AVEVA Engineering

Manages evolving multi-discipline data for tagged

engineering items such as lines and equipment

AVEVA Engineering enables multi-disciplinary teams of specialist engineers to

work together in an effective manner as they jointly develop the definition of all
Business Benefits
the key engineering items involved in plant and marine projects. z Gets engineering data out of
disconnected spreadsheets and
As the engineers work, they build a database of engineering objects, including into a database – more effective
items such as lines, equipment and valves, together with all of their key attributes. management, control and
Advanced technology allows this process to take place across multi-disciplinary exploitation of data.
teams in such a way that each discipline retains full control of its part of the z Allows multi-discipline
information relating to any item. engineering teams to work
together more effectively –
The product has a highly configurable data model allowing it to be adapted to increased design efficiency,
fit a wide range of project, customer and industry requirements, and to manage quality and multi-location, global
virtually any scope of project engineering data. For example, customers may working.
choose to use the product to manage just the line data, or they may expand their z Enables changes to be
usage to manage data, for instance, for items such as equipment and valves. implemented more quickly, and
controlled and communicated
A wide variety of fully formatted reports can be generated automatically from more effectively – reduced impact
the database, including key project documents such as master tag registers, line of change on cost, schedule,
lists, equipment lists and valve lists, as well as any kind of ad hoc or departmental quality and risk.
report. z Enables a wider range of data
inconsistencies to be detected
during design – increased design
quality and reduced risk of
costly, late design changes and
associated rework.

z Unrivalled opportunities
for integrated schematics,
engineering and 3D working
– enables new, more effective
working practices to be
introduced.

Key:
Tool-tip shows previous values
Additional items

Modified attributes
Filters to select and sort
on type of change

Automatic change highlighting in AVEVA Engineering

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Overview
The user is able to easily create and modify data in the database
using both spreadsheet and database explorer-style user
interfaces. Any required view of the data can be created. For
example, the user may wish to:
z interact with the database via a standard engineering list for
some tasks, potentially modifying several items in a single
action
z create any number of specialist views of the data applicable
to particular tasks
z navigate the plant breakdown structure and work solely on
the detailed information for a single item.
Database access controls are in full operation at all times,
controlling how much of the data the user may view and/or
change.
All changes to the data are automatically stored in the
database, and information about changes is accessible to
other users on demand as they carry out their daily work.
Configurable consistency checks can be applied across the
database at any time to check the quality of the data.
Built-in status control tools enable the status of individual
objects to be carefully controlled and made visible to other
users of the information as they work.
Compare and Update utilities allow the identification of
inconsistencies with data created in other AVEVA products
and/or external systems and data sources.
The product can be configured to suit a wide range of project,
customer and industry requirements, and is built on AVEVA’s
proven PDMS and Outfitting technology, which allows
distributed, multi-location working with AVEVA Global.
AVEVA Engineering includes a powerful programming language
(PML) and .NET APIs, allowing all kinds of customer/industry
customisations and automations to be applied.

Change Highlighting Change Highlighting v3

Line/Equipment List v2
Multi-discipline
v1
engineering attributes
Compare Compare
and Update and Update v4
P&ID v3
3D Layout v2
Instrument data v1
Electrical data
Tag registers

Above: AVEVA Engineering allows different sources of information

to be efficiently developed in parallel in the early stages of a project

Right: At an appropriate time in the project, data can be linked

together enabling consistency checking across multiple sources
AVEVA Engineering allows each discipline to be in full control of their own data, whilst working with data issued from the other disciplines

Key Features
z Database approach with proven, scalable, multi-user
technology
Delivers the concurrent, multi-discipline, multi-user working
environment required across project engineering teams on
typical plant and marine projects.

z Sophisticated access controls

Allows each engineering discipline to be in full control of its
own data for any given item, whilst allowing other project users
to be able to view the complete data. Includes the ability to
maintain issued and working versions of each discipline’s data.

z Automatic change recording and highlighting

Changes are automatically recorded in the database. Change
information can be selectively viewed by users as they
work, with the ability to highlight additions, deletions and
modifications within any dataset that the user is working with.
AVEVA Engineering manages the
z Highly configurable evolution of data throughout the
All aspects of the product, including the data model, project
engineering discipline boundaries and access rights, are highly
configurable. The product also includes a powerful programming
language (PML) and .NET APIs allowing all kinds of customer/
industry customisations and automations to be applied.

z Modern, easy-to-use user interface z In-built status control

Microsoft® Office Fluent™-based user interface makes the Engineers have better visibility of the quality of information,
product quick to learn and easy to use. Users interact with the and can generate progress reports directly from their working
database via familiar spreadsheet functionality. data.
Key Features (continued)
z Compare and Update
Compare and Update utilities allow parts
of the AVEVA Engineering data to be
compared against data created in other
AVEVA products and/or external systems,
and allow updates to be selectively applied
as, where and if required. This makes the
alignment with a new revision of data from
another engineering department easier and
faster.

z Data consistency checks

A wide range of inconsistencies can be
detected in the engineering data itself and
across the engineering, 3D, schematic,
instrumentation and electrical datasets.
Tags grid-style UI with data management UI and status controls
z Automatic reports direct from the
database
A wide variety of project quality, formatted
reports can be produced directly from
the database, including conventional
engineering documents, such as line lists,
equipment lists and master tag registers
(all configured as required), ad hoc reports,
progress reports and status charts.

z Same technology infrastructure as

AVEVA’s PDMS, Outfitting, Diagrams and
Schematic 3D Integrator products
Existing system administration and
customisation/configuration skills can be
used for AVEVA Engineering.

z Opportunities for new levels of integrated

working
Engineers working in the spreadsheet view can navigate to the P&ID; this example shows the ability to
In-built integration keys allow access to instantly view the P&ID on which a valve in the valve list appears
data created in PDMS and/or Outfitting, and
to P&ID and other diagramming data held
in AVEVA schematic databases, providing
unrivalled integration opportunities. z Multi-location global working
Project engineers have access to a much AVEVA Engineering is compatible with AVEVA Global, allowing the
more extensive dataset as they carry out product to be used across even the most complex multi-location,
their daily work. Linking mechanisms can distributed engineering projects.
selectively connect the different datasets,
allowing transitions between parallel z Option to publish to AVEVA NET
and single source working, as required at Data and documents generated from AVEVA Engineering can be
different stages of the project. published to AVEVA NET.

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