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Application of Standards for a Substation Design SolutionArnold Fry Michael PatchusManager, Substation Engineering Standards SDS Vault AdministratorDuke Energy Duke Energy
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Class Summary
Summary ~ Abstract: Learn how to customize substation design infrastructure to comply with your
company standards Identify and revise out-dated or inadequate company standards Improve drawing efficiency, accuracy, coordination, and overall productivity with
the use of consistent and enforced company standards
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Learning Objectives
At the end of this class, you will be able to: Understand how SDS integrates all aspects of Substation Design Describe how Autodesk® Vault Professional works and identify the
recommended configuration Communicate the critical need for industry Standards Address your staff’s natural fear of change Explain the workflows for establishing standard libraries Identify alternate training resources Assist your engineers & designers in becoming part of an industry user group
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Duke Energy
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Power Delivery Engineering
Project Engineering (Substations) 3 Engineering Offices
(Charlotte, Plainfield, Cincinnati) 3 Satellite Offices
(Greenville, Fairfax, Toddville) Over 3,500 Electrical
Substations in 5 states
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History of Substation Design Solution (SDS)
2006 – Concept for Substation Design Tool developed
2008 – Request for Proposal Issued for SDS
2010 – SDS Implemented in Charlotte
2011 – SDS Software Upgrade to Version 2012
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What makes up Duke’s Substation Design Solution?
Autodesk Inventor Routed Systems Suite
AutoCAD Electrical Autodesk Vault Professional Autodesk Civil 3D Autodesk Raster Design Custom Interface to
Enterprise Systems: Maximo Filenet GE Smallworld
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Standards Used in Enterprise Systems - Maximo
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Introduction:Common Myths & Misconceptions
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Common Myths & Misconceptions
Standards Group is trying to control us I’ve been doing this for 30 years…I know what I’m doing Using new standard systems will slow me down Do you know how much work this is going to take to set this up? Our library is already build…with CAD blocks.
Why recreate them in the new software? I like the demo but it will never work If we ignore it long enough it will go away That’s the way we do it here Why change it if it isn’t broke
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Autodesk® Vault Professional: Where Standards and Productivity come together
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – How It Works
Autodesk® Vault Professional is a file management and version control system used to manage engineering files.
Integration with Microsoft SharePoint Fully integrated with all Autodesk design
applications Concurrent Design Quick & Simple Data Searching Intuitive Revision Management
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Folder Structure
In order to accommodate a large number of designs within the vault, a proper folder hierarchy is required.
There are two types of folders within vault Working Folders
The folder structure of the vault mirrors the folder structure on the user’s local machine
The working folder is set and enforced by the vault administrator to maintain consistency for all users
Library Folders Used to store parts & assemblies which are used in
multiple designs. READ ONLY – parts & assemblies in Library folders
cannot be edited
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Library Folder Structure
Libraries in Vault Content Center
Standard CC Libraries customized with Duke Energy Stock Numbers embedded in parts
Compatible Parts available from the Duke Energy Stock
System CRAP – Commonly Reused Assembled
Parts Assemblies which do NOT have stock
numbers, but are frequently used.
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Project Folder Structure
Designs (Vault Root) Root folder for all vault files
Library Holding Folder Folder for parts to be published to libraries
Geographic Regions Subfolder for organization of regional
substations Station Folders
Subfolder for models, drawings and documents
Subfolders for each element of the project design
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Built-In Tools & Features
Use Autodesk® Vault Professional automatically manages all phases of the design process from initial concept to final As-Built drawings Change Orders – provide a historical record of
why, how, and when changes were made Lifecycles – the process used to track products
from inception through retirement Revisions – a collection of file versions with a
common “label” representing the work done to achieve a desired change
Using the tools will increase efficiency and reduce errors in the design process
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Now the REAL Story….
IT IS IN CONTROL OF VAULT INSTALLATION IT Involvement with the Vault installation forced a deviation from Autodesk’s
recommended installation guidelines Elements of Vault were scattered across multiple servers to comply with IT’s “standard”
rules for software installations on servers Each server runs security checking and virus protection causing Vault to perform
extremely slow every time a Vault file is accessed As a result of the “scattered” installation, additional network traffic adds to the slow
performance KEEP YOUR VAULT INSTALL AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE DON’T DEVIATE FROM RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Now the REAL Story….
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Now the REAL Story….
FILE/DRAWING NAMING SCHEME With multiple regionally based standards in place, EVERY division/group within Duke
Energy had their “own way of numbering drawings” Most required a SECRET DECODER ring to understand the scheme
Defining a company-wide standard through a GROUP consensus approach resulted in MONTHS of meetings and discussions with virtually no progress made towards an agreed upon scheme
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Now the REAL Story….
