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Most electrical, instrumentation and controls design and/or contruction drawings are 2D. However, at GE Fanuc in Charlottesville, we drew up all the components and enclosures in 3D ourselves (..unless we could download them in that format..), in AutoCAD.
This allowed for locating operator interface panels (OIPs), man-machine interface displays (MMIs), push button stations and the larger power/PLC/controls enclosures into the 3D mechanical machine drawings for the huge, plastic-injection molding machines that were being manufactured by Husky of Canada.
This principle also holds true for large facility designs. It's much easier to visualize, plan and coordinate power distribution, lighting, controls, data and communications systems locations and routings with the structures, equipment, plumbing and HVAC (air conditioning) systems, etc., when you can see the entire structure and/or complex in 3D.
The ultimate extension of 3D mapping is for high-speed military aircraft and helicopter training simulations, as seen in the "...wham-bang-zoom-crash-zowie..." Action Films shown these days.
Thinking and/or visualizing in 3D is quite difficult for people with a planar intellect. So, 3D maps will be extremely helpful in those cases. Kind of like Peter Max geographic how-to's for the dimensionally challenged.
John
"..Have you hugged your Grandkiddies today.."??
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This allowed for locating operator interface panels (OIPs), man-machine interface displays (MMIs), push button stations and the larger power/PLC/controls enclosures into the 3D mechanical machine drawings for the huge, plastic-injection molding machines that were being manufactured by Husky of Canada.
This principle also holds true for large facility designs. It's much easier to visualize, plan and coordinate power distribution, lighting, controls, data and communications systems locations and routings with the structures, equipment, plumbing and HVAC (air conditioning) systems, etc., when you can see the entire structure and/or complex in 3D.
The ultimate extension of 3D mapping is for high-speed military aircraft and helicopter training simulations, as seen in the "...wham-bang-zoom-crash-zowie..." Action Films shown these days.
Thinking and/or visualizing in 3D is quite difficult for people with a planar intellect. So, 3D maps will be extremely helpful in those cases. Kind of like Peter Max geographic how-to's for the dimensionally challenged.
John
"..Have you hugged your Grandkiddies today.."??
.
.......According to the Great Pumpkin, ".....You're in .....iHub....., Charlie Brown....."!!!
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