Erik,
What you state is true but Dan's other points need to be addressed:
- AutoCAD compatiablity
- I am assuming that Dan wants to also work in the AutoCAD
envoronment as well as deliver *.DWG's.
- In PDMS the drawings/model can not be intelligetnly manipulated
in AutoCAD
- PDMS may be the best out there but it not easy to learn - it
takes weeks of training get up to speed. And...
- ...needs adminstration.
- It is not viable or scalable for low seat count installations.
- Jobs in the 200m plus range are well suited to PDMS.
- Jobs that are well suited to PDMS constitute 5-10% of total
design build market - the rest of us are using AutoCAD, Microstation
with or without 3rd party apps.
All the above being so I think that the choice is between:
CADWorx, CADPIPE, AutoPLANT and QuickPEN
- In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, "Erik Scheir"
<erik.scheir@p...> wrote:
> PDMS can drawn valves, pumps,... in a pictural way. You can even
put a
> person next to the valve to see if he can reach the handwheel,
>
> Erik
>
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> Van: Dan Rosenberger [mailto:drosenberger@f...]
> Verzonden: maandag 8 november 2004 13:24
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> Onderwerp: [PipingDesign] RE: Piping software
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> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [PipingDesign] Digest Number 1328
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> From our perspective as a mechanical contractor, accurate
fabrication and
> installation is the most important feature in piping software. It
also
> needs to be compatible with plain Autocad, ie to be able to view
our
> drawings without use of a viewer or object enabler. In space
coordination,
> we need to be able to do overlays with other drawings.
>
> The tie-in to engineering capabilities, stress analysis is a plus,
but not
> critical, since the engineering is normally done by others.
Learning curve
> is important, and I really don't know how to sort that out. Every
salesman
> will say that their product is intuitive and easy to learn. An
accurate,
> flexible and reasonably thorough parts database is also important.
>
> As for a pretty picture, that might be nice for a presentation,
but is not
> the main prioirty. It would be a plus if a software could be
drawn as
> symbols (the gate valve being two triangles) and then toggle over
to a
> pictorial (where the gate valve is a scaled representation
complete with
> stem and handwheel.)
>
> Any comments would be appreciated.
>
> Dan Rosenberger
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