Pipe Fabrication

The AVEVA PDMS suite allows you to provide all of the required information to produce pipes direct from the 3D model. Catalogue data provides all relevant fabrication information for the component. Project and process relevant attributes are added at the design phase. 3D Engineering and Design systems must allow for the final steps of production to be carried out without any additional effort and interfaces. Pipe Fabrication contains integrated features to support the complete production process from design to fabrication and assembly.

During pipe production various workflow and outsourcing scenarios are common. The fabrication data provided by Pipe Fabrication allows for high flexibility for handling peaks in the workload during the main outfitting phase. The mechanical prefabrication process requires a significant amount of investment. The data provided by the Pipe Fabrication allows for a smooth flow of information to the pipe fabrication vendors.

Pipe Fabrication can be tailored for specific needs using a set of functions for configuration of the fabrication environment. You can also perform production checks during the design phase.

Pipe Fabrication offers a configurable reporting/drawing tool for pipe sketches containing production information and an isometric view. Also all pipe production data can be extracted in a neutral format for interfacing with other pipe production control systems. The NC Data is provided in a machine independent neutral (XML) format. Post processing of this data to machine dependent CNC data can be easily added as post processors for the different vendor specific languages.

The pipe fabrication process consists of four stages:

At the model stage, you define the fabrication related features. For example, fabricated pipe ends, assignment of bending machines and design checks for fabrication. Additional catalogue components are provided as part of Pipe Fabrication. Refer to Modelling for further information.

Spooling is based on the design data and fabrication checks are performed as configured. Only a successful fabrication check allows writing of the valid spool information to the database. Refer to Spooling and Checks for further information.

Drawing production uses the design and fabrication information to create pipe sketches or isometrics views. The material can be defined for shop or site and different types of isometrics can be generated for fabrication and installation. Refer to Spooling and Checks for further information.

Spool data can be published or only the NC relevant information for mechanical prefabrication. Refer to Export Fabrication Data for further information.

Note:
Pipe fabrication functionality is the default, use the environmental variable PRODUCTIONCHECKSENABLED (located in the evars.bat file) to enable or disable production checks as Production Checks and Pipe Fabrication are incompatible.

From the main menu bar, select Pipe Fabrication to display the pipe fabrication functions.

You can generate Pipe Spool Sketches from the Drafting module too.