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Realizing benefits in all phases of engineering, from front-end preliminary P&IDs to back-end drawing production, helps EPCs and owner operators gain a competitive edge throughout the plant lifecycle by speeding productivity and minimizing operating costs. By offering a sophisticated degree of automation for detail work, the latest release of SmartSketch® 11 continues to provide users with cost effective and innovative tools for 2D precision engineering and drafting, combining world-class business diagramming with award-winning drawing technology. Using SmartSketch’s powerful features such as parametrics and relationships, enables the execution of design changes quickly and efficiently. Engineers and designers can create preliminary designs that draftsmen can easily detail and finalize, without the costly errors that frequently occur from misreading hand-drawn sketches.

 

 

In addition to powerful set of drawing tools, SmartSketch also reads and writes files in .DWG, .DXF, and .DGN formats, and interoperates with Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel. It can also view image files and contains a full set of programming tools for easy customization. Below you will find the key enhancements that will help support and improve engineering and design and operational tasks across the plant life:

 

• MicroStation Connect file format

• AutoCAD 2018 file formats

• Mouse gesturing between modes in Fence Locate

• Dimension key-in values between Driving or Driven

 

Discover how this integrated drafting solution can be used by engineering personnel in various disciplines such as process design, power, electrical, structural, instrumentation and HVAC. Automate your production designs and drawings and help avoid downstream design changes by enabling quick and accurate revisions with SmartSketch.

 

Learn more about SmartSketch and how Hexagon can help your business gain a competitive edge.