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OPPORTUNITY

University of Pavia and Hexagon

are shaping future digital innovators

In this collaborative project
at the University of Pavia (Italy),
one of the oldest universities
in the world, students are given
the opportunity to work on real-life
projects

for his final year thesis with solutions from Hexa-
gon’s PPM division, a global leader in sotware visu-
alizing building and manageing data and facilities.
He developed his practical skills by using Hexagon
solutions as part of his project that focused on a
thermoelectric plant design. Claudio incorporated
CADWorx & Analysis Solutions into his learning as
part of his industrial energy engineering course.
View of the entrance - combined-cycle power plant Working with these solutions helped Claudio real-
ize that he wants to pursue a career in technical
engineering design. During the three-month thesis
project, Claudio learned about various engineering
Victoria Singleton, Communications Specialist, disciplines for piping, equipment and metal struc-
PPM’s EMIA region, Hexagon tures, in addition to P&ID piping line definitions. The
result was an accurate 3D model of a combined
cycle thermoelectric power plant – and Claudio re-
ngineering impacts our daily lives in al- ceived the highest increase in grade for his thesis
most every aspect – from serving dif- that can be earned at the Faculty of Engineering
ferent industries to driving innovation, in Pavia.
locally and globally. Engineering can Solutions used in the creation of the 3D model of a
also influence social issues such as in- combined cycle thermoelectric power plant were:
Eequality, disaster recovery and climate • CADworx P&ID Professional for the process
change, as well as health sectors, education and diagrams
agriculture. • CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx
As we become more and more reliant on technol- Equipment for the various pipes and steel
ogy, engineering continues to be key in solving the structures and positioning of the 3D compo-
problems of the future and innovating new ways of nents of the thermoelectric plant
moving forward. • CADWorx Design Review for reviewing the de-
At the University of Pavia (Italy), one of the oldest sign files in a compressed file format, which
universities in the world, students are given the allowed the model to be viewed using a variety
opportunity to work on real-life projects. Student of display settings
Claudio Carrara executed an engineering project • CAESAR II for the analysis of a sample pipeline

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