Plant Design Management System

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Plant planning in PDMS (example based on a boiler house of a coal-fired power plant up to 100 m high)

The Plant Design Management System ( PDMS ) is a 3D planning system, i.e. a computer-aided design application that is used specifically for layout planning, mostly in plant construction . Frequent areas of application of the PDMS are the planning of process engineering plants such as chemical plants , power plants , refineries , oil platforms and paper production . The PDMS is also used to arrange machine locations in a production hall. In some cases, the PDMS function is also offered to a lesser extent by CAD programs such as CATIA .

Range of functions

All necessary components can be represented in the databases managed by PDMS.

  • Equipment (apparatus, pumps, heat exchangers, collectors) ( equipment )
  • Pipes ( piping )
  • Steel construction ( Steel Work )
  • Concrete structures ( civil arrangement )
  • Cable routes
  • Ventilation ducts ( HVAC )

All necessary information can be assigned to individual objects. For example, information about the nominal size, the material, the operating temperature, etc. can be stored behind each pipeline.

Pipe isometrics and 2D plans can be created dynamically using a set of rules.

history

Encouraged by the UK Ministry of Technology , today's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the University of Cambridge started the first research at the end of the 1960s to investigate whether it is possible to use 3D base bodies and use them for imaging to use more complex combinations (e.g. pipelines in chemical plant construction). This work resulted in the Plant Design Management System , which is marketed today by AVEVA, Cambridge, UK. One of the pioneers who led the development of the Plant Design Management System at the Computer-Aided Design Center (or CADCentre → today AVEVA ) was Dr. Richard G. Newell .

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