FineMEP is a Complete Package of Building Services Design Software including the following Programs

 

 


 

HVAC DESIGN
       
   

ELECTRICAL DESIGN
       
   

SANITARY DESIGN
       
   

FIRE FIGHTING DESIGN
       
   

GAS NETWORK DESIGN
       
   

ELEVATOR DESIGN
       

 

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  The CLOUD Version of FINE
   
  FINE users can now use it as a native cloud application, within the framework of a powerful collaborative environment with strong synergies, to ensure effective coordination among designers as well as among third parties who need to collaborate on the design or construction process (such as project owner, contractor, facility manager, etc.). FINE-CLOUD is also SaaS-ready, a fact that offers great flexibility to its users in terms of working environment options (for example, access via the web either for a fixed period or by project, or by subscription, etc.).
   
 

The ideal BIM Collaborative Environment for MEP

FINE-CLOUD provides its users with a high degree of flexibility in choosing among several work environment options, constituting at the same time a powerful collaborative environment of high synergy among designers themselves and also third parties (i.e., project owner, contractor, facility manager, etc.). Besides, FINE-CLOUD (a stand-alone version or in conjunction with other 4M BIM apps) covers all the eight BIM dimensions: intelligent 3D building modeling (3D BIM), construction scheduling and phasing (4D BIM), costing and budgeting (5D BIM), sustainability (6D BIM), facility management (7D BIM) and health and safety (8D BIM).

 

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FINE-CLOUD includes all the features of FINE, and its interface is quite similar, which helps to minimize the training time and effort.

The main concept behind the collaborative work with FINE-CLOUD is that there is a central model stored on a server and each user creates local copies and works on their PC, while all workstations are synchronized with the central model, so that changes are updated. Each user creates their own worksets to work on the drawings locally, while the modifications are synchronized with the central model in parallel.

More specifically, by selecting “collaborative work” on the menu, FINE-CLOUD allows the administrator to define the “worksets” of the project/study, to be processed by multiple users simultaneously. Regarding the building itself, worksets have to do with building entities and levels/floors that can be treated separately, whereas worksets concerning the building services and network installations (such as Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Electrical, etc.,) can be also considered separately by level. The designers can select any workset, while watching in real time the worksets assigned to other users. For example, one user can work on the heating network of the second floor, while another user works in parallel on the electrical installation of the second and third floors. In this way, not only does the design task become faster, it also allows any potential conflicts or "clashes" between different design elements in the BIM model to be promptly identified and resolved before construction begins.

 

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Depending on the specifics of the project design, users can agree on a collaboration plan of maximum efficiency, sharing the worksets of the design process. For example, one user can process the building levels and spaces, a second one can use this data in order to calculate the thermal and cooling loads of the building, a third user can design the airduct network, and so on.

Thanks to its flexibility, FINE CLOUD provides multiple options that can assist the optimal sharing of the collective work. With the libraries of materials and equipment now hosted in the cloud, it ensures an effective sharing of the libraries among the FINE-CLOUD users. It also provides greater flexibility in terms of the utilization of libraries from different manufacturers who can update their materials in parallel in the cloud.