The issue package
- Tagged P&ID and line list
- 3D layout of process equipment and piping
- Hydraulic calculation and its assumptions
- Recorded discrepancies and how each was resolved
- Controlled review drawings and quantities
Process, piping and industrial
From process intent. To engineered systems.
Watch process and piping engineers develop a tagged P&ID, a line list, connected 3D routing, hydraulic checks and the documents a review needs.
Eight separate open-source apps in CadCraft Studio. Not SuperCad Studio, the separate all-in-one product.
What this firm needs to deliver.
A plant team needs to change an existing pumping system. The process engineer sets the flows and requirements, piping develops the geometry, mechanical reviews the constraints and a checker controls the deliverables.
People in the chain
- Process engineer, flow
- P&ID drafter, tags
- Piping engineer, route
- Mechanical engineer, hydraulic check
- Checker, design review
- Document control, issue
A responsible hand-off at every stage.
Each step names the person, the app and the result. The story is how the office delivers work, not every engineer using every tool.
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Define the process
Set the design conditions, equipment and streams, and produce tagged process drawings.
- Hand-off
- Design basis, P&ID and a first line list.
- Engineering check
- Every assumption needs a source and authorized design conditions.
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Build a connected layout
Place equipment and route the piping, keeping the same tags in the 3D plant and the schematic. The connected P&ID, line list and plant model is built for 0.8.
- Hand-off
- Piping model with identified equipment and lines.
- Engineering check
- Confirm each real connection matches the system definition.
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Run the hydraulics
Work through pipe friction, fittings, pumps and how the system behaves. Pump, compressor and network hydraulics are built for 0.8.
- Hand-off
- Calculation sheet with inputs, units and the result.
- Engineering check
- Review fluid properties, operating points and NPSH assumptions.
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Find the disagreements
Use the shared process tags and the Problems list to find where a P&ID, its line list and the model differ.
- Hand-off
- Problem list with a recorded decision on each.
- Engineering check
- Not every outside file stays linked: check what the link covers.
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Issue the revision
Create the drawings and controlled revisions, compare plan sets and record corrections for the next design cycle.
- Hand-off
- Revision-marked P&ID and drawing package.
- Engineering check
- Record design approval and checking approval separately.
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Turn geometry into scope
Count the quantities you can reach and prepare a first materials or construction scope from supported outputs.
- Hand-off
- Material quantities and the estimate basis.
- Engineering check
- Check welds, supports, allowances and purchasing specifications.
See it in the apps.
Two short silent recordings from the real apps, one for each half of the story.
What the client gets.
A good case study ends with files and decisions, not a rotating 3D object.
What this example does not claim
This example does not claim every plant analysis, regulation or safety case is covered. Do independent process safety, code and design verification as required.
The software is free. Building it is not.
CadCraft is open source, and Community has every app and every feature, for personal work and paid client work alike. An owned license is a permanent commercial license in your name, from $1, and it pays for the people building the Great Eight and what comes after it. It adds no features: nothing is held back from Community.
The Team Cloud Plan is a separate service. It will add team seats, cloud saving and sync.