Feel Empowered

The 2016 Users’ Meeting

New Software Features

I/2017

Standard Support

STC Power – a Leading EPC Power Plant Supplier

YARA Takes Control

of Design

Information

Plant DesignSoftware

Inside this issue:

Simple and easy yet extremely powerful … 3The 2016 Users’ Meeting … 4YARA takes control of design information in Siilinjärvi … 6STC PowerA leading EPC power plant supplier and CADMATIC user … 10Achieving maximum operating efficiency: H&D Engineeringshowing the way … 14CADMATIC supports IFC standard … 17Seamlessly integrating engineering disciplinesCase: Blue Projects … 20New Software Features … 22CADMATIC and Construsoft enter into cooperation … 31

CADMATICEditor-in-chief: Jukka Rantala Editors: Martin Brink, Sander KuikLayout: Pirkka Elovirta, Olli TuomolaCADMATIC, Itäinen Rantakatu 72, 20810 Turku, FinlandTel. +358 2 412 4500, info@cadmatic.com

The CADMATIC Plant Design Software Magazine is published twice a year by CADMATIC Oy. CADMATIC believes that all information provided in this publication is correct at the time of printing. CADMATIC is not responsible for any inadvertent errors.

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n 2016 CADMATIC continued the strong growth of recent years. Our turnover grew by

60 % for the financial year ending 31 October. Profitability has also re-mained at a good level.

We are significantly increasing our product development resourc-es to support the rapid growth. This will ensure that our flexibility, know-how and innovation capacity remain at high levels. We are recruiting both young and experienced profession-als that are interested in working in an international and dynamic envi-ronment.

In 2016 CADMATIC software was implemented in 46 countries. The most significant growth was seen in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Far East. The countries in these

regions represent nearly 60 % of new customer sales. European and North American sales are also at good lev-els and constitute 65 % of total sales.

We have integrated and harmo-nized CADMATIC activities global-ly. This includes the integration of CADMATIC’s and former NCG’s activ-ities and product portfolio into an ef-ficient entity.

We offer a unique product port-folio to manage design, construction and related information for process, energy and marine industry custom-ers. Our goal is to provide the solu-tion with the best user experience on the market and which offers dedi-cated functionalities for our custom-ers’ needs.

Industrial digitization creates strong global growth potential for

CADMATIC’s design and informa-tion management software. Many of our customers are pursuing growth through automation.

In recent years, digitization and its effect on human life has become a hot topic for discussion. It has been at the core of our activities for the last 30 years. Our customers in the process, energy and marine indus-tries are digitizing, automating and optimizing their design, construction and information management with the use of our solutions.

I wish you all happy and interesting reading.

Jukka Rantala, CEO

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he 2016 Users’ Meeting was successfully held in Prague, the Czech Repub-

lic, on the 19th and 20th of May. More than 190 users from all over the world joined in to talk about CADMATIC software.

The atmosphere at the Users’ Meet-ing was very pleasant and informal. The event started on Wednesday the 18th of May at an informal get-together. More than a hundred us-ers joined us for a beer, wine, snacks and a chat, either about work or non-work related matters. The next day, after the workshops and presenta-tions, discussions continued in the restaurant where everybody enjoyed a nice meal and entertainment.

The official part of the Users’ Meeting was opened by our CEO, Mr. Jukka Rantala. The program con-tained CADMATIC presentations, workshops and interesting customer presentations. We also shared busi-ness news: the conclusion was that CADMATIC is maintaining its strong position and increasing its global market share.

Product portfolio

The first presentation was the so-called “CADMATIC Journey”, which gave users a better insight into the product portfolio: Plant / Outfitting, from front end engineering design up to revamping with, for example, la-ser scanning technology, from initial design up to production. The bene-fits of the information management tools eBrowser, eShare and eGo were also presented.

Interoperability between CADMATIC and Tekla

In the afternoon on the first day, business partner Trimble (formerly known as Tekla) presented “the in-teroperability between CADMATIC and Tekla structures”. A native IFC interface has been developed be-tween CADMATIC and Tekla struc-tures, for both industrial and off-shore plants.

IFC (Industry Foundation Class-es) is the international standard for building information modelling and

is used for sharing and exchanging construction industry data across dif-ferent software applications. When this two-way IFC interface is used the workflow is optimized and always up to date. See the article on page 17 for more.

Workshops and presentations

During the Users’ Meeting, a lot of presentations and workshops took place. An overview of the Plant work-shops and presentations is provided in the info box.

3D visualization contest

The first day ended with the 3D visu-alization and image contest, where customers were able to present vi-sual project materials. It was won by Tsuneishi Technical Services Inc. from the Philippines, with an eye-catch-ing building simulation of a complete project.

The 2016 Users’ Meeting Text: Sander Kuik, CADMATIC Groningen

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Future developments

To give our customers the best user experience on the market, we need to provide them with the best solu-tions. Many good ideas, partly pro-vided by our users, are in the pipe-line and will be implemented. One of these improvements is a new 3D visualization core, which was already implemented in 2016T3 for Plant Modeller.

Other improvements we aim for are, among others, Common Object Storage, development of Diagram, and improving eGo and eShare. See the article on page 22 for all the new software features.

Once more a success

All in all both the informal and formal part of the Users’ Meeting were once more a success that benefitted us all. We look forward to hosting our users at the next Users’ Meeting in 2018.

←  Tsuneshi Technical Ser-vices Inc. won first prize in the 3D visualization competition.

← The co-operation between Trimble and CADMATIC aroused a lot of interest.

→  During the Users’ Meeting a series of seminars and workshops broadened the perspec-tives of the CADMATIC software users.

→  CADMATIC CEO Jukka Rantala welcomed partici-pants to the 2016 Users’ Meeting.

Plant Workshops

Diagram and its use and benefits, presented by both CADMATIC and 3J Yachting, specialized in the yacht building sector. Diagram provides faster creation and assignment of components, useful component list generation and a much easier way of changing specifications for pipelines at the same time.

