Brownfield tie-ins: how do you get from scan to AVEVA, S3D or CADMATIC today?

Plant work has its own problems: dense pipework, P&IDs that don't match the field, strict tie-in tolerances, and native plant design software that doesn't read every format.

How does your team go from a scan to a model the piping designers can use?

• Do you model in Revit, Plant 3D or the plant software directly?
• Which formats survive the trip (STEP, IFC, native)?
• How do you check tie-in points against the scan?
• What do you hand the client: the point cloud, the model, or both?