Why 3DSMART Piping Design Software?

Your priority is to create intelligent and accurate three-dimensional piping models and 2D deliverables more efficiently, at lowered costs and on time. 3DSMART can help. Built on a scalable data-centric platform, 3DSMART is a leading 3D piping design software to help you:

  • Accelerate designs and eliminate errors with rule-based component connectivity
  • Reduce costs with a comprehensive solution that delivers 3D modeling, component design and material reports.
  • Improve collaboration and protect against data loss with real-time models and drawings centrally stored in SQL Server™ available to all users
  • Save and share drawings in AutoCAD® DWG™ file format
  • Easily re-use designs with the Copy Design feature
  • Scale from small to large multidisciplinary projects with dozens of concurrent users

How Can 3DSMART Work for You?

3DSMART is used for plant design projects ranging from small retrofits and expansions to full-scale facility design and construction within the Oil & Gas industry. Users include…

Engineering Contractors (EPCs)

Handover designs to clients with confidence. 3DSMART helps you maximize productivity with minimal cost and minimal errors from projects ranging in size, users and complexity.

  • Create a project-wide information resource for management, subcontractors and customers
  • Efficiently manage workflows, materials and resources
  • Reuse designs
  • Concurrent multi-site, multi-discipline scenario

Owner Operators (OOs)

Capture return on investment more quickly from piping models to first oil. Effectively plan, manage and control short-term project performance and long-term plant operations success.

  • Manage concurrent projects across multiple contractors
  • Share data across teams and with customers

Resource and Energy Companies

Complete your plant retrofits, expansions and full-scale facility design and construction with a reliable, cost-effective plant design solution.

  • Easy-to-use software reduces training requirements
  • Provide consultants with data that conforms to in-house company standard specs (e.g., pipe specs, drawing standard, border drawings and other settings)
  • Standardize drawing files in native DWG format to eliminate data loss and avoid time consuming error-prone translation

Independent Contractors

As an independent contractor, you need to keep your costs down while delivering successfully on projects to clients. PROCAD’s affordable stand alone licensing plus world-class support keeps you competitive and performing at your best.

  • Lower software cost over lifetime*
  • World-class support and training

*PROCAD Software has a lower software lifetime cost than competitors. We calculated this based on lower initial license cost, training requirements and the costs of ongoing support and IT services.

3DSMART Features

Get Started

Accelerate training, deployment and management of 3DSMART with a robust set of services and resources that meet your level of need.

  • Express installation auto-configures piping design software within minutes
  • In-product wizard guides set-up and help
  • Free assistance during installation and deployment
  • Custom training onsite and via web conference
  • On-demand web tutorials
  • Subscription Plan for comprehensive software coverage
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Piping Design

Eliminate costly errors and delays with intelligent rules-based design and effective materials management.

  • Project settings restrict usage of piping specs to those specified by the Project Manager
  • Automatic background compliance checks alert users when straying from established piping design parameters
  • Smart editing tools to copy, reconnect, reposition or move piping components in the 3D model
  • Colored cones at all possible connection points in the model guide users on what can and cannot be joined
  • Generate material templates to report BOMs for the entire project, a single or a group of 3D models or report by line number(s)
  • Create BOM files in multiple formats: drawing (DWG™), web (HTML), Excel (CSV or .xls) and text files

Collaborate

Work efficiently together across global teams through a centrally accessible database.

  • Changes made by one or more people are updated and stored in the central SQL Server™ database and available to everyone on the project
  • Staff not involved in design can access project data by connecting to its SQL Server and create projects, specs and generate BOMs
  • Models and drawings are saved in DWG file format making them portable to facilitate free exchange between consultant and customer
  • Automatic alerts on changes made to drawings makes it easier to identify, manage and communicate design changes
  • Option to synchronize data changes or discard updates and continue to use the last version
  • Share settings, drawings and specs with the Pipe Spec and Project Data export/import tools
  • Supports both Metric and English units, mixed units with pipe sizes set in English units and drawing units in Metric, and vice-versa
  • Edit existing component data or add new components with parametric data and rules based intelligence

3DSMART Benefits

Save Time & Money

The easy-to-use and friendly user interface requires minimal training to install, set-up and get started. Use 3DSMART with AutoCAD® for a powerful solution.