Electrical Design, presented by CADMATIC. A real time saving module, including fully automatic cable routing, automatically pro-duced production and installation information, new cable routing proposals, cable penetration man-agement and much more.

Laser Scan Modeller, the inte-grated solution for the seamless use of data from laser scanners to the 3D model, was presented by long-term CADMATIC user Wolfard & Wessels Werktuigbouw B.V. They showed us the great advantages

of using the Laser Scan Modeller module.

Project Maintenance and Docu ment Production, where CADMATIC presented the improved project maintenance and docu-ment production options that have been made more user-friendly.

Equitix Project by STC Power, an EPC from Italy. See page 10 for more about STC.

eShare in use by SCA Obbola. A presentation by the Swedish pulp & paper giant. They successfully use the eBrowser for design review and eShare for maintenance and process operators. At the same time, they are able to link eShare with other software programs like SAP and Sitebase.

CADMATIC system – a new solu-tion to sustain Drydocks World Dubai’s core engineering business.

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YARA takes control of

design information in Siilinjärvi

bout 23 kilometres north of Kuopio in North-ern Savonia, Finland, lies the small town of Siilinjärvi. This unassuming municipality

with its scarcely over 20,000 inhabitants is home to Finland’s largest open mine, which is also the only producer of phosphate ore in Western Europe. Adjacent to the mine are several industrial plants where Yara Suomi Oy produces mainly fertilizers and phosphoric acid, but also other industrial chemicals. Yara’s concentrator and plant complex covers 300 ha. In 2014, after gaining experience of CADMATIC at their Uusikaupunki site, Yara also selected CADMATIC for their Siilinjärvi site to boost their ability to control the maintenance and con-tinuing upkeep of the massive site.

According to Yara Project Manager, Pasi Maaranen, CADMATIC allows to control their plant information and 3D engineering with one system.

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Prior to acquiring CADMATIC, Yara re-lied heavily on their engineering part-ners to maintain information gen-erated during design projects. This changed when the company started looking at options for taking more control of their plant information.

“Whenever we had any work done on the plant, the completed materials were sent to us by engi-neering offices in the form of ready drawings. We felt that if would be beneficial to have control over the plant design information contained, for example, in the 3D model and documents. This would allow us to coordinate and manage investment

projects/maintenance design better. Having up-to-date plant information at our disposal would also ease start-ing cooperation with new contrac-tors if needed. That’s why we chose CADMATIC, it gives us control over the plant information and 3D engi-neering with one system,” Yara Proj-ect Manager Pasi Maaranen explains.

First experiences at Uusikaupunki plant

Before implementing CADMATIC at the Siilinjärvi site, Yara gained expe-rience of CADMATIC at its plant in

Uusikaupunki, on the west coast of Finland, where it has two nitric acid plants and two fertilizer plants. Sev-eral of the plant’s subcontractors had used the software for design work, so it was decided to set up a CADMATIC 3D environment to allow Yara to take control of the design models and dis-tribute the design work to their de-sign partners.

The Uusikaupunki plant also made use of the CADMATIC Laser Scan modeller to import laser-scanned materials to be used as reference ma-terials. The models of two factories that were created in Intergraph PDS® were converted to CADMATIC models

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via the 3D Exchanger for PDS® and incorporated in the CADMATIC plant environment as smart models, with all the original geometries and attri-butes of the PDS® models.

Implementation at Siilinjärvi

In 2014 Yara’s Siilinjärvi plant decid-ed to also invest in CADMATIC. As the Siilinjärvi and Uusikaupunki sites produce the same kinds of products to a large extent, it made sense to set up a common project library with shared specifications for the sites.

In practice, this means that both sites share a common library data-base for components and standards. When a new component is added by one of the sites, the same compo-nent is also available at the other and vice-versa. For design projects, repli-cas of the site models are maintained for use by the main engineering sub-contractors. The distributed design functionality allows flexible use and access to subcontractors regard-

less of their location. As any chang-es made in the replicas are updated in the master models, Yara’s master models are always up to date.

CADMATIC’s 3D eXchanger was also used at the Siilinjärvi site to convert several PDS® models into CADMATIC models. The entire Siil-injärvi plant area was laser scanned with a helicopter, after which the point cloud was used to create a 3D model, which was incorporated into the CADMATIC environment.

“We now have a good system that makes it easy to distribute and share projects and work with our engineer-ing suppliers like Sweco and Pöyry. Everybody benefits from this due to the improved project and informa-tion management. When a supplier makes changes in their replica mod-els, the changes are updated in our master model automatically.

The master model is growing and getting closer to reality all the time, which makes planning and en-gineering of each new project easier and more accurate for all parties in-volved.”

Yara in a nutshellYara Suomi Oy is part of Yara International, the world’s largest supplier of mineral fertilizers.

Yara International• Turnover USD 13.9 billion• 13,000 employees• 28 production facilities and

4 mining operations in 16 countries

Siilinjärvi site• Mine is only phosphate ore

producer in Western Europe• Produces apatite, biotite and

calcite• 1 phosphoric acid plant• 1 nitric acid plant• 2 sulphuric acid plants with

power plant• 1 NPK-fertilizer plant

www.yara.com / www.yara.fi

A CADMATIC 3D model of the acid tank area at the Yara Siilinjärvi site.

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STC PowerA leading EPC power plant supplier

and CADMATIC user

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ounded in 1981, STC Pow-er is a leading EPC suppli-er of waste heat recovery

and energy production from con-ventional and renewable sources. STC Power is specialized in com-bined heat and power plants based on gas turbine generators and reciprocating engines as well as liquid and solid biomass fueled power plants. It has extensive ex-perience in combined cycle pow-er plants.

The company is located in Forlì, Italy, where eight years ago, it started work-ing with CADMATIC software for the first time. Since then it has success-fully completed a wide range of de-manding EPC power plant deliveries based on designs created with CAD-MATIC plant design software.

Paolo Fantini, Technical Manager at STC Power, is enthusiastic about CADMATIC software. The software was purchased in 2009 for 3D model-ling and process and instrumentation (P&I) diagrams to design mechanical

parts such as piping, supports and so forth.

