one good advantage of this new tech is in plant debottlenecking, retrofit or one big capital project. the asbuilt is accurate enough to flag u of any interference or clashing. thats a real saving in terms of productivity if youre developing the equipment layout, piping, steel structure, etc. saves u the time to physically measure with a steel tape (my understanding is that there is no laser measuring instrumnet that are class as intrinsically safe to date) distance between equip, piping, etc.
Paul Bowers <pbowers@pipingdesign.com> wrote: Can you clarify that? I was referring to the concept of photo images of existing facilities being imported into 3D CAD files by scanning them. Are we talking about the same technology?
There are a bunch of links at the website, see here: http://www.pipingdesign.com/designinnovation.html
Paul
>> 3-D scanning is moving way ahead of photogrammetry each year and you can
>> export from the 3-D scan software and import into CAD packages, the
>> technology has arrived and is improving with time.
> Don't count out hand-drawn isos yet, technology is developing to the point
> where you'll be able to take an electronic pen and tablet (I have one
here)
> and draw just as you would on paper. Then, just enter the dimensions into
> the variables.
>
> I may come across as a dinosaur at times, but hey, technology is not
moving
> fast enough for me so I bitch.
>
> Another thing I want to see widely adopted is photogrammetry for direct
> input into CAD models for as-builts and upgrade projects. The technology
> seems to be just dragging along though.
>
> Is the foot dragging due to tech problems, management uncertainty or the
> perpetually poor economy these days?
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