Comos is offered as a strategic alliance with innotec, GmbH. It is an engineering data and document-centric database management system with the ability to integrate engineering activities during the entire plant lifecycle, from conceptual development to detailed engineering to plant maintenance. Process simulation data is transferred to Comos through a seamless integration with PRO/II®, SimSci-Esscor's industry leading process simulation system. Other Comos productivity modules are used in augmenting the simulation data and providing non-simulation engineering data for defining process and equipment specifications.
Comos provides multi-discipline engineers with a controlled, distributed, and collaborative environment to manipulate simulation data, specify non-simulation data, query data by example, and color code data status. Manual data entry can be replaced through enrichment of the Comos knowledge- base, as well as integration with SimSci-Esscor or other third-party design/sizing systems.
The process flow diagram (PFD), P&ID, material selection guide, process/mechanical equipment datasheets, electrical diagrams and other engineering documents required for the design package are generated from the Comos database. The data and document revisions are tracked effortlessly during the entire engineering lifecycle by Comos.
What's in the New Version?
• Working layer technology that allows working on a view of consolidated data.
• Native XML support of Comos objects allows to cross-copy database objects.
• MotionX technology: User interface to easily create XML output of database contents to defined standard XML formats via drag/drop including attribute mapping between XML and Comos. Enables import/export with third-party tools via XML interface.
• Full text search search in all personal and Comos-supported file types like PDF, Microsoft® Word, etc.
• Support of rating cases for all equipment objects.
• Improved GUI for knowledgebase. Design via drag/drop.
• Interface to AVEVA PDMS as 3D detail engineering tool.
Major Advantages
Today's project lifecycle times are getting shorter and engineering costs are growing. To be competitive in the market, these costs have to be reduced as much as possible. Comos can help to reduce these costs by:
• Handling of all relevant mechanical and process data in one common database.
• Enabling import of simulation data from PRO/II, ASPEN, HYSYS, and in-house applications.
• Heat exchanger design with HTRI interface.
• Bi-directional interface to MS excel via easy-to-use mapping tables.
• Re-use of former projects and project parts.
• Use of standard project/process setups.
• Data check acc. to knowledge bases.
Important for project management is the workflow defining who gets which information at what time, and who can change information. Comos supports this workflow by:
• Change management
• Object status control
• Revision handling
• User role management
Modern projects are often handled by engineers working at different locations and even different companies. Comos allows concurrent engineering by:
• User right management
• World wide access to data via citrix
For the output of document deliverables, Comos uses an easy-to-configure report designer. Standard documents are already ready for use in the database as delivered.
• PFD
• P&ID
• Electrical and logic diagrams
• Equipment and component lists
• Equipment and component datasheets
Many companies work with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD based formats; therefore,exporting data to these formats is crucial. Comos supports:
• AutoCAD .dxf and .dwg format (export/import)
• Microsoft Excel (import/export)
• Microsoft Word (export)
