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Plan, design, document, build, and manage oil and gas engineering projects more effectively with intelligent 3D

Help speed up your design cycles, more effectively collaborate across teams, and better understand real-world performance for your oil and gas engineering projects. Complete a wide variety of process plant design tasks; design oil and gas equipment; and plan, visualize, and design infrastructure.

Workflow

Plan

Outline preliminary design by creating and modifying piping and instrumentation diagrams faster and more accurately.	AutoCAD P&ID
Access, integrate, and analyze georeferenced raster imagery, GIS, and CAD data with CAD and GIS integration tools..	AutoCAD Map 3D
Generate data-rich proposals in the context of the existing environment, supporting more informed decision-making and an accelerated design process.	Autodesk InfraWorks 360

Conceptual design

Evaluate and communicate site plan proposals for faster stakeholder buy-in and more confident decision-making.	Autodesk InfraWorks 360
Design, model, and document process plants with a familiar Autodesk® AutoCAD®-based software platform, using 3D plant layout and piping design.	AutoCAD Plant 3D
Edit, enhance, and maintain scanned drawings and plans with raster-to-vector conversion tools; explore and sketch mechanical design concepts.	AutoCAD Raster Design SketchBook Designer
Develop and modify process design by creating and modifying piping and instrumentation diagrams faster and more accurately.	AutoCAD P&ID

Detailed design & analysis

Design, model, and document process plants on the familiar AutoCAD software platform.	AutoCAD Plant 3D
Design and create accurate digital prototypes for a wide variety of oil and gas equipment, including package equipment, and skid units, using Routed Systems technology.	Inventor
Explore civil design options, analyze project performance, and deliver more consistent, higher-quality documentation.	AutoCAD Civil 3D
Perform detailed simulation and code checking on a range of structures with advanced building simulation and analysis capabilities.	Robot Structural Analysis Professional
Predict, optimize, and validate design decisions early with cloud-based mechanical, fluid flow, and thermal simulation tools.	Simulation 360
Organize, manage, and track data creation, simulation, and documentation processes for design and engineering workgroups.	Vault

Fabricate

Create tooling and documentation for fabrication of custom equipment.	Inventor
Create piping isometrics for fabrication of spool piping for process plants.	AutoCAD Plant 3D
Create more precise detailing and fabrication shop drawings, including structural drafting and steel and concrete reinforcement detailing.	AutoCAD Structural Detailing

Construction

Integrate 3D models and multiformat data so you can better coordinate disciplines and plan projects.	Navisworks Simulate Navisworks Manage
Enhance cross-team coordination by simplifying multidisciplinary model coordination with data-centric, cloud-based management solution.	BIM 360 Glue (Vela)
Create 3D construction animations of process plants and perform rigging studies for erection and lifting of complex equipment.	3ds Max Design
Generate material and perform conceptual estimates to estimate costs faster and more accurately.	Quantity Takeoff

Operate

View and manage piping and instrumentation diagrams. Query and manipulate data contained in drawings, and then generate reports.	AutoCAD P&ID
Create as-built plant models for brownfield retrofit projects with reality capture tools.	AutoCAD
View and navigate plant models.	Navisworks Simulate Navisworks Manage