THE MOST FUNCTIONAL NAVISWORKS APPLICATION ON THE MARKET
3D Asset brings a new level of capability to Navisworks with powerful functionality specifically designed for oil & gas and BIM professionals
Information Manager
Information retrieval is the key to efficient plant maintenance and model validation whether that be the attributed information in the models or the data tags attached to them.
Everything in 3D Asset can be accessed and driven from our new Information Manager. It provides a window into your project data to give you easier and better control plus visual access to the information added to your Navisworks model.
BATCH UPDATE
Select multiple tags to be edited from the IM and then update any of their properties in a single process.
FILTER INFORMATION
Drill down into the information you need for the next step in your process. Filter the contents of what is to be displayed by any attributed value or user defined property
ZOOM TO
Select any record from the IM and visualise its location in context with its surroundings. Highlight the contents in colour, and set everything else to be a different colour, transparent or hidden
REPORT
Send any of the information from custom, shared or contents tags to excel from the Information Manager
Advanced Tagging
Model enrichment is about adding information to objects or groups of objects in Navisworks. 3D Asset provides four different tag types. Each is viewable, searchable and editable through the Information Manager. All tags can consist of attributes from the model plus user defined properties. They can be linked automatically to the results of a search, or manually added using various graphical selection tools
CUSTOM TAGS
A custom tag consists of a set of attributed and user defined properties linked to an individual object in the model by one of its attributes
SHARED TAGS
Shared tags are a single set of information linked to multiple objects in the model. They are useful for oil & gas projects because a shared tag can be linked to all objects on a line to create a single line number entry in the Information Manager
CONTENTS TAGS
These tags allow multiple records consisting of multiple properties to be linked to a single object in the model. Use them to identify all assets on a skid or mechanical equipment assembly. They can also be used to record periodic instrument readings into the database
ERDS ASSET DATABASE TAGS
These tags are used primarily for BIM models to link asset information from the eRDS Cloud COBie database to room objects called FM Placeholders in the model
Search for anything
You can search any object in the model through its attributes or search for the properties in any of the four tag types.
A search generates a set of results for the objects being searched or those with tags or documents linked to them.
Visualise their locations in context with the surroundings using graphical filtering functions including zoom-to, hide and transparency, highlight the results in colour, or set non selected items to a different colour.
Search Model
Search for any attributed value in your Navisworks model and generate a set of results for the next step in your process
Search Tags
Find any user defined or attributed properties in any of the four 3DA tag types
Drill Down Searches
Use combinations of attributed data or tag properties to drill down precisely into the information
Search Documents
Search for any document previously linked to the model and find what objects they are linked to
Search asset database
3D Asset is tightly integrated with eRDS Cloud. Search for any fitting or mechanical component in the asset database and identify its location in the model
Search COBie
You can search for any COBie information imported from spreadsheets or from the eRDS COBie building asset database
Document access
3D Asset is a gateway to project information and documentation. It provides near instant document retrieval with the ability to view documents in context with their surroundings.
The software includes its own functional document manager with capabilities for mapping across networks to central document repositories.
Where companies have an existing DMS system in place such as SharePoint, we provide the functionality to bypass our own DMS and link direct to its document source.
find objects from documents
3D Asset provides all the search functionality when working with documents you’d expect, but goes a step further by allowing you to find in the model the items you see in a document. This has many practical applications such as finding the objects shown on an isometric, or seeing where the equipment and lines shown on a P&ID are in context with the platform or plant.
GLOBAL documents
Sometimes the documents you need should not be linked to the model. Our Global document function is designed for this
Document categories
Oil & gas projects have a lot of supporting documentation. It’s commonplace for file names to differ from the document titles making it difficult to find the right document in a timely manner.
To help with this 3D Asset provides document categorisation to filter documents into engineering types and make document searches easier.
HTML linking
You can run searches for model attributes or properties within custom and shared tags and link documents to the search results.
Link & attach
3D Asset is a professional system designed to enrich Navisworks models with additional information & documentation to support all kinds of processes.
Various methods for linking information to 3D objects are provided, whether they are intelligent objects from professional 3D plant design, BIM systems, or geometry only models produced from laser scan surveys.
Drag & Drop Linking
Tags, documents or batches of documents can be linked by manually dragging and dropping them onto individual items or groups of objects in the model
Search & LINK
Search for objects in the model by their attributes or the properties of tags previously linked to them and link new information to the search results
Auto LINKING
You can run searches for model attributes or properties within custom and shared tags and link documents to the search results.
excel import link
Provided your excel file has a unique identifier matching objects in the model, 3DA will create a tag using the column headings and automatically link it to the model
link MULTIPLE TAGS
Attach as many tags or tag types to the same 3D object as necessary to support your processes
TAG TO TAG LINKING
Tag to tag linking is an essential feature for working with geometry only scan to as-built models. Link a tag to an object or group of objects to provide an attribute where none previously existed, and then add more tags to it.
Template builder
3D Asset is about model enrichment and information management.
We provide all the tools needed to set up the four types of tag that can be linked to a model.
Tag setup is easy to do and understand and our tag templates give you full control over the appearance and layout of your forms.
We offer a high degree of automation allowing you to drive processes using information from excel sheets to create, populate and attach the tags to the desired objects in the model.
SETUP FROM EXCEL
You can create tag templates from spreadsheets whereby the column headings become tag properties and the cell values are imported as property values
colour coded properties
Apply colours to your tag to highlight groups of information for better usability
PARENT / CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
Populate a tag property with the values from an existing property
READ ONLY
Tags are used to inform as well as capture information. You can set property values to be read only to protect your data
SQL FIELDS WITHOUT THE HASSLE
Just type the name of your property and set them to be text values, validated lists, colour coded status lists, sequenced values, dates, yes / no fields or hyperlinks
expand & collapse fields
Manage your tag real estate by setting groups of properties to be collapsed or expanded
AUTO-FILL ATTRIBUTES
Set a property value to be an attributed value from the model and auto-fill the values in your tag
sync from master
Import from a spreadsheet and have 3DA apply a predefined template set-up
Colour coding
Communicating intent or progress through a model is enhanced when colours are applied. And for complex oil & gas or BIM models colour coding is essential for validation and data integrity processes
validity & integrity checking
You can apply colours to any attributed values from the model to check consistency and design integrity. Alternatively use status list properties to show progress through a simple colour coded traffic light system or more advanced thematic views
VALIDATE YOUR MODELS
The example above was intended to be an exemplar example from industry. Colour coding has been applied in 3D Asset using a tag consisting of attributed properties to check the integrity of the various systems.
The analysis shows objects which have an ‘undefined’ system in red, and shows at a glance there is still much to do with getting the integrity of this model correct. In its current state it cannot be relied on to drive other processes.
MONITOR PROGRESS
Use colour coding to show status or progress for work packs or any other process using field information captured through 3DA or Field Asset.
colour coded alerts
Set dates to any property and have the mode colour coded to view the status and location of maintenance tasks
Arrange a demo
Contact us to arrange a demo to see how 3D Asset can contribute to your workflows and processes. Or request a 30-day trial and we will send you the demo software
ABOUT US
3D Asset and Field Asset IP is developed by Joe Augustino & Paul Goodman-Simpson and distributed through eRDS Solutions & Services Ltd.
eRDS provides sales, support, training and consulting services for all types of oil & gas, BIM and scan-to as-built database projects.
We are based in London in the UK. Contact us for a demo, or to arrange a trial by calling +44 207 0601197 or email info@erds.co.uk
