Cadmatic eNews2015Q1

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Strong growth in India

Nuclear Power Corporation of India acquires more Cadmatic licenses

Cadmatic webinars met with great interest

Increased cooperation with Tekla

Cadmatic cooperating with educational institutions

Cadmatic technical seminar successfully held in Chennai, India

Walley Design Italy increasing its use of Cadmatic

Upcoming events

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Version 2015Q1 of Cadmatic introduces among others improved scalability, faster replication and back-ups, tools for multi-project maintenance, better maintainability of library and project databases, scheduled eBrowser publishing, as well as smart point and impersonation for eShare.

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Software requirements

Version 2015Q1 Outfitting requires a 64bit op-erating system.

Scalability has been improved significantly

All operations related to documents are about 70% faster than in previous releases. Document files are now zipped in order to significantly re-duce the required disk space and to ensure fast-er replications, back-ups, automatic upload of documents etc. The size of data files is no lon-ger limited to 4GB. Also the size limitation of single objects has been removed. The scalability of COS queries has been notably improved. CX export can be executed much faster especially in cases where the import history is large.

Project and library management has been further developed

The mapping of specification setup has been improved when a specification is imported into a project.

Ð Model queries can be multi-selected for easier usability. This covers all selections where model queries are selected from COS or from a file

Ð Model queries can be edited via library and project management.

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several projects. This is especially handy when upgrading projects.

Î Multi-project mainte-nance enables much eas-ier collection of update packages using the Cart functionality.

Multi-project maintenance has been introduced

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Ð Approve for Use in Project has been extended to Components.

Î Approvals of library objects can easily be copied from project to project.

Î New Structural Unit Template for Machinery Stairs has been introduced.

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Cable router enhancements

It is now possible to receive the name of an equipment node from a Single-line Cabling Di-agram.

Scheduled eBrowser Publishing

eBrowser is available in both 64bit and 32bit versions as separate installers and they can be installed side by side. The 32bit version is need-ed when hosting the eBrowser component in IE in case it is embedded in a 32bit third party ap-plication or when running the eBrowser appli-cation in a 32bit operating system.

eBrowser can visualize duct insulation in a simi-lar way to pipe insulation.

Î Cable router items are added to an in-activity filter to make it easier to activate / inactivate them.

Ï eBrowser model publishing is easy to schedule. Î eBrowser publish settings are now

distributable via COS.

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eShare introduces Smart Points and Impersonation

One of the main features of eShare is the abil-ity to access information in external systems via a 3D model interface. In some cases, however, the design model does not contain items that could represent the information. For example, corrosion inspection points are not part of the design model, but just points on the surface of

the pipes and equipment in the model. In such cases, smart points can be used to add visible items to the model in eShare, and assign iden-tifiers to them. External data can then be ac-cessed using these identifiers.

An adapter for the OSISoft PI System process historian is now available, and it can utilize the smart points to mark the measured instruments in the model.

Adapters in eShare can now utilize imperson-ation which means that an external system is accessed with the credentials of the logged-in user. The system can then limit use according to its own access control rules. This means that us-ers of eShare will not see anything they would otherwise not have access to.

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Cadmatic’s office in Mumbai, India has had a busy and interesting start to 2015. The office has acquired several new customers both in the marine and plant design sectors. The re-sultant software implementations and in-creased level and scope of marketing activi-ties have kept the Mumbai team busy.

The company is currently recruiting staff for its technical support department in order to serve existing clients even better and

manage the growing customer base. As part of these recent developments the office has been relocated to bigger premises in a brand new of-fice building in Thane.

According to Roshansingh Navlur, Director of Sales & Operations of India and Southeast Asia Cadmatic is in an exciting transition from a tech-nology company to a market and sales-driven organization.

“Our strong sales growth proves that we pro-vide value to our customers and it also dem-onstrates our skills in increasing volumes and commercializing our software to the client’s re-quirements. Our key success factor is our com-petence in the design and development of functionalities that are user-friendly, fast and suitable for use in both the plant and marine sectors”, explains Mr Navlur.

Strong growth in India

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Mr Navlur stresses that customer satisfaction is a key objective at Cadmatic.

“I am happy to say that throughout this growth process we have been able to main-tain – and even improve – our good track record. I was promoted to Director at the beginning of 2013. On my visits to custom-ers around India and South East Asia, I have learnt a lot about how they optimize re-source utilization with our software solution. We strive for long-term customer relation-ships, by this I mean relationships that last for ten years to begin with and preferably last longer.”

Cadmatic’s success in India and South East Asia has placed it in a very good position in the marine and plant industries, in particular in the nuclear industry.

“Major companies in the marine and nucle-ar segments are our clients: Larsen &Toubro (the most important marine and plant indus-try EPC in the Indian private sector), and as well NPCIL (the state-owned nuclear power corporation), and many other engineering companies. We want to grow stronger in the region each year with our highly motivated and strong workforce”, Mr Navlur concludes.

