-3D modeling software for fired heater

[hag027]

Hello,
Our firm is trying to find a 3-D modeling software that best suites our requirement to make a 3-D model of fired heaters including the

structural members,
stiffeners,
shell plate
convection & radiant coils etc.
Platforms
refractory

We are trying to find a software to model the entire heater with all the details including structual steel + coils + refractory.
Let me know if there are any recommended softwares.
Thanks

 

[TGS4]

What is the purpose of this software? What do you expect to achieve by using it? Are there design Codes/Standards that you need to comply with?

Are you interested in the mechanical strength, the thermal performance, the thermal-structural interaction?

Or do you just want pretty pictures to show how the thing gets assembled, and you have no interest in the design/analysis of it?

 

[hag027]

We do not plan to do any structural analysis or comply with design codes. We would like to do the 3-D modeling to check for any fouling of components. eg platforms fouling with pipes or inlet outlet manifolds etc. Also evetually we would want to have a capability to make detail fabrication 2-D dwgs with BOM from the 3-D model built. This will help us to save time to make the detail dwgs.
Thanks

 

[europipe]

Autocad ?

 

[berkshire]

Hag027,
There are a variety of solid modeling programs that will do what you want.
Auto cad is one of them, Solidworks, Pro E ,or Alibre are also out there.
The next question is what do you want to pay for this?
B.E.

The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor

 

[svi]

Have you tried google sketch. This is a free ware and there is a pro one at a nominal cost. It seems promising to me from the screen shots of what people have already done with it.

 

[11echo]

I've been dealing with AutoCAD the last 22 yr.s ...it'll work fine as long as you have a designer/engineer that knows all about that they are doing & how to do it. I'm presently learning Cadworx, and I'm very impressed with it! It'll cut down on alot of work done on the computer, and will produce a "picture" that seems to be needed these days, BUT it still going to need a designer/engineer that knows what they are doing. NO 3D program is going to replace that knowledge!