PDMS 11.

6
November 2004
What’s new at PDMS 11.6?

„ Radical new Windows user interface

– Continues GUI overhaul
• uses Microsoft’s .NET & Infragistics tools
• designed for productive task oriented workflow
„ Design Environment
– New Plant Editor application
• Piping & Equipment
• Builds on PDMS 11.5 Model editor
– Check isos from DESIGN
„ Drawing production improvements
– New GUI in DRAFT with 3D volume view
– Windows printing
– Final Designer product integrates AutoCAD with DRAFT
„ Many other detail enhancements
PDMS 11.6
Explorer
Filter CE tracker

Docking / floating
Docking forms – toolbars
can auto-hide

Object type

Improved Draw-list:
Separate form;
Selection tab
PDMS 11.6 – User interface

„ Microsoft Office 2003 look & feel

– Continues major update
– Applies to all PDMS GUI modules
– GUI localisation capability
– Proportional fonts
„ Configurable by user
– Screen layout saved between sessions
– Docking / Floating forms – can auto-hide
– Docking / Floating toolbars
– Tabbed graphical views
„ Many detail improvements
– Improved Explorer & Draw-list
– New ‘My Data’ area stores information for later use
– Improved UNDO/REDO
„ Enhanced application environment
– Simpler for add-in applications & application switching
PDMS 11.6 – DESIGN

„ Plant Editor
– Extends Model Editor
– Task oriented
– Piping
• Pipe creation & editing
• Graphical Pipe routing
• Component selection & reselection
– Equipment
• Interactive placing of primitives
„ Design areas
„ Piping pseudo-attributes (e.g. surface area)
„ Material management attributes
„ Check iso – run & view
PDMS 11.6 – Piping editor
Tabs for hidden
(un-pinned) forms

Floating forms
Tabbed 3D views
PDMS 11.6 – Pipe routing
PDMS 11.6 – Equipment editing

Equipment in
focus

Equipment Editing
PDMS 11.6 - Check Iso
PDMS 11.6 – DRAFT

„ Microsoft Office 2003 look & feel

– Design and drawing data explorers
– Unified and updated GUI
– Windows printing
„ Inclusion of 3D views
– Copy view parameters
– Easy setting of 2D views, section planes etc.
– Common approach to controls – zoom, pan etc.
„ Background processing
„ Link to new Final Designer product
– Direct creation of AutoCAD (.DWG) drawings
– Use of AutoCAD for 2D operations
• Information stored in DRAFT database where appropriate
 PDMS 11.6 – DRAFT
DRAFT Explorer
(hidden)

3D view
• linked to 2D view
Used for:
• view definition – content, scale etc.
• section planes
• identification of objects for
annotation & dimensioning
•…
DRAFT – 3D view

Section Plane
with Clip face

Updated View

Section Plane can

be manipulated by
Graphical Handle
PDMS 11.6 Summary

„ Exciting new Windows GUI

„ Many new productivity features
„ Released alongside updated versions of:
– Global 2.3
– Router 2.4
– Model Management 1.3.sp1
• Clash Manager 5.4.sp1
„ Works with new Final Designer product:
– Version 1.1 (pre-production)
– Version 1.2 planned for general release with 11.6.sp1
VANTAGE Plant Design

Release Summary
Target release schedule

Product 2003 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2004 Q2 Q3 Q4

Q1
>>
PDMS 11.5 11.4.sp2 11.5.sp1 11.6* 12
Global 2.2 2.1.sp3 2.2.sp1 2.3

Router 2.3 2.3.sp1 2.4

Model Management 1.2 1.3

- Clash Manager 5.3 5.4

MDS 4.1 4.1.sp1 4.2

Review (Reality) 6.1 6.2

RetroView

Query

All releases on Windows 2000 & XP

* Also first phase of AutoCAD integration
Target release schedule

Product 2004 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2005 Q2 Q3 Q4

Q1
>>
PDMS 11.6* 11.6.sp1 12
Global 2.3 2.3.sp1

Router 2.4 2.4.sp1

Final Designer (1.1) 1.2

Model Management 1.3 1.3.sp1 1.3.sp2

- Clash Manager 5.4 5.4.sp1 5.4.sp2

MDS 4.2 4.2.sp1

Review (Reality) 6.2
RetroView

Query

All releases on Windows 2000 & XP