Integration between Aspen Basic Engineering and Intergraph SmartPlant
Ensuring a smooth, efficient handover from FEED to detailed
engineering
For many users of aspenONE® Engineering, the suite of Aspen
products is a strategic solution set for conceptual and basic
engineering, and Intergraph SmartPlant is a strategic solution set
for detailed engineering.
Typical needs for information transfer include:
- Making datasheets (process, mechanical, instrumentation)
developed in Aspen Basic Engineering available to the detailed
designer
- Making equipment lists and line lists available to estimating,
mechanical design, and procurement
- Managing plant breakdown structure centrally and delivering it
to all design tools
- Delivering pipeline topology, design intent, and proposed pipe
specs to the piping designer
- Delivering the preliminary P&ID from FEED to detailed
design
- Delivering the PFD of record to the project manager and
client
Companies face increasing pressure to improve productivity and
compress project schedules. Aspen Basic Engineering is proven on
world-scale projects to deliver basic engineering packages faster
and with fewer resources, promote agility, and integrate global
design teams. Aspen Basic Engineering is a core element of
AspenTech’s aspenONE Engineering applications.
To support these types of information needs, AspenTech offers an
adaptor to SmartPlant Foundation which enables publishing of Aspen
Basic Engineering deliverables to SmartPlant Foundation and
conversely retrieval of certain SmartPlant deliverables by Aspen
Basic Engineering. This adapter includes a core data mapping
between the Aspen Basic Engineering and SmartPlant Foundation data
models. The information integration scope is shown in the
accompanying table. (A full listing of the attributes moved between
the systems is available in the ABE help file ZyTEF.chm.)
| Information Exchanged: Today |
| Tool |
Publishes |
Retrieves |
| Aspen Basic Engineering |
Datasheets
Equipment Lists
PFDs |
P&IDs |
| SmartPlant PID |
P&IDs |
Datasheets
Equipment Lists
PFDs
Instrument Index |
| SmartPlant Instrumentation |
Instrument Index
Instrument Process Datasheets
Instrument Dimensional Data Sheets
Instrument loop drawings |
P&IDs |
| Information Exchanged: Future |
| Tool |
Publishes |
Retrieves |
| Aspen Basic Engineering |
Datasheets
Equipment Lists, Instrument
Index
PFDs
(P&IDs)*
Instrument Process Datasheets |
P&IDs |
| SmartPlant PID |
P&IDs |
Datasheets
Equipment Lists
PFDs
Instrument Index
(P&IDs)* |
| SmartPlant Instrumentation |
Instrument Index
Instrument Process Datasheets
Instrument Dimensional Data Sheets
Instrument loop drawings |
P&IDs
Instrument Process Datasheets |
* P&ID exchange via ISO
15926 only; includes graphics
This integration toolset has been successfully implemented at a
number of major EPC and owner operator clients who use both Aspen
Basic Engineering and SmartPlant.
Typically the implementation process involves:
- Assessing the FEED to detailed engineering workflow, including
flow of both documents and data
- Defining the appropriate deliverables and data to be handed
over
- Implementing the software configurations and data mappings
specific to a company's engineering methods and chemical
processes
Third parties who are knowledgeable in executing the
implementation of integration between ABE and Intergraph SmartPlant
include: