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Initial Design
2. Basic Design
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3. Hull Structure

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4. Machinery & Outfitting
5. Electrical Design

Electrical
6. Drafting & Mechanical CAD
7. FORAN-PLM Advanced Integration

Design
8. Virtual Reality
9. Change & Access Control

Advance and exhaustive design of

FORAN Electrical Design provides advanced functions to
the electrical project
manage all the relevant aspects of the design and production
of electrical systems on ships.

Fully integrated with the Outfitting entities, allows the

completion with electric specific data of the equipment and
fittings, both pipe and HVAC, along with the definition of the
electrical fittings themselves.

From the electrical balance of the ship in the different operation

conditions, to the latest connection sheet for the wiring of each
cable core, FORAN covers it all, with special stress in the cable
management, a key chapter in the total cost of the ship.

There is a specific solution for the edition of single wire

diagrams, where equipment, fittings and the cables that
connect them are referred from their master lists, with all the
data they can store. Any change is therefore automatically
propagated to the 3D and the rest of the diagrams involved,
keeping the data consistency.

The cables edition includes the calculation of the minimum

section, the complete wiring information, the automatic
routing through the network area, the generation of the signals
list, the nesting in reels and many other functionalities.

Besides, the cable trays include complete manufacturing

data, cable pattern rules, full transits information, cable tray
supports and anything related with the accurate modeling.
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Electrical Standard Libraries Electrical Diagrams Cable Routing

The definition of the electrical standards and elements FSYSD FCABLE
includes basic data tables (cable segregations,
All cables and electrical equipment pieces placed The cable routing is based on routing paths, or
nominal cross-sections, tray standard sizes, cable
on the diagram are automatically registered in the sequences of 3D points (nodes) connected by
materials, etc.), cable catalogues and cable nominal
FORAN database and are ready to be reused in the straight segments. Routing conditions controlling
sizes. Available data includes cable composition,
rest of the applications. On-line, block, wiring and the segregations and filling rules are assigned to
core size, overall diameter and other mechanical
lighting diagrams are some examples of the types every segment of the path.
and electrical characteristics associated to each
nominal cross section, classes and components of of documents that can be created.
Nodes representing penetrations can be assigned
electrical equipment, fittings and instruments, cable to rules for controlling the cable population in the
Key features:
segregations and cable routing rules. penetration: penetration fitting, allowed area or
• Information integrity number and type of watertight blocks.
• Automatic calculation of the cable size
Cables can be routed either in automatic,
• On-line edition of all data of the elements in the semiautomatic or manual modes. The automatic
diagram mode evaluates the shortest path that fulfils the
routing conditions and the existing filling rules.
• Specific functions to handle equipment and
The semiautomatic mode allows marking some
fitting symbols
points as mandatory or forbidden. Once a cable is
• Automatic and configurable labelling of all the routed, its weight, length, center of gravity and the
elements in the diagram cable tray population are automatically updated.
• Automatic generation of configurable graphic lists
• Integration of pipe fittings with electrical connection
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Cable Tray Modelling I/O Signals

Cable trays may be modelled automatically To define I/O signals, in addition to each
according to the cable tray pattern assigned to signal proper values, such as the type of signal
each segment or polygonal of the nodal network. (analogue, digital or serial line), the I/O card type,
Functions for inserting manually standard the range of measurements, alarm data, etc,
fittings are also available. Cable penetrations or to assign a process station and an instrument
transits are automatically modelled based on (field element) to the signal, and choose the
the information given to the penetration nodes. corresponding cable wires used for each signal
The on-line clash checking can be used to avoid to propagate. Several kinds of I/O lists can be
mounting errors. extracted.

The user can generate different types of drawings,

including automatic cable route pull sheets and
cable trays isometric sketches. FORAN controls
the consistency of the process and creates
automatic connection sketches.
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FORAN Electrical Design Benefits

FDEFIN FSYSD FCABLE
• Information integrated with the rest of design disciplines
Standards definition Single wire diagrams 3D Model • Any element can be placed in more than one diagram, being
(Electrical equipment
still considered a single database entity
& fittings, cable trays,
transits & hangers) • Automatic calculation of the cable size by different
criteria

• On-line edition of the elements in the diagram

• Integration of pipe fittings with electrical connections

• Cable trays may be modelled automatically according

to the cable tray pattern assigned to each segment or
polygonal of the nodal network
FBUILDS • Cable reports, equipment reports, routing cable spec
reports, I/O signal loop sketches and cable connection
D A T A B A S E Build strategy
sketches

Reports
FREPD/FREPG FDESIGN All reports in FORAN are generated in a single application
with powerful capabilities and user-friendly interface. The
Automatic generation outputs can be easily generated and update after changes.
Report generation
of drawings &
regeneration

Reports Cable tray

installation drawings www.foransystem.com
Coordination drawings www.sener-group.com