EPLAN P&ID: Process engineering at a glance

The P&ID module of the EPLAN Platform secures consistent interdisciplinary machine and plant documentation in process engineering. The module, which is integrated into the EPLAN Platform 2.2, allows essential device data to be defined and administered for subsequent detailed engineering as early as the pre-planning and basic engineering stage. Project data is then "passed on" seamlessly to fluid and electrical configuration. Monheim, 08 April 2013: The P&ID (process & instrumentation diagram) is considered the central basis for planning in process engineering. The EPLAN P&ID module in version 2.2 allows numerous pipeline and media data elements to be defined for a pipeline system by means of what are known as process definition points. Depending on the apparatus fitted, the information is passed down to the individual pipes. For each individual device, it can be defined whether the process data needs to be forwarded from one process connection to the next or not. In parallel to the graphic, the individual process definitions are managed within a navigator so that the data saved can be viewed easily and changed quickly and consistently if required. Consistent planning data
Users can now access numerous predefined line types in the P&ID in order to define a representation sample for the medium contained - for individual pipeline sections or entire pipeline systems. The individual media flows are shown in graphical form and are easy to distinguish in the P&ID. Basic data such as pipeline class and nominal width can also be defined both for the pipeline and for the apparatus process connections - ideally directly within the built-in parts management system. Once the data is saved, it is automatically applied to any selection. Users can benefit from this basis for checking the consistency of the planning data. For example, if there is a contradiction between the pipe diameter and the device connection point connected to it, EPLAN reports the error. This ensures optimum support for the configuration engineer and guarantees the quality of the P&IDs on a long-term basis. Seamless plant documentation
EPLAN P&ID provides further support for process engineering configuration with its new numbering functions for pipelines, specifically the branch definitions as the basis for comprehensive pipeline evaluations and extended device selection based on connection diameters and automatic evaluation of the stored process data. The module for EPLAN Platform 2.2 has extensive master data to provide a comprehensive basis for starting on seamless machine and plant documentation. EPLAN Software & Service, April 2013