With the increasing complexity and multi-disciplinary expertise required in the process industry, the 3D virtual plant is the ideal environment for collaborative communication skills development between field operators and control-room operators. Typically, complex industrial projects in the Oil & Gas, Process and Energy markets including topside and subsea facilities generally include diverse components such as steel structure, concrete, equipment, piping, HVAC, etc, conceived, designed and assembled by different specialized contractors. As a result, a great diversity of 3D CAD files is generated to represent the complete asset.