AVEVA PDMS 12.0 & Associated Products

Update

Peter Brunning

Product Manager – Plant Design

PDMS 12 – a major update!

Built on proven foundations, now called Design Platform– Built using Microsoft's .NET Framework 2

– Offers environment similar to MS Office

– Highly customisable

Latest in a long series of PDMS versions– Continual enhancement, continually upgradeable

– Simple and easy migration from earlier versions

– Can be run in parallel with PDMS 11

Major updates to:– User interface

– Database

– Rule-based design

– Catalogue & Specification

– All engineering applications

– Drawing production

New facilities for Schematics and Cable Design– among others

PDMS 12.0 – Proven yet NEW

PDMS 12.0 – A major update!

Database evolution – New database types and element types

Improved user interface & customisation– ‘Common Framework’ unifies product range

– PML.NET allows use of other programming languages

– Multiple Explorers & 3D draw-lists

Better integration with other products– New Schematic 3D Integrator checks consistency with P&ID etc.

System limits increased

New Associativity (connectivity) function

Cats & Specs – New integrated user interface

Engineering discipline support– Improvements throughout, notably:

• Plant and local grids – linear & radial

• Reporting – weight, centre-of-gravity

– New Access platforms, Stairs & Ladders

– New Cable Design product

First release end 2007

12.0

PDMS 12 – Continual Progression

Since the initial release of PDMS 12.0, there have been

regular service packs…

PDMS 12.0.SP2 – released mid 2008

Admin

– New Project Creation Wizard

– Improved Lexicon, Import/Export

New and improved Cabling applications

– New Cableway Manager

– New Cable Design option

– Much improved Cable Tray Manager

Enhanced Hole Management

DRAFT enhancements

ISODRAFT enhancements

Performance and Stability

Availability of interfaces

AVEVA Interfaces – available from 12.0.SP2

Product Details

Pipe Stress Interface Exchange pipe geometry, load & deflection information

Now compatible with Caesar II 5.10

OpenSteel Exchange with steelwork detailing systems using SDNF

Final Designer • AutoCAD editor for Draft drawings

• Compatible with AutoCAD 2006

AutoDRAFT • Import symbols & sheets from, and export drawings to,

AutoCAD

• Compatible with AutoCAD 2006 & 2007

ExPLANT-I / ImPLANT-I Exchange 3D geometry with MicroStation

ExPLANT-A Export 3D geometry to AutoCAD (DXF format)

Query Access Relational DBMS from PML programs via SQL

SQL-Direct Access PDMS data from external systems via OLE DB

AVEVA NET Gateway

New

PDMS 12.0.SP3 – released end 2008

Full service pack

– Performance and stability

– Incorporates updated documentation and on-line help

– Includes updated test/example data

Faster start-up of Schematic 3D Integrator

– Also updates in light of early use by customers

Requires updated license server FlexMan 4.1

– Improved installation and documentation

– Includes new FlexManConfig diagnostic and setup tool

From 12.0 SP3.4

– Marine Diagrams available for Plant customers

PDMS 12.0.SP4 – released summer 2009

Full service pack

– Performance and Stability

– Minor enhancements, e.g. bulk edit in grid gadget

– Upgraded documentation and on-line help

– Updated test/example data

Drafting enhancements

– 2D output to MicroStation DGN v8 & AutoCAD DWG formats

Global improvements

– Admin GUI for Global operations

– Faster Update operations

Updated licence management (cadcflex)

– Enables license server lists & 3-redundant servers

Enables extensions to Schematics products…

PDMS Associated Products – new at 12.0.SP4

AVEVA Diagrams

– Enhanced Marine Diagrams – covers P&ID, Cable, HVAC

Schematic 3D Integrator

– Improved version of P&ID 3D Integrator

P&ID Manager

– Major updates

– Improved gateways

• AVEVA / VPE P&ID

• SmartPlant P&ID

PDMS 12.0.SP5 – released December 2009

Full service pack– Performance and Stability

– Minor enhancements, e.g. Add/Remove primitives in Drawlist

– Upgraded documentation and on-line help

– Updated test/example data

Status Control– Covers Schematic and 3-D models – and how they relate

– Status configuration in Lexicon

Improved Login / Password security– Command windows and files, logs etc.

