Nemetschek Engineering User Contest 2009 • Category 5: CAE Special Projects 213 5 Tank pit for Euro Tank Terminal Amsterdam Data exchange All disciplines start with their design in the 3D Autoplant model. The Mechanical department imports relevant piping data to Caesar II application in order to start preparing piping calculations. The output of Caesar II usually consists of a large number of forces and moments usually grouped in four load cases. Manual definition of all those load values in Scia Engineer is time-consuming and may result in many mistakes due to incompatible coordinate systems (ZScia =YC2, XScia=XC2, YScia= - ZC2). To enhance the efficiency of data exchange between abovementioned applications SPIE-Asset Management has designed two lightweight software applications/interfaces. These two interfaces communicate with Scia Engineer and Caesar II. The basic principle of both interface applications is converting a file that can be exported from one program to a file format that can be imported in the other one. Extra features are added to filter the data that is transferred, because not all data is relevant in both situations. This way an xml file is created, which can be easily imported in Scia Engineer with already defined loads and load cases. Scia Engineer calculates the steel and concrete structure. The structural configuration can then be imported to 3D Autoplant XM and developed into structural model with connection details, hand railings, grating, etc.
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