AVEVA Engineering

Manages evolving multi-discipline data for tagged

engineering items such as lines and equipment

AVEVA Engineering™ enables multi-disciplinary teams of engineers Business Benefits

to work effectively together to develop and maintain the detailed
definition of all the key engineering items involved in plant or marine Increased project control
projects. z Puts engineering data
into a common project
As a project progresses, engineers build a database of its engineering objects, database where it can be
such as lines, equipment and valves, and all their key attributes. This object data more effectively managed,
is stored and managed in the project information model, enabling its integration controlled and used
with schematic and 3D design data and supporting global project collaboration z Enables changes to be
where required. implemented quickly and
efficiently, reducing their
AVEVA Engineering is highly versatile and configurable. It is typically used as impact on cost, schedule,
an authoring tool for the process and mechanical disciplines, but is equally quality and risk
well suited for pipe stress, safety or other specialist disciplines. It enables each
discipline to retain full control of their own data while being able to access Increased efficiency
and reference data from other disciplines. When used as part of an integrated z Enables effective multi-
AVEVA software deployment the complete project information model is discipline collaboration
exposed to the full range of AVEVA’s design, engineering, collaboration and z Creates high-quality
lifecycle management technologies. datasheets, lists, schedules
and other deliverables on
Built-in tools enable project or engineering managers to monitor design demand
progress and the completeness and consistency of data. This monitoring
covers a wide range of disciplines and their engineering, schematic and 3D data, Increased project quality
thereby providing a coherent and comprehensive view of project status. z Fewer errors from
uncontrolled handover of data
The application can generate not only key project documents (such as process between disciplines
and mechanical datasheets, tag registers, line lists, equipment lists or valve z Enables the detection and
lists), but also any kind of ad hoc or departmental report. elimination of a wider range of
data inconsistencies, reducing
the risk of costly, late design
changes and associated
rework
z Generates deliverables direct
from the project database,
eliminating sources of error

Increased capability
z Enables efficient multi-site
collaboration on a wider range
of engineering data
z Removes boundaries between
data sources, enabling better
integrated, more effective
The configurable Project Explorer view enables users to navigate and access project data. working methods
Datasheets can be version-controlled with change highlighting.

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Overview
Engineering data can be created, viewed or modified Configurable consistency checks can be applied across the
using both spreadsheet list-style and datasheet-style user database at any time to verify the quality of the data.
interfaces, according to need or preference.
Project wide, formatted reports including charts and
Users can also browse and navigate the complete project graphics can easily be created directly from the database.
data including engineering, 3D, schematics and catalogue
data using a configurable Project Explorer. Compare & Update allows synchronisation of data between
all AVEVA products, as well as external systems and data
The database is under continuous access control, defining sources.
what information a user may create, view or change.
The product is built on the proven AVEVA PDMS™ and AVEVA
All changes to the data are automatically stored in the Outfitting™ technology, which enables distributed, multi-
database, creating a permanent audit trail. Users can follow location working using AVEVA Global™.
up on changes using change highlighting and history
functions. AVEVA Engineering can be readily configured to suit a wide
range of project, customer or industry requirements. It
Built-in status control tools enable the status of every includes a powerful programming language (PML) and .NET
individual object to be fully controlled, and enable users to APIs, enabling the application of all kinds of customer or
view change information on demand as they work. industry specific customisation and automations.

Users of AVEVA Engineering can access and reference a comprehensive set of data from other applications as they work. This enables P&IDs and the 3D model
to be viewed for the currently focused engineering object.
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AVEVA Engineering ensures that updates from one discipline to another are Linked engineering data can be referenced and used on schematic and 3D
correctly applied through controlled publication of issued data, notifying deliverables. The example shows process data from AVEVA Engineering included
dependent disciplines when ready to accept changes. on a piping isometric drawing.

Key Features
z User-defined lists with sophisticated access controls z Revision-controlled datasheets
Data can be viewed and edited through a spreadsheet-style Datasheets can be created from predefined project templates,
grid that can include information across different engineering and can be used for data input and editing while working on
disciplines. List layouts can be defined by the administrator the deliverable document. Data changed through list views
for all users on the project, and it is also possible for users to is reflected in the datasheet views and vice versa, enabling
create their own layouts, containing only columns relevant users to choose their preferred input methods. Datasheet
for their current task. Features such as configurable drop- version control is provided through customer-defined revision
down lists and reference browser aid users in their work. Each schemas. When ‘round-tripping’ information to external
discipline maintains full control of its own data for any given agencies, such as equipment suppliers, change highlighting is
item, whilst enabling other project participants to view the applied to re-imported data also, enabling any changes to be
item’s complete data. This also includes support for issued accepted or rejected before updating the database.
and working versions of the data.

