PlantStream
- Plants/Piping
- Plants/Process
Autonomous CAD for eliminating inefficiencies in plant design
Arent × Chiyoda Corporation
"PlantStream," a joint venture established in 2020 between Chiyoda Corporation, one of Japan's largest plant construction companies, and Arent, utilizes the expertise of skilled designers by thoroughly algorithmizing it, realizing ultra-high-precision "autonomous design" through CAD. Large-scale designs that traditionally take several months can now be compressed into just a few dozen seconds, addressing issues such as construction timelines and costs, as well as significantly reducing the burden on both people and the environment. This innovative initiative overturns the conventional norms of plant engineering. Since 2025, as a subsidiary of Arent, it has been engaged in the development and sale of the 3D CAD software "PlantStream."
OUTLINE
- CLIENT
- Chiyoda Corporation
- WEB SITE
- https://plantstream3d.com/
- Issue
- Designers have been overburdened.
- Solution
- CAD takes care of the tremendous amount of work for them.
- Issue
- Delays in the design process lead to longer construction period and increased cost.
- Solution
- With the autonomous design with CAD, the basic design can be prepared in just a few tens of seconds.
Chart: Domains in the Construction Market
WORK FLOW
- 1st PHASE
- Development of a practical, automatic route search system which not only incorporates a wide spectrum of construction site expertise into logic, but also runs at high speed.
- 2nd PHASE
- Addition of design logic and ultra-high-speed capability to the automatic route search, as well as development of parametric automatic design methods that are highly customizable.
- 3rd PHASE
- Quality improvement of overall functions including UI and UX, as well as development of a data translation function for the downstream CAD.
MOVIE
SPECIAL INTERVIEW
Revolutionizing plant design.
Working as one team.
Arent Inc.
Representative Directors : Kamobayashi Hiroki
PlantStream Inc.
Representative Directors *As of the 2021 interview : Narue Seitaro
Case Study
*Some projects are currently in progress.