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Page 1 of 2 FlexCAD Industrial Design Series: IDS-PIPE IDS-PIPE is a complete module for creation of intelligent plant layouts, equipment arrangements, and piping orthographic drawings. Intelligence resides in attributed data nodes for standard equipment, pipes, valves & fittings (PVF), and AISC steel shape members. This data is used for draw-time checking against spec, rating & size, for automatic dimensioning, and for FlexSNAP insertions to end-nodes of fittings
Ease of Use | 24-hour learning curve for AutoCAD end-users and FlexTABS dashboard interface | Productivity | 10x standalone AutoCAD without a Piping design application | Standardization | clients /contractors use same symbols, layers, and text/dimension styles | Reporting | standard reports to database, spreadsheet & word processing programs | Extensible | valve, notation & equipment libraries may be aliased, tailored or customized |
IDS-PIPE especially benefits fast-track projects with its 24-hour, self-learning curve; ease-of-use & intuitiveness; quick-start implementation requiring low or no IT resource; and profit-enhancing & project-friendly pricing. While standalone licenses are hardware-based, workgroup licenses are most often software-managed with the Network Licensing Option (NLO) supporting license check-in/check-out, redundant server, and WAN 24/7 implementations. FlexPLANT’s high-productivity per desktop hour combined with NLO’s higher utilization of licenses translates into on-time and under-budget projects. Plant layout functionality includes placements of common equipment types & accessories, as well as structures & pipe racks. Piping design functionality includes parametric routines & catalogs for inserting standard ASME PVF – additional routines/catalogs for API, FRP, PVC or manufacturer’s standards are available or may be created. Designs may be spec-driven by standard or modified PIP specs, or by custom specs created with the companion no-charge IDS-SPEC™ Generator. Additional functionality for dimensioning, notation and custom symbology contribute further to rapid transmittals of accurate drawings for construction or fabrication.
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Look at what our customers have to say about PI Integrated and FlexCAD:
“We utilize it on a daily basis on several of our projects. The program is easy to learn and use, therefore making training minimal. In just a few days a new user can be up to speed with PI Integrated’s software. That means the employee can be productive in a short amount of time. If a person has some practical experience and some basic CAD experience, he can come in and contribute very quickly.”
Ronnie Theriot,
Richard Design Services
“We chose the FlexCAD products because they’re cost effective and simple to use. All the applications work together. We felt like we could speed up production, which we did. Also, we went to a new operating system at our plant, and it was less costly to buy the FlexCAD software than to upgrade what we were already using. Whenever the designers have questions, they can get the help they need directly from PI Integrated’s developers, rather than having to pass-through an intermediary. They work well with us. “If FlexCAD meets our needs, it will meet the needs of others as well.”
Brandon David,
Sasol North America
“It’s very simple, user-friendly, and all the operators like it. When a new person comes in and they call up the program, I don’t have to spend a lot of time teaching them. In a day or two, they can be drawing ISOs and other things with no problems.”
Ron Sasser (retired),
Huntsman
“PI Integrated delivers highly usable off-the-shelf products for plant design – they’ve worked closely with us in tailoring those products to our requirements including a new project interface that stores drawings in project folders and allows our project managers and engineers to view designs in progress with free Autodesk downloadable viewers.”
Chris Westmoreland,
Commonwealth
More Testimonials Coming Soon!
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