CAU 2013 Express consists of in depth training sessions on CADWorx, CAESAR II, and PV Elite, all packed into a one-day, high-powered learning experience. Below are in-depth descriptions of what software aspects will be covered in each training session track for CADWorx, Caesar II and PVElite.
CADWorx
3D CAU2013 Express Class Preview
Advanced Spec Building
Techniques for Better Designs
Leverage
the power of the piping Catalog and Specification Editor to save time building
project specs. Learn the ins and outs of the catalog structure and how this
benefits you in adding new components and modifying existing ones. Gain a full
understanding of how to organize multiple catalogs to create the exact content
for each and every project. See how you can easily manage complete project
specifications from one location and with a simple interface. Walk away with a
complete understanding of how to remove the frustrations of managing multiple
project specs by including them in a single project file. Learn how branch
tables can help you can control the connection selections available to the
designer on the project, and how user shapes can be integrated in to your
project specifications. Build powerful piping specifications with ease
and accuracy.
Leveraging Point
Clouds to Produce Accurate As-Built Models
CADWorx FieldPipe
is the most versatile and powerful AutoCAD-based as built creation tool on the
market. This class will show you how to leverage your point cloud data to
build intelligent CADWorx models and also how you can also use the same tool to
create accurate design models and deliverables directly in the field. Learn how
these tools can cut your modeling time by up to 90% and walk away with a clear
plan to create as-build models quickly, safely and accurately. Whether you are
tasked with a single pipe run in the field or need to develop intelligent
output from a complete plant’s point cloud data, this session will give you the
intelligent start you need to make the right decisions.
Building Great Plant
Models: From P&IDs to ISOs
Great piping designs do
not start and end at the 3D model, there is a lot that goes on before and after
the model is created that ensures that safe and accurate designs are created
quickly and that deliverables are produced with the minimum effort and manual
input. The key to this efficiency is the retention and leveraging of data all
the way from the P&IDs, to the model and on through to deliverables such as
BOM’s, isometrics etc. Learn how, by retaining and reusing information
throughout your project’s lifecycle, you can make your projects run at their
full potential.
How I-Configure can
Help You Create Exactly the Issues You Want
ISOGEN I-Configure is a
powerful tool that many are still not familiar with. This session will
demonstrate some of hidden power of I-Configure. We will also show you how to
transition from Project Manager to this new tool by converting your company's
current Project Manager setting files to the I-Configure format. We will also
show you how to automatically add custom symbols and detail sketches to your
isometrics for the minimizing of rework or editing. Learn how to use component
symbol keys (SKEYs) in ISOGEN and the symbol editor to create custom symbols
and assign your own SKEY. This allows users to produce isometrics with symbols
that accurately represent items placed in the plant model. We will also show
how to maintain network security while maximizing user versatility, and how to
create and link custom pipe support S-KEY’s in the pipe support palette.
CADWorx
2D CAU2013 Express Class Preview
How to setup and
create P&IDs for downstream success
Just as databases have
become part of our everyday lives, it also seems that the promise of
intelligent P&IDs has been part of our conversation for at least a
generation. Yet to this day intelligent P&IDs seem to mean little more than
tagged blocks and the ability to output valve and instrument lists. During this
session you will learn how easy it is to setup project databases to create
truly intelligent P&IDs. You will discover how this intelligence allows you
to run reports, link important project information, and attach design and
engineering deliverables to P&ID components, for retrieval throughout the
project and plant lifecycles.
Instrumentation and
P&IDs: Effective sharing and information reuse
Control system
engineering handles a large amount of data and deliverables. Consistently
creating the index, specification, wiring, and documentation are some of the
most time-consuming and error-prone tasks. CADWorx E&I delivers unique
capabilities to cover the complete control system task and support all phases
of the life cycle from within a single environment. Learn how integration with
automation vendors helps you engineer and design systems that are exactly
tailored to project requirements and deliver cost effective solutions. Also
learn how both instrumentation and piping can be linked to provide
unprecedented collaboration with downstream benefits.
A data-centric
approach to generating quality electrical deliverables
Electrical design is a
critical task in the entire design process but traditionally is performed at
the tail end of the project schedule, when all the final electrical data and
loads are known. This pots added pressure to get the job done quickly and
correctly. Learn how a unique data-centric approach to electrical engineering
and design delivers accurate deliverables quickly, efficiently and with the
least reinterpretation of data. See how designs associated to your project
loads can be created quickly and easily created with high quality and
consistency, followed by automatic creation of all the electrical design
deliverables.
