CAU2011 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Please note that these are subject to change. Course registration is now open. To learn more about the courses, click on CADWorx, PV Elite or CAESAR II and then hover your cursor over each class to get a full description.

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CADWorx - 29 courses

PV Elite - 14 courses

CAESAR II - 22 courses

CADWorx the Right Tool

Lecture: John Brinlee

CADWorx is the number one selling AutoCAD based plant design tool on the market today. In this session you will learn how the CADWorx suite of products can benefit your company and how CADWorx is right for any size project.

Design - Tips, Tricks and Tools

Lecture: Lee Smith

CADWorx Plant is the tool used to help design piping systems in the plant designers world. As with any tool, knowing how and when to use it is an important part of any good design. Knowledge of piping systems is another important part of good plant design. In this session you will learn good design practices based on industry standards and years of experience. This session is intended for everyone from just starting out to seasoned pros.

The Future of CADWorx

Lecture: Joseph Dixon

What is the future of CADWorx? Where is it going and how will it effect your plant design plans for the future? In this session we will discuss the direction of CADWorx and how it relates to the plant design industry.

ISOGEN Optimization

Lab: Matt Breeden

ISOGEN is very powerful and this session will demonstrate some of this power. Learn how to use user shapes and SKEY's to get what you want in your drawings. Learn how to use the symbol editor to create custom symbols and assign your own SKEY's to have ISOGEN use them automatically and to develop detail sketches.

ISOGEN Setup

Lecture: Robert Riley

The final deliverable of any project is drawings. ISOMETRICS are the primary drawings produced and ISOGEN is the tool CADWorx uses to generate these drawings. With the power of ISOGEN comes the complexity of the setup. This session will teach you how to setup ISOGEN using iConfig.

Advanced CADWorx P&ID

Lab: Sonia Delgadillo

CADWorx P&ID is a very powerful tool used to generate P&ID's. In this session you will learn how to take advantage of this power by using the database features of CADWorx P&ID. You will also learn how to make existing legacy P&ID's intelligent and how to transfer P&ID drawings and data between projects allowing you to develop standards and reuse CADWorx P&ID drawings on new projects. You will see how to use dynamic blocks in your P&ID's.

CADWorx P&ID Tools

Lecture: Robert Riley

CADWorx P&ID Pro comes with several tools to help you develop your required drawings more efficiently. In this session you will learn how to use CADWorx Datasheets, CADWorx LOOPS, and CADWorx IP. Each of these tools have a specific requirement they help fulfill.

Introduction to CADWorx P&ID

Lecture: Gary Mellinger

Good design starts with a good P&ID. All good designers know how important P&ID's are to the overall project and most have experienced frustration with poor P&ID design. This session will demonstrate CADWorx P&ID and how this integrated design tool can help you with your design projects and eliminate some of these frustrations. You will see how CADWorx P&ID will link your work with CADWorx Plant so the data from a good P&ID can be directly used in your modeling designs.

Advanced Modeling Techniques

Lab: Mark White

Using CADWorx Plant you can model any type of piping project you desire. Sometimes you need to look at alternative ways to develop your models using different tools and techniques inside CADWorx. In this session you will learn how to use some of these tools and techniques to enhance your productivity.

CADWorx Plant Professional

Lecture: Lee Smith

Many new enhancements have been added to CADWorx Plant Professional. In this session you will see these enhancements in action and learn how to use them in your design projects.

Model Organization

Lecture: Josh Sampson

Large and small models require careful planning to make their development and use efficient. Many times models are used for different purposes - from overall plant layouts to equipment details to subsystem drawings. This can be very complex if a good model organization is not developed and followed. In this session you will see one way of developing a good model organization plan and begin to see ways you can implement a good design for your organization.

Pipe Supports in CADWorx

Lab: Stephen Hollinger

The CADWorx Pipe Support Module has been used for the past couple of years with great success. Having the ability to model almost any type of support intelligently and place these supports easily in the model has helped to quickly finish a piping system. In this session you will learn how to use this exciting tool and how it will enhance your model production.

