Ideal for: Piping Designers • EPCs • Asset Owners • Maintenance & HSE Leads

Accelerating Design with Reality-Based Workflows

In industrial plant upgrades, time is money—and so are safety and accuracy. During our latest webinar, Prevu3D and PlantStream unveiled a bidirectional, visual-first workflow that dramatically reduces design hours, planning errors, and site revisits for brownfield projects.

“When you think about oil and gas facilities or food production plants, they’re complex, dense environments. You can’t model what you don’t see. That’s why our focus is on bringing a high-fidelity as-built reality into the design process.”
— Michel Besner, CEO, Prevu3D

Using 3D scanning data transformed into interactive mesh models, Prevu3D provides the foundation for intelligent, in-context design inside PlantStream—a piping-focused CAD solution built for speed and accuracy.

A Seamless, End-to-End Integration

At the heart of this collaboration is the RealityConnect for PlantStream plugin workflow. The process is simple but powerful:

• Capture the site with Prevu3D and auto-generate a navigable 3D mesh
  
• Export the model to PlantStream via FBX for context-aware piping design
  
• Import the completed design back into Prevu3D for live review, clash checks, and stakeholder feedback—all in the browser
  

“We’re solving the disconnect between CAD and reality. With Prevu3D, users isolate piping from mesh models. In PlantStream, we auto-route 1,000 pipes in under a minute, avoiding clashes with real-world geometry. It’s engineering at the speed of thought.”
— Edward Ellema, Technical Consultant, PlantStream

Designed for EPCs, Built for Impact

This workflow is tailored for teams working on:

• Shutdown planning and FEED-to-detail transitions
• Offshore and refinery upgrades
• HSE-sensitive environments where reducing time on-site is critical

The joint solution delivers:

• Up to 75% man-hour savings during the design phase
• Visual clash detection with real-world geometry—not just CAD assumptions
• The ability to collaborate live via browser-based Visual Twins

“Whether you’re planning a turnaround or adding new lines, it’s about making decisions earlier and faster. We’re not just creating digital twins—we’re creating digital truth.”
— Michel Besner

What’s Next

Both Prevu3D and PlantStream are growing fast—expanding from early design into operations, maintenance, and detail engineering. In future releases, expect deeper integrations, isometric drawing support, and object-level intelligence that extends beyond pipes and pumps.

“We’re a customer-driven company. Every 3 months, a new version of PlantStream launches based on real feedback. That agility is how we’re reshaping plant engineering.”
— Edward Ellema

Ready to See It in Action?

Whether you’re tackling a complex brownfield retrofit or exploring ways to accelerate piping design across your portfolio, our team is here to help.

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