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CIS/2 CASE STUDY:
Black & Veatch’s Integration of Plant
Vision with GTStrudl
Jeff Eidemiller, P.E.
Structural Steel Engineer
Black & Veatch
1 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
Jay Ernst, P.E.
Software Analyst
EDS, an HP Company
Purpose and Objectives
• EDS-produced software enables B&V to use
GTStrudl in new ways
• CIS/2 is key to integrating GTStrudl into B&V
processes and tools, like Plant Vision
• Plant Vision includes innovations not provided by
other applications offering CIS/2 data exchange
• Plant Vision augments CIS/2 export with GTStrudl-
specific data using XML-related technology
Black & Veatch is integrating its steel software
using the CIS/2 data exchange standard.
2 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
EDS Application Development Capabilities
• Project Management / Execution Process and Discipline
– Project Management methodology, process, and tools for full
application lifecycle (i.e. define, implement, deploy, turnover,
support)
• Technical Expertise
– Development team with 90+ years combined experience on
POWRTRAK® and other engineering design and analysis
applications
– Senior Systems Analysts with Civil Engineering degrees and 40+
years combined experience developing software for structural
analysis
– Past and ongoing projects integrating POWRTRAK® with other
commercial software and systems, including: AutoCAD, Tekla
Structures, CAESAR-II, ConstructSim, XMpLant, ISO15926-iRING
EDS provides technically unique application
development services to Black & Veatch
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Outline
• B&V Steel Tools – Pre-CIS/2
– Plant Vision, PPADS, and POWRTRAK®
– Legacy Interfaces (GTStrudl, RISA-3D, Tekla Structures)
– Problems / Needs
• Structural Tools Integration
–
–
–
–
Goals / Requirements
Solution = CIS/2 Data Exchange
B&V Use Cases
Plant Vision-GTStrudl – Analysis Geometry Exchange
• STI Design Process
• STI Innovations
– Relational Database Repository (PMR)
– “Round-trip” Data Exchange (IDI)
– XML Style Sheets (XSLT) – GTStrudl Input Templates
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B&V Steel Tools –
Pre-CIS/2
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B&V Steel Tools – Pre-CIS/2
• Multiple business uses (Coal, AQCS, GOCG,
Nuclear, etc.)
• Multiple process stages (layout, analysis, member
design, connection design, drafting/detailing,
fabrication, space control, material and construction
management)
• Multiple software tools (custom and “off-the-shelf”
programs) for each process stage
• Multiple data interfaces between tools
Black & Veatch had no unifying concept
tying all tools and processes together
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B&V Steel Tools – Legacy Data Interfaces
Construct
Sim
Plant
Vision
CIS/2
TSPTUploader
(Tekla macro)
GTStrudl
Tekla
Structures
.. ....
... ...
.....
.. ...
POWRTRAK®
SDNF
.. ....
... ...
.....
.. ...
Proprietary file
transfer
PPADSPOWRTRAK
Link
PPADS
.. ....
... ...
.....
.. ...
begin steel detailing
SDNF
.. ....
... ...
.....
.. ...
RISA-3D
• PPADS-POWRTRAK® Link
• PPADS Export to GTStrudl
• Tekla Uploader to
• SDNF
POWRTRAK®
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• Manual User Re-input
B&V Steel Tools – Plant Vision
• B&V-developed 3D
modeling
• Multi-disciplinary
(not just steel)
• Space control &
coordination
• Shared database
repository
(POWRTRAK®)
• GUI for interactive
user feedback
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B&V Steel Tools – PPADS
• Power Plant Analysis &
•
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•
•
Design - Structural
B&V-developed in 1970s1990s
Command file input – no
GUI (STRUDL-based
approach)
Can be linked to
POWRTRAK® (automatic
synchronization)
ASD Design Only
B&V business rules – not
a general analysis tool
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Example PPADS Input file
...
15. BEGIN OLD PROJECT
*** MESSAGE - Run number 2.
*** MESSAGE - PPADS is now opening a data link to the 'PPL_ENGLISH' structure
in the 'PWRDEV' POWRTRAK database.
*** MESSAGE - DB_USERID (environment variable) is not defined…
*** MESSAGE - This run will query POWRTRAK steel in legacy (snapshot) mode.
*** MESSAGE - Now reading PPADS updates from the linked POWRTRAK database.
16.
