Integrated Design with EMC Capital Projects and AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard



    In one of our previous publications, we talked about the software product EMC Capital Projects, which is part of the EMC Documentum EPFM package (Engineering, Plant and Facilities Management). It allows the following:

    • design companies - prepare documentation and coordinate it before handing it over to contractors,
    • Contracting companies - accept this documentation, check its completeness, review, make corrections.

    But the more complex the design spiral , that is, the more participants make changes and additions to the project, the higher the likelihood of errors: incompatibility and conflicts of equipment requirements with the models selected for the project, mass-size incompatibility of the construction objects, inconsistency of the object elements with the relief features, etc. d. The situation becomes much more complicated if several geographically dispersed teams are involved in the work, working across a variety of design disciplines: you need to manage changes using Digital Enterprise solutions so as not to disrupt or delay the workflow. EMC Capital Projects solves this problem by using AVEVA NET technology.

    What is AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard


    This is an integration complex that helps users organize collaboration on project data and documents. Information can come from all kinds of sources - tables, databases, other structured repositories. The complex is based on the idea of ​​accumulating and systematizing knowledge about an object, with parallel extraction of metadata for each element.

    AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard can work with data of any format, including:

    • 3D models
    • laser scan data,
    • Digital photos
    • 2D drawings
    • scanned documents
    • data from ERP systems, etc.

    All information is systematized and combined in a single workspace. The specialist can immediately see all the characteristics of the element and all the documents in which it appears: drawings, 3D-models, photographs, etc. The time savings are tremendous, because usually design engineers spend from 50% to 80% of their time searching for information, sorting through deposits of documents, tables and databases.

    In addition, the complex contains tools for analysis, verification and control of technical information to avoid making engineering decisions based on erroneous source data.







    Integration of Capital Projects and AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard


    So, AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard acts as a tool for combining and visualizing all the technical information on the project, with data verification and automatic cross-referencing of documents. This complex also allows you to control the completeness of the documentation and conduct checks on the metadata of objects. But, in addition to this, for effective work on the project, it is necessary to precisely manage all stages of the preparation of documents:

    • organize the process of receiving and sending documents,
    • Route
    • assign tasks to employees,
    • set deadlines for each document,
    • track the timeliness of implementation,
    • to review and verify documentation.

    All these tasks are solved by Capital Projects: it plays the role of transport, allowing designers and contractors to exchange documentation with the customer, and the customer - send the documentation for consideration to the right specialists within the organization. At the same time, Capital Projects allows you to manage all stages of the document preparation process - from creating a template to approving the final version.

    An example of a workflow:



    When planning work on a project, the customer, knowing what documents he wants to receive from the contractor, creates stubs for future documents in Capital Projects. This information is automatically transferred to the Supplier Exchange portal, where the contractor is informed that the stub requires filling - the document itself, for example, a DWG drawing.

    The documentation developer (Supplier) downloads the document. A preliminary check is carried out (Document control) for errors in versions, checking the correctness of names, etc. Then the document is transferred to Capital Projects, where it is evaluated by the engineer on the part of the customer. In accordance with the routing rules, this document is submitted to the engineer in the form of a PDF file. Let's say this is some kind of drawing. To check the accuracy of the range of equipment, all parameters and sizes, the engineer is forced to independently find, open and analyze a variety of other documentation related to the equipment and structures presented in the drawing. Depending on the complexity of the drawing, manual search and verification of data can take from several hours to several days.

    By integrating with the AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard, the review process can be much easier. Integration allows you to open and view documents uploaded to Capital Projects received from the contractor using a special viewer. The system extracts all engineering data from the incoming drawings. Each element is recognized by a unique name, and all new information supplements existing metadata downloaded earlier.

    Now the engineer does not operate with a simple PDF file, but with a full-fledged drawing, for each element of which you can immediately get the necessary technical information, related documents from any design subjects: electrical, ventilation, heat supply, etc. In addition, it becomes possible to view three-dimensional models of objects presented on the drawing, which are embedded in the general model of the entire project.





    The system independently checks the compliance of the data in the drawings and specifications, saving the engineer from lengthy searches and reconciliations of paper documents:





    Upon completion of the analysis of the drawing, the engineer makes his comments and sends the drawing for revision.





    Conclusion


    Integration of EMC Capital Projects with AVEVA NET Workhub and Dashboard allows you to:

    • View documents in the form of drawings or three-dimensional models, immediately receiving all the related technical information for each element.
    • Automatically detect inconsistencies in the data obtained at different stages of the project from different disciplines and specialists.
    • Repeatedly speed up the verification of design documentation and reduce the likelihood of design, construction and future operation errors.

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