Over the last 12 years, IMAGE has quietly been developing ground-breaking tools to dramatically improve our quality and efficiency. One of the key elements of this is linking the P&ID’s to the 3D models using the EDGE Solid Solutions tools. We have produced a series of 3 short videos which highlight this process and I hope you will appreciate the benefits that are demonstrated within. Whether you use IMAGE’s Engineering and Design services for your projects or you may be considering implementation of some of the EDGE tools within your own organization, I think you will find this series very informative! I hope you enjoy and please feel free to forward on to others who you think my find this interesting. Linking 103 - The Benefits of Linking Linking 101 - The Basics Linking 102 - AutoLinking
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We’ve all been there before. The drawings have all been released for construction. Materials were placed on order weeks ago. Many components have already been received. And then there is the big change! Maybe it is a revised piping spec that means changes in material grades affecting hundreds of components, or maybe it just the latest change in process conditions that requires revising a few line sizes. But either way, you have to account for the changes, cancel the materials that are no longer needed and get the right things on order in a hurry. Pull out a fresh box of highlighters, it’s going to be a long night.…..unless you have EDGE BOM or have IMAGE doing your engineering and design project! Plant EDGE now comes with a seat of EDGE BOM. At IMAGE we use EDGE BOM to help our customers manage changes efficiently and now you can those same great tools to help your clients as well.
You are probably aware of the fact that IMAGE has long been offering as-built modeling as a service. In our never-ending quest for increasing our efficiency and bring our customers exceptional value, we have added a new tool to our toolbox – a handheld scanner employing an Android tablet. What does this mean to you? This means that scanning congested spaces such as modular equipment skids is much cheaper than with our standard technology because it can now be completed with a single crew member charging out at standard design rates. The developed point clouds can either be over-layed against the base equipment model to compare and contrast to the actual as-built configuration, or used as the basis to develop an actual CAD model from scratch. Also, this technology can be used as a complimentary addition to our traditional method of scanning for large areas - the handheld being used for the crowded areas and the other for long and spread-out areas. Back in the office the data from both can be merged back into a single file.
IMAGE is offering special introductory pricing for any work involving As-built modeling for a limited time. If you would like more information or would like to see a demonstration of this software, please call us at 281-731-8548. Some time ago, I was sitting down with a young new employee explaining how a piece of equipment works. I was using the 3D model and EDGE 360 to help explain and visualize things when I had an idea. A “How Stuff Works” series of videos! I thought, what better way to train new employees, convey our understanding of different types of equipment, help people see the advantage to a platform like EDGE 360 for training, and provide a useful tool to our industry! This is the first of what I hope will become a fairly large library of videos about a various of types of equipment that we have experience in designing. Watch our new video showing how to use EDGE 360 for P&IDs and Management of Change. Visit our YouTube Chanel to view more EDGE 360 videos.
We have added the Tenawa Haven Gas Plant to our Recent Projects page. Here is a video highlighting the project. We will be adding more over the next few weeks, so be sure to check back often. |