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The gateway to your
Digital Twin.

primtech DT makes it easy to share design changes or maintenance activities directly across departments in an intelligent 3D BIM model of your substation.

  • Intuitive Use
  • Seamless BIM Collaboration
  • Easily Share VR-Substation Models

Why Choose primtech DT?

Intuitive Use

Use primtech DT without any training – whether you work in engineering, asset management or any other department.

Seamless Collaboration

Easily comment and assign tasks directly within your VR model with the BIM Collaboration Assistant.

Powerful Simulations

Simulate current flows and switching options in the virtual model to improve the safety of your staff on site.

Small File Size for Easy Sharing

Share snapshots of your models with convenient file sizes (< 10 MB) for seamless collaboration.

Virtual Reality for your daily workflows

primtech DT runs on any laptop and VR glasses

Discover primtech DT

More than a visualization tool, primtech DT brings your substation Digital Twin to life. Combine virtual reality, engineering intelligence, collaboration workflows, and asset information in a single environment to review designs, simulate operations, train personnel, and improve decision-making across the entire lifecycle.

Phase Simulation and switching
Phase Simulation and switching

Simulate current flows and switching options

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Unsafe zones
Unsafe zones

Identify and visualize potentially unsafe areas

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BIM Collaboration Assistant (BCA)
BIM Collaboration Assistant (BCA)

Comment, assign tasks and track issues directly in the model

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One click from BIM to VR
One click from BIM to VR

Turn your BIM model into VR in just one click

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Compatible with VR glasses
Compatible with VR glasses

Walk through your substation in immersive VR

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Phase Simulation and switching
Phase Simulation and switching

Simulate current flows and switching options

Learn more
Unsafe zones
Unsafe zones

Identify and visualize potentially unsafe areas

Learn more
BIM Collaboration Assistant (BCA)
BIM Collaboration Assistant (BCA)

Comment, assign tasks and track issues directly in the model

Learn more
One click from BIM to VR
One click from BIM to VR

Turn your BIM model into VR in just one click

Learn more
Compatible with VR glasses
Compatible with VR glasses

Walk through your substation in immersive VR

Learn more

Countless use cases for your daily workflows

Whether you’re working in engineering, asset management, operations, or beyond, primtech DT brings all relevant information together in one place. Most use cases are available in the basic version of the software and can be expanded at any time with powerful add-ons and upcoming beta features.

BASIC

Conceptual Design

Create and compare substation concepts in minutes, without requiring specialist CAD or BIM knowledge. Explore alternative sites and layouts in realistic 3D, assess brownfield expansion scenarios and discuss concepts collaboratively before detailed engineering begins.

BASIC

Design Reviews

Review substation designs directly in 3D. Use the integrated BIM Collaboration Assistant (BCA) to create and assign issues, add comments and annotations, and track feedback through to resolution. Issues are automatically available in primtech 3d, connecting reviewers and engineering teams in one streamlined workflow.

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BASIC

Digital Construction Acceptance

Compare the completed substation with its original engineering model to automatically identify deviations, including potential electrical clearance violations. Document and manage findings with the integrated BIM Collaboration Assistant (BCA), then transfer them directly to primtech 3d for review and resolution.

BASIC

Maintenance Work Preparation

Prepare maintenance activities in a virtual substation environment by exploring equipment, checking access conditions and familiarizing teams with the work area before they arrive on site.

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BASIC

VR Safety Trainings

Train employees to recognize hazards and understand safety procedures in a realistic, interactive 3D replica of an electrical substation, without exposing them to actual operational risks.

BASIC

Project Communication & PR

Use the Digital Twin to explain construction plans, showcase project details and communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders, local communities and the wider public.

Your Use Case can be next

Is there a way a virtual substation model could make your work easier or open up new possibilities? We’d love to hear your ideas and explore how we could bring them to life.

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BASIC

Conceptual Design

Create and compare substation concepts in minutes, without requiring specialist CAD or BIM knowledge. Explore alternative sites and layouts in realistic 3D, assess brownfield expansion scenarios and discuss concepts collaboratively before detailed engineering begins.

BASIC

Design Reviews

Review substation designs directly in 3D. Use the integrated BIM Collaboration Assistant (BCA) to create and assign issues, add comments and annotations, and track feedback through to resolution. Issues are automatically available in primtech 3d, connecting reviewers and engineering teams in one streamlined workflow.

Watch video
BASIC

Digital Construction Acceptance

Compare the completed substation with its original engineering model to automatically identify deviations, including potential electrical clearance violations. Document and manage findings with the integrated BIM Collaboration Assistant (BCA), then transfer them directly to primtech 3d for review and resolution.

BASIC

Maintenance Work Preparation

Prepare maintenance activities in a virtual substation environment by exploring equipment, checking access conditions and familiarizing teams with the work area before they arrive on site.

Mehr erfahren
BASIC

VR Safety Trainings

Train employees to recognize hazards and understand safety procedures in a realistic, interactive 3D replica of an electrical substation, without exposing them to actual operational risks.

BASIC

Project Communication & PR

Use the Digital Twin to explain construction plans, showcase project details and communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders, local communities and the wider public.

Your Use Case can be next

Is there a way a virtual substation model could make your work easier or open up new possibilities? We’d love to hear your ideas and explore how we could bring them to life.

Contact

Solid Foundation for Substation Twins

primtech DT is built on international standards and the official DTiPS definition published by VDE and ENTSO-E. The principles and concepts described in this work provide the foundation for how Digital Twins are implemented in primtech DT.

Easy access to all substation data without primtech 3d

One-Click BIM2VR
Asset Management Integration
Single Source of Truth
Powerful Tech for Countless Use Cases

Customer Stories

VR Examples to Speed Up Engineering

All Case Studies
Digitalization Grid Operator North America

“Adoption of these new technologies has business drivers and goes beyond just automation of tasks. With primtech, we can radically transform how we deliver our engineering work.”

Holger Peller, Business Line Executive, Power & Energy, WSP

2026 EPC

WSP

A rigorous internal evaluation, driven by WSP’s global digital transformation strategy, charts a new course for intelligent 3D substation design and digital twin delivery.

Key facts:

  • primtech 3d
  • Designers were productive in less than 1 week
  • 30% budget savings
Europe Grid Operator Substation Design

The library in primtech is one of the most usable things for us. The possibility of quickly designing with intelligent components, and the fact that we already used AutoCAD, made primtech the obvious choice.

Olav Nyhus, Electrical Engineer Sweco Norge

2025 Grid Operator

Sweco

Sweco Norge, one of Norway’s leading engineering companies, like many others, faced major challenges in the planning and design of substations before the introduction of primtech.

Key facts:

  • Substation Design
  • Significant savings
  • Design time cut to one third
EPC &amp; Engineering North America Substation Design

The accuracy and trust we have in primtech are unmatched. It ensures that what we plan is exactly what gets built.

Krystian Sokolowski, Principal Engineer, Mott MacDonald

2025 EPC

Mott MacDonald

Key facts:

  • Early Detection of Design Issues
  • Reliable and Accurate Models
Digitalization Europe Grid Operator
20XX Grid Operator

EnBW AG

EnBW Regional AG engaged our team to design a solution that rationalizes the workflow of grid design.

Key facts:

  • Project Planning
  • Documentation

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