Reducing construction phase errors

“The main reason we started us-ing CADMATIC software was to re-duce errors during the construction phase by designing with a common database. Using CADMATIC has had a positive effect on our working meth-ods,” says Paolo.

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EPC companies require the engi-neering, procurement and construc-tion process to work as seamlessly as possible. They also need to keep an eye on costs, especially during the erection phase of plants. An area that can be the source of additional costs is modifications that are required at this very late stage of projects. There-fore, investment in professional plant design software is a key issue for suc-cess. According to Paolo, CADMATIC has assisted STC Power in minimizing the need for modifications.

Improved communication with eBrowser

The CADMATIC eBrowser project re-view tool is also highly appreciated by STC Power office staff and site

workers alike. “By using eBrowser we improve communication between the office and the site, not only dur-ing the construction phase, but also during the commissioning and start-up”.

STC Power is currently in the com-missioning phase of a 15 MWe Enel Green Power Biomass power plant in Italy as well as a 150 MWe IPP GT combined cycle power plant in Israel. Both these power plants are being designed with CADMATIC.

Future plans

STC Power has shown interest in tri-aling the CADMATIC Cable Router. The Cable Router has a fully auto-mated routing functionality that se-lects the optimized routes for ca-

bles, calculates their cut lengths and checks cable way fill rates and possi-ble collisions in cable jumps between cable ways.

“We want to test the cable router functionality in the future, but our main objective is to share the model and work with more vendors and cus-tomers,” Paolo concludes.

www.stcspa.it

Selected STC Power reference projects. STC Power implemented CADMATIC sofware in 2009. Since then it has completed a wide range of complex and demanding EPC power plant deliveries.

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STC Power offers comprehensive EPC services for power plants• Feasibility studies• Process flow analysis and

engineering for bidding• Technical support for

authorizations

• Basic & detailed engineering for construction

• Construction– Project management– Procurement– Vendors follow up

– Site management– Executive construction

management and commissioning

– QEHS management during all activities

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ulfilling the requirements of demanding customers is only possible when maxi-

mum operating efficiency is achieved and maintained in engi-neering and design.” This is the recipe for success provided by Štěpán Šmida, Machine Design Department Manager at H&D En-gineering (H&D) in the Czech Re-public.

As with any recipe, good tools are required to implement well-crafted plans. For this purpose, H&D imple-mented CADMATIC in 2011. Štěpán highlights CADMATIC’s interoperabil-ity and design precision as key value-adding features.

H&D’s reference list of demand-ing plant design projects in the pow-er sector is indeed impressive: it in-cludes, among others, the recent recirculation of flue gas at the Otro-

kovice heating plant in the South Eastern region of Moravia.

“It is crucial for us to operate at maximum operating efficiency and with the help of CADMATIC Plant De-sign we can do this. One concrete ex-ample is how it eases communication with our clients. Most of the time we need to be in constant communica-tion with our clients throughout our projects and prepare a lot of ‘prelim-inary’ documentation based on ac-

Achieving maximum operating efficiency

H&D Engineering showing the way

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tual 3D models. The 3D model can be shared easily and quickly with the eBrowser viewer. It also allows us to bring the model to the construction site to communicate efficiently with assembly staff or suppliers,” explains Štěpán.

Interoperability features appreciated

CADMATIC’s interoperability with other software vendors’ products and technologies is another factor highlighted by Štěpán. According to him H&D’s heating plant project in Otrokovice, Czech Republic is a good example of how this feature boosts efficiency.

The Otrokovice heating plant proj-ect in 2015 involved the moderniza-tion of two boiler units (K3 and K4) in an existing hall. The entire boil-

er had to be laser scanned, after which the 3D model was uploaded to CADMATIC to be used as the base for detailed design, space reservation and clash checking.

The recirculation of flue gas at the plant focused on emission reduction and improvement of the coal mill system security. The feasibility of the heating plant was studied and math-ematical models were developed to compare the heating plant’s various operations. The modification of the existing brown coal burning boilers was also studied for multi-fuel boil-ers in order to add coal and biomass to the base fuel.

“This was a very specific project as we wanted to see how CADMATIC would interface with models from other software packages and how the data management would work. Sometimes we do not have time to design complete pieces of equipment

like turbines. In such cases we use la-ser scanning to produce a large 3D model of the existing boiler. On the Otrokovice project, this model was created in AutoCAD® and imported into CADMATIC without any problems regarding data integrity. Our steel engineers then designed the recir-culation pipes’ support steel struc-tures, which was also imported into CADMATIC via AutoCAD®, again with-out any issues,” Štěpán describes the smooth software interfacing.

The next step in the successful Otrokovice project is already under-way. In September 2016 H&D start-ed the design of new gas boiler in another existing hall near units K3 and K4. By the end of 2016 the fea-sibility study of the project had been completed with documentation for authorities, basic design and most likely detail design set to follow in 2017.

← Štěpán Šmida, Machine Design De-partment Manager at H&D Engineering in Prague, Czech Republic.

→  A recent project by H&D Engineer-ing was the recirculation of flue gas at the Otrokovice heating plant in Mora-via. The entire boiler had to be laser scanned, after which it was uploaded to CADMATIC for further modelling.

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Dynamic workflow between CADMATIC and Tekla® Structures

The Planá nad Lužnicí heating plant project, completed in 2013–2014 il-lustrates how H&D has smoothly interfaced CADMATIC with Tekla® Structures.

The power plant project was part-ly a greenfield project and partly a modernization/retrofit of an existing power block. It involved the installa-tion of Rolls Royce cogeneration units with gas engines of 4 x 9175 kW elec-trical output and HRSG of 4 x 2850 kWth steam and 4 x 4780 kWth hot water. H&D was responsible for the design of the gas pipelines, renova-tion of the heat distribution system, renovation of existing steam pipe-lines and reducing and cooling sta-tions, external pipeline systems for boilers, and coal handling. H&D was also responsible for all the civil engi-neering for the project. In total, the project included more than 185 tons of pipes and more than 200 tons of steel structures.

