Next Generation of Productivity in Plant Design Available with the Launch of AVEVA PDMS 12

Next Generation of Productivity in Plant Design Available with the Launch of AVEVA PDMS 12

September 04, 2007

    CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
AVEVA (LSE: AVV), the leading provider of plant and marine
design and engineering lifecycle solutions today announces
the launch of AVEVA PDMS 12.

    AVEVA PDMS 12, is the latest generation of the leading
plant design tool. This release fully supports the
Microsoft .NET user interface with highly interactive 3D
graphical editing functions making it easier to learn,
faster to use and a lot more productive.

    "PDMS has long been acknowledged as the most
powerful plant design system in the market. With AVEVA's
unique, proven, object-based and global engineering
technologies our clients have had unrivalled flexibility in
the execution of complex global projects," said Richard
Longdon, CEO of AVEVA.

    "The release of PDMS 12 takes this technology
platform to new heights of productivity. PDMS 12 delivers
major innovations to our customers, ranging from improved
productivity for individual designers through to increased
overall project savings that result from significant
improvements in data management and control.

    The new features in PDMS 12 include:

    -- Extensive enhancements to the advanced engineering
applications
       for designing equipment, piping, ducting, structural
steel, and
       supports.

    -- The new access platforms, stairs and ladders
application that
       allows the parametric design and easy modification
of complex
       access configurations.

    -- The new catalogue and specification management
application that
       reduces the effort and skill levels required to
create and modify
       catalogues and specifications.

    -- A new Cable Design product that allows cables and
cableways to be
       routed inside the PDMS model.

    -- New object associations that allow key relationships
to be
       defined within the plant model and continuously
monitored as the
       design progresses.

    -- A rule-based automatic pipe routing and quality
checking feature
       as standard.

    -- Extensions to the PDMS configuration and
customisation
       capabilities to allow Microsoft .NET compatible
languages to be
       used.

    -- A new approach to P&ID integration. P&IDs
from multiple authoring
       tools can be consolidated into a single schematic
model which is
       managed within the AVEVA PDMS 12 environment. The
schematic model
       can be used to build and compare with the 3D plant
model using
       the new AVEVA P&ID Manager and AVEVA P&ID
Integrator products
       which are introduced as part of AVEVA's open
P&ID strategy.

    AVEVA's principle of continual progression means that
existing PDMS customers can easily upgrade.

    See http://www.aveva.com/pdms 



    For more information, please contact:

     Alison Patey
     AVEVA
     Email: [e-mail]