Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS
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Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS
Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS® and Aspen Plus® V8.2 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A Brief Tutorial Julie Levine, Product Marketing, Aspen Technology Inc. Brian Kurowski, Product Management, Aspen Technology Inc. © 2013 Aspen Technology, Inc. AspenTech®, aspenONE® logo, the Aspen leaf logo, and OPTIMIZE are trademarks of Aspen Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1 Content Available within aspenONE Exchange ............................................................................................. 1 From AspenTech ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Third Party Applications ............................................................................................................................ 1 Accessing aspenONE Exchange ..................................................................................................................... 1 Logging In and Customizing My Exchange .................................................................................................... 2 Search and Filters .......................................................................................................................................... 4 Entering a Query ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Filtering Your Search ................................................................................................................................. 5 Viewing and Downloading Content .............................................................................................................. 6 Content Details ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Downloading Content ............................................................................................................................... 6 Contributing to aspenONE Exchange ............................................................................................................ 7 Additional Resources .................................................................................................................................... 7 © 2013 Aspen Technology, Inc. AspenTech®, aspenONE® logo, the Aspen leaf logo, and OPTIMIZE are trademarks of Aspen Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus V8.2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Introduction aspenONE Exchange is the world’s first content marketplace specifically for the process industries. It is a cloud-hosted repository of material, developed for engineers by engineers, accessible from within the Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus user interfaces. Available content includes: equipment selection tools, process models and flow sheets, training materials, and more. aspenONE Exchange is continually updated with new material from AspenTech and approved third parties, so you can stay current with best practices in the process industries. aspenONE Exchange is a powerful tool for expediting and enhancing your process designs. Whether you need training or a sample model to get started on a new process, you are looking for a solution to overcome a difficult design problem, or you want equipment specification information to incorporate into your flow sheet, you can easily search for and integrate the necessary content without leaving the Aspen HYSYS or Aspen Plus user interface. This document covers aspenONE Exchange in Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus. This guide assumes that the user has Aspen HYSYS or Aspen Plus V8.2 or higher installed on their computer. Content Available within aspenONE Exchange aspenONE Exchange is flexible enough to accommodate a wide variety of engineering content. From AspenTech Award-winning AspenTech knowledgebase: tech tips, best practices, how-to’s and more Training: links to Computer Based Training (CBT) modules and more Sample process models and flowsheets Third Party Applications In addition to providing access to a consolidated library of AspenTech engineering content, aspenONE Exchange also lets you share and download approved third party applications. Third parties can work with AspenTech to make any kind of content available: equipment selection tools, models and flowsheets, Microsoft Excel sheets, and more. If you are interested in providing content for aspenONE Exchange, see Contributing to aspenONE Exchange (page 6). Accessing aspenONE Exchange aspenONE Exchange automatically opens up when you start up Aspen HYSYS or Aspen Plus V8.2. If you have already opened a model but want to access aspenONE Exchange, you can click the Exchange button in the Get Started tab on the ribbon (Figure 1). 1 Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus V8.2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Figure 1: Use the Exchange button to open aspenONE Exchange at any time Logging In and Customizing My Exchange aspenONE Exchange is customized to each user, so it’s easy to keep track of your activities and relocate Apps that you have downloaded in the past. In order to log in, you must use your AspenTech Support ID. You can request a support ID at http://support.aspentech.com. If you do not log in, you will only be able to access some of the features of aspenONE Exchange. Once you are logged in, you will see your name appear in the My Exchange navigation on the right. View your history under My Downloads and Browse History. You can collapse this window by clicking the arrow (Figure 2). 2 Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus V8.2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Figure 2: Collapse My Exchange Click on the type icon for any previous download to learn more about it, reopen it, or even remove it from your history (Figure 3). Alternatively, you can right click on the title. Figure 3: View more detail about a download To clear your Browse History, click on the eraser button (Figure 4). Figure 4: Clear browse history To edit any of your settings for aspenONE Exchange, click on the gear button next to My Exchange (Figure 5). 3 Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus V8.2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Figure 5: Change settings Search and Filters Entering a Query aspenONE Exchange makes it easy to find the right content using AspenTech’s proprietary core search component. To get started, enter a key word or phrase into the search bar in the upper left corner. aspenONE Exchange will make suggestions as you type (Figure 6). Figure 6: Type your query into the search bar Once you type in your query, press the Enter key or click on the magnifying glass button to the right of the search bar. aspenONE Exchange will search through all of its content (including inside of models and flowsheets) and return all applicable items. Use the arrows on the right and left to scroll through the returned content (Figure 7). 4 Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus V8.2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Figure 7: Scroll through search results Filtering Your Search In some cases, your search will return a large variety of content. To help determine exactly what you want to download, it is helpful to use filters to sort through the results. In Figure 8, we see that the search for “atmospheric crude tower” yields a variety of flowsheets and models. These are already grouped by App Type, but they can also be sorted by Process using the filters on the left. Figure 8: Use filters to narrow your search It is possible to apply more than one filter to generate a very specific search. The list of active filters will appear underneath the search bar. To remove one, click the X on the right (Figure 9). 5 Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus V8.2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Figure 9: Remove filters Viewing and Downloading Content Content Details At any point, you can hover over or click on an App to view more information about it. Figure 10 shows the window that appears when you click on an App. Again, you can use the right and left arrows to scroll between items in a specific category. Figure 10: Click on any item to view more information about it Downloading Content Once you have reviewed an App and decided that you want to download it, click on the green play button in the upper right corner of the details window (Figure 11). 6 Jump Start: aspenONE Exchange for Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus V8.2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Figure 11: Download and run an App Contributing to aspenONE Exchange aspenONE Exchange is a global community connecting members of the process industries. Because AspenTech is the world leader in process engineering software, this is a unique and valuable opportunity for your business to gain direct exposure to our expansive customer base of engineers. If you have an App that you are interested in contributing, contact us at: http://www.aspentech.com/developer-contact-us/. If you have a suggestion for a new App or an improvement to an existing App, contact us at: http://www.aspentech.com/exchange-suggestions/. Additional Resources Public Website: www.aspentech.com/products/aspenone-exchange/ www.aspentech.com/exchange-developers/ Videos: Brief Introduction to aspenONE Exchange: https://www.brainshark.com/aspentech1/exchange-overview Find Flowsheets with aspenONE Exchange: https://www.brainshark.com/aspentech1/exchange-find-flowsheets Find Training with aspenONE Exchange https://www.brainshark.com/aspentech1/exchange-find-training Introduction to aspenONE Exchange for Developers: https://www.brainshark.com/aspentech1/intro-exchange-developers 7 Now Available in aspenONE Exchange®: PUMP-FLO™ With over 80 pump manufacturers utilizing PUMP-FLO and over 140,000 pump curves available to search, this app from Engineered Software is the worldwide destination for pump selection. Key Features of the PUMP-FLO App Review pump curves from manufacturers Download manufacturer pump performance curve data directly into the flow sheet Easily sort and compare pump data based on a wide variety of characteristics Consider pumps for custom fluids based on basic property data Select the Right Pump Now PUMP-FLO by Engineered Software is the first third party app available in aspenONE Exchange. Using this tool, you can consider actual pump manufacturer data during the early phases of design. Import pump curve information from over 80 different manufacturers right into your Aspen HYSYS or Aspen Plus flow sheet, and save time spent down the road reconfiguring your process to accommodate restrictions on available equipment. © 2013 Aspen Technology, Inc. AspenTech®, aspenONE® logo, the Aspen leaf logo, and OPTIMIZE are trademarks of Aspen Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.