17.
18. $ ------------------------------------------------------------19. $ PPADS UPDATE
RUN DATE: 05-Mar-2005
RUN TIME: 14:56:32
20. $
21. EDIT
22.
ADDITIONS
24.
COLROW LOCATIONS
25.
PPLA X 0-0
32.
FLOOR ELEVATIONS
33.
100 100-0
40. $ END PPADS UPDATE
41. $ --------------------------------------------------------------*** MESSAGE - POWRTRAK update processing is now complete.
42. $
*** MESSAGE - POWRTRAK update processing is now complete.
43. EDIT
47.
COLUMN GEOMETRY
* W14X53 * Z * FRAME *
*
48.
10
PPLA PPL1 FL100 FL136/0-1.5/
49.
20
PPLB PPL1 FL100 FL136/0-1.5/
60.
FLOOR 112 GEOMETRY
61.
BEAMS
* W14X26 * BR * -0-6 * 0 * 0 * 0 *
62.
100 C10
C20
63.
101 C20
C30
W21X50
80.
PARALLEL 105 TO 103
81.
118 4-0
NBR
86.
SEQUENTIAL
87.
123 106/16-4/ 100/7-8/
W12X22
88.
124 100/16-4/ 107/16-4/
W12X22
...
B&V Steel Tools – POWRTRAK®
• Multi-user
engineering
database system
• Shared – “enter
once; use many
times”
• Wide-ranging
application set
• B&V has been
practicing “BIM”
since mid-1980s
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B&V Steel Tools – Pre-CIS/2 – Problems
• Too many custom interfaces to maintain and
coordinate
• Limited data throughput/scope (useful data lost or
misinterpreted in transfers)
• Lack of flexibility to share data with client-selected
tools
• PPADS (analysis/design engine) lacks updated
AISC and international code design capability
• Inefficiency in using PPADS for design and GT
STRUDL for dynamic analysis
Black & Veatch needed a solution
to integrate its steel tools and processes
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Structural Tools
Integration (STI)
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STI Goals / Requirements
• Be a unifying solution that is standards-based
(not proprietary)
• Support a broad scope of data to maximize data
re-use and future growth in functional capability
• Enter once, then propagate data downstream for
re-use in later process steps
• Provide opportunity to share data externally with
B&V clients, vendors, and business partners
• Enable data exchange with tool capable of analysis
and design to a variety of current codes
• Integrate with POWRTRAK® and POWRTRAK®
applications, such as Plant Vision
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STI Solution: CIS/2 Data Exchange
Adopt the CIS/2 standard for data exchange
among B&V-used steel software tools.
STI Solution – CIS/2 Data Exchange
• CIS/2 is the steel design and construction industry
standard in North America.
• AISC formally endorsed CIS/2 in 1999.
• Many external software tools already support CIS/2,
including those that B&V currently uses: GTStrudl,
RISA-3D, Tekla Structures
• LPM/6, the CIS/2 data schema, can be implemented
in the POWRTRAK® relational database.
• Plant Vision CIS/2 export prototype can be
leveraged for production software.
Structural Tools Integration is the
B&V initiative to standardize data exchange using CIS/2
15 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
STI Solution – B&V Use Cases
RISA-3D
Plant
Vision
export to analysis
* analysis geometry
* applied loads
begin steel detailing
* member geometry
Tekla
Structures
B
A
GTStrudl
import from analysis
* geom.. & size changes
* applied loads
* analysis results
SDS/2
POWRTRAK®
A
export to construction
* parts, assemblies,
plates, piecemarks, etc.
D
PPADSPOWRTRAK
Link
Construct
Sim
C
steel detailing added
* parts, assemblies,
plates, piecemarks, etc.
PPADS
X
CIS/2 Transfer
(use case)
A1 Round-trip Exchange with Analysis Program (GTStrudl)
A2 New/Incremental Analysis Model Import (RISA-3D)
B
Design-to-Detailing Export (Tekla Structures)
C
Detailing Geometry Import (Tekla Structures)
D
Design-to-Construction Export (ConstructSim)
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Plant Vision-GTStrudl Geometry Exchange
member geometry &
applied loads
GTStrudl
CIS/2
.. ... .
Plant
Vision
POWRTRAK®
PPADS
member geometry &
size changes
• Plant Vision exports analysis geometry as CIS/2 (.stp) file
– Includes geometry and loading
– PV can create .gti files to direct GTStrudl analysis and design.
