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2010 Golden Valve Awards Desktop Calendar Wallpaper available for downloading

The Q3 versions of the 2010 Golden Valve Awards Computer Desktop Calendar are available for downloading. Select your favorite winning image of the third quarter:

• WorleyParsonsGroup, Inc. — 3rd Place Visually Complex
• Selas Fluid Processing Corp. — 1st Place Rendering and Ray Traces
• ECM S.A. Projetos Industriais — 2nd Place Rendering and Ray Traces (pictured here)

Each image features a three-month calendar and can be set as your desktop background. Download the zip file to receive all three images. The calendars are available in two sizes: 800x600 and 1024x768.

Download them now.

The Golden Valve Awards competition recognizes the most innovative and well-executed uses of software supported by Intergraph Process, Power & Marine.

The Q4 images will be available for download in September.

The Shaw Group Inc. recommends Intergraph SmartPlant 3D

In this new video, see how The Shaw Group, a global EPC headquartered in the U.S., has used Intergraph’s SmartPlant 3D to gain productivity and worksharing benefits.

The Shaw Group is a leading global provider of engineering and construction. Andrew Guard, director of computer-aided engineering and information technology at The Shaw Group, shares his personal recommendation of the 3D design solution in the video.

Intergraph SmartPlant 3D is the industry’s most advanced and productive next-generation, rules-based, data-centric 3D design system for automated design in the process, power and marine industries. Customers using SmartPlant 3D typically realize 25- to 35-percent initial increases in productivity.

GetSmart! team blogging live at Intergraph 2010

Next week, August 30-September 2, the GetSmart! blog team is attending the Intergraph 2010 International Users' Conference in Las Vegas, NV, USA.  So, we will be blogging live from there.  Here are a few of the exciting events/sessions from the complete schedule:

• Intergraph Executive Keynote
• T. Boone Pickens Keynote
• Power Focus Group Luncheon with guest speaker Dr. Robert Peitier, Editor-in-Chief of Power Magazine
• TechExpo breaks
• Using SmartPlant 3D Automation to Design for Modular Construction: A Case Study by Bechtel Corporation
• Introduction to WorkFace Planning
• Reducing Costs and Risks of Turnarounds: An Integrated Approach
• Toyo Engineering’s Use of SmartPlant 3D with SmartPlant Enterprise Integration for EPC

You can stay up-to-date on all the conference happenings by signing up for the GetSmart! blog RSS feed here. 

See you in Vegas!

Intergraph 2010, still time to register online

Online registration for Intergraph 2010 ends August 20--register today!

With so many things planned this year, you won't want to miss Intergraph 2010.  From the TUF meetings to the keynotes to the sessions there is something of interest for everyone. 

Friday is the last day to register online for Intergraph 2010, to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, at the ARIA Resort at CityCenter™, August 30 – September 2.  There are only a few days left.  Online registration ends at 4:00 p.m. (U.S. CDT) on Friday August 20.  Register now to ensure a smooth process on-site, and save $200 off on-site registrations rates.

See you in Vegas!

Intergraph Smart 3D interfaces with GexCon’s FLACS explosion analysis software

Intergraph Smart 3D (SmartPlant and SmartMarine 3D) design software now interfaces with GexCon’s FLACS explosion analysis software to enable users to analyze the design of their onshore or offshore facilities more quickly and with greater accuracy as they analyze impacts of  explosions.

Intergraph Smart 3D rules-based design software helps users to build safety into plants early in the design process, enforcing regulation and engineering standards to increase safety, productivity and quality of operations. The rules-based engineering design capabilities ensure compliance with many of the world’s industry and safety standards organizations bodies. GexCon’s FLACS has been the leading tool for explosion consequence prediction on offshore oil and gas installations for more than a decade.

Tom Fiske, Ph.D., senior analyst with ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, comments:

“Plant safety is a growing industry concern. The interface between Intergraph’s rules-based 3D design solution and GexCon’s FLACS explosion analysis software can help designers increase productivity and enhance safety before plant construction begins.”

Read the full press release here. You'll also want to visit our new Safety Information Center and register for the special upcoming GetSmart! Safety Webinar Series.

Special GetSmart! Safety Webinar Series

Intergraph SmartPlant and SmartMarine Enterprise solutions can help to increase Safety in the Engineering Enterprise by enabling you to design, build, and operate safer, more reliable plants, offshore structures, and ships. Intergraph’s safety solutions bolster these prime areas of concern: process safety, personnel safety, facility safety, and environmental safety.

