Pipe Router PDMS
Overview
Pipe Router, ASD's flagship product provides automatic cost-driven 3-D pipe routing for both FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) and EPC project phases. This expert system enables engineers to cost optimize their designs, and dramatically reduce the man-hours on a project. Rack design, equipment layout and MTOs can be fixed earlier providing a significant schedule reduction over the whole EPC phase of a project. This version has been developed to run within the Aveva PDMS product.Feed Phase
Pipe Router can be used in the conceptual design mode, when equipment drawings and nozzle locations are not available. In this mode, Pipe Router would provide rule based nozzle placement and optimal nozzle orientation based on the equipment arrangement, providing MTO accuracy within 5%. In this phase, the Pipe Router allows users to evaluate more arrangements, and ultimately choose an optimal layout.EPC Phase
The design progresses seamlessly to preliminary design, updating equipment and line data, as it becomes available. The program will automatically re-route piping. Finally, the completed routes are already within PDMS to kick-start your detailed design.Functionalities and Features
- Calculates shortest path based on engineering constraints
- Reduces number of elbows
- Ensures supportability routes
- Batch Routing with ability to freeze routes
- 3D Interference free routing
Engineering Considerations
- Pipe stress check
- Supportability considerations
- Sloped piping
Deliverables
- 3-D pipe routes transferable to PDMS
- Accurate MTO
PDMS Interface
- Can translate piping components like elbows, tees, fittings, reducers and valves.
- Read in PDMS equipment Model and Piping Model