User Shapes

Lab: Vince Wehnes

Although CADWorx has an extensive library of components to select from, sometimes you need to show something in your models that is not "off the shelf". User shapes allow you to add a custom component with intelligence to the model. In this session you will learn how to build a user shape and how to add the intelligence needed for BOM and ISOGEN generation.

CADWorx FieldPipe 2012

Lecture: Don Nuckels

As any Owner Operator knows, brown field and maintenance work are vital in ensuring the ongoing health and efficiency of a facility. It is particularly in the area of developing the as-built data to feed these efforts that many OO's find a challenge. This was precisely the challenge that CenterPoint Energy Field Services (CEFS) had when it decided to document the physical as-built layout of its over 200 gas compression stations in the USA's Texarkana region. By using Intergraph CADWorx field pipe, linked to a cost-effective Leica Total Station, IMAGE Custom Engineering Solutions, was able to successfully complete the accurate as-built computer modeling of over 70 of CEFS's compressor stations within the 1 year. During this session you will learn how CEFS benefitted from these innovative, cost effective and easy to use tools and received delivery of accurate, editable, intelligent Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional design deliverables.

CADWorx Piping Data Integration with Downstream Systems

Lecture: Paul Martin

I-Data Integrator consolidates materials, welding, spool, bending and cutting information held in standard ASCII ISOGEN output report files to either - Microsoft Access XLS, MDB; CSV; Alias XML; AES/32 XML or legacy format - for integration with downstream systems. Information from external sources such as databases, spread sheets and other text files can also be processed to supplement the ISOGEN output report file data, to provide one complete set of data in the desired format. I-Data Integrator is a piping data integration tool and is used to post-process ISOGEN reports produced during plant engineering and design or during fabrication and construction to provide an input in the format required by the customer's downstream systems. Once configured, I-Data Integrator helps companies transfer piping data to other systems – such as, procurement, material control, weld management etc. - at the click of a button, saving time, eliminating manual data re-entry, and avoiding data transcription errors. CADWorx uses ISOGEN to produce piping isometric drawing and reports, and so could also utilize this tool to feed piping information seamlessly to other systems and stakeholders that need it. However, I-Data Integrator is currently only supplied as part of the SmartPlant Isometrics product. The idea would be to provide it as part of the CADWorx install, like I-Configure. Join this session to learn how it can benefit your company, and to provide ICAS with your feedback.

CADWorx Integration with SmartPlant Spoolgen

Lab: Paul Martin

CADWorx and SmartPlant Spoolgen are a great combination for small and medium mechanical or construction contractors who perform new design for small projects or who manage fabrication and erection projects based on detail design done by others. Whether involved in the manufacture of vessels, towers, skids or packaged plants, including some degree of pipe spool fabrication, the combination of intelligent plant modeling provided by CADWorx, and automated piping isometric drawing production available in SmartPlant Spoolgen, provides a powerful solution for greenfield and brownfield projects of any size and scope. This session will demonstrate how SmartPlant Spoolgen' s range of pipe fabrication-focused capabilities – such as, integrated workflow management; repeatability control and revision management; automatic elbow to bend conversion; work content measurement; and many other powerful pipeline editing and data integration capabilities - complement engineering design performed in CADWorx.

CADWorx Equipment Modeling and Integration with PV Elite

Lab: Ron Teel

CADWorx Equipment is the tool used for quick pump, vessel and heat exchanger layout. Create your equipment in detail then xref them into your models. Keep up with the changes by modifying a previously modeled piece of equipment and verify your design by sending it out to PV Elite.

Introducing SmartPlant Review for CADWorx

Lecture: Robert Christian

SmartPlant Review is the model review tool of choice in the plant design market. See how this new addition to the CADWorx family can help you. This session will demonstrate this new addition.

CADWorx Pilot Project

Lecture: ECE Team

During this Production Ready Demonstration, ECE will take a project from P&ID though 3D Plant Design to 2D drawing deliverables while leveraging a live project database. This will be a 'live' and interactive presentation.

