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0:05Hello
0:06everyone. Welcome to another uh webinar
0:10from preview 3D and today it's a really
0:12exciting one with uh one of our partners
0:16plan and we'll talk a lot about uh
0:20piping amongst other things and so to
0:23host this webinar with me uh is Edward
0:27from Plstream. Hey Edward. Hi. Hello
0:30everyone. So good morning, good
0:31afternoon or good evening depending on
0:33where you're joining us from.
0:38Definitely uh we have an international
0:40audience. I would say the same thing.
0:41Good morning, afternoon, good
0:45evening partners and customers. Yeah,
0:49really good to be here today. Um uh if
0:52you are listening live, uh we love to
0:54get questions being asked. So don't be
0:56shy and put some questions into the
0:59feed. Uh we'll try to answer everything
1:01as we can. Um so we want to make this as
1:04uh as valuable for you as possible. Uh
1:07so we have a few elements that we'll
1:10we'll present. So we have a brief
1:11introduction of both companies for those
1:13that don't know us individually and then
1:16we'll talk about the specific uh
1:18integrations and collaboration that
1:19we've been working on uh in this this
1:22environment. And so that's sort of the
1:24format we'll do. Uh so I guess uh we can
1:29start. So um there we go. Here's another
1:32presentation. So yeah, we'll talk a lot
1:33about piping design. And I think that
1:35the common thing that both companies
1:37share is really how to help early on the
1:42design process, how to make faster
1:45decisions and and uh planning of the
1:49changes you want to do into a facility.
1:52uh certainly makes a huge difference on
1:55efficiency on m minimizing later down
1:59the road especially when you're going to
2:00detail engineering the the the mistakes
2:03or the uh the lost time and so we'll
2:06definitely see a lot of these examples
2:07and how we're making things uh a lot
2:10more streamlined. So, Pre3D, we're a
2:12Montreal based company. We're really
2:14about changing how uh and especially
2:16there's a lot of discussion about
2:17digital twin. Um, and and for us, it
2:21starts with having a a truly uh high
2:26quality realistic environment. And in
2:28our case, uh some of the magic um is
2:31really around how we take 3D scanning
2:34data. 3D scanning data, uh if you've
2:37played with this data before, is often
2:39very heavy. It's hundreds if not
2:41terabytes of data. Um, and it's
2:45basically points in space. You're
2:47looking at points sort of like a sample
2:49of the digital space, which is really
2:51odd because when you're zooming out, you
2:52kind of see something. If you're zooming
2:54in, you're starting to see in between
2:56the points and you're really missing the
2:58details you're looking for. And so as a
3:00company what makes us unique is not just
3:03saying that we are into this world of
3:05visual twin like a lot of other
3:07competing company would say but really
3:09about how we take point cloud data and
3:12convert this into a full high quality
3:15mesh environment and really uh this is
3:19something that uh for years you know
3:21people are always impressed on the
3:24visual quality that we get. We're
3:26creating something that is virtually
3:29like a game of the environment of the
3:31asbuilt environment. And that's really
3:33important, right? Because when you uh
3:36look at, you know, your as design uh CAN
3:39models, they're extremely important for
3:41your your engineering detail engineering
3:43work, but you're missing the context of
3:45reality of what is actually built and
3:48how it's built. You know, the
3:49imperfections of the world do exist.
3:52Things are never exactly as you think
3:53they are. And having a true copy of the
3:56scan data is really a a key starting
4:00point for us on getting to this, you
4:02know, single version of the truth. And
4:04and really for us is is part of our like
4:06our point cloud to mesh engine.
4:08Basically would automatically convert
4:09point clouds to a full mesh environment,
4:11fully interactive. And we'll see some
4:13videos throughout the presentation
4:14today. And that's really unique. You
4:16know, every time that I love presenting
4:18to customers because they're always
4:21impressed and in some ways flabbergasted
4:23in how visual our solution is. And that
4:26is extremely important because you want
4:28to experience as much this reality as
4:31you can and not have a point cloud like
4:34version of the reality. You want
4:36something that looks like reality as
4:37much as it can be. One thing we've also
4:40been working on is like taking the
4:42scanning data and really making it
4:45structured by having a a an ability to
4:48create semantics. So as you know either
4:50you want to isolate some specific piping
4:52element or you want to isolate your
4:56equipment your pumps your your skids and
4:58all your different element of your
5:00engineering environment or your
5:01manufacturing environment is we've
5:04created what we call reality asset and
5:06it's really how to take the scanning
5:08data that's been converted to a mesh and
5:10then breaking it down into a logical
5:13system and we've built tools uh that
5:16makes that extremely uh easy and
5:18seamless and there there's some videos
5:19coming in a few minutes that will show
5:21that as well. But it's really about
5:23giving you the tools to make it easy to
5:26organize your scan data into a usable
5:30digital version of this. Things that
5:33we're doing beyond that of course and as
5:35part of the webinar today uh with Plan
5:37Stream is that as much as we have a
5:39great environment we need to integrate
5:41with design software. And so what we'll
5:43show here today with plan stream is
5:45exactly that how we take the asbuilt
5:47data that we manage in preview 3D and
5:50bring it into your design environment.