Tekla® software was used for most of the steel structure design and CADMATIC was used for plant and piping design. Fluent information sharing was ensured by combining the Tekla® structural steel model with the CADMATIC plant design model.

“Our steel structures design de-partment did all the civil engineering for the project in Tekla®. There were some space limitations in the exist-ing machine hall for new pipelines. After doing 3D modelling of the main pipelines in CADMATIC, we conduct-ed pipe stress calculations and shared the results with our steel designers, after which they completed the de-sign of the steel structures according-ly. The interface between CADMATIC and Tekla models meant that all our design departments could identify and solve clashes both in CADMATIC and Tekla.”

Precision in design

Design precision is something that sets H&D apart from the rest. H&D

regularly achieves very low percent-ages of non-conformance reports (NCR) on its projects compared to other companies. How do they do that?

“CADMATIC allows quick, easy and above all precise design. It helps us to reduce the time required for creating final documentation to a minimum. We can easily make layout changes and the management of KKS coding implementation in the documenta-tion and model is straightforward. If the pipe specification feature is used correctly, it cuts out errors complete-ly. Also we have no difficulties with using slopes on big pipes and large distances,” Štěpán concludes.

www.hde.cz

The Planá nad Lužnicí heating plant project involved the installation of Rolls Royce cogeneration units. H&D was also repsonsible for the civil engineer-ing of the plant. In total it included 185 tons of pipes and more than 200 tons of steel structures.

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ADMATIC is proud to an-nounce full support for the Industry Foundation Class-

es (IFC) data format, the so-called IFC standard (see info box on overleaf for more). This means that CADMATIC models are in-teroperable with IFC standard compatible software product models, such as Tekla Structures. In practice, model import and ex-port is handled with a simple one-button command, after which no further changes are required.

From a development perspective, a clear advantage of standard-based integration is that it reduces the need for special integrations be-tween software platforms. This saves costs and countless hours of devel-opment, testing and discussions with users about the specifics of their use or different software platforms.

Boosts project work in multi-CAD engineering environments

Software specifically designed to handle piping design, such as CADMATIC, can seamlessly be inter-faced, for example, with software

that handles structural design, such as Tekla. In essence, it allows engi-neering contractors to use the soft-ware platform of their choice, pro-vided they support the IFC standard. As no information gaps exist, all par-ties have accurate and up to date in-formation about the project status, which eases engineering and project coordination tasks significantly.

Standard-based integration signifi-cantly eases project work in multi-CAD environments. Traditionally, this can be the source of much confusion or misunderstanding. With standard-based integration designers and proj-ect managers can rest assured that “what goes in comes out the same way”.

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4 Converting CADMATIC objects to real Tekla objects.

5 The CADMATIC model has been converted to a Tekla struc-tural model.

1 Exporting the CADMATIC model to IFC format for import into Tekla.

2 Turning on the CADMATIC 2D plant layout in Tekla.

3 Turning on the CADMATIC 3D model in Tekla.

What is IFC?The IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) is an open, platform-neutral data format commonly used in Build-ing Information Modelling (BIM) based projects. The IFC data model facilitates interoperability in the Architec-ture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry by allowing information to be received and sent between different platforms without making additional changes.  Because of its focus on ease of interoperability between software platforms, several governments and governmental organizations require use of IFC BIM in all projects. The IFC file format was developed by Build-ingSMART, formerly known as the International Alliance for Interoperability. The IFC import license is automatically included in all CADMATIC seats, in version 2016Q2 and higher.

www.buildingsmart-tech.org/specifications/ifc-overview

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Combined 3D model with real intelligence

After integrating data from different software platforms via the IFC stan-dard, the combined intelligent 3D model contains all the information from the respective native software applications. Imported materials are recognized not as 3D shapes as in traditional space holders, but as real objects with all their related informa-tion, such as the materials and stan-dards used, mass density attributes and so forth.

The imported materials can be modified and exported for reuse with all the related information intact. As such, work can be started with a pre-

liminary model in one software plat-form, after which it is enhanced with more detailed design in another. Fol-low the QR Code link to a video for an example of such a workflow: inter-face between CADMATIC and Tekla.

“Openness and interoperability are two of the founding principles of CADMATIC software and as such sup-port for the IFC standard was a natu-ral progression for us. The seamless interoperability with other IFC stan-dard compatible software vendors brings efficiency gains for designers and project management and eases data exchanges between parties in-volved in the design and production process,” says CADMATIC CEO Jukka Rantala.

https://youtu.be/WMe8B3ddYLo

6 Export from Tekla as IFC and import into CADMATIC. The relevant connections are all complete. A final check can be done in CADMATIC to make sure the de-tailed structural model does not clash with the CADMATIC plant design model.

 Follow the link to watch a youtube video about CADMATIC-Tekla integration via the IFC standard.

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lue Projects has been an active CADMATIC user since 2014, when the com-

pany decided to implement a modern, efficient and user-friend-ly plant design tool in order to cre-ate complete and accurate 3D plant models and provide coher-ent information for construction. The Romania-based enterprise is a unique engineering, project management and construction consulting firm founded in 2007.

Blue Projects’ core services include responsive, cost-effective and quality construction management and proj-ect management services for com-plex brownfield and greenfield proj-ects. It has carried out large scale projects for a number of the world’s leading blue chip companies across all industry sectors. This includes key players in the food, beverage, brew-ing, consumer goods, as well as pet-rochemical and real estate sectors.

With several of their valued cli-ents, Blue Projects has developed

detailed engineering work flows and systems that effortlessly integrate with their clients’ internal project management and capex gate sys-tems, thus avoiding any potential du-plicated work.

“Our design team uses an inte-grated management and engineer-ing approach to ensure that proj-ects contribute to our clients’ overall performance. The approach focuses on 3D engineering and is support-ed by CADMATIC’s powerful data-base-structured design. We create a

Seamlessly integrating engineering disciplines

Case: Blue Projects

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complete design of the technological line before launching the system into manufacturing, thereby eliminating layout related issues, piping clashes and civil interface risks,” says Mr. Ioan Iuga, Lead Design Engineer at Blue Projects.

