# Presentation: 692988

## NASA’s STEP for Aerospace Workshop

***NASA’s STEP for Aerospace Workshop***

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***Using STEP for Engineering, Fabrication and Construction of Industrial Facilities***
***Mark Palmer***
***Computer Integrated Construction Group***
***National Institute of Standards and Technology***
***e-mail: mark.palmer@nist.gov***
***January 17, 2001***

## Agenda

***Agenda***

***Why develop information standards for the process plant industries?***
***STEP APs for process plant***
***Industry use of AP 227***
***Extending AP 227 capabilities for other industries***

## Stakeholders in the Process Plant Industries

***Stakeholders in the ******Process Plant Industries***

***Process Industries includes:***
***chemical, gas processing, petrochemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, power generation***
***food &beverage, pulp & paper, water & water processing***
***Process Plant Industries include:***
***owners/operators of process plants***
***engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) companies***
***equipment and component suppliers***
***information technology suppliers***

## Process Plant Data Cycle

***Process Plant Data Cycle***

**Business**
**Opportunities**
**(R&D)**

**Major** **Interfaces**

**Its** **a** **Recycle**
**Process !**

## Need  for Information Exchange Standards

***Need  for Information Exchange Standards***

***Industry faces heterogeneous CAD/CAE environment -- in constant state of flux***
***Process plant typical life 25-50 years***
***CAE/CAD technology cycle 5-10 years***
***Technical information is reused over the life of the project, process, and plant***
***Large savings possible when engineering, procurement, construction, and operation can use diverse CAE/CAD and ERP systems***
***Standards enable these savings***

## What is a STEP Application Protocol?

***What is a STEP Application Protocol?***

***AP: defines the usage of STEP for a defined application context***
***driven by industry information requirements***
***uses activity modeling, usage scenarios, and information modeling ***
***specifies conformance requirements for testing implementations***
***Enables reliable information exchange***

## Process Plant Industries Information Flows

**Produce Conceptual**
**Process Design**

**Demolish Plant**
**and Restore Site**

**Procure and Control Equipment, Material and Services**

**Produce Detailed**
**Process Design**

**Commission**
**Plant**

**Operate**
**Plant**

**Produce Conceptual**
**Engineering Design**
**(Front End)**

**Suppliers and**
**Fabricators**

**Produce Detailed**
**Engineering Design**

**Maintain Plant**
**and Equipment**

**Construct Plant**
**Pre-commission**

**Decommission**
**Plant**

## Information Standards for the Process Plant Industries

***Industry leaders exploiting IT and data exchange to improve project and plant performance***
***hindered by lack of effective exchange standards for process models, P&IDs, 3D plant models and life cycle information***
***Move to international standards and broader  industry collaboration***
***PIEBASE - global coordination among industry consortia: ECOM, EPISTLE, pdXi, PISTEP, PlantEC, PlantSTEP, POSC, POSC/CAESAR, USPI-NL,...***
***Segments of the process plant industries are defining standards for sharing information ***
***STEP application protocols and data warehouse capabilities***

## APs for the Process Plant Industries

***APs for the Process Plant Industries***

***AP 212, Electrotechnical Design and Installation***
***AP 221, Functional Data and their Schematic Representation for Process Plant***
***AP 227, Plant Spatial Configuration***
***AP 231, Process Design and Process Specifications of Major Equipment (cancelled)***

## AP 227 - Plant Spatial Configuration

***AP 227 - Plant Spatial Configuration***

***Scope: 3D plant design***
***emphasis on spatial layout and piping design***
***includes physical and functional characteristics***
***developed by PlantSTEP and NIST***
***Status:***
***International Standard (IS) sent to ISO***
***Delivery of commercial implementations: ***
***Dassault / IBM - CCPlant: IS implementation***
***Bentley - PlantSpace (MicroStation): 2001***
***Cadcentre - PDMS: in development***
***Intergraph - participating in ESTEP AP 227 project***
***STEP Tools - AP 227 viewer***
_***Merck requirement***_*** for CAD/CAE systems and pilot project***
***AP 227 requirement for plant CAD/CAE purchases***
_***Navy requirement***_*** for delivery of piping systems data***
_***NASA requirement***_*** for plant CAD/CAE purchases***