5:53And that's extremely key especially when
5:55we talk about piping because um it's you
5:59know if you start to plan some piping
6:01element and you don't take in account
6:04the asbuilt world you might realize that
6:06there's some some stuff in there like
6:08maybe there's some uh some post that's
6:10been you know planted into the existing
6:12world that doesn't exist in your CAD
6:14model. So how do you manage that? Of
6:16course, you can plan to remove it and or
6:18displace it. But the more you know about
6:20these things as you're planning your
6:22design, especially when you're trying to
6:24run a pipeline uh in within existing
6:28pipes is you want to be efficient, you
6:30want to be quick and you'll see great
6:32capabilities from plantream in showing
6:34that, but it will show that integration
6:36as well. And ultimately uh is to
6:38increase and accelerate your design
6:40process as much as you can. Uh next
6:44slide. Um, also part of that full circle
6:48that you'll see with between preview 3D
6:50and plan stream today is the fact that
6:52you know we take our asbuilt we bring
6:54into plan stream so you can do your
6:56piping design and everything and then
6:58you can bring all that design back into
7:01our platform and use our fully
7:03interactive digital environment to share
7:06with any stakeholder where they can put
7:08comments and share and really experience
7:12the design that you want to build for
7:14that turnaround or upgrade that you're
7:16doing for one of your
7:18facilities. So what does it matter?
7:20Well, I mean for oil and gas and EPCs,
7:23well, it's all about cutting project
7:24lead time, minimizing you the shutdown
7:28period that, you know, accelerating your
7:29turnaround. It's also worker safety.
7:32Every time that you're going on site,
7:34there's a risk that someone could get
7:35injured. These are complex sites. These
7:37are not, you know, uh, you know, areas
7:40that are simple. They're complex.
7:42They're large. And so improving how you
7:45visualize, you understand, you
7:46contextualize information that you
7:48better plan makes a huge difference. And
7:51we're seeing from our customers huge
7:52costsaving and better planning ahead of
7:55time. Uh and again, that's a common
7:57thread between plan stream and previewd
7:59about increasing the uh design uh speed.
8:02And that's another key factor when we
8:04talk about visual twins is that how
8:06entrenched is the solution you're
8:08looking at within the design and
8:11planning process which we are at
8:14PB3D. Quick summary of our product line
8:17and so uh some of it is actually coming
8:20soon. Uh really first it starts we
8:23almost call it like our our Windows
8:26operating system. So reality platform is
8:28where you put all your scanning data,
8:30you manage your sites, your users, your
8:32projects. Uh this is a platform that you
8:34can freely access all the sites and
8:37information. So if you want to give
8:38access to any of your employees, uh they
8:40can access that. There's no cost per
8:43user on the platform. So it's exceedly
8:45it's designed to be accessible uh within
8:48your data plan that you have with us. Uh
8:50on the engineering side, reality plan is
8:53where we have all these tools to you
8:55know integrate this CAD the scan data
8:57with your CAD to compare your CAD to
8:59your scan if you want to update your
9:00your CAD models to doing design layouts
9:04integrate designs from other CAD systems
9:06like we'll show will show with plan
9:08stream. uh clash detection for either
9:10measuring clearance as you're moving
9:12equipment around or planning to move
9:14equipment around or validate if your
9:16designs are clashing or not with the
9:18existing environment and also having all
9:20these sharing capabilities on the
9:22platform. Reality TW is something that
9:23you'll start hearing more and more from
9:25us. Uh obviously with the quality of our
9:28visual display, people have been telling
9:31us, hey, this is great for design and
9:33engineering. We'd love to use your
9:36technology for maintenance and
9:38operations use cases. And so all these
9:41concepts about having these segmented
9:42assets now are becoming connected to
9:45your system of records either your ERP,
9:47your mees, your IoT or other asset
9:50management systems are now going to be
9:51possible to be connected to uh what we
9:53call reality twin. And we'll have more
9:56on that on upcoming webinars about this
9:58whole section of expansion to our
10:00product line. But it's good for you to
10:01understand that we're thinking larger
10:03than just the uh engineering side but
10:06completing the whole picture between
10:07engineering and operations with our
10:09complete
10:11portfolio. So uh on that note that's the
10:14bit about preview 3D. Um Edward it's
10:18your turn to introduce us to plan
10:21stream. All right. So thank you so much
10:24um
10:25Michelle. So now that we've seen the
10:28capabilities of um preview 3D, I'd like
10:31to briefly introduce um Plan Stream's
10:33company and solution. All
10:36right. So Plan Stream is a startup
10:39company uh founded in 2020 in Tokyo,
10:43Japan. So we are providing advanced 3D
10:46CAD solutions for plant engineering. So
10:49basically it was originally established
10:51as a joint venture between Chioda
10:53Corporation and Arend. Cha is a Japanese
10:56EPC contractor and Arent is a 3D CAD
10:59provider for the entire engineering
11:01industry. So this year plans 3 became a
11:04wholly owned subsidiary of Arent while
11:07maintaining a technical partnership with
11:10Chiota.