Blue Projects has re-platformed its entire software system in order to ensure that entire projects can be designed and integrated into one complete 3D model, demonstrat-ing detailed interfaces and poten-tial conflicts early on in the design phase. This then clearly transforms into a detailed 3D execution plan by discipline, ensuring the highest pos-sible level of control and safety dur-ing execution.

A key aspect in Blue Projects’ project success is the seamless in-tegration of each engineering disci-pline. This avoids potential clashes during the design phases and results in a smooth and detailed execution strategy during delivery, thus avoid-ing equipment and construction team clashes, as well as elevated health and safety risks during con-struction.

Mr. luga indicates that CADMATIC software has aided Blue Projects to improve 3D layouts, piping design, structural design, HVAC and ducting, and electrical cable tray design.

“Other useful features include the possibility to use point clouds direct-ly from laser scanners along with the automated extraction of drawings, construction data, work break down, as well as customizable MTOs and BOMs in various formats.”

Focussing on important tasks

“CADMATIC has helped us to focus on important tasks, creating equip-ment layouts, routing pipes and ducts, locating structural units, allo-cating service spaces and completing projects with laying electric cables. These powerful tools have assisted us in delivering quality that has re-sulted in recommendations and new clients in the company’s portfolio in a short period of time,” Mr. Iuga con-tinues.

Strong demand for EPCM and 3D design services

Kellogg’s Europe is one of many com-panies that have placed their trust in Blue Projects to deliver EPCM and 3D design services.

Recently they implemented a 3D design and EPCM project for a Kel-logg’s crisps factory in Poland. On the project the Blue Projects team inte-grated all the necessary disciplines, from technical detailed design to

packaging, construction management and project management.

Another large company, across the Atlantic Ocean, has requested Blue Projects’ utilities and integra-tion services for a brewery facility in Canada. Molson Coors is a North American brewing company, formed in 2005 through a merger between Molson of Canada and Coors of the United States.

To guarantee the project’s suc-cess, Blue Projects has mobilized a very well-coordinated team with in-dustrial experience, operating from the first stages of the project.

“They have been particularly im-pressed with CADMATIC’s ability to ensure clash-free design work. The intelligent integration between P&IDs and the 3D model makes design effi-cient and error free and provides to-pology and connectivity checks”.

Ioan Iuga, Lead Design Engineer at Blue Projects, indicates that they have replatformed their entire soft-ware system to seamlessly integrate all engineering disciplines.

www.blueprojects.com

The Blue Projects team has extensive experience in implementing complex brownfield and greenfield projects.

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The lastest releases of CADMATIC Plant Design Software include many new features and improve-ments for Diagram, Plant and In-formation Management. These include the new 3D visualization core in Plant Modeller, enhanced presentation of revisions manage-ment for all documents, direct Ex-cel output for listings, filtered rep-lication for projects, IFC link and pull markers in Cable Router, color coding for Diagrams to ensure consistency, topological node-to-node routing assistance in 3D, new types of bends in cable specs, as well as big improvements in both eShare and eGo.

New 3D visualization core in Plant Modeller

As the first step in taking the user ex-perience to the highest level, a new visualization core was implemented in Plant Modeller. The first presenta-tion of the new visualization core was done during the 2016 Users’ Meeting in Prague and received a warm wel-come from all users.

Here are some of the features of the new visualization core:• Significantly faster performance,

especially with big 3D models• Better visualization for both de-

sign and presentation purposes• Clearer object visualization to

make work with the 3D model easier: see edges, shades, and surface patterns

• Better looking visualization to present the design to the cus-tomer, several backgrounds are

included (grass field and desert, and several other scenes)

• Enhancements for the user inter-face: improved pick object func-tionality, showing properties of objects under the cursor

Using modern technologies, CADMATIC can now fully benefit from hardware graphic processors and make everyday design work more visual. A realistic presentation of 3D objects, accurate presentation of edges, shades and clip caps sur-faces enables easier design work. For presentation purposes, it is pos-sible to take one of the predefined background images, which include 3D lighting style, and make a visual-ly attractive image of the project on the fly, without the need for complex rendering in third party software.

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CADMATIC’S new visu-alization core produces eye-catching models with clear edges, shades and surface patterns without need for rendering third party software.

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Diagram enhancements

Reference drawings processing has been optimized and the diagrams are up to seven times smaller in size. The performance in publishing Dia-gram data to 3D has been enhanced. For large documents it is up to 50 % faster.

Revision control in all documents

Already in 2015Q4 tracking of revi-sions was implemented for all doc-uments. Now this functionality is complemented with publications control for duct spool drawings. The

user can select to publish all or only selected duct spool drawings. There are warnings if a publication of the current document revision already exists.

Revisions in diagrams

The Diagram application includes au-tomated tracking revisions and the generation of revision tables. When a drawing is published a new revision is proposed. This feature reminds the designer to fill in the revision data. The placement and the look of the revision table can be customized ac-cording to the customer’s needs.

Color coding – new tool to check consistency of diagrams

In complex diagrams, it is not al-ways easy to remember what pipe-line, nominal size or specification was assigned to it. Users now have the possibility to change the color scheme to see each difference as a different color. This color scheme helps users to prevent errors and ensure consistency. Using the func-tionality improves the quality of the diagram and helps to keep integra-tion data coherent.

Color coding – new tool to check the consistency of diagrams.

 Revision control in drawings.

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New point to point mapping between 3D and Diagram nodes

More accurate assistance for 3D de-signers is now available for node lev-els. If node names match or nodes are mapped, the correct pipeline is automatically selected when rout-ing is started. If the pipeline heads towards a valve or equipment node that has a matching name or is mapped, the routing assistance bar will indicate the way to the correct node.

