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RiDB for AVEVA PDMS

Pointcloud modeling in AVEVA PDMS Environment
The RIEGL scan database RiDB is a software package for adatabase driven workflow to provide RIEGL pointclouds inAVEVA‘s PDMS software. In today‘s lifecycle managementof processing facilities, pointclouds have taken over a
valuable role for as-built information, which can be usedfor modeling, clash detection and various other tasks. To
increase efficiency in the scan to model process, RIEGLprovides a Plugin for AVEVA PDMS to directly connect theRiDB to the PDMS user interface. The pointclouds can beloaded straight into the active Viewport of PDMS, to be usedwith any existing 3D model of the facility, or to act as amodeling reference.

••Clash detection••As-built documentation••Life-cycle management••PipingThesoftwarepackageconsistsofthreecomponents.

A database connector provides export functions from theRiSCAN PRO viewport to the RIEGL database RiDB. The RiDB isthe central pointcloud storage built upon a SQL databasesystem and comes with a management tool for setup andmaintenance. A Plugin for AVEVA PDMS completes the workflow
and connects to the database to establish a direct access tothe pointclouds in RiDB. Automatically derived cubes provide atesting geometry for rapid clash detection.

••AVEVA Laser ModelInterface (LMI) required••Pointclouds stored inSQL database••Direct export of pointcloudfrom RiSCAN PRO to the database••Remote Access of database

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Preliminary Data SheetRiDBThe RIEGL scan database is built upon an SQL database. Thecurrent setup uses the freely available PostgreSQL database installation, which is released under the liberal open source PostgreSQLlicense. For further information regarding licensing options, downloadsand support, please see http://www.postgresql.org/about/licence/ .
For setup and maintenance RiDB comes with a databasemanagement tool, which provides functions to create and setup
new data-bases and control user accounts. Pointclouds can beimported, exported and renamed or deleted.
Fig. 1 RIEGL Database Manager

In RiSCAN PRO a pointcloud is loaded into the viewport. An areaof interest can be defined with the selection tools of RiSCAN PRO
and the selected points will be exported to the RIEGL scan database. The points can be stored either in the project or global coordinate
system, with amplitude, reflectance or true colour coding. The user
can create named „Scansites“ where each pointcloud can be
assigned to. This makes it easy to identify the pointclouds for loadingin PDMS. During the export to the RiDB, the pointcloud is sorted into afixed size (25cm) cube structure, which acts as a reference for clash
detection in the AVEVA software.
Fig. 2 RiSCAN PRO export to RiDB

Plugin for AVEVA PDMS
The Plugin resides in the main menu of PDMS. It connects to RiDBand retrieves a list of available Scansites. The user can select a pointcloud by its name and loads it into the viewport with a single mouseclick. The data can be displayed using amplitude, reflectance or true
colour. This visual representation of the pointcloud can be changed
at any time throughout the modelling process. Multiple pointclouds
can be loaded and unloaded in the viewport. The automaticallyderived cube cells are retrieved in the background while loading
the pointcloud, so that the data can be used for clash detection
immediately. No further processing is required.

Fig. 3 RIEGL scan data in AVEVA PDMSAVEVA Group plc, High Cross, Madingley
Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HB, UKSystem Requirements
RiSCAN PRO Version XXX, PostgreSQL database version 9.1 or above, AVEVA PDMS 12.0 SP6 or above withLaser Model Interface
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH, 3580 Horn, Austria
Tel.: +43-2982-4211, Fax: +43-2982-4210, E-mail: office@riegl.co.at
RIEGL USA Inc., Orlando, Florida 32819, USA
Tel.: +1-407-248-9927, Fax: +1-407-248-2636, E-mail: info@rieglusa.com
RIEGL Japan Ltd., Tokyo 1640013, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-3382-7340, Fax: +81-3-3382-5843, E-mail: info@riegl-japan.co.jp

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Information contained herein is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility
is assumed by RIEGL for its use. Technical data are subject to change without notice.

Preliminary Data Sheet, RiDB, 03/10/2012