11:12Okay. So although we are just a startup
11:15company, so plan stream has already been
11:17implemented by around 25 companies
11:20worldwide including both plant owners um
11:23and EPC contractors across Asia, Europe
11:26and then the
11:29Americas. So as you can see on this
11:31slide, so plant stream is used in many
11:34types of plants. So including um
11:36wastewater treatment plants, chemical
11:38plants, hydrogen plants, LNG and as well
11:41as the
11:45refineries. So while plants has earned
11:47the trust of many EPC contractors. So
11:50plant owners also recognize its benefits
11:52in minimizing project delays and
11:55obtaining more accurate cost estimations
11:57in the early phase of
12:00design. So next is now we go to the
12:03product overview. So but before that uh
12:06let's um I'd like to highlight the key
12:09challenges we address. So there are two
12:11major challenges in this industry. So
12:14one is the cost overance and the other
12:16is um schedule delays. So according to
12:19industry reports around 62 to 67% of oil
12:23and gas projects um they experience the
12:26cost overance and around 50 to 78% face
12:31um scheduled delays. So we address these
12:34challenges with the unique
12:35approach. Okay. So these are the main
12:39features of plant stream. So the core
12:41functionalities are the autorooting and
12:43block patterns. So for the auto rooting
12:45we have um cable and tray auto rooting
12:49and as well as we have the autopipe um
12:52routting. So plant stream can design
12:551,000 uh pipes or lines in just 1
12:57minute. And um we have here the black
13:01patterns. So black patterns are preset
13:03templates of equipment and piping
13:05layouts. So we have here the uh pump
13:08block patterns and as well as the heat
13:10exchanger block patterns. So with these
13:13uh features so designers can
13:15significantly reduce um repetitive um
13:18design time and plan stream also
13:20supports uh model import and export. So
13:25uh plans allows seamless integration
13:27into existing workflows. So the plan
13:30stream model um just like here um we can
13:32convert or we can export this to um
13:36E3D and additionally plan stream offers
13:40uh MTO and work volume generation
13:43capabilities. So this enables high
13:45accurate estimation
13:47uh high
13:49accurac estimation based on the 3D
13:51models. So generally we can uh generate
13:54the MTO report in excel file or excel
13:58format coming from the uh plan stream
14:02model. So again plan stream um enables
14:06the design of 1,00 lines in just 1
14:08minute and um this reduced the design
14:12time up to 75% compared to conventional
14:17workflows. So this slide explains the
14:20scope of plan stream. Um currently we
14:22focus on streamlining the early phases
14:24of plant engineering such as the
14:27physibility study prefeed and then the
14:29feed. So for the feed we can cover fe
14:33one 2 and three and until the estimation
14:36phase. So plant stream also offers uh
14:40seamless data conversion uh capabilities
14:43to downstream uh 3D CAD software. So as
14:46I've mentioned we can convert the plant
14:48stream uh models to AIA or Autodesk um
14:523D mod uh 3D CAD
14:56softwares. So here I'd like to introduce
14:59a key benefit of plans with a um real
15:02example of manau reduction. So we have
15:04here an example of prochemical plant
15:07with 16 u equipment and 220 lines. So
15:11this is in the feed level. So the
15:14conventional 3D CAD tools um required
15:17around 560 man hours and while in PL
15:21stream so with the same scope so this
15:25was completed in 140 hours. So as a
15:28result our client was able to save up up
15:30to 75% in man
15:34hours. So this is another key benefit of
15:37plan stream. So in the conventional
15:39workflow creating multiple layout option
15:41is often difficult due to time
15:43constraints in the FS or feed phase. So
15:46however layout studies are very simple
15:48with plast. So once you created a base
15:51layout so you can easily generate
15:54multiple um alter uh alternatives by
15:56simply like moving the structures
15:58equipment and just run the root assist
16:00or just run the auto routting. So all
16:04will be placed uh again. So through
16:07these multiple layout studies so you can
16:09compare material quantities,
16:11functionality, efficiency, safety and as
16:13well as
16:16demaintability. So by creating 3D models
16:19uh from the uh physibility spa uh uh
16:22physibility study phase so more accurate
16:24cost estimations can be generated and
16:27this facilitates investment decision
16:30making for plant owners. So this enhance
16:32the competitiveness of PC contractor
16:35proposals and this can um minimize the
16:39cost of
16:40runs. So this slide shows the comparison
16:44between the conventional workflow and
16:45the new workflow with plan stream. So in
16:47conventional workflow plat plans and
16:49general root studies are typically uh
16:52conducted in 2D design and then the 3D
16:55model uh will start uh if the 2D CAD is
16:58uh already available. So our approach is
17:01to replace this conventional um
17:03earlyphase
17:04workflow. So plan stream can improve
17:07overall design efficiency and enhancing
17:10productivity across the entire
17:11engineering process. So basically in the
17:13early phase of design you can
17:15immediately create the 3D model and with
17:17the 3D models we can study the um plant
17:20layout and as well as the general root
17:23study.
