Intelligent P&ID is perhaps the most competitive aspect of the already competitive Plant design business. DuPont says it applied a rigorous Sigma Six evaluation. Chemical processing giant DuPont has decided to standardize on the intelligent piping and instrumentation design (P&ID) from Bentley Systems. Going forward DuPont will use Bentley OpenPlant PowerPID to support … [Read more...] about DuPont to standardize on Bentley OpenPlant P&ID
ISO 15926
Intergraph releases SmartPlant P&ID ISO 15926 Export Utility
ISO 15926 is the foundation of a semantic web for process and power plant design and operations. Its support by CAD vendors in the plant space has become ubiquitous. With the release of its SmartPlant P&ID ISO 15926 Export Utility Intergraph is extending its support for the nearly ubiquitous ISO 15926 standard for data exchange in process and power plant design. The new … [Read more...] about Intergraph releases SmartPlant P&ID ISO 15926 Export Utility
Aveva Plant portfolio update tightens 3D links
New features include deeper integration between modules, enhanced reporting capabilities, and extended language support. Elements from schematics may be compared with the master 3D plant model. Aveva today announced the 12.1 release of Aveva Plant, a suite of its various solution for process and power plant design. Key themes of the update include enhanced reporting, … [Read more...] about Aveva Plant portfolio update tightens 3D links
Bentley AutoPlant V8i now supports 64-bit Windows
The market leader for AutoCAD-compatible plant design also adds new working modes, an updated user interface, and more. Bentley Systems has released an updated version of AutoPlant V8i (SELECTseries 3) suite that brings new interoperability, new support for 64-bit Windows, and other features. Bentley says AutoPlant is the most widely used AutoCAD-based plant design … [Read more...] about Bentley AutoPlant V8i now supports 64-bit Windows
The P&P Industry Shows the Others How
Process and Power has learned to embrace standards. The Process and Power industry is driven by--and is a driver of--standards. It must. because regulation is an inescapable fact of life for the process and power industry. The industry was a major driver for ISO 9000 and it is also enabling ISO 15926. ISO 15926 is a set of standards and practices to enable cross platform data … [Read more...] about The P&P Industry Shows the Others How
New Bentley Products Represent Victory for iRING User Group
Three new Bentley products support the iRING standards for real-time interoperability for plant engineering data models. The iRING Users Group, a new group of plant engineering professionals concerned with engineering software interoperability, scored a victory this week with the first commercial release of tools that support the new iRING protocols for open data model … [Read more...] about New Bentley Products Represent Victory for iRING User Group