SUPERSEDING EXISTING DRAWINGS With multiple regionally based standards in place for superseding drawings, EVERY
division/group within Duke Energy had their “own idea of what to do with existing drawings” Most groups just could not let go of their old AutoCAD® drawings
Physical groups could not grasp the concept that the existing 2D drawings couldn’t be brought into the Autodesk® Inventor® 3D environment
Electrical groups couldn’t understand why the old drawings would not work inside of AutoCAD® Electrical A lack of understanding how the new software worked (despite significant vendor training) impeded
the development of a supersedure standard
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Autodesk® Vault Professional – Now the REAL Story….
TITLE BLOCK DATA With multiple regionally based standards in place, EVERY division/group/designer within
Duke Energy had their “own way of filling out drawing title blocks” Some abbreviated, some didn’t Some were brief, other quite verbose with the drawing title Some included station ratings, other didn’t feel it was necessary
In general, it was pretty much left to the individual to include whatever information they deemed necessary in the title block
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Substation Design Solution:Accessing data that already exists
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Title Blocks - Making use of Existing Data
Drawing Title Blocks Nearly every piece of information
required on our drawings already resides within our Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system.
SDS polls the EAM database, retrieves the substation data and populates our Autodesk® Inventor® and AutoCAD® Electrical file properties
Title blocks utilize the EAM data and are COMPLETELY automatic
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Title Blocks – Now the REAL Story….
Committee was formed to identify the required data fields and standardize the title block
After MONTHS of weekly meetings, NO clear consensus could be agreed upon, mainly due to resistance to changing regional habits/preferences. “Our office has to have this property” “Our clients have to have this property” “We don’t use that property here” “That’s not what our title block looks like”
No true progress was made until Management DIRECTED offices to utilize the new title block A very small group developed a proposed title block Presented the plan to Management highlighting both the Benefits & Consequences Integrated the approved title block into templates
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Standards:“I know what I’m doing! We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!”
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Standards – Keeping Everyone on the Same Page
A standard is required whenever more than one person is doing the same task Don’t rely on word of mouth ~ document standards
Consider Electronic Standards vs. Paper Standards Examining current standards – are they outdated? Using the built-in software tools to maintain and enforce standards Agreeing on standards – it can be a battle of wills
Overcoming the “ownership” issue with standards Top down approach to standards implementation Bottom up approach to standards implementation
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Standard Libraries:“I get so tired building the same parts for every project.”
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Standard Part Models
Standard content How much is enough? How much is too much?
Putting standard libraries & catalogs to everyday use
Building standard libraries & catalogs Where do the parts come from? Where can I get more?
Use standard library development as a learning tool
NEVER build the same part (or assembly) more than once
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Vendor Content
Vendors can be a great source of Library Models Contact Equipment Vendors Require 3D Models of Equipment in addition to normal “outline” drawings Provide guidance and part building standards to ensure models meet your
requirements
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Change:“How dare you try to change what I do!”
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Your design staff’s natural resistance to change
People are comfortable in what they know Learning new tasks or workflows can be a challenge
Fear the amount of time to learn the new process Worried about project schedules
Not fully understanding why something is changing creates a resistance mindset Often see change for the sake of change Oblivious to the value of the change Often don’t see the “Big Picture”
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Methods to get over the “change” hurdle
Present the “Big Picture” to staff early in the process State firmly, both early and often, “This is how we will do things in the near
future.” Ensure staff knows that a commitment to this change has been made Stress that this change is not open for discussion Processes may be discussed, but the change will happen
Identify early in the process, several “key” staff members who’s acceptance of the change will spur others
Provide adequate transition time for staff to become comfortable using the new tools
Provide adequate and frequent training to staff
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Training:What to do when you need to know more!
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Getting your people trained
Training on new software is essential for success Implementation and configuration Acceptance of the software by the users.
Failure to properly convey the purpose and intent of the software will impede the effectiveness of the product.
Effective and comprehensive training will empower the users to accept and understand the software.
Ignorance breeds contempt is an appropriate saying when it comes to users and new software.
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Additional Training Options
Contact your Autodesk Reseller about: Additional available training CUSTOM training
Attend AU Attend CAD Camp Join AUGI Join the Autodesk Manufacturing Community Hire an Autodesk Reseller Technical Expert
Create custom training materials Conduct in house training
Become part of an Industry User Group and share training resources
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Creating an Industry Voice:Establishing an Industry User Group
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Benefits of an Industry user Group
Create a single LARGE voice Greater impact when dealing with Autodesk for enhancements to the software
packages & tools Develop industry based standards Share success & failure experiences Share training Share tips & tricks See how others are accomplishing the same tasks Share library parts & assemblies
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Questions:And Hopefully Answers
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