Advanced Specifications and Data Files

Lab: Carol McComb

How do you take advantage of the ease of the CADWorx Specs and Data Files to add those special or uncommon components to your project. Join us as we look at what it takes to make CADWorx fit your special project by adding those special components to your specifications.

CADWorx Enhanced Piping

Lab: Rob Abbott

CADWorx will have an enhanced pipe modeling system in the near future. In this session you will get hands-on experience of these highly anticipated features. Learn how the new enhanced modeling will effect your work flow and enhance your overall designs.

CADWorx Enhanced Specifications

Lab: Mark Bross

CADWorx will have an enhanced pipe modeling system in the near future. With this comes a new specification tool that will allow for the new abilities in the enhanced modeling to exist. In this course you will get hands-on experience in using the new specification and catalog editor.

CADWorx Round Table Discussion

Discussion: Joseph Dixon

Join the CADWorx users as we discuss topics of importance in the plant design industry. This will be an open discussion of plant design in general and CADWorx in particular. Express your opinion, help others with general issues and enjoy the knowledge presented.

New CADWorx On-Line Training and Collaboration Tools

Lecture: Tony Horn

This presentation explores the design of a CADWorx eLearning system.  What are the benefits and features of an eLearning approach to CADWorx training compared to a conventional classroom setting?  Does such a system provide opportunities for private collaboration among project team members, such as project news and scheduling, a forum to solve project design issues, and private messaging among project members?  These topics are discussed and an actual recently released CADWorx eLearning system is reviewed. Get an overview of industry trends in online and classroom training. Compare the costs and effectiveness of traditional training versus eLearning. Evaluate the issues in creating an in-house eLearning system. Explore online collaboration tools for your project teams. Review a recently released eLearning system for CADWorx Plant Professional software.

CADWorx Plant-StruCad Interoperability

Lecture: Simon Hobson

CADWorx Plant Professional provides basic steel modeling and volume allocation for your primary steelwork and traffic items, such as access, stairs and ladders. Connection detail that would enrich the CADWorx model is missing. StruCad is a leading 3D Steel Modeling and Detailing platform that produces detail deliverables for fabrication of small to large steel structures in the Process, Power and Offshore industries. This session will show the interoperability between the two systems through a typical plant design to steel detail workflow, applying connections and the resultant detail imported back into CADWorx for secondary steel and connection detail. The session will also introduce opportunities for improved workflow with your structural contractors and fabricators. Learn the steps necessary to prepare a CADWorx model for export to StruCad. Learn how StruCad can be provide connection detail back into the CADWorx model. Learn about the tools available to manage round-tripping between design changes. Learn how StruCad can help to improve FEED and detail estimates. Learn how you can collaborate more effectively with your steel detailers/fabricators, through RFI and change processes, and model share.

SmartPlant Extension to CADWorx Instrumentation

Lecture: Frank Joop & David Kaiser

CADWorx is part of the Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise family. This means the CADWorx solution can be extended with the engineering and design products that have been proven on thousands of projects in various industry segments. This session will spotlight the capabilities of SmartPlant Instrumentation and how CADWorx users can take advantage of this market-leading solution. SmartPlant Instrumentation offers capabilities to support the instrument life cycle from early conceptual design all the way through the operational phase with calibration. To offer a best of class solution that fits your work process, SmartPlant Instrumentation is integrated with most automation vendors, including Emerson, Honeywell, ABB, and E+H. This supports an efficient and high-quality control system design. In addition project experiences using SPI will be shared by John Dressel from Fluor.

SmartPlant Extension to CADWorx Electrical

Lecture: Frank Joop & David Kaiser

Just as SmartPlant Instrumentation is a natural extension to the CADWorx P&ID, SmartPlant Electrical is a perfect fit with SmartPlant Instrumentation and the P&ID as well, completing the electrical and instrumentation solution as the next step from the logical or P&ID design. Electrical loads, such as pumps, defined on the P&ID can be imported into SmartPlant Electrical. SmartPlant Electrical also interfaces with SmartPlant Instrumentation for common circuits or loops. The SmartPlant Electrical scope enables users to efficiently design the distribution network for the facility and to create associated deliverables such as one-line diagrams and schematics load reports. SmartPlant Electrical helps with load balancing. Like SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant Electrical is rules-driven to ensure the right decision is made early on in the design phase. SmartPlant Electrical offers a bi-directional interface with ETAP for advanced analysis, such as short circuit and protective device coordination. In addition project experiences using SPEL will be shared by Chris Brallier from Foster Wheeler. Attendees will see how SmartPlant Electrical can complement their work process and improve their business.

