Success Story
Palobora Mining Company needed a best practise workflow that drove smarter, intelligent data-driven decisions and responses to urgent matters such as equipment breakdowns on site. There was also a need for streamlined collaboration between the various design disciplines on projects. Palabora Mining Company also realised the need for additional functionality and features that would drive improved overall productivity by reducing re-design, pushing out of accurate B.O.M data, as well as intelligent design and modelling for better output and reuse for future projects.
- Introduce multiple design applications for different types of projects.
- Streamline modelling phase and reduce detailing time.
- Automatically compile B.O.M.
- Improve productivity.
Presenting detailed courseware and implementing the Autodesk Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Collection in addition to the existing PDM solution, made designing multi-disciplinary projects and models significantly easier by using the correct application for the specific project. With software compatibility, this also made collaboration between models easier, reducing design time and errors, resulting in shorter turnaround times.
Many hours are saved on manual component designs by using a variety of applications. This means less errors and less stress on individuals. Quick component labelling and identification, fast B.O.M generation means fewer human errors. Easy fully detailed fabrication drawings from 3D multi-disciplinary models within manageable time frames.
Being one of the larger and older mining companies, Palabora Copper is now able to respond fast on urgent modifications after equipment breakdowns on our aged infrastructure. With the correct applications that we are now empowered with, our design workflow is more streamlined and better manageable, enabling us to tackle larger retrofit and expansion projects internally within the Drawing Office, with shorter timeframes and flexibility to make changes as the projects evolve.
Modena OneSolve presented comprehensive training sessions on selected design applications, in both the Product Design & Manufacturing (PDM) and Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Collections, to the Engineering Draughting team at Palabora Copper. With a variety of design applications in these packages, the Drafters are now able to choose the correct application depending on the project type and discipline. The different type Drafters at their different levels within the Drawing Office can share and collaborate on larger high detailed projects, joining individual experience and knowledge.
As an example, the Design Draughtsperson is now able to fully compile a design model, and then hand it over to the Detailer to prepare detailed working drawings, with minimal interaction but with full understanding of design approach and intent between the parties. This makes him/her more available to work on other design developments in the pipeline, making the job scheduling more smoother with very satisfied clients
One might be thinking that the only way of getting end results in an engineering design environment is through long hours, work stress, and painstaking work on manual model designs, until you see the full range of specialized design applications that Autodesk has available. The training effort and continuous support we received from Modena OneSolve has been worthwhile, and we expect the Drawing Office to continue improving its effectiveness and efficiency as we onboard more personnel and stakeholders on our new ways of work.
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