Plant Design Management System
Encyclopedia
PDMS as it is known in the 3D CAD industry, is a customizable, multi-user and multi-discipline, engineer controlled design software package for engineering, design and construction projects in, but not limited to, offshore and onshore oil & gas industry, chemical & process plants, mining, pharmaceutical & food industry, power generation and paper industries.
, UK in 1967 by the UK Ministry of Technology
. Its mission was to develop computer-aided design
techniques and promote their take-up by British industry. The centre carried out much pioneering CAD research, and many of its early staff members went on to become prominent in the worldwide CAD community, such as brothers Dick Newell
and Martin Newell
.
Dick Newell oversaw the creation of the Plant Design Management System (PDMS) for 3D process plant design. Along with the Cambridge Science Park
, CADCentre was one of the original companies involved in what became known as the Cambridge Phenomenon – the transformation of Cambridge from a University town into one of the world's high technology centres within a few years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. CADCentre became a private company in 1983, was the subject of a management buyout
in 1994 and became a publicly quoted company in 1996. It changed its name to AVEVA in 2001.
History.
The Computer-Aided Design Centre (or CADCentre as it was more commonly referred to, and later formally became) was created in CambridgeCambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, UK in 1967 by the UK Ministry of Technology
Berr
Berr is a surname, and may refer to:* Hélène Berr , Jewish French woman* Henri Berr , French philosopher-See also:* Ber * BERR, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in United Kingdom...
. Its mission was to develop computer-aided design
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
techniques and promote their take-up by British industry. The centre carried out much pioneering CAD research, and many of its early staff members went on to become prominent in the worldwide CAD community, such as brothers Dick Newell
Dick Newell
Dr. Richard G. Newell has spent over 30 years in the software industry in Computer aided design and Geographic Information Systems .Dick holds degrees in Civil Engineering and Numerical Analysis and a PhD in Chemical Engineering....
and Martin Newell
Martin Newell (computer scientist)
Martin Newell is a British-born computer scientist specializing in computer graphics who is perhaps best known as the creator of the Utah teapot computer model....
.
Dick Newell oversaw the creation of the Plant Design Management System (PDMS) for 3D process plant design. Along with the Cambridge Science Park
Cambridge Science Park
The Cambridge Science Park, founded by Trinity College in 1970, is the oldest science park in the United Kingdom. It is a concentration of science and technology related businesses, and has strong links with the nearby University of Cambridge....
, CADCentre was one of the original companies involved in what became known as the Cambridge Phenomenon – the transformation of Cambridge from a University town into one of the world's high technology centres within a few years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. CADCentre became a private company in 1983, was the subject of a management buyout
Management buyout
A management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...
in 1994 and became a publicly quoted company in 1996. It changed its name to AVEVA in 2001.
Existing
| Name | URL | Date Started | Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewpoint Americas | http://www.viewpointamericas.com | ?? | ?? |
| PDMS World | http://www.pdmsworld.com | 2006 | 8500 |
| PDMSMAX | http://pdmsmax.free.fr | 2008 | 10 |
| Communauté PDMS | http://forumpdms.superforum.fr/ | 2008 | 280 |
| Club d'Utilisateur Francophone de PDMS CUF-PDMS | http://www.cuf-pdms.org/ | 2009 | 230 |
Defunct
| Name | URL | Date Started | Date Ended | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADarena | |
2000 | 2004 | 1500 |
| PDMS Forum | http://www.pdmsforum.com(closed) | 2005 | 2007.11 |