Speaking at a press gathering in Paris this month, Dave Wheeldon, Aveva CTO, outlined a new ‘lean’ philosophy engineering data management. The kaizen-ish idea is to eliminate data ‘waste,’ by building on previous software investment rather than introducing new products. Aveva’s developments are designed by engineers and can be customized by the client without developer involvement. Plant information is managed in a ‘neutral’ model that integrates with third party software. Poster child for Aveva’s engineering software use is Shell’s ‘Prelude’ floating liquefied natural gas vessel, the largest offshore platform in the world at 488x74 meters and 60,000 ton displacement. An EPC joint venture between Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries is using Aveva PDMS 3D modeler in the Prelude FEED.
This month saw the consecration of Aveva’s 3D/lean philosophy with the roll-out of ‘Everything3D,’ Aveva’s next generation plant design platform that embraces innovations in mobile computing, cloud computing and laser scanning. This was demoed on a Samsung Slate running Windows 8 which connected to a data center in the cloud. The Slate provides GPS, compass, camera and security to constitute a ‘portable digital plant.’ The E3D GUI leverages Microsoft’ Fluent (ribbon) interface. More from Aveva.
This article originally appeared in Oil IT Journal 2012 Issue # 10.
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