The biggest problem here is that a single process structure may have hundreds or thousands of piping isometric drawings associated with it, resulting in a vast amount of paper and manual evaluation. This is very inefficient and time consuming.”

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The Typical way of working as a Structural Engineer is somewhat, if not all, Fragmented

OtherTools, Software,

& Techniques

ConstructionDocumentation

Structural Analysis &

Design

Proprietary File Formats(fragmented)

Industry Standards (fragmented)

3D Plant DesignPipe Stress

Analysis

Project Data &Deliverables

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Problem Is Consistent Across The Plant Market

• EPC # 2 – “There are some significant disconnects between the pipe stress and the structural engineers. When conveying information from pipe stress to Structural, we typically provide the preliminary structural steel drawings to pipe stress for them to mark up loads on it. This is extremely inefficient. Also, piping should try to get as much structural steel put onto the steel drawings so that detailing, fabrication and erection can be done in a single pass”

• EPC # 3 – We have some serious frustrations in the way piping designers do their work, interfacing with structural and mechanical. I know the current process is disjointed, but it is all our tools provide us.”

• EPC #4 - We have standard loadings that take care of the major stuff. The thing that is a killer is the special case stuff. The thermal loads and piping movements, spring supports, anchor points etc; these types of things have special details, as well as high loads. In addition, a structural engineer can’t guess where these things are going to be or what they will look like. This has to come from the Piping Engineer and we have to sort through drawings. Most of the time this info gets to structural at best just before you issue the drawings. Sometimes it is after the first fabrication release has been sent out and you have to revise the drawings.

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What if, as a structural engineer, you could receive quality data from the 3D plant model and the pipe stress model, and link these to your structural analysis and design model…

Starting with the Structural Analysis Model …Including the Foundations (mats, pile caps, combined, pad)…Including the Connections (gussets, moment, base plates, prequalified)…Accounting for the various Codes (wind, seismic, load combos)Combined with the Support information from the Pipe Stress Model Develop the Steel/Concrete Design Documentation Deliverables

... to automatically create and maintain the engineering drawings, schedules, foundation designs, connection designs, piping isometrics, and more?

…How could that impact your work and bottom line?

Why do we want to have Integration Across Disciplines? Why do we want to Share or have Continuity of Information?

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Interoperability with Bentley Navigator,STAAD, AutoPIPE, and ProStructures

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Bentley Integrated Structural and CAE Solution

OtherTools, Software,

& Techniques

OpenPLANT,AutoPLANT

ProStructures

AutoPIPE

STAADProject Data &Deliverables

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Bentley Integrated Structural and CAE Solution

AutoPLANTOpenPLANT

AutoPIPE Nozzle, StressISO, PlantFlow,

Puls

Foundations, Connections, Advance Analysis, & Offshore

AutoPIPE

STAAD

ProSteel, ProConcrete ProStructures

Project Data & Deliverables

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Let’s See the Interoperability between STAAD, AutoPIPE, and ProStructures…

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DataIntegration

DataIntegration

Bi-Directional Exchange


AutoPIPE…CAE Pipe Stress Analysis & Integration

Data Export

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Data Export Data Export

Data Export

Data Export*

AutoPIPE Modeling Interoperability

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Data Integration

Data Integration

STAAD…Structural Analysis & Design Integration

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STAAD…Modeling Interoperability

Bi-Directional ExchangePartial DataIntegration**

Data Import/Export**

Data Export*

Data Export

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ProSteel

3D-Structural Steel Modeling and Detailing

for AutoCAD and MicroStation

ProConcrete

3D-Structural Concrete Modeling and Detailing

for AutoCAD

ProStructures

Bentley’s ProStructures is the combination of ProSteel & ProConcrete. For advanced 3D Modeling, Documentation, & Detailing of

Steel and Concrete Structures

ProStructures

http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/ProSteel/

http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/ProConcrete/

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AutoCAD and

MicroStation

Bill of

Materials &

Schedules

CNC/DSTV

Fabrication

Customized

Platework

Modeling &

Documentation for

Steel\Concrete

Clash Detection

Reinforcement

Detailing

Cast in Place

& PreCast

Concrete

ProStructures Capabilities

Engineering/

Fabrication

Drawings

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•Faster Design Combined structure + piping model w/changed piping loads automatically updated multiple times in STAAD

•Structural Sway and StiffnessCombined structure + piping model to analyze true combined stiffness

•Less Assumptions

More accurate pipe support& equipment loads + realistic structural and piping design stresses

•Cost SavingsAvoid costly re-design and construction delays

AutoPIPE - STAAD Integration


Single-User IntegratedPiping/Structure

Models

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Multi-User AutoPIPE

·Faster Design transfer piping and support loads in hours not weeks

·Structural Sway and Stiffness considerations for more accurate designs

·Less Assumptionsleading to safer structure, piping, and equipment

·Cost Savingspotential on pipe supportsand structure

STAAD ModelImport & Manage Multiple AutoPIPE & STAAD model

changes & results

Model 1, Line 1

Model 2, Line 2

Model 3, Line 3

Model 4, Line 4

Multi-User IntegratedPiping/Structure

Models

AutoPIPE - STAAD Integration

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STAAD - ProStructures Integration

Complete Bi-Directional Workflow

Complete Steel and Concrete Solution

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Bentley Navigator

Open

Measure

Manipulate

Simulate

ExploreMarkup

Find

Group

Produce

Measuring2D & 3D Navigation

Dynamic Sectioning

Markup Redline

Data Interrogation

Rendering Animation

Print Paper / PDF

Clash Detection Schedule Simulation

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AutoPIPE & Navigator Hot Clash DetectionTo Avoid Design Mistakes and Operation Failure

AutoPIPE

Bentley Navigator

Aug 2011

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Bentley Navigator for the iPADUnmanaged view, query & mark-up

MicroStation or i-model Composer

optimized i-model

enhancement

DropBox, email, i-tunes

etc.

Optimised

for iPad

Mark-ups

Optimised

for iPad

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ProjectWise

Optimised

for iPad

MicroStation or i-model Composer

optimized i-model

enhancement

ProjectWiseExplorer

Packaging i-model

enhancement

DropBox, email, i-tunes

etc.

SET

ProjectWise Explorer for the iPADManaged mobile dynamic synchronisation

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Structural/Piping Interoperability Benefits

Fragmented Approach

• Engineers build 2D (LAC) Structure/Piping models of their project for Analysis

• Designers build a second matching 2D/3D model to incorporate elevations, sections, and details

• Engineers would re-analyze and re-evaluate their individual design elements, and manually submit changes back to the designers for updating

Integrated Workflow

• Interoperability allows the design and engineering processes to be optimized and efficient, as both teams share the same 3D Modeling Environment

• Engineers, can import the 3D models and supplement them with member/material properties before proceeding with the engineering analysis

• Modifications to the model may/will still be required; Real Time Design Reviews allows project savings and efficiencies by working with one model and eliminating duplicate work

• Designers/Engineers can analyze, evaluate and perform sensitivity studies on the integrated Structural/Piping Systems

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Integrating the Plant Design Processfor Structural Engineers Thank You!

Mitch Sklar, Director, Sales Technical Support

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