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AVEVA Activity Visualisation Platform
AVEVA Activity Visualisation Platform
AVEVA Activity Visualisation Platform
Visualisation Platform
Industrial Gaming for the capital engineering industries
People learn best by doing. But when making a mistake can be catastrophic,
opportunities for learning on the job can be seriously limited. The aviation
industry overcame this through the development of sophisticated flight
simulators that have resulted in dramatic improvements in flight safety
and preparatory training for almost any scenario. Now, with AVEVA Activity
Visualisation Platform (AVEVA AVP), a similar capability is available for the
plant, marine and offshore industries.
Technologies developed for the video gaming industry now offer their users highly
realistic, immersive 3D virtual worlds in which they can engage with other players
and with objects and entities that behave in a convincingly lifelike manner. The
ability to interact with these virtual worlds in increasingly sophisticated ways has
at last made it possible to create accurate simulations of real-world environments.
AVEVA AVP comprises a powerful application development environment (AVEVA
AVP Studio) and a secure user access and run time system (AVEVA AVP Player)
that enable the creation and distribution of immersive, interactive, multi-player
training simulations of physical plants and installations directly from a 3D design
model even before the plant has been built. The scope this offers for safer and
more efficient construction, operation and maintenance of complex engineering
assets is considerable.
Business Benefits
For Engineering Contractors
z Create realistic, immersive
simulations of plant designs for bid
support and marketing
z Increase project value by optimising
design for operational safety and
efficiency
z Optimise construction methods
and scheduling using high-quality
visualisation
z Bring geographically-dispersed
teams into the virtual plant to
quickly solve technical issues
z Reduce construction errors and
rework by greater accuracy of
construction planning
z Easier remote planning and
preparation of plant walk-downs
prior to certification
For Owner Operators
During project execution
z Contribute more easily to design for
safe and efficient operations
z Verify regulatory compliance of
proposed procedures
z Communicate more effectively with
third-party stakeholders
z Accelerate the readiness of
maintenance teams and field
operators prior to handover
During asset operation
z Increase operational safety and
efficiency
z Familiarise new staff early,
thoroughly and safely, prior to
handover
z Improve training and competency
checks
z Practise hazardous training
scenarios risk-free
z Plan, validate and rehearse
emergency response procedures
Avatars in AVEVA AVP interact with scene elements to execute required actions of a task
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Overview
AVEVA AVP accelerates operational readiness on all types of
plant projects. Engineering contractors (EPCs) can optimise
plant design for safe and efficient operations from the outset.
Owner Operators (OOs) can plan, evaluate, rehearse and train
their operators for every type of routine or emergency activity,
well in advance of handover.
AVEVA AVP is the most effective tool for: facility familiarisation;
training; construction, operations and maintenance planning;
and the planning and simulation of safety-critical activities.
In each case, it achieves this without putting personnel,
production output or the plant itself at risk. Personnel can
become familiar with remote or unmanned sites prior to
attending to maximise their productivity and safety on site.
Efficiency and understanding can be increased through the
advanced planning and rehearsal of tool box meetings, and
HAZOP assessments can be performed even before construction
is complete.
AVEVA AVP supports multiple avatar use enabling realistic simulation of collaborative team activity
Key Features
z Accuracy
Realistic 3D virtual worlds can be created directly from AVEVA
PDMS, AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) or third-party
3D design and engineering data, incorporating detailed model
textures and shading. The virtual world can contain enhanced
geometry models with properties recognised by physics engines
for simulation and Industrial Gaming purposes.
z Realism
The physics engine, either the integrated NVIDIA PhysX
engine or another third-party engine, ascribes realistic
attributes to avatars and objects, including gravity, mass,
solidity of walls and materials. Approximate simulation of
certain physical systems, such as rigid body, soft body, and fluid
dynamics, enables a user to experience the reality of a hazardous
or difficult-to-reach environment.
z Interactivity
Users navigate and interact with the virtual environment either
through a direct, first-person viewpoint, or via controllable
avatars. They can open doors, climb ladders, jump on and over
objects, walk, run, bump into objects, even knock them over; in
fact, almost any action that would realistically be required, or
that could happen in the real world.
AVEVA AVP supports in-application web browsers for immediate information look-up
z Motion definition
Realistic motion and control of complex machines and other
objects are easily achieved, either using an integrated
timeline editor or by importing motion data derived from
other sources. Avatars can be used to represent not only
individuals but also machinery which can interact directly
with each other e.g. a scissor lift in operation.
Trigger actions can synchronise motion and control a number
of non-motion properties for most entities in a scene. These
can include lights, cameras, vehicles, or any other object the
movement of which enhances the realism of the simulation.
AVEVA AVP can also combine predefined (animated) and
physics-based motion in one interactive scene or application.
Complex machine models, such as cranes, forklifts and
subsea vehicles, can be controlled with realistic motion
via standard input devices. Machine positioning can
also be linked to external data sources through the AVP
Communication Server, enabling its position in the virtual
world to be updated in near real time.
Real-time shadows and hundreds of lights for scene illumination and visual realism
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