Smart Plant Construction

Lecture: Tim McDavid

Tim will demonstrate the versatility of SmartPlant Construction and how it can fit into your project execution plans.

CADWorx FieldPipe for Point Clouds

Lab: Chris Parkin

Want to use your existing point cloud data to generate 3D models of your plants? Come join Chris as he teaches you how to use CADWorx FieldPipe to do the job quickly and accurately.

ASME Code Section VIII Division 1 Basics

Lecture: Ray Delaforce

In this session the basic rules and methodologies of ASME VIII-1 will be discussed. ASME VIII-1 is the most commonly used design code in the world.

ASME 2011

Lecture: Urey Miller PE

In this lecture a number of topics will be discussed regarding the updated ASME Codes VIII-1 and VIII-2. These changes can effect Code calculations. The new 2 year Code year distribution will also be discussed.

Fatigue Analysis

Lecture: Chris Hennant

Vessels and vessel parts subject to fatigue can be difficult to design. In this class, the subject of fatigue will be discussed as well as how to design for it using Code rules and other tools.

Flange Design

Lecture: Urey Miller PE

This session will discuss flanges and how to produce an optimum flange design using VIII-1 Code rules. Additionally, the new rules for bolt spacing will be discussed.

What's new in PV Elite 2011/2012

Lecture: Scott Mayeux

Isn't it great to know what's new straight from the program writers. In this class, the new features of PV Elite 2012 will be discussed as well as highlights from what was added for version 2011.

Local Stress Analysis

Lecture: Chris Hennant

This Intermediate level session will discuss methods for determining stresses on vessel attachments and nozzles using various methods such as WRC 107/297 and Finite Element Analysis.

Code Differences

Lecture: Ray Delaforce

Did you ever wonder about what the differences between the different pressure vessel codes really are. This lecture will discuss differences such as allowable stress basis, Code equations etc. that set one Pressure Vessel Code apart from another. Compare and contrast of nozzle analysis will also be discussed.

PV Elite Tips and Tricks

Lecture: Mandeep Singh

This session will cover various tips and tricks using PV Elite. Knowing these methods will help analysts create models quickly and efficiently. You might also learn an undocumented feature or two.

Evaluating Vessel Nozzles

Lecture: Mandeep Singh

Nozzles are not only a physical boundary between vessels and piping but could also be a boundary between departments and/or companies. Ensuring that the nozzle is not overstressed due to piping loads involves collaboration between vessels and piping. In the absence of this interaction, some standard assumptions are made. This session discusses these issues and provides practical solutions for them. It also sheds light on some common misconceptions and provides suggestions.

Fitness for Service

Lecture: Dr. Mike Guillot PE

Do you have an aging corroded vessel? Fitness for service rules (API-579) can help you to assess a vessel's corroded condition. This lecture will discuss some rules in API-579 and show examples in which they were applied to vessels with CUI.

PV Elite Round Table Discussion

Discussion: Scott Mayeux, Mandeep Singh, Ray Delaforce

Join fellow PV Elite users as we discuss topics of importance in the vessel design industry. This will be an open discussion of vessel design in general and PV Elite in particular. Express your opinion, help others with general issues and enjoy the knowledge presented.

Stack Evaluation

Lecture: Dr. Mike Guillot PE

It's hurricane season, will your stack survive a category 4 storm? ASME STS-1 has guidelines for the design of stacks. This lecture will review the guidelines and show examples of where to inspect and how to evaluate your free standing stacks before the storm hits.

