Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore Announces SmartPlant Electrical 2.0; Offers Enhanced Automation of EE Work Processes.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2003 The new 2.0 version of SmartPlant(R) Electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. software includes expanded integration with Intergraph INtools(R), integration with leading electrical analysis programs, rule-based design validation, hierarchical access rights, multi-sheet schematic generation and other productivity enhancements. SmartPlant Electrical 2.0 (ppo.intergraph.com/smartplant) is planned for availability in August, the Process, Power & Offshore division of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :INGR) announced today. The new features and improvements further automate electrical engineering tasks and more tightly synchronize See synchronization. related electrical and instrument engineering workflows through integration. Expanded Integration with INtools SmartPlant Electrical 2.0 includes improved integration with Intergraph INtools 6.0 instrumentation engineering software. The integration further synchronizes the engineering between two closely-related workflows and eliminates re-keying and verifying data. From INtools, SmartPlant Electrical retrieves data on instruments and cabinets requiring power. In SmartPlant Electrical, engineers identify the components as loads and associate the loads with feeders. The components are included in load summaries and are displayed in the Electrical Engineer window as well as in single line diagrams. The instrument load information is exported to INtools with the correct power distribution data displayed in loop diagrams. Integration also includes to-do lists for guiding project tasks and supports selective data retrieval for flexibility and time savings. INtools 6.0 was announced today in a separate press release. Integrates with Electrical Analysis Packages For transient and other analyses, SmartPlant Electrical offers integration with EDSA EDSA Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Metro Manila, Philippines) EDSA Eating Disorders Shared Awareness EDSA European Distribution System Aircraft EDSA Electrical Distribution System Analysis EDSA Extensible Directory Service Agent Micro Corporation's EDSA and Operation Technology Inc.'s ETAP eTAP Electronic Teaching Assistance Program ETAP European Technology Acquisition Programme ETAP Entrepreneurial Technology Apprenticeship Program ETAP Entreprise Tunisienne des Activites Petrolieres ETAP Expanded Technical Assistance Program power system analysis software. Integration increases productivity, supports engineering decisions and helps engineers create more reliable designs. The analysis software provides transient and load flow, cable sizing, voltage drop Noun 1. voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing free fall, drop, dip, fall - a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary and a variety of other electrical engineering analyses. Users can select a node or multiple nodes in the plant electrical distribution hierarchy for analysis for use in engineering design decisions. Future versions of SmartPlant Electrical are planned to include expanded integration with these tools along with additional third-party electrical engineering analysis packages. Rule Manager Enforces Engineering Consistency SmartPlant Electrical features a Rule Manager to define engineering rules to automatically enforce best practices as well as industry, company and project electrical engineering standards. Rules enable automatic validation which speeds engineering decisions and improves design integrity and quality. SmartPlant Electrical applies the rules to engineering tasks as they are executed. For example, if an engineer connects a low voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains single-phase motor to a high-voltage three phase bus, a rule would alert the user and prevent the connection until the inconsistency is resolved. Based on the type of inconsistency, SmartPlant Electrical logs the error, alerts and logs or disallows the operation. Administrators define the rules before the project begins and rules can be reused or modified in subsequent projects. Enabling Workgroup Engineering SmartPlant Electrical features Plant Group Access rights which help enable global, multi-office, concurrent engineering. An administrator defines users, groups and access permissions for specific plant units, areas or systems. The permissions allow authorized users authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal to access, display and work on assigned units and associated equipment while preventing access to units outside the user or group responsibility. Supports Multi-page Schematics, Change Management New schematic template features in SmartPlant Electrical save time, promote consistency and reduce errors. Users can define typical schematics and generate additional schematics using these templates for most item types, including converters, generators, battery banks, circuits, disconnected equipment and others. Engineers can also create templates for multi-sheet typical schematics, place them in the project and automatically generate the diagrams. Change management features allow users to archive and compare schematics and single line diagrams. SmartPlant Electrical flags differences between design versions and generates a corresponding report. The audit trail helps support engineering decisions in both plant operation and design engineering. About SmartPlant Electrical SmartPlant Electrical reduces engineering costs through once-only data entry, information sharing See data conferencing. , re-use and propagation throughout the facility life. For electrical engineers This is a list of electrical engineers, people who made contributions to electrical engineering or computer engineering.
About Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore enables customers to create, capture and manage plant information as a strategic asset by providing integrated life cycle software for the engineering, design, construction and operation of process and power plants as well as offshore oil and gas facilities. Core brands include the SmartPlant(R) and PDS (1) (Processor Direct Slot) A single expansion slot on certain, early Macintosh models that was used to connect high-speed peripherals as well as additional CPUs. Providing a channel directly to the CPU, the PDS coexisted with NuBus slots on some models. (TM) (Plant Design System) suites, the SmartPlant Foundation lifecycle engineering information management and MARIAN(R) materials, procurement and supply chain management solutions. Backed by a quarter century of industry experience, Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore (ppo.intergraph.com) is the acknowledged global leader in the plant creation market (Source: Daratech Inc.). A division of Intergraph Corporation, Process, Power & Offshore is headquartered in Huntsville, Ala. USA, employs more than 700 people and does business in more than 60 countries. Intergraph Corporation common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol: INGR. Intergraph, the Intergraph logo, INtools and SmartPlant are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. (C) 2003 Intergraph Corporation. Software prices, availability, functions, features and specifications subject to change without notice. Software and services subject to United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. export control laws and regulations. Any prices quoted are in United States dollars and subject to applicable taxes and international currency exchange rates. This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. regarding future events that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Certain risks and uncertainties of Intergraph Corporation are discussed in the company's Form 10K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies are available without charge upon written request to Shareholder Relations, Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Ala. 35894 USA. NOTE TO EDITORS: Register to receive all Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore press releases: ppo.intergraph.com/ppo/press/prsubscribe.asp Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the division's quarterly Insight magazine: ppo.intergraph.com/insight/subscribe.asp |
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