Future Digital Twin 2023: The Digital Thread for Engineering Documents

Using PDF and Word documents in the building of industrial facilities costs organizations millions in time, quality, and errors, so innovative companies are shifting documents into interoperable, reusable, data-centric digital models. This presentation will address some of the challenges of using static legacy documents and then describe the new movement around SWISS, a "digital thread for engineering documents". SWISS digital twin documents have been shown to improve productivity, reduce manual labour, shorten project times, and lower risk throughout the entire enterprise and supply chain.

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1. USING SEMANTIC AI TO BUILD THE DIGITAL THREAD FOR ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS Smart Connected Data
2. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 2 XSB Proprietary Information Companies don’t store product design data (GD&T), or accounting data, or customer information, or software code, in PDF files. Consider This…
3. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 3 XSB Proprietary Information Must comply with ASTM B104. “Refer to SAE AS 4059.” Cm shall be calculated in accordance with AGMA 908-B89. 1.2.6 Tank wall must withstand 800psi at 900C. o Customer specs, company specs, industry standards, work instructions, supplier requirements, drawings with static drawing notes, MRO manuals, and more. o Stored in PDF, Word, PowerPoint. o “Documents” haven’t changed in 25 years. o PDF is a poor container for data, not made for the digital thread. Coverage (percent) = (2F – F2) x 100 So why is so much engineering data stored in PDF and other “bad containers”
4. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 4 XSB Proprietary Information Challenges With Static Documents You can’t ”reason” on a static text document; it’s merely dumb text without actionable intelligence. Static data copied from specs doesn’t get updated, creates more static data Change management and impact assessment are difficult, time- consuming, and error- prone. Extracting requirements from specs is manual and time-consuming Users spend too much time copying/pasting and manually rekeying static data Duplicating work is wasteful
5. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 5 XSB Proprietary Information Tangible Costs of Using Static Data in the Digital Thread Handover Inefficiencies Manual Copying/Pasting/Rekeying Errors, Scrap, and Rework Change Mgmt + Impact Assessment Duplication of Work Risk and Liability Project Delays RELATIVE COST
6. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 6 XSB Proprietary Information SWISS uses AI to transform unstructured engineering documents and drawing notes into interoperable, reusable, and actionable intelligence… …that automates manual labor, makes better and faster decisions, and reduces time, cost, and risk throughout the product life cycle. The Digital Thread for Engineering Documents SWISS = Semantic Web for Interoperable Specs and Standards
7. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 7 XSB Proprietary Information SWISS Transforms Documents to Digital Twins and Actionable Intelligence 1 Create Digital Model Data Objects 3 SWISS Knowledge Graph Master set of intelligent, reusable data objects, linked by ontologies and references. 2 Apply Semantic AI Data elements are classified and tagged with meaning and context. via SWISS API 4 Deliver to product lifecycle Bring the right information, to the right place, at the right time. 12.3 Invariant coding methodology shall be according to ITU-T H.222.0. 1.2.1.1. Type number The type designation will be as per the specification ASME B1.1. 1.2. Tank wall must withstand 800psi at 900C. Must comply with ASTM B104. Cm shall be calculated in accordance with AWS D1.1. Wavefront surfaces shall be the standard ophthalmic coordinate system as per ISO 9429:1986. Corporate Knowledge Graphs Content Management Build or Connect Anything Calculators, Checklists, Lookups, and more. Machines, IoT, software PLM and ERP
8. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 8 XSB Proprietary Information 8 © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved XSB Proprietary Information JUST ONE EXAMPLE: FINDING REQUIREMENTS Smart Connected Data
9. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 9 XSB Proprietary Information INSTALL SPEC 1 CORP API 24 REQS API ISO ISO 28 REQS ASME ASTM 29 REQS CORP IEEE ASME ASME 23 REQS ASME CORP ASTM 58 REQS CORP 26 REQS 38 PMP REFS CORP ASME INSTALL SPEC 2 API ISO ASTM ASTM 14 PMP REFS CORP 42 REQS ASTM 34 REQS ASTM CORP 32 REQS IEEE CORP ASME API The (Non) Digital Thread o 4 ASME o 3 ASTM o 3 CORP o 1 API o 64 Requirements o 38 PMP references § 3 API Specs § 3 ISO Specs § 2 ASTM § 3 CORP § 58 requirements • 1 ASTM • 2 ASME • 2 IEEE • 2 CORP • >100 Requirements 1st degree 2nd degree 3rd degree A manual and error- prone task that can take days or weeks for a highly-trained engineer. ~200 references to 110 documents, >5,000 pages and >200 requirements from 11 different sources
10. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 10 XSB Proprietary Information AI completes this task in seconds, with greater accuracy Requirements References
11. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 11 XSB Proprietary Information Structured Requirements from Unstructured Data Subject Attribute Attribute Definition Value eyelets Material Material used to make the eyelet Brass eyelets Finish Finish of the eyelet Coated nylon Desert Sand eyelets Size Size of the eyelet AA The eyelets shall be brass, with a coated nylon Desert Sand finish, size AA. The eyelets shall be brass, with a coated nylon Desert Sand finish, size AA. Three different requirements, three different attributes SWISS Semantic AI SWISS Machine Generated, Reusable Data Objects
12. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 12 XSB Proprietary Information Reusable Objects and Change Management The eyelets shall be brass, with a coated nylon Desert Sand finish, size AA. MASTER DATA OBJECT: Size AA eyelets Leather hole- punching machine Shoelace team Assembly team Eyelet suppliers Procurement Designers Size BB QA
13. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 13 XSB Proprietary Information From Legacy Drawing Notes to Digital Model Data Part Information PART NAME Hinge Mount NSN 1560-00-8858662 CAGE 77272 PART NUMBER 114S1875-1 PRICING DATA Click to view Material Information MATERIAL MAGNESIUM ALLOY SPECIFICATION QQ-M-40 SPECIFICATION STATE CANCELLED SPECIFICATION LINK http://swiss.xsb.com/docume nt/QQ-M-40;REVISION=B/ SPECIFICATION REPLACEMENT ASTM B91 Process Information MANUFACTURING PROCESS FORGING MANUFACTURING PROCESS PENETRANT INSPECTION MANUFACTURING PROCESS VAPOR DEGREASING Document Information REFERENCES QQ-M-40 ASTM B91 SAE AMS 4352 AWS D1.1 REQUIREMENTS Click to view Legacy Drawing Notes Digital Model
14. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 14 XSB Proprietary Information Five Practical Use Cases Use the SWISS API to build calculators, quality checklists, and more with authoritative, live-linked data. Generate your own requirements, test plans, and specs using reusable data objects rather than duplicating work again and again. Communicate changes on data objects to everyone up and downstream. Extract requirements from drawing(s) and document(s) in seconds rather than days or weeks. Analyze drawings and documents to find opportunities for additive manufacturing – in seconds instead of months.
15. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 15 XSB Proprietary Information From Documents to Twins to Digital Assistants 6.6.2 Wire lines for horseheads shall have a minimum factor of safety of five with respect to breaking strength. 12.3 Invariant coding methodology shall be according to ITU-T H.222.0. 1.2. Tank wall must withstand 800psi at 900C. Wavefront surfaces shall be the standard ophthalmic coordinate system as per ISO 9429:1986. Must comply with ASTM B104. Knowledge Graph Is this the most current test method? Show me the temperature requirements. How will this change impact my design? Are these work instructions compliant with the customer specs? Any there any hazardous materials being used? Show me the parts that contain lead. Are there any long lead-time parts? Have these customer specs changed since last time? Does this spec contain any outdated references? Show me the references with their status. Digital Model Data
16. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 16 XSB Proprietary Information o Where do users do the most manual labor? o Where are the majority of delays? o Who is doing repetitive or duplicative work? o How do customer requirements get into your workflow? o Where do you have the most errors and rework? o What are the most commonly used documents or specs? How to Start Building Your Digital Thread for Engineering Documents
17. © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved 17 XSB Proprietary Information 17 © 2023 XSB, Inc. All rights reserved XSB Proprietary Information THANK YOU Andrew Bank Strategy & Business Development 734-531-8489 a.bank@xsb.com www.xsb.com/swiss Smart Connected Data