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PROCHEM-C Modules
PROCHEM-C can be individually configured from the following modules :
Base module
- 2D drawing/drafting and finishing and editing of 3D views, HGU results and automatically generated isometrics
- Convenient 2D drawing and diagram creation with many drawing functions
- Absolute and relative coordinate input
- All input with formula evaluation for mathematical and text functions
- Geometric functions for determination of lengths, distances, koordinates, angles, directions etc.
- Command sequences (macros) for automation of work sequences
- Interaktive program control via graphics tablet or graphical tool boxes with popup and pulldown menus (Windows : only tablet)
- Batch mode for fully automated drawing generation etc.
- Graphic interactive symbol generation
- Free definable symbol menus with single and grouped part definition, material assignment and call of macros
- 200 layers for 2D drawings
- Different scales per drawing / layer possible
- Automatic part positioning
- Post-processing of projections taken from 3D (wire frame models and hidden-line-removal results)
- Import of modifications from 3D into the 2D drawing
- Access to 2D and 3D coordinates
- Automatic gradient triangles with hatching and angular dimensions
- Convenient dimensioning and editing functions for dimensions from 3D
- Convenient functions for detail creation out of 3D
- To-scale isometrics
- Functions for welding seam documentation
- Shell access from the active program for execution of operation system commands and to start external scripts and programs
- Import of ASCII files and output of ASCII files
- Import of MAT part list files etc. with import of position numbers
- Output in formats HPGL, HPGL/2, HP-PCL, HP-RTL, CaPSL, PRESCRIBE, ESC/P, TIFF, X Bitmap, ASCII
- Automatic generation of network wide unique counters with free formatting for different number groups
- Material system
- Pipe class based material system
- Pipe class editor
- ASCII import and export for pipe class data
- List output with user definable sort and selection keys
- Mask driven table output of part lists from 2D and 3D with calculations for weights, assembly times etc.
- Applicable for all kinds of lists, e.g. welding seam documentation, material requisition reports, calculations, etc.
- Batch mode for fully automated material evaluations, part lists generation, pipe class ASCII export etc.
- DTX data base (single user / client version)
- Mask driven table output of DTX data base content
- ASCII import and export for DTX data base content
- Integrated online help / documentation
- Context sensitive help function with display of the corresponding documentation page
- Keyword search with wildcard evaluation
- Additional stand-alone DOKU program
- Spool system for printers and plotters
- Network wide plotting with spooling queues, change of plot order, copying of plot files
- Network wide printing with automatic output, text conversion, graphics output
- Usable as stand-alone system or attached to the printing/spooling system of the operating system
- Scripts for easy setup
- Utility programs
- Shell server, shell client, start script with definition of environment variables
- Stand-alone version of the formula and expression evaluator
- Detection of PROCHEM-C file types
- Output of directory catalogues with PROCHEM-C file types
- Splitting of files into smaller parts for transportation
- Creation of color palettes for HPGL/2 plotters
- Modification/refining of WalkThrough coordinate files
- Converter for conversion of PROCHEM-C GSTO rasterfiles from 3D into HP-RTL, TIFF, ESC/P and (only on SGI) SGI-RGB
- Detection of PROCHEM-C platform type
- Detection of computer and system configuration
- Scripts for detection of PROCHEM-C environment parameters for use in own scripts
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Isometrics modules
- Interactive isometrics generation
Extends the base module with functions for generation and manipulation of
isometrics. The illustration is 2-dimensional, the reference points and
measurements of the parts are registered 3-dimensional.
- Graphic interactive symbol generation wit 5D parametrics (2D illustration and 3D dimensions)
- Automatic material capture
- Automatic capture of real pipe lengths ("saw lengths")
- Automatic capture of elbow angles and stretched elbow lengths
- Automatic center line offset at excentric parts
- Automatic import and placing of all pipe parts from schematic drawing to the corresponding isometric pipe
- Convenient editing functions
- Convenient dimensioning
- Complex 2D outlines can be transferred into 3D automatically. After reading into 3D e.g. a ground plan could arise or complex holes can be cut into a wall.
- Fully automated generation of isometrics from 3D constructions
- Functions for fully automated generation, dimensioning and dissolution and break-up of isometrics from 3D constructions
- Functions for interactive dissolution and break-up of isometrics
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Schematics module
- Extends the base module with functions for easy creation and editing of schematic drawings and diagrams, e.g. flow charts, block charts, process charts, P&I diagrams etc.
- Automatic material capture
- Automatic assignment of symbols to center lines (pipes) at placement
- Automatic alignment of symbols according to direction of flow at placement
- Automatic alignment of pipeline symbols when the direction of flow is changed
- Automatic subdivision of pipelines when symbols are placed or when pipelines cross (break around)
- Occupancy of center lines (pipes) with pattern symbols
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3D plant design
- 3D construction
- User interface like in base module
- Interactive construction in multiple views
- OpenGL connection with hardware acceleration
- Free switching between shaded and wire frame model
- Definition of pipe run by center lines
- Various funktions for creation and manipulation of center lines
- Element based Symbols
- Graphic interactive creation and parametrisation of symbols
- Graphic interactive manipulation of geometries
- 3D surface modeling system
- Functions for automatic allocation of center lines with pipes and elbows
- Automatic material capture
- Automatic capture of real pipe lengths ("saw lengths")
- Automatic capture of elbow angles and stretched elbow lengths
- Automatic and interactive dimensioning functions
- Automatic import and placing of all pipe parts from schematic drawing to the corresponding 3D pipe
- Import of isometrics from the interactive isometric module
- Free formattable ASCII reports of 3D constructions (e.g. as input for calculation programs)
- Interactive or file controlled WalkTrough of the 3D model
- Rendering of big raster files (e.g. for printers / plotters)
- Access to DTX data base (single user or client)
- Hidden line / hidden surface removal (HGU) with collision detection
- Generates a surface model from 3D constructions and computes isometric or perspective views and sections
- Removal of hidden lines
- Collision detection with collision protocol and graphic marking
- Additionally flat projections of parts can be computed
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DTX Data Base Server (Multi-User / Multi-Client)
- Enables the simultaneous access of multiple users or applications to a data base
- Available for PROCHEM-C workstations or stand-alone server
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Mask driven data base client for terminal/PC data base access
- Enables access to the content of the data base in alpha masks on
terminal windows, remote connections and ASCII terminals
- Depending on the definition of the masks data can be viewed or edited
- The access type (no access / read only / edit) to the individual data
can be configured for every user individually
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Viewer multi user information system
- Reading, zooming and printing/plotting of PROCHEM-C documents like flow charts, schematic drawings, layout plans, sections, isometrics, equipment specifications etc.
- Simple usage by interactive program control with tool boxes (with popup and pulldown menus)
- Online access to DTX data base (single user or client)
- Runs on a server or a server workstation
- Display on :
- Workstations
- Diskless clients with X server
- X terminals
- Windows PCs with X server
that are connected to the server via the network
- Server/host license for multi user usage
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Central license server
- Central distribution of licenses of different modules to any workstation in the network
- Allows flexible use of the modules on different workstations
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Interface modules
Informations about the Interface modules are shown on a separate page.
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Base module