17:26So here uh I'm going to introduce the
17:29import and export features. So plan
17:31stream is an ideal tool for designing
17:33from scratch. So but it also supports
17:36import uh functionality. So if you have
17:39intelligent id you can create line list
17:42um equipment list and as well as the
17:44cable list. So you can import them to
17:46plan stream in order to quickly generate
17:493D models. And additionally, existing 3D
17:52models can be imported as FBX files or
17:55FBX models. So this allows the use of
17:58point cloud data or mesh models from
18:00existing plants. So this makes plan
18:03stream applicable even for brownfield
18:05projects. So the integration with
18:07preview has further enhanced this
18:09capability. And as for the export
18:11functionality, um plans enables
18:14intelligent uh model exports for
18:16detailed design. So we can convert plans
18:19model to Aviva and Autodesk tools and
18:22plan stream also supports RBM and
18:25drawing file export. So making it
18:27possible to create 2D plat plans and as
18:30well as um conduct review for 3D models
18:33using the Navis works and in and in
18:35preview 3D as well. And regarding MTO
18:38generation, so users can create um
18:41separate MTOS's for pipes, cables, um
18:45civil and um structures as well. So
18:48making them useful for cost um
18:51estimation. And lastly, so let me
18:54quickly introduce the workflow of our
18:56integration with preview 3D. So first is
18:59um mesh model is created in preview 3D
19:03using the point cloud data. So this
19:05model is then exported as an FBX file
19:08and imported into plant stream. So using
19:11the imported model as a reference so new
19:13models can be created in plant stream.
19:16And finally the data is exported from
19:19plant stream as an RBM file and brought
19:21back to preview 3D. So we'll walk
19:23through this workflow in more detail in
19:25upcoming. Thank you. Thank you Edward.
19:28This is really good. And again I remind
19:30everybody that if you have any questions
19:32don't be shy. ask some questions in the
19:34feed and we'll answer them uh as we go.
19:38So, I think that uh with these really
19:40good introductions about our two
19:41companies and how we're connecting the
19:43dots, let's show some visuals. I think
19:45it's always good to see things in
19:46action. So, we've got a couple of videos
19:48we're going to play to show uh some of
19:51these capabilities. And so the first one
19:53is ex exactly that you you explained is
19:56starting with preview 3D taking in the
19:59uh point cloud data and basically
20:03um looking at the mesh model and
20:05preparing this for extracting as we're
20:08loading this video. Um there's a
20:11question for you Edward. Larry's asking
20:13if plant stream only works with AutoCAD
20:15Plan 3D or it's working with other
20:18software like CAD works.
20:21Um well uh with regards to CAD works so
20:25presently um we don't have that um uh
20:29what do you call this uh we cannot
20:31convert it to CAD works but of course um
20:35we're open to like um improvise or uh
20:39innovate in order to be converted to CAD
20:41works. Yeah, I think that the one of the
20:44nice thing between Plan Stream and
20:45Preview 3D, we're both uh I would call
20:48like fastmoving uh speedboats. We are
20:51able to add a lot of capabilities based
20:53on customer feedback and so we're always
20:55on the lookout to better understand how
20:57to improve how we integrate with
20:59different systems. uh actually in the
21:02case of PL stream working with P3D it's
21:04actually one of our common customer that
21:07uh like last summer told to was telling
21:09me like you know you should be working
21:10with PL stream they're a perfect
21:12complement of preview 3D we start to
21:14talk start to plan some of these
21:16integration points and now we're doing
21:18this webinar showing this collaboration
21:20uh is the video ready now great okay so
21:24this isn't very 3D so what you're seeing
21:26oh it
21:29disappeared Let's wait for it for
21:31another
21:37second. We're missing the
21:42video. Okay, so here we have the scan
21:46environment and then we're able to
21:48export this uh as an FBX file as Edward
21:51explained. Takes a few seconds. Boom,
21:53it's exported and u uh then we'll we'll
21:57look at how uh this looks. But before we
22:00go into the output into plant stream,
22:02there's another feature we wanted to
22:04show uh especially around piping. And so
22:07in um pretty 3D uh this ability to
22:11isolate uh elements is extremely
22:14important also with piping. So we will
22:16show you a very simple but yet powerful
22:18tool to uh isolate piping elements. And
22:22here we're not just drawing a line
22:25actually we are defining a volutric
22:27wrapper where this specific piping is
22:31going through. So it's really giving it
22:32a more of a volutric intelligence of
22:35where a specific pipe element is going
22:37through. And you can create branches on
22:39this piping and piping system. And that
22:42really creates uh ultimately instead of
22:45just having a line drawn like other
22:47products will do or a just a a a tag in
22:50space, these become actually selectable
22:53objects. So you're able to create
22:56selectable assets out of the 3D scan
22:58data. So that's a something that's quite
23:00unique in our user experience. It really
23:02becomes like these were built models
23:06from the get-go, but they're you're into
23:08a hyperrealistic uh 3D environment from
23:10from scanning. And now you can select
23:12assets and move them around. Here we'll
23:15uh show some clipping area and then
23:17we'll move to uh the next video on
23:22uh plan stream integration in a few
23:25seconds. There we go. Thank you. All
23:28right.
