Integrating The Plant Design Process For Structural Engineers

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Integrating the Plant Design Process for Structural Engineers

Mitch Sklar, Technical Director, Structural Products
POYRY
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Analysis & Design

Modeling & Documentation
Detailing & Fabrication

View
Analyze
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Interoperability
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iWare Apps
The Dashboard is a free tool that assists in managing the data & workflow of projects from start to finish. The Dashboard provides a Single Interface to learn how Bentleys comprehensive products integrate together in more efficient project workflows. It also a useful Launch Pad & Web Portal for easy access to any information on Bentleys structural products, RSS News Feeds, Be Community Blogs & Forums, SELECT software downloads, support & sales.
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What is the Structural Dashboard?
Easy access to open recently opened model files for any installed structural product Project Folder & File management filtered by structural product Quick links to Be Community website, log a support issue, contact Bentley Sales or SELECT Real-time RSS News Feeds Project Notes include quick links to specifications, design documents & project web sites or embed pictures, spreadsheets or add notes like project billing codes, contacts All latest Product Versions
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Benefits of the Structural Dashboard
View Basic, i-Model or ISM DGN Models Navigate, Search, Isolate & Measure Components
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New Dashboard DGN Viewer
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Integrating the Plant Design Process for Structural Engineers
How do EPCs Work Today?

Structural Engineer
Piping Designer
Pipe Stress Engineer
Pipe Supports (Type, Loads, Location)

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How do EPCs Work Today?

A manual approach to managing these piping loads begins with analysis of the piping system to locate supports, guides, & anchor points. After the analysis is complete the piping engineer sorts through the piping support reactions to find the critical cases that the supports/ structure must be designed for. These forces are hand marked on a multiple piping isometric drawings; with one copy given to the piping designer to complete the PDS piping model, locations of pipe shoes, guides, anchor points, etc; and Another copy given to the structural engineer for designing the supporting structures. While working in PDS / FrameWorks the structural engineer would build the structural model incorporating all the required pipe supports. To prepare the structural model for analysis the engineer must then search each isometric finding the support points and associated loads evaluate and apply them to the structural model. The biggest problem here is that a single process structure may have hundreds or thousands of piping isometric drawings associated with it, resulting in a vast amount of paper and manual evaluation. This is very
inefficient and time consuming.

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Industry Standards (fragmented)
Construction Documentation
Structural Analysis & Design
Project Data & Deliverables
Other Tools, Software, & Techniques
Pipe Stress Analysis
3D Plant Design
Proprietary File Formats (fragmented)
The Typical way of working as a Structural Engineer is somewhat, if not all, Fragmented
Problem Is Consistent Across The Plant Market

EPC # 2 There are some significant disconnects between the pipe stress and the structural engineers. When conveying information from pipe stress to Structural, we typically provide the preliminary structural steel drawings to pipe stress for them to mark up loads on it. This is extremely inefficient. Also, piping should try to get as much structural steel put onto the steel drawings so that detailing, fabrication and erection can be done in a single pass EPC # 3 We have some serious frustrations in the way piping designers do their work, interfacing with structural and mechanical. I know the current process is disjointed, but it is all our tools provide us. EPC #4 - We have standard loadings that take care of the major stuff. The thing that is a killer is the special case stuff. The thermal loads and piping movements, spring supports, anchor points etc; these types of things have special details, as well as high loads. In addition, a structural engineer cant guess where these things are going to be or what they will look like. This has to come from the Piping Engineer and we have to sort through drawings. Most of the time this info gets to structural at best just before you issue the drawings. Sometimes it is after the first fabrication release has been sent out and you have to revise the drawings.
What if, as a structural engineer, you could receive quality data from the 3D plant model and the pipe stress model, and link these to your structural analysis and design model
Starting with the Structural Analysis Model Including the Foundations (mats, pile caps, combined, pad) Including the Connections (gussets, moment, base plates, prequalified) Accounting for the various Codes (wind, seismic, load combos) Combined with the Support information from the Pipe Stress Model Develop the Steel/Concrete Design Documentation Deliverables
... to automatically create and maintain the engineering drawings, schedules, foundation designs, connection designs, piping isometrics, and more?
How could that impact your work and bottom line?