Tools for publishing
and sharing electrical and instrumentation information
Creating electrical and
instrumentation deliverables can be a laborious and time consuming process. The
challenge is in the multiple information interdependencies that exist in in the
E&I process. See how a data-centric approach to the problem of creating
accurate deliverables brings real-world benefits to creating deliverables that
exactly mirror the components that make up a project, and its many
interdependencies. Learn how having an integrated I&E solution makes
deliverables creation a simpler task to roll out to the enterprise.
CAESAR
II CAU2013 Express Class Preview
Selection
and design of spring supports in CAESAR II
Spring
support selection in CAESAR II is a well-used feature of the program.
Unfortunately, many engineers are unfamiliar with the many selection
capabilities that are available in the program. This session will review
the CAESAR II algorithm for hanger selection, exercise the many design options,
evaluate that selection and provide guidance on improving the selection.
CAESAR II doesn’t select the spring; you do. Learn how you can do a
better job.
Tailoring the CAESAR
II interface for optimal performance
Many
engineers use CAESAR II, as is, right out of the box. But there are many
seemingly minor adjustments that each user can make to the program environment
to speed and simplify the input session, provide more content and organize
input and results. If you spend even a few hours developing piping models
or evaluating results, these simple changes are well worth a review here with
their benefits in time and comprehension.
Demystifying
modeling concepts of buried pipe analysis
CAESAR
II has a distinct method of including the effects of soil in a buried pipe
model. The concepts of buried pipe modeling, along with the automated
procedure to include these effects in the analysis, are not intuitive to an
above ground piper. This session will provide an overview of the terms
used here (such as bearing, friction, virtual anchor length, and soil type) and
the CAESAR II modeling procedure. B31 comments on buried pipe will be reviewed.
Upcoming
B31 improvements in modeling and evaluation of branch connections
The
SIFs and flexibility factors in use today were developed over 60 years ago.
ASME commissioned a project (ST-LLC 07-02) to review, update and
harmonize these values across all B31 piping codes. One of the more
interesting changes is the treatment of pipe intersections where a value for
tee flexibility is greater than the current 1.0. Taking credit for this
tee flexibility may reduce calculated expansion stresses and equipment loads.
This class will review the study results and outline the tee model that
will, eventually, be included in the B31 codes
PV
Elite CAU2013 Express Class Preview
API
579: Fitness for Service - A Focus on the Impact of Corrosion
API 579
offers valuable techniques to safely determine the fitness for service of a
vessel or heat exchanger that has been in service. Knowing the lifetime
of a pressure vessel in service can have great significance on production
capabilities and downtime costs. This course will focus on analyzing a vessel's
fitness for service after the vessel has been subjected to corrosion,
specifically to API 579 Part 4 (General Metal Loss), Part 5 (Local Metal Loss)
and Part 6 (Pitting).
Catching
Up With PV Elite Capabilities
PV
Elite is worked on constantly by a team of software development
engineers. Each year PV Elite is updated with the new codes and
capabilities, and although each release leads users to focus on these new
capabilities there are still 100's of tips and tricks that users have found
useful from the earliest versions of PV Elite. Please join us to learn how your
use of the latest version of PV Elite and past versions can be made more
effective for all users both new and experienced.
Evaluation of Openings
in Vessels
Why do
openings in vessels have to be reinforced? What is the reason why having
a hole in a vessel wall makes is weaker? What are the various methods
various codes tackle this problem? In this simple easy to follow
discussion you will learn the basic principles underlying nozzle reinforcement
and how they are addressed by different pressure vessel codes.
The
Theory, Principles and Effects of creep as it Pertains to Pressure Vessel
Design
Engineers
understand the effects of operating stress on pressure vessel components.
Pressure vessel codes provide allowable stresses that must not be exceeded,
with safety factor based on yield of no more the two thirds x yield.
These stresses are kept well below the yield point to maintain a margin of safety.
At modest temperatures, it can be expected that (ignoring the effects of
corrosion) operating pressures can be sustained for many years
without fear of failure. There are many vessels-still in service-that are
over 80 years old. This is because the properties of the metal remain
constant over time. However…..
Modern
pressure vessel design calls for higher operating temperatures. At these
higher temperatures the metal over time can suffer from stretching, ultimately
resulting in failure if not understood. This is called creep. The
problem is that keeping the stresses below the yield point is not
sufficient. Creep can take place well below the yield point.
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