AutoRouter - Pipe Routes in Seconds

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About AutoRouter

Piping constitutes approximately one third of the cost of a process plant. This cost is highly influenced by plant layout, which is fixed very early in a project. AutoRouter lets layout engineers optimize plant layout in this very early phase using piping cost estimates. Read the AutoRouter brochure (PDF)

AutoRouter - Pipe Routes in Seconds

Examples

Please note the following features of AutoRouter in the example images below:

Shows overall view of model
Routes on connected vertical and horizontal pipe racks
Routes gracefully through piperacks where number of levels change
Routes pipes from floor to floor in well organized pipe chases
Optimizes pipe rack packing
Auto-places reducers on heat exchanger header
Automatically selects tee types
Permits intricate user-defined inline piping components

Examples of AutoRouter routing

Example of AutoRouter routing, click to view at full size

Example of vertical and horizontal piperacks, click to view at full size

Example of optimized piperack packing, click to view at full size

Example of header & auto-placed reducers, click to view at full size

Example of auto-selected Tee types, click to view at full size

Example of intricate user-defined in-lines, click to view at full size

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Integrated with PlantBuilder

AutoRouter is tightly integrated with PlantBuilder. The logical connections between pipes and equipment nozzles enable instant re-routing after layout changes, allowing virtually unlimited "what-if" iterations. In addition to cost savings, the realistic visualization in rendered CAD views or standard plant walk-through programs facilitates detailed review for conStructability, operation, maintenance, and safety at each step.

Fast and interactive

AutoRouter routes pipe rapidly, selects and places in-line components, optimizes piperack packing, and lets pipers interactively edit routed pipe-runs and in-line component placement. In-line components are automatically selected from standard or user defined libraries.

Horizontally and vertically

AutoRouter routes equally well in an open field and inside structures. It routes through both horizontal and vertical pipe racks as well as pipe chases for best routes. Piperacks can be of varying width and have varying numbers or pipe levels.

Reporting and Export to Detailing

Results are reported in user-definable, human or computer readable reports. After auto-routing the pipe-runs can be exported for further processing into piping detailing systems.