Why do we want to have Integration Across Disciplines? Why do we want to Share or have Continuity of Information?
Interoperability with Bentley Navigator, STAAD, AutoPIPE, and ProStructures
Bentley Integrated Structural and CAE Solution

ProStructures
STAAD
Other Tools, Software, & Techniques
AutoPIPE
OpenPLANT, AutoPLANT
Bentley Integrated Structural and CAE Solution

ProSteel, ProConcrete
Foundations, Connections, Advance Analysis, & Offshore
ProStructures
STAAD
AutoPIPE Nozzle, StressISO, PlantFlow, Puls
AutoPIPE
AutoPLANT OpenPLANT
Lets See the Interoperability between STAAD, AutoPIPE, and ProStructures
AutoPIPECAE Pipe Stress Analysis & Integration

Data Integration Bi-Directional Exchange Data Export
Data Integration Bi-Directional Exchange
AutoPIPE Modeling Interoperability

Data Export
Data Export
Bi-Directional Exchange
Data Export
Data Export*
STAADStructural Analysis & Design Integration

Data Integration
Data Integration
STAADModeling Interoperability
Partial Data Integration**
Data Import/Export**
Data Export
Data Export*
ProStructures
ProSteel ProConcrete
ProStructures
3D-Structural Steel 3D-Structural Concrete Bentleys Modeling and Detailing ProStructures is the combination Modeling and Detailing of ProSteel & ProConcrete. For advanced for AutoCAD and for AutoCAD MicroStation 3D Modeling, Documentation, & Detailing of
Steel and Concrete Structures

ProStructures Capabilities
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AutoPIPE - STAAD Integration

Single-User Integrated Piping/Structure Models
Faster Design Less Assumptions Combined structure + piping More accurate pipe support model w/changed piping loads & equipment loads + realistic automatically updated multiple structural and piping design times in STAAD stresses Structural Sway and Stiffness Cost Savings Combined structure + piping Avoid costly re-design and model to analyze true combined construction delays stiffness
AutoPIPE - STAAD Integration
Model 1, Line 1
Model 2, Line 2 Multi-User AutoPIPE
Import & Manage Multiple AutoPIPE & STAAD model changes & results
STAAD Model
Model 3, Line 3
Model 4, Line 4
Faster Design Less Assumptions transfer piping and support leading to safer structure, loads in hours not weeks piping, and equipment Structural Sway and Stiffness Cost Savings considerations for more potential on pipe supports accurate designs and structure
Multi-User Integrated Piping/Structure Models
STAAD - ProStructures Integration

Complete Bi-Directional Workflow
Complete Steel and Concrete Solution
Bentley Navigator
Produce Open
Clash Detection Rendering Data Interrogation Markup Redline
Markup
Explore
Schedule Simulation Animation
Group
Manipulate
Dynamic Sectioning Print Paper / PDF
Simulate 2D & 3D Navigation Measure
Find Measuring
To Avoid Design Mistakes and Operation Failure
Bentley Navigator
AutoPIPE
AutoPIPE & Navigator Hot Clash Detection
Bentley Navigator for the iPAD

Optimised DropBox, email, i-tunes etc.
Unmanaged view, query & mark-up
for iPad
MicroStation or i-model Composer

optimized i-model
Optimised
enhancement for iPad
Mark-ups
ProjectWise Explorer for the iPAD

MicroStation or i-model Composer optimized i-model ProjectWise Explorer Packaging i-model
Managed mobile dynamic synchronisation
enhancement
Optimised
enhancement
DropBox, email, i-tunes etc.
for iPad
SET
ProjectWise
Structural/Piping Interoperability Benefits

Fragmented Approach
Engineers build 2D (LAC) Structure/Piping models of their project for Analysis Designers build a second matching 2D/3D model to incorporate elevations, sections, and details Engineers would reanalyze and re-evaluate their individual design elements, and manually submit changes back to the designers for updating
Integrated Workflow
Interoperability allows the design and engineering processes to be optimized and efficient, as both teams share the same 3D Modeling Environment Engineers, can import the 3D models and supplement them with member/material properties before proceeding with the engineering analysis Modifications to the model may/will still be required; Real Time Design Reviews allows project savings and efficiencies by working with one model and eliminating duplicate work Designers/Engineers can analyze, evaluate and perform sensitivity studies on the integrated Structural/Piping Systems
Integrating the Plant Design Process for Structural Engineers Thank You!
Mitch Sklar, Director, Sales Technical Support

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