www.bentley.com Making PDS Interoperable A Bentley White Paper Version 2.0 Published July 2010

Making PDS Interoperable 3 Introduction Since the launch of PDS in the mid 1980s, the users of this software for plant design have made substantial investments in time creating project data, related catalogs, and specifications within PDS. In parallel, most PDS users have incrementally developed and evolved comprehensive business workflows, work processes, and system interfaces to complement the PDS 3D modeling environment. Together, these efforts have improved overall project execution efficiencies over the course of the past three decades. Now, with the introduction of SmartPlant, the user...

Making PDS Interoperable 4 The next phase in Bentley’s approach centers around providing PDS users with the ability to: 1. Continue to leverage MicroStation and ProjectWise platforms; 2. Natively access all PDS data for reference outside of PDS; 3. Publish PDS models, piping catalogs, and specifications by way of ISO 15926 for other applications; 4. Transition to and adopt OpenPlant applications to modify existing PDS projects or use OpenPlant applications for new projects. Continue to leverage MicroStation and ProjectWise platforms: Bentley’s MicroStation, the market-leading platform for plant...

Making PDS Interoperable 5 Bentley ‘Smart Plan’ and OpenPlant – THE future path forward PDS users can now leapfrog into a modern, agile, open software environment that assures them data reuse and interoperable choices among multiple toolsets for integrated projects across all aspects and all types of plant creation, operations, and adaptation. Bentley’s new OpenPlant offerings uniquely combine the most robust platform and dynamic collaboration servers for accessibility, concurrent component- and file-based workflows, and comprehensive applications and services. At the same time, Bentley “Smart...

Making PDS Interoperable 6 • Integrate with other discipline-specific environments already using Bentley applications, such as for civil engineering, building design and geospatial referencing; • Use MicroStation V8i for point cloud integration while referencing PDS models; • Take full advantage of DWG file interoperability referenced together with PDS models. PDS intelligence can be easily viewed using MicroStation V8i Licensing is not an issue with SELECT Today’s plant design projects require combinations of software applications to accommodate specific disciplines or tasks. Applications may...

Making PDS Interoperable 7 maintenance charges for other vendor’s propriety software systems. In practice, this means users can select and use the right combination of seats and discipline-specific software to match the profile and variations in project demand. Integration with engineering analysis Bentley’s engineering applications can also read PDS models through a single interface, which allows users a choice when it comes to pipe stress, nozzle stress, and fluid or pulsation analysis tools. Through this common interface, PDS users can accurately and efficiently evaluate pipe geometry, loads,...

Making PDS Interoperable 8 source with the ProjectWise component index using a common data model. The common data model provides integration by using the same ProjectWise content management environment to transact all project data, including PDS, MicroStation or AutoCAD files, and other CAD data files. ProjectWise is also used to effectively manage PDS outputs. PDS production deliverables (for example piping isometrics and orthographic drawings), can be automatically tagged and routed to ProjectWise folders using the integration capabilities within ProjectWise. Project team members can share...

Making PDS Interoperable 9 The “OpenPlant Services” packaging enables breakthroughs in ease of use and affordability, as MicroStation installations and licensing are not required, together with role-based subscription licensing. OpenPlant is intrinsically based on the open ISO 15926 data schema, assuring universal accessibility for dispersed project teams using disparate systems across the project lifecycle. Concurrent file- and component-based workflows: OpenPlant fully leverages ProjectWise collaboration services, which are mission critical to managing distributed enterprise workflows across...

Making PDS Interoperable 10 Bentley OpenPlant is a managed environment for plant information What does OpenPlant mean to an engineering contractor or a plant owner-operator at a business, project, and facility level? For the engineering contractor: • OpenPlant allows information to be managed at a component level so that engineering processes and project timescales can be compressed. Engineering contractors can, therefore, consolidate information across multiple engineering functions in real time, improving overall quality and reducing rework. • OpenPlant gives management immediate access to...

Making PDS Interoperable 11 • OpenPlant automatically populates operations and maintenance systems, reducing handover costs. OpenPlant offers a wide range of tools for connecting to and managing information from EPC systems. These include sophisticated design systems such as Intergraph’s PDS and SmartPlant and AVEVA’s PDMS using Bentley’s PDx Dynamic Review and supported third-party application interfaces. The range also includes Knowledge Manager for extracting key tags and line list information from DWG and DGN files, as well as Bentley’s ProjectWise and MicroStation platforms, which can handle...

Making PDS Interoperable 12 Connection: Enabling plant systems on the business side and those on the operations side to connect and exchange information, both at the file and component level. Management: Allowing users to: • Assess the impact of proposed changes, • Manage the distribution of change, • Keep all engineering data up to date, • Use data at both the file and component level. Query: Creating a nexus of information, including powerful search and query options to retrieve and display information through the plant’s history and in context, using standard office tools such as Adobe PDF...