CADWorx Design Review Professional

CADWorx^® Design Review Professional

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What is CADWorx Design Review Professional?

CADWorx Design Review Professional is a robust software application designed for reviewing, analysing, and sharing complex 3D plant models. It is particularly valuable for professionals in the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) sectors, as well as for plant owners and operators. This software enables teams to visualize and collaborate on large-scale projects, facilitating improved communication and decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

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Why Use CADWorx Design Review Professional?

CADWorx Design Review Professional allows the review and publishing of CADWorx models by designers, managers, owners, and other stakeholders. Discover how you can improve collaboration by utilizing tools for markups, design comments and redlining. Users can create realistic visualizations and access the intelligent information. Whether it is one model file or multiple, federated model files, the intuitive interface makes manipulating and moving around even the largest models, performant and smooth.

Who Uses CADWorx Design Review Professional?

Project design teams
Clients
Anyone who needs to share in the benefits of design collaboration

Industries Served:

Oil & gas
Petrochemicals
Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Food & beverage
Water
Power – Nuclear/non-Nuclear
Mining
Semiconductor
Marine
Utilities
Infrastructure/AEC/BIM

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Benefits of CADWorx Design Review Professional

Cost-Effective:

Economical alternative to Autodesk Navisworks Manage, due to offering comparable functionality at lower cost.

User-Friendly Interface:

Intuitive Navigation: The software features an intuitive user interface that simplifies navigation and model interaction, making it accessible to users with varying levels of expertise.
Customizable Views: Users can customize views and settings to focus on specific areas of interest, enhancing the user experience and making it easier to analyse specific aspects of the model.

Comprehensive Model Visualization:

High-Performance 3D Visualization: CADWorx Design Review Professional offers high-performance 3D visualization capabilities that allow users to interact with complex plant models smoothly and easily. This includes the ability to view detailed models of piping, equipment, structural components, and more.
Realistic Rendering: The software provides realistic rendering of models, which helps in accurately representing the appearance of the plant or facility.
Views: Users can explore models in standard orthogonal or isometric views, making it easier to understand spatial relationships and design intricacies. This is particularly useful for large-scale projects with complex layouts.

Collaboration and Communication:

Markup and Commenting Tools: The software includes tools for adding markups, annotations, and comments directly onto the 3D models. This feature is invaluable for communicating design changes, identifying issues, and sharing feedback.
Model Sharing: Users can share models easily with team members, clients, and contractors, enabling effective communication across different departments and organizations.

Efficient Design Review Process:

Simplified Review Workflows: CADWorx Design Review Professional streamlines the design review process, making it easier for project teams to identify and resolve design issues quickly. This reduces the time spent on manual checks and iterations.
Walkthroughs and Flyovers: Users can perform virtual walkthroughs and flyovers of the plant model, providing an immersive experience that aids in understanding design intent and assessing the impact of design decisions.

Integration and Interoperability:

Integration with CADWorx Suite: CADWorx Design Review Professional integrates seamlessly with other tools in the CADWorx suite, such as CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx Structure Professional (included with these products). This ensures a unified approach to plant design and analysis.
Support for Industry-Standard Formats: The software supports various industry-standard file formats, enabling users to import and export models easily. This enhances interoperability with other design tools, facilitating data exchange across platforms. Export plant models in Hexagon VUE format for integration of digital twins with Hexagon SDx, in 3D PDF or HTML format, or IFC 2×3 or IFC 4 format, with the latter supporting AEC/BIM projects conducted in BricsCAD BIM or other BIM solutions.

Increased Productivity and Efficiency:

Large Model Handling: The software is optimized for handling large and complex models, ensuring smooth performance even with detailed projects. This allows users to work efficiently without being hindered by software limitations.
Time-Saving Features: With features like quick navigation, clipping of 3D views, markups, animations, etc., the software helps reduce the time spent on manual reviews and iterations, enhancing overall productivity.

Training and Support:

Technical Support: Hexagon provides comprehensive technical support to assist users with troubleshooting, software updates, and best practices, ensuring that teams can fully leverage the software’s capabilities.
Training Resources: Users have access to a variety of training resources, including webinars, tutorials, and documentation, to help them maximize the benefits of CADWorx Design Review Professional. Free eLearning available via Hexagon University.

CADWorx Design Review Professional is a powerful tool for enhancing the design review process in plant design projects. Its comprehensive visualization capabilities, collaboration features, and integration with CADWorx Plant Design Suite, and many other third-party vendor solutions, make it an invaluable tool for engineers, project managers, and stakeholders involved in complex projects. By using CADWorx Design Review Professional, teams can improve communication, reduce risks, and deliver high-quality designs efficiently, ultimately contributing to the success of their projects.

Dynamic model updates
Markup and redlining
Realistic visualizations
Walkthroughs & animations
Line number & XREF view palettes
Measurements with snapping options
Support for point cloud exchange formats
Composite review of 3rd party model formats with intelligence
Clipping and cutting plane options
Advanced Model Tree
Review Custom Data & Isogen^® data
Search/Filter by Date
Centralized annotations
Customisable tool tips
Intelligent publishing
Batch export
3D PDF
Advanced IFC collaboration


Import Third-party File Formats	Visualise Point Clouds with 3D Models	Walkthroughs and Animations
Bring multiple 3rd party vendor file formats into the same collaborative environment for composite model review.	Avoid construction issues by overlaying and comparing laser scans of the as-built plant conditions with design models.	Aiding operator and safety training, create animations of walkthroughs of 3D models.

Clipping	Volume Clipping	Measurement
Slice and dice the model exactly as you need to. Interactively explore the model using either clipping planes or by defining a volume encapsulating the parts of the model to be reviewed.		Measure between any two-points in the model in 3 dimensions. For example, to check available space for introduction of retrofit plant, or to reserve egress space for equipment maintenance or escape routes.

Annotation	Publish to VUE format	Integrate CADWorx Models with BIM via IFC Export
To convey changes to clients, design teams, and other project stakeholders, use simple annotation tools to redline and mark-up the model.	Examine and check how a plant designed in CADWorx Plant Professional, integrates as part of a larger Smart 3D project, achieved by publishing CADWorx DWG-based models to Hexagon VUE format.	Exporting CADWorx models to IFC format, to enhance collaboration and coordinate the merger of plant models created in CADWorx, with building designs created using BIM solutions like BricsCAD BIM or Autodesk Revit.