CADWorx University 2012

If you haven't had a chance to attend a CADWorx University event I think it's a great venue and well worth the cost.

This year the event was held in Sugar Land, Texas (a suburb of Houston) and was sold out.  The training sessions were terrific and there was a lot of buzz in the air about the new versions and their increased productivity and ease of use.





 There were numerous sessions on 3D CADWorx modeling, generating specifications, design verification using the CAESAR II stress analysis system, and modeling pressure vessels with PV Elite.

There were also a number of vendors showing their products and how they can be used to increase productivity.  One that looked really interesting to me is called OrthoGen. 

3D Model from CAD System

Orthogen now works with SmartPlant Review data sets - CADWorx is scheduled to follow.


Automatic Labeling Produced from Model



The developers are OtrhoGen ( http://www.3ds.net/orthoview.html) are working with Intergraph now to bring out a CADWorx version. When that happens we'll have another great tool to work with in CADWorx!  Producing orthographic drawings is one of the largest bottlenecks in getting the project documentation done. 

So there was a lot to see and I highly recommend it to design managers, students, and individual designers who want to update and improve their skills, and meet industry leaders in piping design!

If we're both lucky I'll enjoy visiting with you next year at CAU in Los Vegas - June 2013!

 Thanks for reading this, and I look forward to your thoughts and comments.

Anthony Horn
October 2012

CADWorx 2013 Production Modeling Course

The PipingDesignOnline.com website now includes a course that teaches production modeling skills using CADWorx 2013.  It consists of five lessons plus a lab. 

The goal of this course is to get people up and running quickly with the new version, and show them the fastest, most productive techniques in the new version.  Here's a sample video showing the lab exercise that's part of the course.

I think the CADWorx 2013 is a game changer - I believe we'll see productivity increases of 30% to 50% using this new version, when compared to earlier versions of CADWorx.  This will happen for two reasons:
1.  The modeling speed will be much faster since the system now knows the matching end conditions and adds flanges, bolts, and gaskets automatically.
2.  We'll see a decrease of 90% of the modeling errors that cause Isogen to stumble.  This alone will cause a large speed increase in project work.

After using the CADWorx 2013 version - I'm completely sold!  I prefer it to anything earlier, and I think CADWorx has now become an even more imporatant 3D modeling and design system for pipers than ever.

Thanks for reading this - and I look forward to your comments and thoughts!

Anthony Horn
October 2012

CADWorx 2013 Specifications Training Videos

PipingDesignOnline.com has released a new video training module on the CADWorx 2013 Specifications.  These new materials include a set of 17 online videos and a comprehensive set of notes (approximately 100 pages). 

The training program also features an exclusive “copy and paste” worksheet designed to help users quickly automate long descriptions in the new CADWorx 2013 specifications.  Mapping data fields from the tables is as easy as selecting a preset string of data fields from the document and pasting it into the spec editor.   Subscribers employing this method will save many hours and achieve consistent, excellent quality across all of their specifications. 

The table of contents for this online CADWorx 2013 Specifications video training module is shown below. 

Here's an example from the "copy and paste" document: 

 

For more information please visit http://www.pipingdesignonline.com .

Elbows
Previous Versions:  ELL, 90° LR S/STD, ASTM A-234 GR WPB (This is in CADWorx 2012 and older)New Version:  COMPTYPE_CMP_TBL,  S/MAINSCH_SCH_TBL,  ASTM SPEC_MAT_TBL  GR GRADE_MAT_TBL
Copy the above line and paste it into the Spec Editor. 

Dialog box settings:  Schedule:  STD                               Material: A234-WPB
Result:  ELL 90 ° LR, S/STD, ASTM A234 GR WPB (This description will automatically be generated by CADWorx 2013)

New CADWorx Video Search Capabilities

We now have the capabilities to create a CADWorx Video Search engine.  This is a game changer for designers in production who need to see how to do something quickly in CADWorx.  They no longer have to stop and look up how to do specific commands in CADWorx - they can just quickly see it!

Here's a short two minute demo of how this works.

I think this will be a tremendous productivity tool!  For a corporate subscriber, it only takes a 1% increase in productivity to pay off.  It looks to me like this technology will return many multiples of that!

For more information please visit the training website at http://www.pipingdesignonline.com/ .  Thanks!