Aveva Solutions
The Mechanical Equipment Interface product (photo) is designed to allow integration of modeling information between otherwise incompatible three-dimensional (3-D) design systems. In particular, plant piping designers often have to integrate suppliers’ equipment models that have been created in a mechanical computer-assisted design (MCAD) system. These model formats are often incompatible with plant design systems, the company says. The Mechanical Equipment Interface product allows bi-directional exchange of three-dimensional models between MCAD systems and plant design systems, such as this company’s PDMS. — Aveva Solutions Ltd., Cambridge, U.K.