Name-based routing gives the administrator an excellent toolset to use naming rules, for example, for pumps to ensure that the correct pipelines are connected for suction and discharge.

The mapping feature provides better tools for the P&I Diagram user to ensure that each pipeline is cor-rectly connected in the 3D model if the equipment is more complicated and the simple naming rule of nodes cannot be applied.

In Plant Modeller named-based routing significantly reduces need to select pipelines and their target con-nections and greatly improves the quality of piping design.

Direct Excel output via standard document generation

Excel templates for documents can be created and edited in project and library settings. Excel ICGD can out-put listings in multiple sheets and support all Excel formats that can be opened by an installed Excel applica-tion and have an *.xl* extension.

Pull markers to indicate where to start pulling cables

When cable bundles need to be pulled, it is often necessary that the pulling of the cable bundle can be started at a location in the plant to which it is easy to haul the cable bundles and pull the bundle into two directions towards the “head” and “tail” equipment.

Cable Router lets the electric de-signer mark the accurate location with a “pull marker” to indicate where the pulling will start. The designer can ex-port the lists from Cable Router.

The listings contain information per cable about the pull marker ID, the lengths from the pull marker to the head and tail equipment. Or-

dered lists of route nodes from the pull marker location to the head equipment and the tail equipment can also be listed. With this informa-tion workers can precut the cables, assemble them in bundles and pull the bundles in the plant.

The following information can be listed in reports per cable when a pull marker has been used:• The length from the pull marker

to the head equipment• The length from the pull marker

to the tail equipment• The route from the pull marker to

the head equipment, i.e. a list of node IDs

• The route from the pull marker to the tail equipment, i.e. a list of node IDs

• The node ID of the pull marker

Cable tray segregation rules

In the Cable Router it is now possi-ble to group cables according to seg-regation rules. These rules take into account, besides the free rectangu-lar space, the packing method, e.g. the maximum number of cable lay-ers and the shape of the segregation group cross section.

Example of an automatic MTO list in Excel.

New point to point mapping between 3D and Diagram nodes.

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Filtered replication: If a company pre-fers a subcontractor to only have access to their parts of the project, it is now possible. Subconstructor A works in the replica A area and subconstructor B in the replica B area.

Subcontractor A’s access is restricted to area A.

Replicated model: area A

Area B

Area A

Only area B is replicated.

Replicated model: area B

Subcontractor B’s access is restricted to area B.

Protection of IP in design projects implemented via filtered replication

In versions up to 2016Q2, replica-tion was based on a complete proj-ect model, which often caused the need for additional non-disclosure agreements to be made with sub-contractors or project partners to

protect intellectual property and know-how.

Starting from version 2016T3, CADMATIC supports filtered replica-tion to protect intellectual property in design projects. If a company pre-fers a subcontractor to only have ac-cess to their parts of the project, it is now possible. Project replication set-up can include a filter for 3D objects

via a 3D box -based selection. The re-mote design team only receives the part of the 3D model they need for their tasks.

With filtered replication the sub-contractor has access only to desig-nated areas of the project, and can-not, for example, publish an eBrowser model of the whole project.

Complete design model

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• Full compatibility with CADMATIC design applica-tions

• Configurable Excel adaptor

• CMIS adaptor for document management systems (Share-point, Alfresco, LogicalDoc and others)

• API to allow making more complex Integrations

New integration possibilities in eShare

Excel adaptorExcel files are a very popular and easy way to store and exchange all kinds of information within projects. Often, purchasing or production de-partments use such files extensively. Using the out-of-the-box Excel adap-tor, the user can merge data stored in these files with other project-re-lated data in eShare. With a simple setup an Excel file can be linked to project and data displayed for a 3D object or used for visual styles, hier-archies or in color coding.

CMIS Adaptor (Content Manage-ment Interoperability Services)CMIS is a standard for content man-agement systems. Supporting it in eShare means that any system based on CMIS can be integrated with eS-hare without the need for extra cus-tomizations or setup work. eShare uses CMIS to read folder structures and pdf documents and links them with 3D model items. The supported systems are LogicalDoc, Alfresco, and SharePoint.

Indexing for external document adaptorseShare now supports two-way linking between the 3D model and external documents by allowing administra-tors to enable indexing for external data sources. When indexing is en-abled, eShare opens all external doc-uments (of the indexed document data source) in the background and searches it for items (links). This in-formation is recorded in the eShare database. eShare can thus show links from the 3D model to items in exter-nal documents. After all documents have been indexed, eShare refreshes the index every 2 hours.

Pattern-based linking from 3D mod-el to documents based on docu-ment nameseShare now allows two-way linking between the 3D model and docu-ments coming from the file system document adaptor based on the doc-ument names. This means that eShare can create a link to a document even if no indexing is used, providing the document name can be constructed using the model object (or group) at-tributes. This is especially suitable for creating links to documents with well-

formatted names, such as isometric drawings or spool drawings.

eShare status tracking

eShare can be used to track the sta-tuses of model items. Any object or group type that has a position ID or unique key (group) can be used in status tracking. The administrator can define status tracking and pos-sible statuses for the object type and users can change the statuses of in-dividual objects and groups. The his-tory of statuses is kept for auditing. The statuses can be seen as object attributes, exported for external use via Excel, shown as a hierarchy in the model tree, or visualized with colors in the 3D view.

Smart points with hyperlink adaptors and export to Excel in eShare

It is possible now to use hyperlink adaptors in smart points to link any in-formation to the point. A complete list of smart points with all the data and attributes can be exported to Excel.

Data stored in Excel SQL based

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applications

CMIS adaptor of

DMS

New eShare features

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Status Tracking in eShare: visualiza-tion, settings and history of changes in object details.

Smart points with hyperlink adapters and export to Excel in eShare.

eShare: Excel adaptor.

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Automatic labeling in drawings

Despite the high level of digitaliza-tion in industrial design, companies still need to produce sets of proj-ect documentation and drawings. The improved robustness of creat-ing complete drawings was an im-portant part of the 2016T3 release. We offer users a new way to gener-ate automatic labeling in 2D docu-mentation.

