Intergraph SmartPlant Electrical-B and SmartPlant Electrical-D

Intergraph has announced its SmartPlant Enterprise electrical solution with Basic (B) and Detailed (D) modules to address industry needs for flexibility in the electrical design process.

SmartPlant Electrical-B and SmartPlant Electrical-D (powered by SIGRAPH.CAE) provide comprehensive wiring, cabling and detailed design functionality to enhance the engineering and schematics processes. EPCs and owner-operators will benefit from having additional details on wiring schematics for troubleshooting and maintenance projects, as well as consistency of deliverables, management of changes and integration within SmartPlant Enterprise. Common licensing is available so that users can utilise either module with the same licence.

SmartPlant Electrical-B focuses on the design and validation of the electrical distribution network, including design analysis, load balancing, cable sizing and the automatic creation of associated deliverables. SmartPlant Electrical-D focuses on the schematics, panel design, wiring and PLC configuration.

This allows the user to select the right tools for the scope of their projects, while providing extremely fast data access and navigation through relationships within the designs. Additionally, SmartPlant Electrical-B is integrated with the SmartPlant 3D rules-based design solution to facilitate accurate cable routing. Cable definitions are created in SmartPlant Electrical-B and then the physical routing is performed in SmartPlant 3D, with a bidirectional interface to allow cable size verification based on the actual length from the physical model.

By early 2011, SmartPlant Electrical-D will also integrate with SmartPlant 3D, SmartPlant Instrumentation and SmartPlant P&ID solutions to offer data sharing and data synchronisation between the electrical, process and instrumentation environments.