• GTStrudl imports CIS/2 file
– ReadCIS2.exe translates .stp to .gti file
• GTStrudl user executes analysis & member design, as needed
• GTStrudl exports CIS/2 file
– WriteCIS2.exe translates current model to .stp file
• Plant Vision imports analysis geometry from CIS/2 (.stp) file
– Includes geometry only
– Compares imported geometry with existing geometry, then inserts,
updates, and deletes steel members accordingly.
17 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
Plant Vision – Export CIS/2 Steel
• Export Target
• Structure to Export
• Model Name
• Lock Members for
•
•
•
•
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Update
Export Geometry
Options
GT-STRUDL Options
(next slide)
Export Member
Loads
CIS/2: +Z-axis =
Up
Plant Vision – GT-STRUDL Export Options
• Problem Title
• GTI Template File
• GTI File Generation
• Member Design Options
Selected Option
19 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
Template-generated file
[always]
*_setup.gti
[always]
*_import.gti
Perform Analysis
*_analysis.gti
Define Groups
*_groups.gti
Perform Member
Design
*_unbracedlengths.gti
*_design.gti
GTSTRUDL – Export data to a CIS2 file
• Length and Force units
• Include Loads and Results = No
– not in PV import scope yet
• Assume: Beam, Col, Brace = Z up
– member types by orientation
• Convert ‘Y up’ to ‘Z up’ = No
– model is already Z up
20 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
Plant Vision – Import CIS/2 Steel
• Import File Path
• Update a locked
CIS/2 model
• Existing (locked)
CIS/2 models
• Create a new CIS/2
model (not shown)
21 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
Plant Vision – Review Imported CIS/2 Model
• Results of import
and comparison to
existing model
displayed
• Differences
Summary
• Steel Component
List
• Changes are
highlighted (green,
yellow, red).
• Icons indicate
locked and change
status.
• Keep ... locked for
future re-import
22 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
Plant Vision – Review Imported CIS/2 Model
• “Dummy” column
out of scope
• Column members
not locked for edit
(disabled grey
color)
23 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
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STI
Design Process
24 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
STI Design Process
• Plant Vision acts as a GUI for steel data entry and
review, space control, and information management
• GT Strudl selected as the preferred choice for
analysis and design of large projects
• AutoCAD is used for creation of steel engineering
drawings from the Plant Vision environment
• Tekla Structures is used for in-house detailing of
steel and creation of erection drawings
• PPADS is used for some specialized functions
• CIS/2 data transfer connects the programs and
allows flexibility where other software is required
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• Plant Vision enhances steel layout by providing a
user-friendly interface for steel modeling
26 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
• The model shows steel with accurate offsets and
work points for space control…
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• This allows engineers to check on access and
headroom around equipment during steel layout…
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• Keep steel clear of hoistways and pull spaces,
review interferences…
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• And check loading from attachments
30 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
• Other disciplines have access to live steel data to
route utilities and tie-down equipment…
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• Making Plant Vision the natural hub for our design
process
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• Users can distinguish analysis model steel from
miscellaneous components…
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• And filter or code steel by attributes such as floor
level…
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• The export template stylesheet automates GT
STRUDL input file creation…
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• Allowing new users to run a GTS analysis with
minimal training…
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• Streamlining model creation for large and complex
structures…
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• The analysis model combines features from Plant
Vision, such as floor grouping and intelligent IDs