A sophisticated mechanism finds a possible location for each label and optimizes label positions so that la-bels and their reference lines overlap or intersect as little as possible with graphics from 3D and other 2D anno-tations. This way the user is one step ahead in finalizing the views. Gener-

ating labeling by easy selection of la-bels and the desired style of annota-tion uses remarkably less time in the drawing phase and improves the end result in many cases as it contains fewer missing labels.

Further additions include the pos-sibility to see the whole page while annotating only one view. This is es-pecially useful when the space for labels and other texts is limited and overlaps with other views.

eBrowser with new visualization

The 2017T1 release includes an offi-cial version of eBrowser (64-bit and 32-bit). In addition customers have the opportunity to try the new 3D

visualization in 64-bit eBrowser. This version contains the new visualiza-tion core, a big step forward in how eBrowser models look, and takes the rendering performance to a whole new level.

Clash checks in eBrowser

eBrowser now allows loading a col-lision report, exported from Plant Modeller. The user can easily check for clashes. This way even parties with no access to the design appli-cations can participate in checking for clashes. You can easily browse through the clashes by status, exam-ine the clashes, and use all other fea-tures offered by the model tree. It is possible to add markups to clash lo-cations and share ideas on how to handle them.

Measuring distances between points in point clouds in eBrowser

Revamp projects, as well as the com-parison of 3D models and as-build situations with the help of point clouds is now even more efficient with the possibility to measure dis-tances between points in the clouds.

Labels are placed automatically in layout drawings.

Measuring distances between points in point clouds in eBrowser.

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Loading collision reports from Plant Modeller.

The 2017T1 release included an official version of eBrowser.

The 2017T1 public beta with new visu-alization core in eBrowser.

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Find markups faster

Users who use large amounts of markups are now able to find the markup they are looking for faster than ever by using the filtering fea-ture included in the markup list. The filtered markup list only shows mark-ups that contain the search string in one of these fields: Title, Creator, Comment author, Comments.

Fly through the model using virtual joysticks in eGo

The first versions of eGo provided a touch interface for moving inside the model that uses widely known touch gestures: pinch for zooming, two fingers for panning and so on. This method has proven to be handy, for example, when examining large open facilities where you can quick-ly zoom in on a unit, but it does not allow true flying inside the model,

which for many users is a more natu-ral way of moving inside a plant and is the experience that is familiar from the eBrowser desktop review tool.

The standard touch interface for flying typically available in 3D games and drone controller applications is based on on-screen virtual joysticks that provide separate controls for moving, turning and zooming. We have now fulfilled the request of many users with virtual joysticks in eGo. They can be used in conjunc-tion with the existing gesture inter-face, which gives users the flexibility to choose the method they prefer for each situation.

Store local scenes in eGo

While browsing the model the user can save a view point and return to it later. Predefined scenes come with the model file. Local saved view points can be made on the fly.

Read QR codes to find anything in the 3D model

Reading QR codes from a tablet cam-era or external device allows any ob-jects in the model to be found quick-ly. Using this technology it is possible to trace the installation of pipes and check the status on site.

Load and sync models from eShare

The user can connect eGo to eShare to use eGo as an offline companion for eShare. After eGo is connected to eShare, the user can easily download and update models from eShare proj-ects to eGo for offline use.

Virtual joysticks are now available in eGo and can be used in conjunction with the gesture interface.

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ADMATIC Oy and Construsoft have entered into a resale and support agreement for

CADMATIC Plant Design Software in Austria, Poland, Spain, Chile, Peru and Colombia. Construsoft has ac-quired the resale rights for CADMATIC software in these countries. In addi-tion, it will provide software support services to users in these regions, including technical training and as-sistance, translations and localization services.

Construsoft is a leading supplier and developer of BIM (Building Infor-mation Modeling) software and re-lated services. In more than 30 coun-tries in Europe and South America it is the local Tekla partner and now adds CADMATIC software to its prod-

uct portfolio to offer a more compre-hensive and competitive package to its customers.

“CADMATIC software is a lead-ing Plant Design solution and com-plements our product portfolio well. We have already started putting sys-tems in place and preparing for the implementation of the agreement. Our focus is to communicate the key advantages CADMATIC software has for potential customers in the plant sector and to continue with Constru-soft’s strong tradition of providing excellent support,” says Construsoft Managing Director Jan Fennema.

“We are very happy to enter into this agreement with Construsoft as they have a proven track record of supporting software vendors such as

our cooperation partner Tekla. They have a strong understanding of the local industrial and engineering mar-kets and more than 15 years’ expe-rience in the field. For our custom-ers is it also convenient to deal with a local partner that supplies all their software needs. We look forward to working with Construsoft in develop-ing sales and support for our custom-ers in the selected countries,” says Sami Koponen, CADMATIC Director - Plant segment.

Both CADMATIC and Construsoft have a strong focus on good sales and technical support. The shared ap-proaches and service cultures have made the cooperation between the companies a natural progression.

CADMATIC and Construsoft enter into resale and support cooperation agreement

Top row from left to right: Vesa-Matti Vaara from CADMATIC and the Construsoft team: Héctor Figueras, Jan Fennema (Managing Director), Albert Jimenez, Jose Cosculluela (Direc-tor, Spain & South America), Santi Vila, Raúl Cruz, Manel Sánchez and Carlos Llacer. Lower row from left to right: María Dolors Pavon, Alexandra Rofes, Luisa Villaverde and Esther Duran.

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CADMATIC Sales and Support Centers

sales@cadmatic.comwww.cadmatic.com

CADMATIC Plant Design Software is an advanced solution for the 3D design of process-intensive plants. The software consists of modules for diagrams and P&IDs, 3D plant design, structural mod-elling, piping design, HVAC and ducting, and electrical design etc. It is a power-ful system to design, construct, start and operate a process plant through-out its life cycle. The CADMATIC 3D model and data are at the heart of all CADMATIC plant engineering.