Productivity

Quickly produce 3D models from scratch or re-use existing designs using the standard DWG™ file format. Automatically generate 2D plans and isometrics (using ISOGEN). Export data to other programs for costing, stress analysis, etc.

Reduce Errors

Everyone works from the latest, up-to-date models stored in the SQL Server™ database. The central data store also ensures against data loss by allowing you to easily regenerate models and drawings.

Integrated

3DSMART integrates project data from all of its applications using a central SQL Server database hub. Applications include: 3D Modeler, Component Designer, Personal ISOGEN, Project Manager, Specification Manager, BOM Settings Manager and BOM Generator.

Scalable

3DSMART is built on a scalable database-powered platform with enterprise-level horsepower that can be used for one-man outfits to large engineering firms and energy companies, small to large multidisciplinary projects and the simplest to complex.

3DSMART Applications

3DSMART comes with all the applications you need to form a complete 3D piping design solution.

3DSMART Modeler

3D Modeler provides designers with a full set of time saving intelligent modeling tools for plant design, skid design and other specialized construction. Other notable features include:

  • Rules based connectivity
    When connecting components, the program will display colored cones at all the possible connection points in the model. Choose the cone at the desired connection point and 3D Modeler will auto check piping connection rules such as pipe size, line number match, pipe rating match and wall thickness match. Once the connectivity rules are satisfied, the new item is connected with precision to the existing component.
  • Automated Tools
    • Auto-Route
    • Auto-Weld automatically adds welds when fittings are joined
    • Auto-Gasket places gaskets automatically when required by fittings
    • Flange Set Auto-Complete adds all the components needed in a flange set connection
    • Valve Flange Set Auto-Complete adds gasket, bolts and flange to complete valve assembly
    • Pipe Spec Export/Import tools
    • Copy Design feature allows you to save time by re-using existing designs
    • Smart editing tools to copy, reconnect, reposition, or move piping components in the 3D model
  • 2D deliverables
    Easily generate 2D plans and section drawings and add dimensions and annotations. The wizard guides you step-by-step.
  • Structural steel component
    Model steel structures by inserting and editing steel components. Features include:
    • Standard steel shapes
    • Coping, mitering and hole drilling
    • BOM generation
    • Automated generation of plans and sections
    • Ability to stretch or break steel members and other linear components
    • Ability to delete holes and coping of existing steel members
  • Portability with DWG files
    Send your DWG drawing files (models) to your customers who can view and/or edit them in AutoCAD® (they don’t need 3DSMART). Any files you receive back will be automatically audited by 3DSMART for changes against the original drawing file. If there have been any changes, 3DSMART will alert you by giving you the option to accept the changes or discard them.

Component Designer

Component Designer is a powerful tool that expands your design capabilities. By combining the flexibility of 3DSMART graphics and the functionality of SQL Server™ database, you can:

  • Edit components and libraries according to your own specific design needs
  • Add new component sizes or revise dimensional data of existing ones
  • Create complete new libraries of components with their own unique parametric data
  • Decide which design rules should apply to new components
  • Define the post processing of your data such as including it in ISOGEN output or BOMs

Component Designer consists of four major modules covering all the steps in the component creation process:

  • Metadata Builder to create components with specific shapes. See the component geometry evolve real-time in the display as you build it.
  • Library Design to add, edit or assign components with properties, dimensions and descriptions. Once you have created the shape of your component, easily assign parametric data such as size, ratings, dimensions and BOM descriptions.
  • Design Systems to group components and assign special conditions to a set of components that share common features and characteristics. By grouping systems together, you are able to associate components with relevant processing actions within the 3DSMART environment. Also easily create your own mix-and-match libraries that contain components from piping, structural steel and others.
  • Menu Editor to easily update existing menus or create new menus when a new component or library has been created. Create tabs for each group of components, draw the icons representing the component, and then assign the component it places when that button is selected in the 3D Modeler session.

Personal ISOGEN

Personal ISOGEN, a product of Alias Ltd., is the world’s standard program for the automation of piping isometric drawing production. With ISOGEN, you can select the line and its isometric drawing is generated automatically with a bill of material, full dimensioning and notations. It saves the drawing into DWG format and any system with CAD software that supports this file format can open it for viewing, printing or even editing.

