CADWorx fieldPipe
for Leica fieldPro

Create fast, accurate on-site drawings through integration of Leica's laser measurement technology and CADWorx Plant Professional.

There are two flavors of CADWorx fieldPipe.

One flavor connects CADWorx Plant Professional to a Leica Total Station, for simple discrete measurements that lead quickly to placement of pipe, fittings, valves, flanges and steel into an AutoCAD model. This flavor "includes the TPS interface"..

The second flavor uses some of the same techonolgy for placing and connecting pipe & fittings, but is designed for converting point cloud data into intelligent models. In this version, Leica's CloudWorx software is used to read the point cloud into the AutoCAD environment, read pipe sizes and trim away unwanted parts of the cloud data. Then CADWorx fieldPipe tools are used to locate and place the pipe & other components.

Once you have an intelligent model, all of the other CADWorx Plant Professional tools can be applied, like creating CAESAR II models for pipe stress analysis, or creating Isogen isometrics, BOMs, 2D section, elevation & plan drawings, etc.

CADWorx fieldPipe for Leica fieldPro is the only product that combines Leica Geosystem’s laser precision, Leica fieldPipe’s in-field direct-to-model power and COADE CADWorx Plant Professional’s specification-driven AutoCAD based modeling capabilities.

CADWorx fieldPipe comes complete with piping, equipment, steel, HVAC and cable trays capabilities. CADWorx fieldPipe also includes: CADWorx Equipment, ISOGEN, NavisWorks Roamer plus bi-directional links to external databases and CAESAR II for stress analysis.

Pricing

CADWorx fieldPipe success story...

Magazine article success story....

Leica laser unit & tablet PC running CADWorx fieldPipe.

Features:

• Laser Precision Accuracy
• Point and shoot component placement
• Quicker and easier as-builts
• Improved Safety
• Steel, equipment, ducting and cable trays
• Collision checking
• Piping specifications
• Automatic isometrics
• Links to stress analysis and stress Isometrics
• Doesn't require surveying experience
• Runs on AutoCAD 2007 through 2009, 32 bit only.

Help with Definitions:

Leica fieldPro - A laser measurement system that lets you quickly place any type of object in a 3D AutoCAD model (doors, walls, people etc.). The desire to also place intelligent piping, steel & other plant-related components lead Leica to look to COADE to integrate fieldPro and CADWorx Plant Professional.

CADWorx Plant Professional - Our best-of-breed, AutoCAD-based plant design software.

CADWorx fieldPipe - An integrated system that includes both Leica fieldPro and CADWorx Plant Professional.

Leica Total Station - The tripod-mounted laser-measurement devices that link to a PC via USB cable & communicates directly with fieldPro & fieldPipe.

A Brief History

Leica Geosystems was searching for an easy-to-use 3D plant design system to connect to their fieldPro system, and selected COADE's CADWorx Plant Professional among all available products.
We agreed to provide them with the tools required to integrate their software with ours, and the result is "CADWorx fieldPipe".

Laser Precision Accuracy

CADWorx fieldPipe leverages the power and precision of laser technology. In conjunction with Leica’s Total Station and Leica fieldPro, it allows users to model any piping system with pinpoint accuracy.

Point and Shoot Component Placement

Creating CADWorx fieldPipe as-built
models is easy; set up the Total Station, point the laser at a piping item and pick components from the toolbar. Presto! The component is placed in the model at exactly that position.

Quicker and Easier As-builts

Measure, sketch and model hundreds
of piping components from only a few
locations—quickly and easily!

Improved Safety

CADWorx fieldPipe makes as-built work safer by reducing the climbing and clambering associated with measuring and sketching existing piping systems.

Steel, Equipment, Ducting
and Cable Trays

Comprehensive describes CADWorx
fieldPipe. It includes full steel and
equipment capabilities. (See CADWorx Steel Professional and Productivity Modules Fact Sheets). Ducting and cable trays are also bundled.

Collision Checking

Built-in clash detection is included, both from within your model and against external reference files.

Piping Specifications

CADWorx fieldPipe includes ready-to-use metric and imperial specifications with over 60,000 components.

Automatic Isometrics

Automatic isometrics from single or
multiple pipe runs can be created from your CADWorx fieldPipe models.

Links to Stress Analysis and
Stress Isometrics

CADWorx fieldPipe has bi-directional links to the world’s most widely used stress analysis package, CAESAR II. Now you can go directly from the field to analysis quickly and with total accuracy.

Pricing:

fieldPipe without TPS interface: $11,500 US

fieldPipe with TPS interface: $15,000 US

Leica CloudWorx Basic = $1000 US

Compatible Leica Total Stations are approximately $20,000 US, depending on the features & options selected.

When compared to point-cloud laser scanning systems that can run up to $180,000 or more, the CADWorx fieldPipe system is a great value.

When compared to a tape measure and scaffolding, fieldPipe's accuracy and ability to safely measure from a distance make it far superior.

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Success Story:

TEPSCO reduces costs on cooling system expansion using CADWorx fieldPipe:

October 11/07 - Tepsco, a Houston-based engineering and contracting firm, completed a major cooling system expansion for a large hospital located in Houston’s Texas Medical Center district.
Tepsco used CADWorx fieldPipe to deliver savings in time and labor plus increased accuracy when compared to conventional approaches.  The cooling system for the 13-story project required tapping into the existing municipal/district chilled water system for the expansion’s HVAC system.
The expansion required substantial ground excavation yet had to be added without affecting or shutting down the Texas Medical Center’s 13 hospitals and 45 research facilities, the largest such complex in the world, providing five million patient visits per year.

CADWorx fieldPipe, the revolutionary product co-developed by COADE and Leica Geosystems, draws on the power and accuracy of the Leica Total Station’s laser measurement system to accurately capture dimensional information and produce intelligent as-built models of the existing plant piping and facilities, all without leaving the site. 

“CADWorx fieldPipe reduced our fieldwork time, and the hot-tap points were so accurate, that we also reduced the duration of rental needed for a 10-ton temporary refrigeration unit and related work that would have typically been required under the old methods, all of which saves money for our client,” explained Homero Garcia, the program manager at Tepsco. 

“The accuracy of CADWorx fieldPipe also meant that shop fabricated spools were so accurate, all we had to do was bolt them in place once they were delivered to the site, virtually eliminating field fit work,” Garcia concluded.