23:30And so now we've got the data exported
23:33and we're going into plan stream. So
23:34Edward, that's your turn to explain that
23:36part. All right. Okay. So let me play
23:38this
23:40video. So the um FBX model coming from
23:44preview 3D is then imported here in
23:47plant
23:48stream. So here it shows how we can
23:50import the FBX
23:54model. All right.
23:56So the FBX model upon uh importing to
24:00plan stream you can set the scaling or
24:03the scale um you can change the axis and
24:06as well as you can use the texture which
24:09um is being also or which can be seen in
24:12preview 3D. All right. So as you can see
24:15the um FBX model is then imported to
24:19plant stream. So this FBX model so this
24:23is recognized by autoroot piping. Uh
24:27uh so the moment you run the auto root
24:29piping so the auto piping will avoid
24:31this um model and then next is you start
24:35to create new facility for example. So
24:39in plan 3 we we have um default um
24:42structure elements. So we have a pipe
24:45rock equipment structure sleepers and we
24:48have also this um seu blocks. So as you
24:51can see here SE build block is being
24:53created. So it's pretty easy to uh
24:57modify our uh our element or our model.
25:00And then next we have here the structure
25:02element or the pipe rock. So as you can
25:04see it is being placed as a one module.
25:07So you don't have to um model one by one
25:10each of the steel members. So in the
25:13properties you can change the length,
25:15the width, the number of spans and the
25:17number of players of this pipe rock.
25:25Okay,
25:28this is a great really uh shows how
25:31modular it is to you know and again
25:33having the asbuilt in right there really
25:36gives you all the context right so you
25:37can easily see where you're either
25:39expanding or adding or yesing some
25:42piping right inside of the asbuilt
25:44environment correct so now we are
25:47placing the equipment as well so for the
25:50equipment plant stream do have default
25:53equipment such as uh pumps, heat
25:55exchangers, vessels and as well as
25:57tanks. So an example here is a vessel.
26:01So all the dimensions can be adjusted in
26:04the properties. So again it's uh pretty
26:07easy to adjust or modify our um model.
26:12And of course for the equipment you can
26:14also add um nozzles. You can also modify
26:17each of the nozzles such as the size,
26:20the rating, and as well as the position
26:23or orientation in the
26:25equipment. Okay, let me
26:29just let me just forward a bit. Yeah.
26:32Yeah. So, here is just an example of an
26:35equipment being
26:37placed. All
26:41right. Okay. Okay. So next thing you can
26:44use the black patterns which one of the
26:46main features of PL stream. So black
26:49patterns these are the combination of
26:50typical piping layout and equipment. So
26:54for this black pattern so it saves your
26:57time in doing your um 3D
27:00modeling. So automatically uh piping and
27:03equipment is created for you. So in the
27:06properties you can change some of the
27:08parameters so it will apply to the
27:11model. So here you can see that we added
27:13one pump. So automatically connected
27:16piping is created. And of course the
27:19connected piping here you can change the
27:21properties. You can change the size um
27:24the configuration and as well as the
27:26some of the components you can also
27:29update.
27:33Very flexible and easy to use. You can
27:35you can make changes like like you said
27:37before like in seconds you make a bunch
27:39of variations and new piping lines and
27:41everything. So it's really great.
27:43Correct. So here um in plan stream you
27:46can also create bulk models of
27:49equipment. So you just have to import
27:50the CSV file or the Excel file. So as
27:53you can see here the uh from that Excel
27:56file new equipment are uh were added. So
28:00here the additional equipments are
28:03automatically created or quickly modeled
28:06in. So they has built as well, right? So
28:09that's key. Yes. Yes. So if you want to
28:13adjust the size or dimension, we have
28:15the one click button to do so. Okay. And
28:20then next is we have the so for the auto
28:23routting. Um so this one our one of our
28:26main features. So we have here this uh
28:29pipe auto routting. So for the pipe auto
28:31routting you just select the start and
28:33end
28:34point. Okay. And then while creating
28:38this so you can set the fluid code the
28:41piping spec installation code and as
28:44well as the um line
28:46number.