Piping – Improved Production Support

– Wall thickness, Flange Offsets, …

Enhanced Review Export for colour and translucency

Enables further extensions to Schematics products…

AVEVA Status Control 12.0.SP5

The ability to control and report on the status of individual

model objects as they progress through their lifecycles

The project decides what to control…

– Tagged items, catalogue components, drawings, etc

… and how to measure it, for example:

– Approved for Construction

– 80% Complete

– Clash Free

Tightly coupled with access control

– Determine who can approve an object

– Prevent changes once an object is approved

New

PDMS – Nuclear add-on products

Nuclear Concrete Design – Creation & Modification of Steel & Concrete

Structures

– Mix & Match with Standard PDMS, for example:

• Create beam using Beams and Columns

• Modify using Nuclear Concrete Design

Nuclear Room Manager– Creation & Modification of Rooms

– Rooms may be grouped • Example: fire sectors, construction zones

– Provides inventory and content management

Nuclear Concrete Quantities• Summary reports of materials

Available for PDMS 11.6

Included on Plant DVD 12.0.SP5 onwards

New

PDMS Associated Products – 12.0.SP5

AVEVA Diagrams

– Improvements for advanced instrumentation diagrams

AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator

– Faster & more robust comparison including:

• Options – including filters

• Nozzles on SUBE or EQUI

• Reverse flow in branch

AVEVA Schematic Model Manager

– Improved version of

P&ID Manager

– Now separate module

– Major updates

PDMS 12.0.SP6 – released July 2010

Full service pack– Quality improvement to PDMS & associated products

• Notably Cable Design

– Minor enhancements• e.g. direct selection of pipe insulation, new option for support ITEMCODE

– Upgraded documentation, on-line help, test/example data

Enables updates to Schematics products: – Schematic Model Manager, 3D Integrator & Diagrams

– Integration with AVEVA Instrumentation

Support on Windows 7 (and XP)– Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise edition

• Single version of product supported on both 32-bit & 64-bit modes

– Requires updates to some third party components• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5,

• AVEVA FlexMan 5.2

– No longer supported on Windows 2000

– Some associated products not yet updated• Model Management, Final Designer, interfaces

PDMS Associated Products – 12.0.SP6

AVEVA Diagrams

– Edit members grid enhanced

AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator

– Comparison summary

– Messages dialogue

AVEVA Schematic Model Manager

– Edit members grid enhanced

Quality improvement

– Many corrections and enhancements based on feedback from

early use of these new Schematics products

AVEVA interfaces – released with 12.0.SP5 on

ImPLANT-I 2.1

– MicroStation v8 support

Mechanical Equipment Import & Export

– Mechanical 3D model exchange

– Read / Write standard files

• STEP AP203 format

New

AVEVA Mechanical Equipment interface

Import & Export product options

– New GENPR & GENCUR primitives

• for NURBS curves & surfaces

– Uses SMLIB to read and manipulate data

• can read/write STEP AP203 files

– Treated similarly to POLYHE for design, clash etc.

• with improved graphical performance

AVEVA Plant (12.0.SP6) distribution

AVEVA PDMS 12.0 & Associated Products DVD-ROM containing packages:– PDMS 12.0 including:

• Laser Model Interface 12.0• Query 12.0• Diagrams 12.0• Schematic Model Manager 12.0• Mechanical Equipment Interface 12.0• Cable Design 12.0

– with options for:• Global 12.0• Schematic 3D Integrator 12.0• Multi Discipline Supports 12.0, Area Based ADP 12.0• Nuclear Applications 12.0• Interfaces (ExPLANT-A, ExPLANT-I, Pipe Stress Interface, Final Designer)• Sample data (‘Models’) and Manuals

– Global Server 12.0– SQL-Direct 12.0– OpenSteel 2.1– P&ID 12.0– ImPLANT-I, ImPLANT-STL– PML Publisher 1.0

AVEVA Model Management 12.0 DVD-ROM– Also works with PDMS 11.5 & 11.6

AVEVA Review 12.0 DVD-ROM - 12.1 to be released soon!

Renamed from P&ID Manager

Enables use of PDMS with Global

Installs Global server (daemon) only

AVEVA Plant Installation – from 12.0.SP4

New combined installer for Plant products• Easy selection of additional features

Will be installed

Will not be installed

Options –

‘Models’ & Manuals