Philippe Marceau, executive vice president of engineering software provider Intergraph, demonstrated the new model design solution, Intergraph Smart 3D 2014, at a recent conference in Abu Dhabi and claims it will help companies in the oil and gas sector model complex structures and create automated engineering deliverables
The design software is the result of bringing together Intergraph’s market-leading design solutions SmartPlant 3D, SmartMarine 3D and SmartPlant 3D Materials Handling Edition, meaning it is tailored specifically to enable the design, construction, and operation of power plants, offshore platforms, and ships.
Ranked number one for worldwide provider of engineering design solutions by ARC Advisory Group, Intergraph states that Smart 3D is the most advanced and productive 3D design software and provides optimal design, safety, quality and productivity of operations.
Marceau said, “Projects are getting larger and need to deal with larger amounts of data, shorter schedules and an increased number of overseas stakeholders. The solution to these challenges is to rely on advanced technology opportunities.”
He added that the improved 3D design software can be used to tackle the challenges to the oil and gas industry, such as the need to refurbish and increase the output of aging plants and addressing the fact that projects are expected to go live much quicker.
“The design of new facilities becomes more challenging,” explained Marceau, “In addition, the Middle East is a mature market with aging plants, therefore the amount of engineering data that needs to be managed demands a more centralized and efficient data processing system.”
Intergraph’s Smart 3D also boasts exclusive upgraded Model Data Reuse (MDR) abilities that can enable efficient reuse of designs, and improved 3D interoperability capabilities allowing a company use of 3D data across foreign and native CAD systems, both of which Intergraph claim are exclusive to its software.
Furthermore, in the industries that Intergraph specialises, its 3D design software follows projects through from start to finish.
Marceau said, “Intergraph’s vision to address the entire project lifecycle is built on a technology shift we have identified in the market. The majority of brownfield and greenfield projects today are using the same technology as was used 30 years ago. Intergraph is now providing the solution that the market will use for the next 30 years.”
