CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
28 January 2008
Product News
Bentley Announces OpenPlant – the First Plant Applications Based on ISO 15926 Data Model
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced OpenPlant, the first range of software products for the creation and management of plant infrastructure inherently based on the ISO 15926 data model – an international standard for process plant information. By enabling the next phase in software interoperability, Bentley’s OpenPlant products facilitate distributed-enterprise collaboration spanning disparate systems. The OpenPlant hallmark is federation for sharing and reusing consistent and accurate data among distributed teams and work packages throughout the plant lifecycle. These advances reduce downtime, increase plant safety, and deliver greater flexibility and productivity – stimulating innovative engineering and operations for sustaining infrastructure. The OpenPlant designation will apply to the next (ISO 15926-based) versions of existing Bentley plant offerings as well as newly developed applications. Bentley’s first ISO 15926-compliant offering was its ProjectWise Lifecycle Server. Today it is introducing OpenPlant PowerPID, the only commercial P&ID solution to be based on a completely open data model.
“Bentley’s commitment to this pragmatic development was driven by our ingrained belief that project data belongs to users, not software vendors,” said Rob Whitesell, vice president, Bentley Plant, Building, and Structural development. “Now that plant software datasets can be open – by adhering to ISO 15926 data models – there is no excuse not to guarantee plant owner-operators and creators unimpeded access to, and unlimited leveraged reuse of, their information investment.”
Whitesell continued, “Bentley’s OpenPlant is the only open plant software that’s designed to support the way in which the world of distributed enterprises works today. Because they are based on a nonproprietary, internationally recognized standard, OpenPlant products empower project teams to engage in streamlined collaborative workflows that empower and harness the constant organic innovations that unfettered engineers and industrial solution suppliers can accomplish. By enabling distributed teams to connect and work instantaneously, and federate their data and work packages seamlessly, OpenPlant compresses project schedules and time to market for improving profitability and sustainability.”
About OpenPlant’s ProjectWise Lifecycle Server
Already proven in the world’s most demanding plant environments – with user organizations including BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, KBR, and Southern Company – ProjectWise Lifecycle Server supports Bentley’s standards-based engineering data warehouse, addressing engineering automation and other asset information management needs for the full plant lifecycle. Built on ISO 15926, ProjectWise Lifecycle Server accordingly offers unprecedented interoperability – providing the ability to share data across Bentley and competitive plant applications, and with enterprise IT environments.
The consolidation and integration of data during handover is by far the toughest IT problem faced by the process industry today. ProjectWise Lifecycle Server is at the heart of Bentley’s solution. Its core purpose is the identification and consolidation of data elements from disparate sources. As information is released from different disciplines, contractors, or vendors, ProjectWise Lifecycle Server provides comprehensive quality-checking to ensure that accepted information is complete, correct, and consistent. Context data about where information originated and the conditions under which it has been shared is captured to support the industrial-strength change management necessary for commissioned plants.
For more information about ProjectWise Lifecycle Server, visit http://www.bentley.com/lifecycleserver.
About OpenPlant PowerPID
Because the native data model schema for OpenPlant PowerPID is ISO 15926, any data that is mapped to the ISO 15926 schema can natively interoperate with OpenPlant PowerPID. This means that any plant schematics created with OpenPlant PowerPID can be shared without the need for complex application programming interfaces. The data is stored and maintained in a neutral, nonproprietary format that can be accessed by any application that is mapped to the ISO 15926 schema.
In addition to its interoperability credentials, OpenPlant PowerPID leverages up-to-date software technologies to deliver best-in-class productivity:
• Rapid – and automated – creation of intelligent P&IDs, for increased throughput;
• Shared files that allow changes made independently by multiple users to be reconciled into a single P&ID, for faster completion of designs;
• Assembly management, for quick placement of complex components;
• Both DWG and DGN formats for intelligent deliverables, broadening project opportunities;
• Administrative functions to ensure P&ID compliance with project data and drawing quality standards.
For more information about OpenPlant PowerPID, visit http://www.bentley.com/PowerPID.
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