Openplant Suite

You're biggest issue is going to be getting it all running in the office with ProjectWise Simon. At least AECOM already have it so the investment won't be a big $$$ wise, but you will need a good admin. I would suggest talking to Nic Dewar who I organised to do the original PSDS build in the office.

You're biggest issue is going to be getting it all running in the office with ProjectWise Simon. At least AECOM already have it so the investment won't be a big $$$ wise, but you will need a good admin. I would suggest talking to Nic Dewar who I organised to do the original PSDS build in the office.

I thought you can run Openplant without ProjectWise as this would be my preference. We would just be using it in this office so there would be no need to exchange information with other offices.

It's something we have asked for, but I'm not aware that you can as it manages spec etc., not just the data centric environment.

Bear,

First ProjectWise has no role when dealing with OpenPlant specifications. OpenPlant specification are part of the OpenPlant project.

OpenPlant has the capability to run in what we term Stand Alone mode. This is simply installing OpenPlant modeler with the common workspace being managed on a file share or locally depending on how you determine to implement the product.

OpenPlant can also be used in a component based environment. This does require ProjectWise as well as another application called OpenPlant Model Server that handles OpenPlant client requests.

I hope that clears up the confusion a little.

Interesting, that's not what I had been told at a presentation. Thanks for the clarification, Peter.

Peter,
So would we be able to run the whole Openplant suite in Stand Alone mode? i.e. OPPID, OPOM & OPIM along with Bentley Catalog Spec Gen and Configuration Manager which I am not sure what this does.

Sean,
I was thinking we could even just run the Openplant modeler for all mechanical work, its got to be more user friendly than Aecosim which is definitely not suited for our industry. I just wish you could run structural through the app.