28:49Okay. And then after which you just run
28:52the root assist. So we have here the
28:55root assist
28:56button. So if you click this so one
28:59route is created in 1 second. So that's
29:02how fast we can create the auto root
29:04piping. So with this you can conduct
29:07some of um layout study or piping um
29:12layout. So even though it's an existing
29:15plant so you can uh perform such um
29:17study and also like just like the
29:21equipment you can create bulk models of
29:24um piping. So you just need to import
29:26the CSV file or the Excel sheet. So this
29:30contains the information um uh for the
29:33piping. So all the information are
29:36transferred in the user interface. Well
29:39of course you can still change some of
29:41the parameters. Yeah. Okay. And
29:45then okay afterwards you just need to
29:48run the root assist again for those
29:51lines.
29:53Okay. So as you can see here 24 lines
29:56are created in 1 second. So that's um
29:58really quick and uh one of the main
30:01algorithms in uh of autorooting in
30:04plants stream is that
30:07um it detects the nearest pipe rock and
30:10plus it also avoids u any clash with
30:14other elements. So if you're using the
30:16FBX model
30:18um the auto piping can recognize it as
30:22collidable object. Yeah. And then if in
30:25case Yes. So if in case um you want
30:27further more adjust your piping layout.
30:30So we have the pass points uh to adjust
30:32the piping right. So let me just forward
30:35a
30:36bit. So every adjustment of auto piping
30:40just need to run the root assist again
30:42and it will be um
30:45corrected. So as you can see here so it
30:48is then properly um rooted. All right.
30:52And this plants model um after creating
30:57the plants model you just have to export
31:00it to RBM. So we have the RBM export. So
31:04this RBM uh file uh will then be used
31:08and will be imported back to preview 3D.
31:14Yeah, this is great. Actually before we
31:16show the last part with preview 3D I
31:18know that Ivan hey I van uh question is
31:21do you have any way of connecting to
31:24estimating tools with
31:26uh or that's something that uh is not
31:29there
31:32yet estimating tools um yeah this is
31:36something where yeah we don't have
31:39yet though of course as I've mentioned
31:42um we have we can generate
31:45um reports um that is helpful for the
31:48estimation works.
31:50Yeah, I think that uh I can certainly
31:52see that uh you know these are type of
31:55capabilities that will come in the
31:57future uh in your
31:59product a lot of ways of uh improving
32:02the uh management and the decision
32:04making and cost obviously is a big
32:06factor. Uh but yeah definitely I think
32:09it's a great suggestion from Ivan. Uh
32:11thanks for that. Okay let's show the
32:13last video uh on the integration. So now
32:15you've got all your piping designs
32:17you've done in plan stream. You're
32:18exporting this. Bring it back into
32:20preview 3D and now we can actually u uh
32:24use our platform to share and
32:26collaborate if you want people to put
32:28comments on the design or just use that
32:32as a pres presentation tool. um these
32:35capabilities and so really again closing
32:37the circle about you know making this an
32:40efficient quick design iteration process
32:43leveraging the asbuilt and enabling
32:46people to be involved in the process and
32:48here you can see that you know all the
32:50data from plan stream came in
32:51successfully into uh pre 3D and then you
32:55can actually see the combined
32:56integration and design right in here and
32:58then you of course you can use our
32:59annotation tools and everything to put
33:01some comments and everything else uh in
33:04here. So, that's really a key aspect of
33:06what we've been working on to really
33:08enable uh EPCs and owner operators in
33:11the especially in the oil and gas and
33:12other these markets to be able to
33:15leverage our both solutions uh and and
33:18really take their their design of piping
33:20to the next
33:22level. So, that's pretty much that on
33:25this. Uh is there any questions uh that
33:29people in the audience have?
33:38So one question that I have for you uh
33:41Edward is
33:43um you know so clearly you have a great
33:47advantage of having have access to all
33:49these you know early customers and your
33:51investors that have industry experience
33:53and everything. How do you see uh some
33:55of the work you're doing evolving?