Vessel Fabrication from Start to Finish

Lecture: Bill Huffman PE

This class will show how ASME Code pressure vessels are designed and fabricated, from the initial design though testing and shipping. Many example photos will be shown of the fabrication process.

Heat Exchanger Fabrication from Start to Finish

Lecture: Bill Huffman PE

Like vessels, heat exchangers can be designed and built using different methods. This class will explain the methods behind how exchangers are designed and built, from the initial design through shipping. Expect to see a number of great photos in this class.

Creating an Accurate Fatigue Analysis of Offshore Piping

Lecture: Bob Robleto

Fatigue Design of FPSO's is outside the design guidance of ASME B31 piping standards but not outside its scope. An approach is demonstrated that was recently used for design of an FPSO using B31.3 requirements as well as DNV overall fatigue assessment. The two design philosophies are compatible. This course will show how Caesar II can accurately evaluate overall fatigue of piping systems restrained by a moving hull of a ship. Also computing the fatigue design of ship structure requires massive amount of displacement input data. This presentation discusses FPSO design and shows how an Excel spreadsheet macro can be used to generate and input displacements into the CAESAR II module through the program's Neutral File.

Transient Hydraulic Analysis for CAESAR II Evaluation

Lecture: Trey Walters

Many operational failures in piping are caused by transient hydraulic events such as surge or hammer passing through the system. Several commercial programs are available today to calculate these changing hydraulic loads. This session will review this hydraulic analysis in AFT Impulse, a program that has a data link to CAESAR II. The resulting force-time data from this hydraulic analysis will be merged into CAESAR II dynamic input for a time history analysis.

Qualifying Dynamic Response in New Designs

Lecture: Nigel Marsh

Except for seismic requirements there is little dynamic qualification for new piping designs. Most dynamic analysis is driven by forensic engineering rather than design engineering (what went wrong and how can I fix it). This lecture will focus on practical approaches to reduce the risk of piping vibration for new designs. This will draw on the presenters experience implementing various design methods on many major projects and analysis of piping failures.

Markl Fatigue Methods and ASME Piping Stress Intensification Factors

Lecture: Chris Hinnant

Experimental results of ten girth weld and two unreinforced piping intersections recently tested at Paulin Research Group (PRG) are reported. Results are compared to the original Markl work [1-5] and to current ASME piping design code practices [6]. In addition, approximately 800 experimental tests from the literature [7-32] are compared to the new test results and the existing Markl equations. Findings indicate that the original mean girth weld equation provided by Markl, which serves as the basis of the ASME piping codes, does not match trends expected for as-welded fatigue data. Discrepancies are apparent in the low and high cycle regimes. Finally, the new PRG test data and the existing data from literature are used to develop a new mean girth butt weld curve and to modify the existing ASME piping design codes.

Evaluating Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Pipe Systems

Lecture: Kevin Schmit

ISO 14692 is currently undergoing a revision to provide a fresh look at modeling and evaluating fiberglass reinforced plastic pipe systems. Listen to one of the technical working group members who are presenting these changes.

Interfacing CAESAR II and SmartPlant3D

Lecture: Mustafa Oemercik

The CAESAR II interface with SmartPlant3D is undergoing extensive development. Mustafa will describe Linde's role in directing this development and see how they plan to use it.

Data Mining Document Resources

Lecture: David Diehl

There are lots of engineering resources out there. See what's available.

Seismic Analysis Using B31E

Lecture: Jim Wilcox

B31E defines seismic requirements for all B31 piping. The latest addendum has added a few wrinkles. See how this Code and ASCE 7 can be used to establish seismic evaluation of your piping systems.

Introducing eCustomer – learning its benefits and capabilities

Lecture: Loren Brown

eCustomer is a web portal through which customers may submit technical support requests and find Intergraph CAS technical information.  There are several customer benefits to using the eCustomer website, which will be explained during this presentation.  Then a demonstration of the eCustomer website will be provided, showing how to log service requests.  Also a discussion on ICAS defect and change request procedures will ensue.  There will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions in the second half of the presentation.