CADMATIC Marine Design Software is a versatile solution for the 3D design of a wide range of ships, offshore machinery and constructions of varying sizes and complexities. The software consists of modules for hull and outfitting design, shell plate creation, plate nesting, and NC data for pipe cutting and bending, plate and profile cutting, and automat-ed welding. The 3D model functions as an information database throughout the investment’s lifecycle.

CADMATIC is an international developer and supplier of cutting-edge engineering software for the marine and plant industries. CADMATIC software is used globally by leading shipyards, design and engineering companies,

EPCs, and Owner/Operators. CADMATIC software has one of the world’s best price/performance ratios. Let us show you how CADMATIC can boost your performance and give you a competitive edge.

CADMATIC Information Management consists of 3D data sharing software tools that ensure efficient informa-tion flows between all project parties during the engineering phase and be-yond. CADMATIC eBrowser and eGo are highly advanced 3D project and model reviewing solutions. With CADMATIC eShare all project information is avail-able for all processes via a single 3D access point with a user friendly and web-based interface.

Software solutions that increase business efficiency

Plant Design Software

Marine Design Software

Information Management

Main offices in Finland and the NetherlandsOffices also in China, Hungary, India, Italy, Russia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates

Itäinen Rantakatu 72 20810 Turku, FinlandTel. +358 2 412 4500

We have certificated resellers and support partners in over 15 countries in Europe, Asia and America with 850 customer organizations in 55 countries.

For CADMATIC worldwide offices seewww.cadmatic.com/contacts

Austria

Construsoft AustriaMooslackengasse 17A-1190 Wien, AustriaTel. +43 1 23060-3725Fax +43 1 23060-3722 info-at@construsoft.com

Brazil

Projnet Engenharia LtdaRua Cotoxo; 32 Perdizes05021-000 São Paulo, BrazilMr. Luiz A. Barbante TavaresTel. +55 11 3871 1973luiz@projnet.com.br

Chile

Construsoft Latinoamerica SpAHernando de Aguirre N° 268 OF 501 (Metro Tobalaba)Providencia, SantiagoChileTel. +56 2 2307 0420info-la@construsoft.com

China

CADMATIC ChinaRoom 1219, No. 2025 West Zhongshan RoadShanghai 200235, P.R. ChinaMr. Mehryar DelalatTel. + 31 6 464 32 973Tel. +86 21 6991 0869mehryar.delalat@cadmatic.comMr. Chuande LuTel. +86 139 1766 6430chuande.lu@@cadmatic.com

Finland

CADMATIC OyItäinen Rantakatu 7220810 Turku, FinlandMr. Jim NyroosTel. +358 2 412 54500Mob. +358 50 3528 780jim.nyroos@cadmatic.com

Hungary

K-Ep StudioAngol u. 341149 Budapest, HungaryMr. László KuczogiMob. +36 30 942 7157laszlo.kuczogi@k-ep.hu

India

CADMATIC Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd403, 4th floor, ”Dev Corpora” BuildingCadbury Junction, Eastern Express HighwayThane West 400 601, Maharashtra, IndiaMr. Roshansingh NavlurTel. +91 22 2541 0715Mob. +91 9833 511 557roshansingh.navlur@cadmatic.com

Indonesia

PT. Terafulk Global BIZJalan Gayungsari Barat VII / 20Surabaya 60235, IndonesiaMr. SyahroniTel. +62 31 5459 519Mob. +62 818 0303 2700syahroni@terafulk.com

Italy

CADMATIC Italyvia Biagio Petrocelli 228, 00173, Roma, ItalyMr. Gianluca RicozziTel. +39 06 8339 4455Mob. +39 34 0682 7867gianluca.ricozzi@cadmatic.com

The Netherlands

CADMATIC NetherlandsOsloweg 110, 9723 BX GroningenThe NetherlandsMr. Theodoor de JongeTel. +31 50 57 53 980theodoor.de.jonge@cadmatic.com

Peru

Construsoft Peru SAC Avda. José Pardo N° 450, Of. 502, Distrito de MirafloresProvíncia de Lima, PerúTel. +511 446 6034

Poland

Construsoft Sp. z o.o.Ul. Wilczak 17, 61-623 PoznańMob. +48 508 050 308cadmatic@construsoft.pl

Portugal

Construsoft PortugalEstrada do Paço do Lumiar, Campus do Lumiar, Edifício D, R/C – Sala 10261649-038 Lisboa, PortugalMr. Vakis KokorelisDiretor GeralTel. +351 21 421 8574Mob. +351 96 708 4807vkokorelis@construsoft.pt

Russia

CADMATIC RussiaLigovsky Prospekt No. 123 Lit. A 19H197348 Saint-Petersburg, RussiaViktoria NavolokinaTel. +7 (812) 336 87 75Mob. +7 921 372 36 43viktoria.navolokina@cadmatic.comMrs. Jekaterina IonovaRussia & CIS Operations Director Plant & Marine IndustryTel. +31 50 5753 791Mob. +31 6 4320 5683jekaterina.ionova@cadmatic.com

Serbia

Elomatic d.o.o.Jurija Gagarina 28a/2411070 Belgrade, SerbiaMr. Ivan MaksićTel. +381 11 2280 645ivan.maksic@elomatic.com

Spain

Construsoft SpainC/Doctor Vila no.3, Planta Baja08740 Sant Andreu de la Barca Barcelona, SpainTel. +34 936 32 7350Fax +34 936 32 7351 info-es@construsoft.com

Turkey

ARTI Engineering Ltd.Sanayi Mah. Teknopark BulvariTeknopark Istanbul No:1/5A 207-20834906 Pendik/Istanbul, TurkeyMr. Serdar YarasTel. +90 216 446 73 90Mob. +90 532 337 88 13syaras@arti.tc

The United Arab Emirates

CADMATIC Middle East FZ LLCOffice 218, Bldg no. 14, Dubai Internet City (DIC)PO Box 33109, Dubai, UAEMr. Tommi HenrikssonTel. +971 4 430 8171Mob. +971 52 96 02 341tommi.henriksson@cadmatic.com