33:57Obviously, I'm sure that uh more
33:59integration points is going to be a key
34:01factor. Where do you see what we can
34:03expect from planream in the coming
34:05months that are interesting for the
34:07audience? Okay. So basically uh yeah so
34:11for for your information so plan stream
34:13is updating every 3 months. So we
34:16release new versions and each um version
34:20release we are also uh injecting new
34:23features and um so this uh improvements
34:28or new features basically basically
34:30comes from our um customers. So we we we
34:35value their feedbacks. Uh so we we if
34:39those feedbacks are um yeah really
34:41helpful to us so we we
34:44uh include them in our feature as well
34:46and um basically plan stream is used in
34:49early phase of design. So I think we are
34:52also driven to go to more detail um in
34:55the coming years. Yeah absolutely. Uh
34:59we're the same way that we like to build
35:00a lot of the features that our customers
35:02ask us to do. We're very customer
35:04ccentric. We have a question here from
35:06Vishnu about uh if plant stream can be
35:09used for highly complex infrastructure
35:11like oil and gas and uh you know I'll
35:14let you answer but I already know the
35:15answer but if you want to answer that
35:17all right okay about what makes you uh
35:19what are the advantages you have against
35:21other products like plant 3D for example
35:24all right so yeah so plim has been uh
35:29can be applied or can be used for um
35:32highly complex infrastructure like oil
35:34and gas. Actually, we do have some
35:37customers that used uh plant stream um
35:41in their feed uh feed design and um what
35:45our what is our advantage? So again um
35:49we skip to the 2D design phase. So we we
35:54um we can create 3D models in the early
35:57phase of design and with our 3D models
36:00you can um do some layout studies
36:04including general root studies and of
36:07course we can um give the um estimation
36:10reports or um we have the MTO reports
36:14that uh is helpful upon your creating
36:16your um uh cost estimation. Yeah, got
36:21it. Another question here from David uh
36:24asking about do you have any generation
36:26of PN ids as part of your system? Uh
36:32um generating PN ID as of the moment we
36:36don't have but um I I just have um some
36:41information like um we do have um
36:45integrating the PN ID to our tool. Yeah.
36:49Um like you can import the PN ID itself
36:52to our tool. So but it's it's really um
36:55how can I say um that's not not so much
36:58clear but to answer that PND generation
37:01uh we don't have as of the moment. Yeah.
37:04Yeah. I think that's a whole different
37:05area but uh certainly I can imagine
37:07where there's some value. I think that
37:09integrating an existing PN ID is
37:11definitely something I can see value.
37:12We're certainly getting that same
37:14request for us to integrate PNIDs as
37:15part of our system to connect the the uh
37:19schematics and the 3D environment into a
37:22single coherent environment. Uh there's
37:24another question here about if this is a
37:26standalone or plug-in. This is actually
37:28both standalone products that have
37:30integration points with different
37:32systems. Uh so in our case we are we
37:35have a what we call reality connect for
37:37AutoCAD that can be used to bridge data
37:39between our solution and AutoCAD 3D
37:42similar to what we just showed with
37:44plant stream but actually both our
37:46products are are actually standalone
37:47products that are working within the
37:50ecosystem of other software but these
37:51are not specific plugins per se. Yes. Um
37:56question as we wait for more c uh
37:59feedback from the audience. What's the
38:02best way to reach out to you to if we if
38:04someone's interested about Plantream and
38:06wants to talk to you in your company? Oh
38:08yeah. So Planeream uh we do have the
38:12website that you can check out. So it's
38:15uh
38:17w.mstreamd.com. So we do have some um
38:20demo videos, short demo videos, some of
38:23our
38:24features and of course with that you can
38:27also book some demos and you can contact
38:31us uh through that um website but of
38:33course you can also um contact me
38:35directly through LinkedIn as well. Yeah.
38:38Excellent. Yeah, same thing for us like
38:40we're we're we're definitely accessible
38:42through our our preview 3D website. uh
38:45we do also a lot of trade shows and u
38:47events uh for sure one of the upcoming
38:50events that I think is quite relevant
38:51for the audience today is that we'll be
38:54exhibiting at the downstream conference
38:57uh happening later uh in a couple of
38:59weeks. Uh so we'll be there for that for
39:02sure. Uh there's a question here from
39:04William about uh that plant stream must
39:08be told that a surface is in fact a pipe
39:10rack. Uh I I guess the question is about
39:12like how do you know what the type of
39:14assets that you're putting into your
39:16design I would say is sort of the
39:18question if I understand right. Okay. So
39:21with this question so if I if my
39:23understanding is correct so um well plan
39:27as I've mentioned uh the auto root
39:29piping has uh as part of its algorithm.
39:32So it is a rulebased plan stream is a
39:36rulebased uh tool. So we inject some of
39:39all the algorithm in at the back end of
39:41the tool. So that includes um
39:44recognizing the piprock element. So if
39:47the connection points are nearest to a
39:50piprock element let's say pipe. Yeah. So
39:53if you run the root assist so that auto
39:56piping will be rooted inside the pipe
39:58rack. But of course if you don't want
40:00the auto piping to be rooted inside the
40:02pipe we have the option to change it to
40:05um direct connection. So meaning it will
40:07not be rooted inside the pipeline. Got
40:10it. Yeah, great great answer. Uh Vishnu
40:12has another question here. Can plant
40:14stream consider be considered a complete
40:16end-to-end solution for plant uh
40:19modeling? Um
40:22okay so okay uh well yeah as I mentioned
40:26uh so yeah we we are we are on the early
40:29phase of design. So that's why um the
40:33moment you go to detail phase so plan
40:38has the um or can be converted into more
40:42detailed um tools like the AIA or um uh
40:47Autodesk but of course uh we are also
40:51looking into that uh like our tool can
40:54be or can complete the total process
40:56like from early to to the detail. So
41:00yeah, absolutely. And I love these
41:02questions for me because um the
41:05advantage of being a smaller startup
41:07like both Plant Stream and Pre3D is is
41:09that we're moving at a very fast speed.
