Prevu3D is well recognized for our industry-leading reality capture meshing engine, setting the gold standard that our competitors strive to emulate.
For years now, our customers, spanning industries such as manufacturing, oil and gas, automotive, and food production, have leveraged our patented mesh cutting tool to streamline the process of generating rapid design iterations for factory redesigns, production line upgrades, and site expansions.
Today, we’re excited to announce a significant advancement, propelling us forward.
Common innovation challenges
One of the key challenges our customers face is consolidating data scattered across different silos and mapping it into one visual 3D representation. For instance, engineers require access to CAD and BIM models along with metadata to carry out design and detailed engineering work. Facilities managers need to track and coordinate equipment information, inspections, schedules, work orders, and repairs—all stored in various ERP, PLM, asset management, or enterprise systems.
Streamlining facility asset management
Our customers all view their facilities as a cohesive collection of assets. They not only require visual representation of their equipment but also a comprehensive understanding of how everything functions and is interconnected, enabling them to effectively manage their facilities.
With some customers managing facilities spanning over 1,000,000 ft.², the question then becomes: How can one understand, visualize, and efficiently access documents for all assets and equipment on a specific site? Additionally, how can connections be made between various data points in the company to provide a centralized, single source of truth for this information to different stakeholders within the organization?
Overcoming data challenges in facility management
As it’s known, many of the data points and available documentation may be outdated or inaccurate, ensuring that you’re working with the most accurate version of the truth is essential. In our approach, there’s a simple solution to begin the journey of reconciliation: any complex facility must begin with the reality capture of the site. An accurate 3D scan offers a comprehensive visual representation of the existing facility, providing not only required imagery but also depth and spatial information. Although reality capture provides valuable insight, it does not offer all the underlying information that modern companies require today.
A groundbreaking approach to asset definition and visualization in the digital twin era
We’re proud to announce RealityAsset, the only asset definition that begins with reality capture and seamlessly connects and binds all the necessary enterprise information. Our reality capture meshes serve as the future user interface for digital twin technology, providing a comprehensive visualization of a site’s facility details, along with direct access to the enterprise data.
This marks a significant paradigm shift from other solutions that attempt to mimic these concepts by using crude boxes or crop areas to define assets, or even worse, simply placing tags in space with no real connection to the visual asset.
Manufacturing equipment frequently are complex in shapes and houses multiple assets that may even overlap within small confined areas. The challenge lies in visually defining these assets with precision while ensuring user-friendly spatial breakdown.
RealityAssets act as a comprehensive encapsulation of all the essential visual components. Whether you want to visualize a CAD or BIM model, access schematic views, or obtain disassembly instructions for asset repairs, RealityAssets provide an all-encompassing solution. They’re also rich in user parameters derived from IFC or CFIHOS classifications, enhancing their versatility.
Prevu3D: an asset-based enterprise solution
Imagine having the ability to effortlessly locate and comprehend the connections of an asset, while easily accessing all the necessary underlying information. Picture being able to manipulate and move this asset during rapid design iterations, seamlessly incorporating these RealityAssets into your detailed engineering work.
Not only will RealityAssets become a pivotal component in the next generation workflow of digital twins, but they will also revolutionize how every worker visualizes, comprehends, and accesses crucial data points relevant to their tasks.
Stay tuned to our channels for upcoming posts that will delve deeper into how this vision will soon become a new reality for manufacturers around the world.
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