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• GT STRUDL adds abilities missing in PPADS, such as
nonlinear analysis and display of displacements
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• Member design data is transferred back to Plant
Vision, for use in steel detailing via Tekla Structures
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• Using tools that can translate data from a single
source improves quality and schedule
41 / 24-27 JUNE 2009 / GT STRUDL USERS GROUP, ATLANTA, GA
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STI
Innovations
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STI Innovations – Database Repository (PMR)
• PMR = Product Model Repository [CIS/2 term]
• CIS/2 schema (LPM/6) was mapped into a relational
database (POWRTRAK®)
• Elements of the LPM/6 had correlating elements in
the POWRTRAK® database
• POWRTRAK® is not a true CIS/2 PMR because it
lacks an interface allowing other applications direct
access
CISTElementEccentricity
PK
instance_id
elemt_eccentric_name
x_eccentricity_meas
x_eccentricity_unit
y_eccentricity_meas
y_eccentricity_unit
z_eccentricity_meas
z_eccentricity_unit
CISTELEMENTCURVESIMPLE
PK
U1
instance_id
element_name
element_description
FK1,U1,I2 parent_model
elemt_dimensionality
element_subdivision
FK2,I1
cross_section
eo_plane_ang_meas
eo_plane_ang_unit
eo_dir_name
eo_dir_x
eo_dir_y
eo_dir_z
instance_id
PK
instance_id
connectivity_number
connectivity_name
FK4,U1 connecting_node
FK1,U1 connecting_element
FK2
eccentricity
FK3
fixity
U1
node_name
node_coords_name
node_coords_x
node_coords_y
node_coords_z
restraints
parent_model
CISTRelease
PK
instance_id
release_name
release_description
CISTReleaseLogical
PK,FK1
instance_id
release_axial_force
release_y_force
release_z_force
release_torsionalmom
release_y_bendingmom
release_z_bendingmom
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CISTNode
CISTElemtNodeConnectivity
PK
U2
U2
U2
FK2
FK1,U2,U1
CISTBoundaryCondition
PK
instance_id
boundary_cond_name
boundary_cond_desc
CISTBoundaryCondLogical
PK,FK1
instance_id
x_displacement_free
y_displacement_free
z_displacement_free
x_rotation_free
y_rotation_free
z_rotation_free
STI Innovations – Database Repository (PMR)
POWRTRAK®
Relational Database
LPM/6 (EXPRESS-G)
CISTElementEccentricity
PK
instance_id
elemt_eccentric_name
x_eccentricity_meas
x_eccentricity_unit
y_eccentricity_meas
y_eccentricity_unit
z_eccentricity_meas
z_eccentricity_unit
CISTELEMENTCURVESIMPLE
PK
U1
instance_id
element_name
element_description
FK1,U1,I2 parent_model
elemt_dimensionality
element_subdivision
FK2,I1
cross_section
eo_plane_ang_meas
eo_plane_ang_unit
eo_dir_name
eo_dir_x
eo_dir_y
eo_dir_z
instance_id
PK
instance_id
connectivity_number
connectivity_name
FK4,U1 connecting_node
FK1,U1 connecting_element
FK2
eccentricity
FK3
fixity
U1
node_name
node_coords_name
node_coords_x
node_coords_y
node_coords_z
restraints
parent_model
CISTRelease
PK
instance_id
release_name
release_description
CISTReleaseLogical
PK,FK1
instance_id
release_axial_force
release_y_force
release_z_force
release_torsionalmom
release_y_bendingmom
release_z_bendingmom
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CISTNode
CISTElemtNodeConnectivity
PK
U2
U2
U2
FK2
FK1,U2,U1
CISTBoundaryCondition
PK
instance_id
boundary_cond_name
boundary_cond_desc
CISTBoundaryCondLogical
PK,FK1
instance_id
x_displacement_free
y_displacement_free
z_displacement_free
x_rotation_free
y_rotation_free
z_rotation_free
STI Innovations – Database Repository (PMR)
LPM/6 (CIS/2 Schema)
POWRTRAK®
Data Modeling Language Mapping
LPM/6 (CIS/2 Schema)
POWRTRAK®
EXPRESS
SQL DDL
“STRUCTURAL_FRAME_SCHEMA”
“CIS” (POWRTRAK® schema name)
ENTITY
TABLE
ATTRIBUTE
COLUMN
INSTANCE
ROW
SUPERTYPE / SUBTYPE
• Parent/Child foreign keys
• Compound tables (e.g. CISTELEMENTCURVESIMPLE)
• VIEW
ANDOR
VIEW (with outer-join)
Constraints
(WHERE, UNIQUE, INVERSE, DERIVE)
Table constraints, Column constraints, Triggers
AGGREGATION types
(array, bag, list, set)
• Aggregate instance tables
• Compound tables (e.g. CISTNODE)
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STI Innovations – Database Repository (PMR)
LPM/6 (CIS/2 Schema)
POWRTRAK®
Data Type Mappings
EXPRESS
SQL DDL
INTEGER
NUMBER(p)
REAL
NUMBER(p,s)
STRING
VARCHAR2(n)
A reasonable maximum string length n
ENTITY
NUMBER(p)
A unique foreign key reference to PK of entity table
ENUMERATION
VARCHAR2(n)
Text validated as one of finitely defined values
BINARY
RAW(n)
Not used in LPM/6
BOOLEAN or
LOGICAL
VARCHAR2(1)
Validated as one of (T, F) or (T, F, U), or null.