Above: Automatic change highlighting and history of changes

(green = added records; red = deleted records; yellow = modified attributes).
Right: Example report showing completeness of attributes in a line list.
Key Features (continued)
z Controlled Object Revisioning z Built-in status control
Efficient collaborative working is supported by object-level Engineers have better visibility of the quality of
revision control across engineering disciplines. Engineering information, and can generate progress reports directly
data created or updated by one discipline – process, from their working data.
mechanical, instrumentation or electrical – is issued to
z Data consistency checks
the rest of the project team at a controlled release level
A wide range of inconsistencies can be detected in the
using subscription and notifications. Other engineering
engineering data itself, and across the engineering, 3D,
disciplines can confidently use this change-controlled
schematic, instrumentation and electrical datasets.
data in their own workflows. Each discipline retains control
of which changes to accommodate and when to do so, z Automatic reports direct from the database
combining flexible and efficient working with robust High-quality, formatted project reports can be produced
control of data consistency. directly from the database, optionally including charts and
graphics.
z Database-driven with proven, scalable, multi-user
technology z Built-in viewers for P&IDs and the 3D model
AVEVA Engineering delivers the concurrent, multi- Viewers for P&ID and for 3D are built in, and enable users
discipline, multi-user working environment required by of AVEVA Engineering to view and reference schematic and
project engineering teams on today’s demanding plant and 3D data while the engineering data is being manipulated.
marine projects. Engineering, 3D design and schematics
z In-context access to the full Digital Asset
data are all managed in a common project environment,
The Design in Context™ capability enables faster, better
enabling users to easily view and reference data from other
and more informed decision making. It creates a direct
disciplines. Users of AVEVA’s schematics and 3D products
connection to the centralised Digital Asset repository
can reference and include AVEVA Engineering data in their
(if available). When an object is selected in the AVEVA
deliverables.
Engineering environment, the Context panel dynamically
z Configurable Project Explorer updates a list of available content relevant to the selection,
Customer-defined Project Breakdown Structures can such as datasheets, vendor documentation, purchase
be defined to suit project and company standards. The orders, planning charts and calculation sheets. This
Project Explorer mechanism offers a very flexible way to content can then be opened, in context to selected object,
navigate and access the project data, according to each via a new embedded universal viewer, ensuring decisions
user’s role. Because AVEVA Engineering stores data in the are made on the basis of all available information.
same project environment as the 3D and schematic data, a
z Multi-location global working
Project Explorer can be defined that includes objects from
AVEVA Engineering is compatible with AVEVA Global,
all domains.
enabling it to be used across even the most complex
z Compare & Update multi-location, collaborative engineering projects.
Compare & Update utilities enable AVEVA Engineering
z Publish to AVEVA NET™
data to be compared against data created in other AVEVA
Data and documents generated from AVEVA Engineering
products and/or external systems, and updates to be
can be published to AVEVA NET.
selectively applied as required. This makes the alignment
with a new revision of data from another engineering z Highly configurable
department easier, faster and more accurate. Linking All aspects of the product, including the data model,
mechanisms can selectively connect the different engineering discipline boundaries and access rights, are
datasets, enabling transitions between parallel and single- highly configurable. A powerful, built-in programming
source working, as required, at different stages of the language (PML) and .NET APIs enable all kinds of
project. customer/industry customisations and automations to be
applied.
z Automatic change recording and highlighting
Changes can be efficiently implemented using bulk update z Common AVEVA technology infrastructure
and search-and-replace features. They are automatically Existing system administration and customisation/
tracked in the database. Change information can be configuration skills as used on AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA
selectively viewed by users as they work and additions, Everything3D™, Outfitting, Diagrams and Schematic 3D
deletions and modifications can be highlighted within any Integrator can be used for AVEVA Engineering.
dataset that a user is working with.

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products, which create schematics, diagrams,
datasheets, engineering lists and indexes AVEVA believes the information in this publication is correct as of its publication date. As part of continued
product development, such information is subject to change without prior notice and is related to the current
software release. AVEVA is not responsible for any inadvertent errors. All product names mentioned are the
trademarks of their respective holders.

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