Re: Re: Piping software

From: <Paul>
Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 20:56:00 EST


vornel wrote (in part):

> 7. Jobs in the 200m plus range are well suited to PDMS.

> 8. 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.

Well said. Some companies tout the "total plant life" design process and maintenance advantages of high-powered 3D CAD solutions but forget that the CAD world changes frequently and often due to technology improvements.

Whatever wizz-bang 3D solution used now to build the plant in the first place may not be the latest, bestest file format/software that you *should* be using 10 years down the road.

All along, the "skills rquired" are directly related to the operation of the sofware, which changes every few years.

Paul Received on Wed Nov 10 20:56:00 2004

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