(openPR) - Cambridge, UK and Pittsford, NY – 29 July 2010: Version 5 of CAD Schroer’s 3D plant engineering suite, MPDS4, speeds up plant and factory layout projects with the latest in intelligent, dynamic 3D editing; automatic routing; and enhanced data management, exchange and visualisation options.

Plant design with MPDS4:
www.cad-schroer.com/Software/MPDS4/r/137

The database-driven, multi-user 3D plant design software offers an integrated 2D/3D design environment for project engineering efficiency. Version 5 of MPDS4 sees enhanced usability, administration and design productivity. The latest user interface introduces new colours, icons and optimised dialogs for clarity and efficiency.

Full list of what’s new in MPDS4:
www.cad-schroer.com/Software/MPDS4/1/1183/r/137

New Plant Project Data Manager
“Customers will love the MPDS4 Project Data Manager, a new front-end tool that presents the most important plant project data, offering different administration, viewing, editing and reporting options based on a user’s role, including status reports for management,” explains Product Line Manager Mark Simpson. “Designers benefit from many new, intelligent 3D routing and editing tools that further speed up design changes. The P&ID module has also been significantly overhauled.”

Enhanced Dynamic 3D Editing
MPDS4 now provides enhanced dynamic drag and drop editing of routed components, such as pipes, ducts and cables. Version 5.0 makes it even easier to intelligently adjust the position of individual components, such as tanks or machinery, whereby connections with other components are automatically adjusted to the new position.

New Automatic Routing Tool
A new user-configurable routing tool for all the routing disciplines, such as piping, ducting and cabling, automatically calculates all possible paths, allowing users to choose the preferred route before automatically creating the component. All affected components in a larger assembly are automatically re-routed.

Intelligent P&IDs: www.cad-schroer.com/Software/MPDS4/PID/r/137
On top of many functional enhancements, the P&ID module introduces new tools for filtering, grouping, selecting, placing and dynamically moving symbols. Tight integration with MPDS4 add-on modules means that P&ID diagrams can form the basis of 3D designs, with automatic cross-checks against the 3D world.

CAD Schroer is a global software development company and engineering solutions provider, helping to raise the productivity and competitiveness of customers working in manufacturing and plant design, including the automotive sector and its supply chain, the energy sector and public utilities. CAD Schroer has offices throughout Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, and independent subsidiaries in France, Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

CAD Schroer’s product portfolio includes 2D/3D CAD, plant design, factory layout and data management solutions. Customers in 39 countries rely on MEDUSA4®, MPDS4™ and STHENO/PRO® to provide an efficient, flexible and integrated design environment for all phases of product or plant design – cutting costs while raising quality. CAD Schroer emphasises close customer partnerships and supports its clients’ objectives through extensive consultancy, training, development, software support and maintenance services.

Michael Schroer
CAD Schroer GmbH
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