Isometric production features include:

  • Seamless integration with the 3D Modeler
  • Supports an unlimited number of isometric runs
  • Configure the drawing output options with the included i-Configure

Project Manager

Manage every stage of the project with full control over project data, specs, standards and unique environment settings. Functions in a distributed network or as a standalone application.

  • Provides multiple user access levels to ensure project security and allow for account maintenance. Access levels ensure users are only allowed to perform assigned roles for editing designs, viewing, or managing files, etc.
  • Create, copy, delete or edit projects and/or piping designs
  • Set project units (Metric or English)
  • Create project line numbers
  • Control layers and color schemes by spec or line numbers
  • Allocate piping specs that can be used in the project and/or design
  • Set minimum pipe length between fittings
  • Set weld gaps
  • Manage project documents and data: designs, isometrics, 2D drawings and BOM settings

Specification Manager

Create custom pipe specs from an extensive database that includes ANSI pipe ratings from 150 to 2500# for sizes ranging from 1/8” to 80” (or 3mm to 2000mm). Specification Manager allows you to perform the following functions:

  • Create, copy, delete or edit unlimited number of piping design specs
  • Utilize tools to copy from other specs and edit them to suit
  • Ensure drawing and model integrity by filtering components that meet a user-specified criteria
  • Work with a centralized repository for multi-user access and data maintenance
  • View component libraries
  • Included are three generic carbon steel ANSI pipe ratings for 150#, 300# and 600#

BOM Settings Manager

Customize material reports to suit your exact needs. Easily create any number of report templates to extract material information to accommodate your project’s schedule, the material availability and delivery timetables.

  • Determine the components to be included in report
  • Set sorting sequence
  • Define BOM item numbering format
  • Decide on the appearance of the report by choosing font type, size, grouping headers, etc.
  • Select display units: Metric, English or mixed Metric/English units
  • Define CAD options when BOM is to be placed in a drawing
  • Ability to preview reports in case adjustments are necessary

BOM Generator

Manage each project’s material reports with confidence and easily transfer material requirements to the procurement department for ordering. Accurate and timely material reporting reduces waste and ensures material is ordered in time for a successful project. Generate material reports for the entire project, a single or a group of 3D models or report by line number(s). The BOM Generator creates material reports in any of these formats:

  • Excel format (CSV or xls)
  • Web format (HTML)
  • External text file (txt)
  • Insert BOM into current drawing or a newly created drawing dedicated to displaying the BOM only

3DSMART System Requirements

3DSMART has two main configurations, one for workstations and one for servers.

Workstation Configuration

Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista:

  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2 GHZ or greater
  • 2 GB RAM
  • Hard Drive: 1 GB of hard disk space for the program (for downloading and extracting the install files, 3GB of hard disk space is required)
  • Direct 3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater memory
  • Minimum resolution of 1024×768 VGA with True Color
  • AutoCAD 2012 or 2011 or 2010

Windows XP SP2:

  • Intel Pentium 4 processor, 2.2 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core Processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
  • 2 GB RAM
  • Hard Drive: 1 GB of hard disk space for the profram (for downloading and extracting the install files, 3GB of hard disk space is required)
  • Direct 3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater memory
  • Minimum resolution of 1024×768 VGA with True Color
  • AutoCAD 2012 or 2011 or 2010

Server Configuration

Operating System Options:

  • Windows 2008 Server SP1 or later, or
  • Windows 2003 Server SP1 or later, or
  • Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or
  • Windows XP Professional with SP2 or later

Server:

  • Pentium III or better, or AMD Athlon processors
  • 500 MB free disk space
  • 2 GB of RAM

SQL Server Database Options:
You can install 3DSMART to run one of the following:

License Server requires (for network license installations only):

  • Operating System: Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 or 2008

Recommended Graphics Cards

For optimal performance, it is strongly recommended that you check to see if your computer’s graphics card is on Autodesk’s list of certified and supported graphics cards. Non-supported cards may result in poor performance and possible software crashes. Check out Autodesk’s graphics card evaluator.

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