LABEL
VARCHAR2(80)
“Short” text names.
TEXT
VARCHAR2(256)
“Longer” descriptive text.
SELECT
NUMBER(p)
Same as ENTITY, and validated against defined
SELECT list.
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STI Innovations – Plant Vision IDI Capability
• IDI = Incremental Data Import [CIS/2 term]
• During export, user locks subset of data that
might be changed while in GTStrudl
• During import, Plant Vision reads imported file
and compares to the existing Plant Vision CIS/2
model
• Only data locked during export is allowed to be
changed by the imported data (from GTStrudl)
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STI Innovations – XSLT Templates for .gti Files
• GTStrudl input (.gti) files are generated from an
XML style sheet “template”
• The template transforms export-specific XML data
from Plant Vision into GTStrudl input files
customized for the exported model
• The .gti files are designed to encapsulate tasks in
GTStrudl: Import, Analyze, Design
• Users may either use their own customized template
to suit their project-specific needs, or select the
“standard” template provided with the Plant Vision
application
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Plant Vision – GT-STRUDL Export Options
• Problem Title
• GTI Template File
• GTI File Generation
• Member Design Options
Selected Option
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Template-generated file
[always]
*_setup.gti
[always]
*_import.gti
Perform Analysis
*_analysis.gti
Define Groups
*_groups.gti
Perform Member
Design
*_unbracedlengths.gti
*_design.gti
STI – CIS/2 Implementation Challenges
• In reality, external tools have varying degrees of
adherence to CIS/2 standard:
– Scope (Analysis, Design, Physical models)
– Data Management Conformance (DMC)
– Compliance (correctness)
• Plant Vision IDI capability must overcome current
lack of DMC in interfacing applications
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CIS/2 Capability and Conformance
GTStrudl
RISA-3D
Scope
Export: Analysis
Import: Analysis
DMC
Maintains imported
GUIDs on some entity
types
Exports, but does not
import GUIDs
IDI
No
(import is always a
new model)
Very limited
(member size only)
• Cardinal points
artificially imported as
Correctness, element eccentricities,
Limitations not maintained
• Imported names
limited to 8 characters
Tekla Structures
Export: Analysis, Design Export: Analysis, Physical
Import: Analysis, Design
Import: Analysis
Plant Vision
Export: Analysis
Import: Analysis*
(*geometry only)
No
Partial
(but exports GUIDs for
(not with GUIDs –
SP3D)
uses names instead*)
unknown
Yes
(analysis geometry)
• Export element
eccentricity and
cardinal point are not
independent
•Element eccentricity is
not relative to global
coordinate system
•Import element
eccentricity results in
incorrect “handle”
coordinates
* Current Plant Vision production version; future versions will be enhanced.
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• IDI uses name
attribute rather than
GUIDs for nodes and
assemblies*
STI – Value Statements
• Consistency - Focus on CIS/2 standard rather than
specific proprietary functions of other tools
• Growth - CIS/2 provides a very rich scope of data,
with “room to grow” – potential to increase data
throughput and future exchange efficiency
• Data Management - PMR-based design foundation
leverages POWRTRAK®, B&V’s existing engineering
database
• Flexibility – B&V is more agile as future business
needs may dictate using different CIS/2-compliant
tools
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Glossary of Selected Terms / Acronyms
• EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
• CIS/2 – CIMSteel Integration Standards, Version 2
• DMC – Data Management Conformant [CIS/2]
• IDI – Incremental Data Import [CIS/2]
• PMR – Product Model Repository [CIS/2]
• STEP – Standard for the Exchange of Product model
data (international standard ISO 10303)
• BIM – Building Information Modeling
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QUESTIONS / CONTACT INFORMATION
Jeff Eidemiller, Black & Veatch
11401 Lamar Ave.
Overland Park, KS 66211
eidemillerjd@bv.com
Jay Ernst, EDS
9225 Indian Creek Pkwy, Suite 700
Overland Park, KS 66210
jay.ernst@eds.com
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