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Why use Intergraph CADWorx® PLANT and P&ID for your AutoCAD®‐based Plant and Piping Design Projects?
Stability and Dedication to the Plant Design Market Space
CADWorx has been on the market for 15 years and has been ‘step-for-step’ with each and every AutoCAD Version Release!
CADWorx is affordable 3D Plant/Piping Design software package with thousands of users and the backing of dedicated support professionals with years of Industry Knowledge and “know-how”.
Developed by COADE® in the 90’s, the authors of CAESAR II®, the leading Pipe Stress Analysis package in the world, CADWorx has grown into the strong and stable platform users expect and require. Billions of dollars of plant design projects are successfully completed each year using CADWorx, which is the standard for AutoCAD®‐based plant design. This strength has improved with the acquisition of COADE by Intergraph® in January 2010. This move has merged Intergraph, the undisputed leader in enterprise level plant design (PDS and Smart Plant Enterprise), with COADE the undisputed leader in pipe and pressure vessel analysis and AutoCAD‐based plant design. Finally, ISOGEN®, the de facto industry standard for automated piping isometric production, is also owned Alias another Intergraph so we look for further integration!
Such strength in the Plant Design Industry is unmatched!
Intergraph® CADWorx® & Analysis Solutions (Intergraph CAS, formerly COADE®) is one of the world’s longest tenured AutoCAD® developers, with an Autodesk® Developer Network (ADN) number of 38. No existing ADN member has been developing AutoCAD‐based plant engineering and design solutions longer than Intergraph CAS, nor has any other developer gained the depth of plant design focused knowledge that Intergraph CAS has acquired and applied as an ADN member over the last 25 years. 12,000 users rely on CADWorx to deliver superior results daily and now with Intergraph behind us we are growing faster than ever. Look for more integration efforts with SmartPlant and continued integration with CAESAR II, PV Elite and Isogen.
CADWorx PLANT Professional – The ‘All-In-One’ Package
In addition to the Standard 3-D Drafting functionality, Specification Driven Design, and Isometric Drawing Production with ISOGEN (owned by Alias another Intergraph Company), CADWorx Plant Professional these additional capabilities:
• 2D quick‐layout capabilities
• On‐the‐fly clash detection without the need of a secondary software application
• Optional external project database (at any time during the project!)
• Drawing to database piping and steel back‐up
• Bidirectional links to pipe stress analysis (CAESAR II)
• Bidirectional links to pressure vessel analysis (PV ELITE)
• Hygienic and Ductile Iron piping
• Steel Drafting Tools
• P&ID Drafting Tools – Upgradable to CADWorx P&ID Professional
With over 20 detail case studies and articles documenting the successes gained by CADWorx users, the one constant theme is how easy it is to startup and use. Although training is always advantageous, often users are up and running in hours after loading up the software.
The question is, after the initial setup are designers vastly more productive? With CADWorx the simple answer is, “Yes!”
Database Functionality – Seamless
All the information on a CADWorx PLANT Project is stored in the drawing. In fact, the database is not required – at all! Users can start drawing immediately and attach to a database at any point in the project if desired.
Setup of the database takes about a minute. If employed, external project databases add enhanced functionality such as increased reporting and enhanced back up - users can recreate piping, steel, HVAC and ducting systems directly from the database.
3D Walk Through - Included!
CADWorx Design Review is Included in the Suite to perform 3D Walk-throughs on your CADWorx AutoCAD based Models. In addition, since all CADWorx Drawings are saved in AutoCAD .dwg format, the Navisworks product line also works seamlessly!
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