Nuclear Certification (NQA) of CAESAR II

Lecture: Kathleen Byle

CAESAR II is establishing development procedures that will improve program quality. This work is directed to establish a QA pedigree so that the program can be audited for nuclear applications. Hear about what's involved and the benefits to you.

Manufacturing Pipe Supports and Expansion Joints

Lecture: Rakesh Agrawal

A local manufacturer of pipe supports and expansion joints, with more than 35 years of experience, will provide an inside look at how they design, build, test and deliver their custom engineered and manufactured products. Manufacturer will discuss their full range of pipe support products, including variable and constant spring hangers, hydraulic and mechanical snubbers, slide plates, and pre-insulated hot and cold shoe pipe supports. And on the expansion joints side of things, this member of EJMA, will discuss the design and manufacture of thin-wall metallic expansion joints and fabric expansion joints.

Hammer Analysis in CAESAR II

Lecture: Tina Tolpa

An experienced CAESAR II user will review one of their more sophisticated system evaluations - fluid hammer time history analysis using results from a transient hydraulic analysis.

Benefits of Time-History Analysis

Lecture: Jim Wilcox

Time History analysis of dynamic loading offers more accurate results than other methods, often with no "extra" effort. This session will demonstrate some advantages of time history analysis, including how these results let you observe system response in a way that is not possible with static-equivalent or spectral methods.  This ability can be critical to fully understanding how a system responds when solving certain types of problems.

Isogen Spools with I-Configure in Caesar II

Lab: Jack Hollenbeck

Many CAESAR II users recognize the value of standardized Isogen drawings that are now available in the program but many engineers simply use the default drawing settings rather than learn how to customize their drawings to match company standards. This session will provide guidance on creating a backing sheet and manipulating data displayed in these drawings.

Basic Expansion Joints

Lab: Dan Edgar

Expansion joints accommodate large strain in a relatively small component and can solve many design problems but they have their own important considerations.  Stiffness, effective length, and pressure thrust all come into play in selecting, modeling and evaluating these components in a piping system analysis.  This basic expansion joint session will define criteria for a variety of simple expansion joint assemblies and utilize the CAESAR II expansion joint modeler.

Advanced Expansion Joints

Lecture: Dan Edgar

The advanced expansion joint session is a continuation of the basic expansion joint class.  In this session we will evaluate a number of conditions were special considerations are required in order to produce an acceptable analysis.  Specific topics will be pressure thrust location, relative rigidity and large rotation/articulating system considerations as they apply to expansion joints.

Sizing Spring Pipe Supports in CAESAR II

Lab: Rakesh Agrawal

CAESAR II can select a spring support for any number of manufacturer's catalogs. All it requires is the design load and the design travel. But is it the best support for the system? CAESAR II provides many design criteria for these supports, this session will highlight the most useful design parameters and also review a procedure by which these supports can be evaluated and perhaps improved.

Design in CAESAR II – New in 2011

Lab: Richard Ay

CAESAR II is an analysis tool and in 2011 many new features have been added to optimize that analysis. Join us to see and get hands on experience with these new features.

Screening Tools in CAESAR II

Lab: Fumio Ando

A few new in-line evaluations have been added to CAESAR II, namely flange checks and rotating equipment nozzle checks. By their nature, these checks are conservative but see how they can be used as screening tools to highlight possible problem areas.

CAESAR II Round Table Discussion

Discussion: Mandeep Singh

Join fellow CAESAR II users as we discuss topics of importance in the plant design industry. This will be an open discussion of plant engineering in general and CAESAR II in particular. Express your opinion, help others with general issues and enjoy the knowledge presented.

Nonlinear Conditions and Solving Nonconvergence

Lecture: Nigel Marsh and David Diehl

CAESAR II searches for active support configurations that meet all the nonlinear requirements. Sometimes the program cannot converge on a consistent solution. This session will offer suggestions on how to produce results.

Evaluating Vessel Nozzles

Lecture: Mandeep Singh

Vessel nozzle qualification may belong to the vessel engineer but CAESAR II will give you a good look at the local stresses near the nozzle. See how.