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Already a Cadmatic user since 2009, NPCIL has increased its number of Cadmatic licens-es and upgraded to the latest version.

NPCIL is currently finishing nuclear power plant units 3 and 4 in Kakrapar, Gujarat where each unit will have the capacity to

produce 700 MWe of electricity. Combined with units 1 and 2 the plant will have a total capacity of 1840 MWe. Construction will be completed by mid-2016 and the units will become opera-tional by the end of 2016.

Around 100 Cadmatic licenses are being used by NPCIL and its subcontractors to complete the project, which is massive in terms of the physical size of the area, pipelines, equipment, HVAC, cable trays, etc. Close cooperation be-tween NPCIL and Cadmatic’s local technical and development teams has kept the project on schedule despite demanding requirements and several project changes.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India acquires more Cadmatic licenses

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NPCIL’s next project with Cadmatic is the GHAVP-project, which will be started during the summer of 2015. It will include even more extensive use of Cadmatic design applications and the eShare information management solution.

The foundation stone of the 2800 Megawatt Go-rakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana nucle-ar power plant (HAVP) in the Gorakhpur Village of the Fatehabad district of Haryna, was laid in January 2014. The 1st phase will see the com-missioning of two units producing 1400 MW of electricity and will be completed by 2020–21. The second phase will double the capacity to the full 2800 MWe.

India is capable of producing 4800 MW power and in the coming 10 years will have the ability to produce more than 27,000 MW of electricity.

Cadmatic is a proud partner of NPCIL in its quest to provide India with safe and reliable sources of energy for its growing population and economy.

Cadmatic is a proud partner of NPCIL

Ï Jukka Rantala, President of Cadmatic, is enthusiastic about the developments in the Indian market.

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From the beginning of 2015 Cadmatic has organized frequent webinars for existing and potential customers across India. The we-binars have raised a lot of interest which is reflected in the growing number of partici-pants and interactive discussions during the webinars.

To date three webinar sessions have been held with the following topics:

■ Cadmatic Diagram: Efficient and intelligent P&I diagrams

■ Cadmatic 3D Plant Design: Saves overall de-sign time, reduces complexity and decreases probability of human errors and rework

■ Learn to quickly modify your plant design along with its downstream deliverables and mount piping support in Cadmatic

Customers have highly appreciated the oppor-tunity to see and discuss technical aspects of

Cadmatic webinars met with great interest

Cadmatic and to hear how the software can help them solve current issues and improve their operations.

“Through the webinars we have received good feedback from new prospects and it also helps us to understand current requirements and challenges in plant design process”, says the or-ganizer of the webinars, Senior Sales Manager Rajesh Burase.

Upcoming webinars will, among others, include topics about interoperability, electrical design and deliverables:

■ Interoperability between Cadmatic and oth-er solutions provides new possibilities

■ Cable Routing – let the system route the ca-bles for you

■ Drawing production – fast and easy

■ eShare – a new way to manage all your proj-ect information

If you are interested in any of the upcoming we-binars and wish to receive invitations to them please contact sales@cadmatic.com.

Featured Speakers

Mr. Dharmendra Awasthi

Application Specialist

Cadmatic Software Solutions

Mr. Nagendra Irivisetti

Application Specialist

Cadmatic Software Solutions

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Cadmatic has increased its cooperation with building and construction management software Tekla. The aim of the cooperation is to develop mutual marketing and sales, usu-ally within an individual market sector or for specific prospects.

Cadmatic and Tekla software complement each other in many industries and to-gether provide customers with a broad-

er total solution.

At a technical level the cooperation includes in-telligent two-way integration between the sys-tems, which allows information and structures to flow back and forth smoothly.

The cooperation also encompasses joint mar-keting efforts and Cadmatic will, for instance, be an associate partner during Tekla’s Roadshow 2015 in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai during spring 2015.

Increased cooperation with Tekla

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B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology in Hubli, Karnataka has decided to include Cadmatic in their curriculum. The agreement includes 15 licenses and training courses on piping system design.

The college chose Cadmatic due its user-friendliness, which is very important for the students, as well as its technically ad-

vanced features, suitability for different indus-tries and its high level of professionalism in cus-tomer relations.

IT skills are a vital component of what students need in the commercial marketplace. By learn-ing the right software, students realize the im-portance of collaboration, the benefits of shar-ing project data and the value of 3D modeling right from the start of the project.

Cadmatic is currently arranging “train the train-er” workshops for college lecturers. The idea is that the lecturers will eventually conduct ses-sions for engineering students to learn and

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adopt recent industry trends and best practices available in the global market.

To ensure the best possible background for future piping design professionals, Cadmat-ic has developed an affordable software license program for educational institutions. Within the program, students can carry out each stage of a design project, from basic engineering to de-tail engineering.

Industry institute interaction

Similar discussions and activities are ongoing with several universities and training institutes across India. In this regard Cadmatic wishes to take part in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) issues by providing students with insights into high-end technology used by industries globally.

