AVEVA Ships New Laser Model Interface

AVEVA Group plc is shipping its Laser Model Interface (LMI), a software solution that provides a direct link between AVEVA's VANTAGE Plant Design Management System (PDMS) and four of the major 3D laser scanning systems being utilized to capture as-built data for retrofit and brownfield engineering projects.

The new product, which is available as a separately licensed module of PDMS 11.6 SP2, is now being launched following a year's collaboration with the market leading laser modeling vendors - BitWyse, Leica Geosystems HDS, Quantapoint, and Z+F. LMI has been built into the heart of PDMS. This enables engineers to design fully intelligent plant directly with respect to Point Cloud Data (PCD) as if they were in a dedicated PDMS application. This also means that existing PDMS capabilities like Clash Manager and PDMS Global can be seamlessly invoked. In particular, any clashes between points in the PCD and 3D engineering components in PDMS can not only be identified interactively, they can also be managed and approved explicitly in the Clash Manager module.

Richard Longdon, CEO of AVEVA, said: "After a year of collaboration with our partners we are delighted that we can now see the fruits of our labour. The Laser Model Interface will enable EPCs and Owner/Operators to bring 'existing conditions' data directly into PDMS, allowing faster, more efficient repairs, and reducing plant downtime. Our customers tell us that the time and cost savings achieved using 3D modelling and laser scanning together can amount to up to 10% of the capital expenditure of the whole retrofit project. We have seen the fastest adoption of the technology in the offshore oil and gas, and nuclear power industries, but expect that this technology will rapidly become an indispensable part of most revamp projects."