Business Benefits

• Reduce costs
  Eliminate manual replication of existing design.
  Avoid the shortcomings of other 3D file formats.
  Avoid system performance impairment caused by trying to work with large, graphical representations of complex equipment items
  Share design information easily.
• Improve quality
  Maximise accuracy of equipment placement and interconnection.
  Design confidently in tight spaces.
  Benefit from more effective design visualisation, review and communication with stakeholders.
  Use fully representative, detailed models to plan operations processes.
• Reduce project risk
  Eliminate errors and rework from inaccurate replication of equipment designs.
  Avoid installation and operational access problems caused by inadequate understanding of the equipment models.
  Employ a well-supported standard with a roadmap for future enhancement.

Key Features

• Save time
  Import suppliers’ MCAD models quickly and reliably.
  Avoid data interoperability problems.
  Export 3D design to other MCAD users.

Literature

Download the   AVEVA Mechanical Equipment Interface   brochure   (300kB pdf)

• Standards compliance
  Complies with STEP AP203, a widely-supported international standard meeting the needs of today’s 3D working practices.
• Selective display of components
  Imported models may be unnecessarily complex. AVEVA Mechanical Equipment Interface allows the designer to quickly search, select and hide unnecessary components. An imported model may be simplified by replacing complex shapes with geometric primitives and can have multiple display levels and representations applied to it.
• Efficiency and robustness
  Reliable and straightforward to use, with an intuitive user interface, enabling a user to concentrate on key design issues instead of file translation. Mechanical Equipment Interface is a practical tool for designers, not an added burden for system administrators.

• Full exploitation of imported models
  An imported 3D model becomes a native Outfitting object, exposed to all the relevant AVEVA Marine functionalities. Users can apply attributes to the model, change its display levels, add or modify obstruction volumes, share it across multiple sites using AVEVA Global, include it in drawings and reports, and so on. Major equipment models may also be imported as sub-assemblies, which enables animation to be applied in AVEVA Review for tasks such as installation or replacement planning.
• Bi-directional transfer
  Separately licensable modules perform file import and export. Many users will require only file import, bringing in equipment models created in the major 3D MCAD systems, such as Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER or SolidWorks 2009. The export capability enables design communication with any AP203-compliant third-party software.