## Scope of AP 227 - Plant Spatial Configuration

**AP 227 - Plant Design**

**AP 227**

***Scope of AP 227****** ******- Plant Spatial Configuration***

**Produce Conceptual**
**Process Design**

**Demolish Plant**
**and Restore Site**

**Procure and Control Equipment, Material and Services**

**Produce Detailed**
**Process Design**

**Commission**
**Plant**

**Operate**
**Plant**

**Produce Conceptual**
**Engineering Design**
**(Front End)**

**Suppliers and**
**Fabricators**

**Produce Detailed**
**Engineering Design**

**Maintain Plant**
**and Equipment**

**Construct Plant**
**Pre-commission**

**Decommission**
**Plant**

**Produce and Maintain**
**Financial Case**

**Regulatory**
**Bodies**

**Control**
**Project**

**Management Activities**

**Obtain Agreement with**
**Regulatory Bodies**

**Limited capabilities provided for constructing and maintaining plant.**

**Note:**

## Usage Scenarios for AP 227 Edition 1

***Exchange of piping components and equipment designs***
***Exchange of piping assemblies and systems spatial layout, with references to catalogs***
***Exchange of interference analysis results***
***Exchange of changes to piping systems and plant layout***
***Exchange of piping installation information***
***Exchange of modules of plant designs***
***Exchange of as built plant configurations***

## AP 227 Demonstration Example

***AP 227 Demonstration Example***

## Example AP 227 file

***Example AP 227 file***

## Broader Industry Adoption of AP 227

***After successes in process plant, U.S. Navy and shipbuilding companies adopted AP 227***
***assessed AP 227 and determined sufficient foundation***
***funding a Ship Piping Guide for AP 227***
***U.S. MARITECH Shipbuilding Program***
***ESTEP project is working on AP 227 edition 2***
***add more information for HVAC, pipe flow analysis, hanger and support details, catalog referencing, PMI ***
***More commercial implementations in 2001***
***Other companies are making AP 227 a requirement for CAD/CAE system purchases and a tool for improving project delivery and information re-use***

## Extending AP 227 for Greater Benefits

***Edition 2 project to extend AP 227 capabilities***
***process plant, piping fabricators and shipbuilding***
***Piping shop fabrication and inspection***
***Piping installation***
***HVAC design and installation***
***Input for pipe and HVAC flow / stress analyses***
***Support and hanger details***
***Cableway spatial design and installation***
***Positive material identification***
***Ship unique information***

## Scope of AP 227 - Extensions for 2nd Edition

**AP 227 ed1 - Plant Design**

**AP 227 ed2**

***Scope of AP 227 - Extensions for 2nd Edition***

**Produce Conceptual**
**Process Design**

**Demolish Plant**
**and Restore Site**

**Procure and Control Equipment, Material and Services**

**Produce Detailed**
**Process Design**

**Commission**
**Plant**

**Operate**
**Plant**

**Produce Conceptual**
**Engineering Design**
**(Front End)**

**Suppliers and**
**Fabricators**

**Produce Detailed**
**Engineering Design**

**Maintain Plant**
**and Equipment**

**Construct Plant**
**Pre-commission**

**Decommission**
**Plant**

**Produce and Maintain**
**Financial Case**

**Regulatory**
**Bodies**

**Control**
**Project**

**Management Activities**

**Obtain Agreement with**
**Regulatory Bodies**

**AP 227 ed2 - piping / equipment fabrication**

## Current Pipe Fabrication Process -Drawing based, data re-entry, minimal CNC,paper trail for inspection, testing & delivery

***Isometric/Spool Drawing Systems***

***Pipe Spools***

## Activities – Piping Fabrication Phase

- Prepare Fabrication Piping

- Fabricate Piping

- Inspect Fabricated Piping

- Ship Fabricated Piping

- Edge Preparation

- Bend Piping

- Primary Weld

- Secondary Weld

***Activities – Piping Fabrication Phase***

## Future Pipe Delivery Work Process: Reduced need for drawings, reuse of 3D model, improved CNC, inspection,delivery, installation

***Pipe Fabricator***

***Construction Site***

***Pipe Spools***

***Piping spool, weld and ***
***inspection data***

**STEP***** *****AP 227***** Files***

***3D CADD System***

****

****

***Isometric and Spool ***
***Drawing Systems***

**3D model with spool and weld data**

**or**

## Conformance Classes for AP 227 ed2

_***Include in ed1 and ed2***_
***CC1:  piping system functional information***
***CC2: equipment and piping spatial information***
***CC3: plant spatial configuration information***
***CC4: piping fabrication information***
_***Additions to ed2***_
***CC5: piping inspection information***
***CC6: HVAC system functional information***
***CC7: HVAC spatial configuration information***
***CC8: cableway spatial configuration information***
***CC9: HVAC and piping flow analysis input***

## Summary

***Summary***

***AP 227 is a proven solution for improving the design and construction of process plants***
***Other industries are adopting AP 227***
***Industry and NIST are working on extending the capabilities of AP 227***
***Time for broader adoption by industry***
***process plant, industrial facilities, shipbuilding, ***
***aerospace facilities***
***Requires:***
***Industry demand for AP 227 interfaces with CAD/CAE, CAM and CIC systems***
***Industry requirement for purchases of CAx systems***