Digital plant structure method and system thereof

• Main Authors: MOLFENTER, DIRK, STOLPER, THILO, ZUEHLSDORF, SOEREN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.10.2009
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

The invention relates to a method of exporting a digital plant structure from a CAE system to a simulation model, said digital plant structure comprising a CAD layout and a library of resources of said CAD layout, wherein said resources represent components of a plant, the method comprising the steps of: importing information from at least a CAD model of multiple CAD models into said digital plant structure; mapping said digital plant structure to said multiple CAD models, wherein at least a first resource of said digital plant structure is mapped to a second resource for each CAD model of said multiple CAD models wherein said first and said second resource describe a common component of said plant; inputting a selection of a first CAD model of said multiple CAD models; adding simulation elements from a library of simulation elements into said simulation model; mapping said simulation elements to resources on said first CAD model; importing said description of said production process into said simulation model for specifying said product flow of said simulation model and a logic of said product flow; entering updated attributes of resources of said CAD layout, wherein said resources are linked to said selected first CAD model and running said simulation.