41:11We're doing monthly or quarterly
41:13releases of our products. We're
41:15extremely focused on customer needs and
41:18we love this feedback because it's all
41:20about improving the product where it
41:21matters. And obviously we're still young
41:24companies. So we're you know you're
41:26going to see us evolve both companies in
41:28so many great ways in the next you know
41:31year to two years that you'll see more
41:33capabilities like in our case we're
41:35expanding towards more maintenance and
41:36operations and like Edward you know just
41:39mentioned obviously there's you know uh
41:42opportunities to do more with plant
41:43stream towards more detail engineering
41:45as even though it's not all there yet
41:47but there's certainly integration points
41:49like Edward talked about to connect with
41:51all those other CAD systems
41:55Um, William here,
41:58uh, is talking about how precise is the
42:01modeling.
42:03Um, and I guess the question is sort of
42:06two parts, right? Like I I'll take up
42:08one part of the answer regarding dealing
42:10with the asbuilt part of things and then
42:13you can answer on the precision of your
42:15modeling tools per se, but really in the
42:17case of the asbuilt data that we're
42:19managing, uh, it starts with the quality
42:22of the 3D scan. So if you have a you
42:25know high quality terrestrial scanner
42:28you can be in in a you know one to three
42:31millimeter precision on the scanning
42:33data. So you can be extremely precise on
42:36the uh asbuilt environment and then that
42:40data then is um passed onto uh plant
42:44stream. So in your case Edward what's
42:47the degree of precision on your piping
42:49design
42:50tools? Um all right so okay um with
42:56regards to the precision okay
43:00so yeah so in in plan stream
43:04um
43:06um bas uh what do you call this well as
43:09part of the algorithm uh in plan stream
43:12um basically plan stream follows the
43:15shortest possible routting so
43:19um with that. So you can see like um
43:24simple routting for for our auto root
43:27piping. However, as I mentioned, we do
43:30have the pass points where you can
43:33adjust the autoroot piping
43:36uh at at a position that you want it to
43:38be. So you have that option to um uh
43:43what do you call this? Um redefine the
43:45design of the the outlet piping. And of
43:49course uh since we are using we have our
43:52database. So by default we are um
43:56following the asme and
43:57JIS. So technically our um model is
44:02based from those um standards. So I
44:04think the moment you um get the MTO
44:08reports um that is as per those um
44:11standards. Yeah great great answer. Uh
44:14well again as a following question uh
44:17what are the possibilities of importing
44:19to the block library? So I'm guessing
44:21it's adding more components to your
44:23library that you have right now. Uh I'm
44:25sure you're already adding different you
44:27know new standards. Uh but right now I
44:30don't think you can add custom libraries
44:33just yet right this you know basically
44:35but you know again you know will
44:36recommend that you talk to Edward
44:38offline.
44:40We'd love to know more about what kind
44:41of libraries you're looking for and
44:44certainly I think that there's
44:46opportunities for improvement. The other
44:48question we just got we which I I
44:50already know the answer but I'll let you
44:51answer Edward is uh the files that
44:54you're generating uh you know you're
44:57you're able to bring this data to other
44:59systems. The question is really can this
45:01be imported to AutoCAD?
45:04Um so plan
45:05stream it can be converted to um AutoCAD
45:09plant 3D
45:11and plan stream models uh we can extract
45:14the 2D drawings which can be opened to
45:18AutoCAD. So basically those are the um
45:21features that we have.
45:24Excellent.
45:25Uh one question probably that would be
45:28the last question today is so William's
45:31asking last question is in detailed pipe
45:34design pipe might be on shoes and have
45:36added support stops guides and so on can
45:40the rooting add these as well is this
45:42part of your
45:44yeah so as of the moment we don't have
45:47the piping supports but um I had that in
45:52the coming version So we want
45:56to at first provide the logical supports
45:59meaning the markings like um we tell
46:02this is the resting point this is the
46:04point with guide uh but with the model
46:07itself for the piping support so yeah it
46:10is yet to develop
46:16good stuff uh so I think we're pretty
46:19much out of time for this webinar this
46:21has been certainly pretty exciting a lot
46:23of great questions Thank you everyone
46:24for attending and like we said if you
46:27want to talk to either P3D or plan
46:29stream and we can even do like joint you
46:31know customer calls we're certainly
46:32working a lot together now uh so thank
46:35you Edward this was a great second
46:37webinar for today uh and uh wishing
46:40everybody a great uh continuation uh you
46:44know good afternoon good evening good
46:46night depending where you are kano and
46:49uh we'll talk soon I'm pretty sure thank
46:52you everyone for attending this great
46:54webinar with plant stream and pre3.
46:56Yeah, thank you so much everyone. Great.