Employing Product Data Management Systems in Civil Engineering Projects: Functionality Analysis and Assessment

Abstract

Product Data Management (PDM) systems are well established in the manufacturing industry. Here, they form the standard solution for the central storage of all data relating to a product and the processes involved in its manufacture. Particularly the consistent management of CAD models, including sophisticated versioning techniques and access rights management as well as the integrated workflow management are attractive features for using PDM systems also for civil engineering projects. This paper investigates the technical concepts behind PDM systems and compares their suitability as a data management solution in civil engineering projects with that of Document Management Systems and Product Model Servers. Alongside a comparative study of the major PDM systems available on the market, we also present a case study involving a PDM system that has been employed for a concrete civil engineering project.

Collaborative Data Management

“…However, their support for the integration of drawings, documents and project communications is at present only limited. Product Data Management systems (PDM systems) are software systems for managing product-related information based on a DMS (Schorr et al, 2011). They are most commonly used in industries with stationary facilities, such as in aerospace or automotive manufacturing, shipbuilding and plant engineering.…”

“…Product model servers offer a central management point for product models created by distributed CAD or BIM applications. In contrast to PDM systems, the model data of the elements and their constituent parts are not distributed across several files but are processed in their entirety by the model server and stored in a database (Schorr et al, 2011) (Schorr et al 2011).…”

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