Learn how by participating in our special GetSmart! Safety Webinar Series:

• Rules-Based Design: The Watch Dog for Safety in the Engineering Enterprise, Aug. 25, 7 p.m. CDT, or Aug. 26, 8 a.m., CDT
• Better Risk Mitigation with Automated HAZOP, Sept. 22, 8 a.m. or 7 p.m. CDT
• Safety Instrument Systems (SIS) Design for Safer Plant Operations, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. CDT, or Oct. 13, 8 a.m. CDT

Other upcoming webinars:

• Interface Control - Managing the complex technical interfaces between project stakeholders to reduce risk and costs, Sept 14 — 9:30 a.m. BST (British Standard Time) or 12:00 p.m. BST

Go to our new Intergraph GetSmart! Webinar Series Web page for a complete schedule. Note: Unless otherwise specified CDT is GMT -06:00. When you click on one of the "Register" links, the resulting page has a tool available for you to select your time zone for that webinar.

Intergraph 2010 Korea and Japan events great success

The Intergraph 2010 Korea and Japan conferences were a great success with hundreds of delegates at each event.

At Intergraph 2010 Korea, the session on SmartPlant 3D, PDS and Visualization was immensely popular. The other sessions were also very well received with positive feedback from delegates. Intergraph 2010 Korea featured keynote speeches by Intergraph Process, Power and Marine management as well as customer keynote speeches by representatives from Hyundai Engineering and SK Engineering and Construction.

Intergraph 2010 Japan also featured keynote speeches by Intergraph management and customers by representatives from JGC, Chiyoda, and Toyo Engineering. The SmartPlant 3D session was also extremely popular. This reflects the impact that Intergraph SmartPlant 3D is making in the industry and our customers are interested to learn more about the solution.

The Intergraph 2010 Asia Pacific conferences are off to a great start. You can still register online for Intergraph 2010, our annual international users’ conference, which will be held at the ARIA Resort at CityCenter™ in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from August 30 to September 2. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to spark your imagination with creative solutions to your business challenges!

Relevant resources at your finger tips

The PP&M Resource Center provides you with a quick and easy way to find the information you are looking for.

The resource center is organized with you in mind. Whether you want to find the recorded webinar done on June 24, 2010 or you are looking for an issue of Insight magazine, the resource center can help you find it.  And if you aren't exactly sure what you are looking for, just use the handy search tool.

Be sure to check out the resource center today!

Two more days to save $300 for Intergraph 2010

The GetSmart! team will be blogging live from Intergraph 2010. Will we see you there? If you haven’t registered yet for one of the premier process, power, and marine industry conferences, now’s the time. There are 48 hours left to save $300 off the normal registration rate of US$1,399.

The conference begins August 30 and ends September 2, 2010, and will be at the ARIA in Las Vegas, Nevada. For Intergraph Process, Power & Marine attendees, preconference activities begin on August 29, with the annual Technical User Forum (TUF) meetings. Low-cost, hands-on training sessions follow on August 30. Customer-led sessions and technically focused workshops begin on August 31.

Among the more than 80 sessions for process, power, offshore, and shipbuilding attendees is a special keynote address, “Innovation 2010: A Commitment to New and Expanded Solutions.”

As the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software, Intergraph continues its 40-year tradition of technical innovation by consistently developing new productivity-increasing solutions and expanding its solution portfolio through selective acquisitions.

In this keynote session delivered by Charles Evans, Intergraph chief technology officer and executive vice president, and Patrick Holcomb, Intergraph executive vice president, learn more about Intergraph’s relevant technology advances of the past year, including enhancements to major product offerings such as SmartPlant 3D and SmartMarine 3D. The session also will highlight some of Intergraph’s newest solutions developed specifically for the process, power, and marine industries, as well as direction of the recently acquired CADWorx, CAESAR II, and SIGRAPH.CAE solutions.

Visit the Intergraph 2010 Web site to learn more, or register today. Remember, the current pre-registration rate of US$1,099 expires this Friday at 4 p.m. CST.

Popular hands-on training session to be repeated at Intergraph 2010

Due to an overwhelming response, a second “SmartPlant Integration Mapping – SmartPlant P&ID to SmartPlant Instrumentation” hands-on training session has been added to the Intergraph 2010 agenda in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Attendees of this session will learn about the process of mapping an engineering authoring tool schema to the SmartPlant schema. They will gain hands-on experience with the Schema Editor interface, as well as the opportunity to check out and map the SmartPlant Schema (CMF) file.

This class and 10 other Smart Learning Hands-On Training Sessions, are available for attendees of this key industry event. The conference begins August 30 with these training classes, and ends September 2.

The other sessions include:

• Reference 3D for Joint Venture Projects
• Automated Rules-based Tasks (in Smart 3D)
• Demystifying CAESAR II
• Introduction to Workface Planning
• Introduction to SmartPlant Construction
• External Functions in SmartPlant Instrumentation
• Translation Enhancements in SmartSketch Drawing Editor
• Common I&E Cable Management
• SmartPlant P&ID Automation
• Advance Wiring and Telecom in SmartPlant Instrumentation

Click here to learn more about these sessions. Then register for Intergraph 2010 by July 23 and save $300 over the regular registration rate. Then use that $300 to maximize your time in Las Vegas by taking a Smart Learning session. Please hurry. Space is limited, and several classes are almost full.