INTERGRAPH has released the first production version of its SmartPlant Enterprise solution for the mining, port, power, pulp and paper industries, SmartPlant 3D Materials Handling Edition, to automate the design and model ling of bulk materials handling systems for the pulp, paper, min ing and power industries.
The software is said to allow changes to be completed faster with detailed fabrication-level deliverables for chute plate design, reducing the need for third-party software and lowering project costs.
According to the company, capi tal expenditure costs can be reduced by giving users the oppor tunity to design and model sec tions of the system once, save them to a catalogue, and reuse the design in future projects.
Key features of the edition include conveyor belt line layout, transfer Chute Design – SP3D MHE, 3D display performance and design reuse. The Model Data Reuse Wizard feature allows sys tematic reuse of 3D model data.