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The first Cadmatic technical briefing semi-nar in India for plant industries was held in Chennai at The ITC Sheraton Park Hotel on 25.2.2015. The successful event was orga-nized in association with the Indian Institu-tion of Plant Engineers (Tamilnadu Chapter).

The event attracted more than 80 partici-pants from a wide range of industries from companies such as Amec Foster Wheeler,

CPCL, Dow Chemicals, BGR Energy Systems, EIL, FLSmidth, Fichtner, L&T Technology Services, Petrofac, Saipem, Valmet, and SPB Projects & Consultancy.

The key speakers at the event, Mr. Juha Asanti, Mr. Roshansingh Navlur, and Mr. Rajesh Burase pre-sented topics that included ease of use, interop-erability and data exchange with other systems. Mr. Nagendra Irivisetti also gave a demonstration of the time-saving bidirectional associativity be-tween Cadmatic 3D plant design and Diagram (P&I). The eShare and eGo software solutions for information management were also presented.

Cadmatic technical seminar successfully held in Chennai, India

After the seminar participants were invited to a buffet dinner that saw more one-on-one inter-action between the participants and the Cad-matic team. The feedback received from the participants confirmed that the seminar was very much appreciated and that there is a press-ing interest for similar events in future.

Currently Cadmatic is planning combined events with Tekla during the spring in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Banglore and Chennai.

Please contact sales@cadmatic.com if you wish to receive an invitation to an upcoming seminar in your city.

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Walley Design Italy increasing its use of CadmaticItalian Walley Design purchased its first Cadmatic licenses already in 2003 and in 2014 more licenses were added to cope with their workload. The company uses Cadmatic primarily to model pipelines and to interact with other design software and modern technologies, including laser scanners.

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Walley Design was established in 1974 and pro-vides detailed engineering (structural, mechan-ical and civil) in the following fields: energy, mechanical, chemical, oil & gas, off-shore and pharmaceutical. The company’s services include analysis and development of feasibility studies, basic studies and shop drawings.

Walley Design’s fields of competence range from large residential complexes to industrial projects, such as combined cycle and hydro-electric power plants, electrical and mechani-cal applications as well as chemical and phar-maceutical plants.

According the Walley Design owner, Mr Rober-to Rambaldini, they keep up to date with the latest news in all their fields of competence, including the latest releases of software, in or-der to take advantage of all possibilities and to be able to support their customers in the most qualified way.

Mr Rambaldini feels that a big plus point for Cadmatic is its very high quality/price ratio. The Cadmatic support team also receives a lot of praise from Walley Design, in particular with re-gards the way they supported the software im-plementation. They are also satisfied with how well suited Cadmatic is for their pipeline mod-elling and design.

Cadmatic Laser Scan Modeller is an integrat-ed solution for seamless use of laser scanning data in 3D models and construction data and enhances the ability to use laser scanning tech-nologies for design projects.

Key features:

1. No restrictions on laser scanners equipment and formats of point clouds

2. Intelligent map of scanners with annota-tions

3. Active/inactive filters to boost performance

4. Perspective bubble views presenting cor-rect depth in view

5. Create intelligent 3D components using specs and library

6. Model produced is fully integrated with oth-er Cadmatic 3D Plant Design modules, in-cluding automatic isos and BOM generation, project review in eBrowser and integration to eShare – Information Management

Cadmatic Laser Scan Modeller

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“Based on our experience Cadmatic seems to be well suited for our design projects and our way of working and requirements. For example, it is pretty easy to start a new pipeline model or update an existing layout and work on it”, says Mr Rambaldini.

Laser scanning integration

Another feature which is used extensively by Walley Design is the integration with other de-sign software and laser scanned materials.

“We appreciate Cadmatic’s capability to effi-ciently interact with other design software. Cur-rently our Cadmatic licenses are being used primarily for a new project in Naples: it con-sists of a new pipeline to be modelled after de-tailed scanning activities of existing encum-brances in the installation area. In this project it has been very important that the modelling software can perfectly interact with the results obtained from laser scanning activities (its ded-icated software), so that we can have the new pipeline included in the existing survey and allow the correct placement of new supports without any clashes with existing objects”, Mr Rambaldini explains.

Walley Design in brief

Founded: 1974

Turnover: 6 € million/year

Design project values: up to 3 € million

Final plant values: 80–100 € million

Management support services

■ Technical support for contract definition

■ Construction management or assistance

■ Pre-commissioning and commissioning

■ Procurement

■ Materials acquisition

■ Quotation requests

■ Contractor management

■ Qualification process for suppliers

■ Plant start-up

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Upcoming eventsExhibition Time Place

NorShipping 2–5 June 2015 Lilleström, Norway

ADIPEC 2015 9–12 November 2015 Abu Dhabi, UAE

Marintec China 1–4 December 2015 Shanghai, China

Marintec South America 11–13 August 2015 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ICCAS Bremen 29 September – 1 October 2015 Bremen, Germany