Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2011 Hands-on Test Drive Guide

November 2010

2009 Autodesk

AutodeskPlantDesignSuite2011:TestDrive
Introduction WelcometotheAutodeskPlantDesignSuiteHandsonTestDrive.ThisTestDriveisdesignedfor ProcessPlantDesignerswhowillcreatepipingmodelsorotherrelatedequipment,steel,orreference data.TheTestDrivefeaturesanintroductiontotheAutoCADworkspace,equipmentmodeling, referencesteelplacement,piperoutingtechniquesandmodification,datamanagement,followedby generationoforthographicandisometricdrawings. TopicsCovered: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Prerequisites: KnowledgeofAutoCAD KnowledgeofPipingDesign Knowledgeof3DPlantDesignCADConcepts UsingaProjectEnvironment OverviewofAutoCADWorkspace ReferenceSteelPlacement EquipmentModeling 3DPipeRoutingSystem GeneralRoutingTechniques Hangers&Supports OrthographicDrawingGeneration IsometricDrawingGeneration ChangeManagement P&IDIntegration NavisworksIntegration

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 Overview w ThisTestDrivewilltakeyouthroughmanyofthe ebasicsteps necessary ytobuildPlan nt3Dmodels.Theintentio onofthisTes st Driveisto oexploretheAutodeskPla antdesignSui iteinabout3 3 hours.Th heexpectationisthatyouwillbecomef familiarwith the basicfunc ctionalityoftheAutodeskPlantDesignSuiteandwilll beableto ousetheknow wledgegaine edinapilotproject.The moreadvancedtechniquesarelear rnedviatheh helpfilesorus ser trainingfr romyourloca alPlant3Dreseller. TheTestD Driveprovide esthebasicto oolstoenable eaquickstart t; suchasasimpleP&ID,atutorialpip pingmaterialspec,and backgroun ndmodelfilesintendedfo orexternalref ferenceintot the modelcre eatedbyyou.Ofcourseth heTestDrive providestheoverallframework.Norm mally,aProjec ctor CADadmi inistratorcrea atesthesesetupfunctions s.ThisTestD Drivedoesnot tintendtopr rovidelearnin ng sessionso onthesetype esofactivities s. TheTestD Drivestartsoffbyintroduc cingthework kspaceconcep pt.Thiswillp providetheb backgroundfo orthe lookandf feelofthepro ojectenviron nment,allowin ngyoutoeffo ortlesslymov vebetweenth hevariousme enu structures sandprojectfilesthatcom mpriseaproje ect. First,youwillcreateanewstructur ralsteelplatfo orm,followed dbycreatingandplacingv variouspiecesof nt.Alongtheway,youwilllearnhowtosetuptemp plateseasingthecreationoftypical equipmen equipmen nttypesready yforuseonf futureproject ts. Theessen nceofthisTes stDriverevolvesaroundle earningtorou utepipeandplacefittings s.Thisisthek key toeffectiv veandefficientplantdesig gn.Autodesk khasdevelop pedaPlantDe esigntooltha atisvery intelligent t,whileaddin nganintuitive enaturetoth heroutingand dplacementfunctions.Ifyouhaveuse ed anyother rplantdesignsoftwareint thepast,you willfindthis softwarerefreshinginthe eapproachan nd easytolearnandapply ythetechniquesdescribed dherein. entlyyouwillseehowtocreatetheorth hographican disometricty ypefabricatio ondrawings Subseque directlyfr romthe3Dm model.CombiningtheuseofthebasicA AutoCADcom mmandsandt thePlant3D projectco ommandsmakesthejobsi impleandeas sy. Managing gchange,forinstance,revisingpipesize eand/orpipin ngmaterialspecofpiping gobjectsisa painlesse exercise.Lear rningtorevisethepiperoutingisasea syasdraggingcomponent tsfromonep place toanothe er. Finally,th heTestDrivew willintroduce eyoutotheintegrationco onceptsbetweentheP&ID Dandthe Navisworkswalkthrou ughtechnolog gy.Managing gthedatabet tweentheP& &IDandthe3 3Dmodelisa orwardproces ssusingtheh highlyintuitive egraphicalus serinterface. . straightfo Enjoyyou urTestDrive!

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Using gaProjec ctEnviron nment

Theprojectenvironme entgraphicaluserinterface e(GUI)provid desahandyi interfaceallowingyoutoe easily accessdocumentsanddataassociatedwithapr roject,conven nientlyorganizingprojectfiles,allowing g urethatallpro ojectteamm membershave eaconsistent tworkingenv vironment.Th he administratorstoensu onsistsofthetagdefinition ns,pipingspe ecifications,d documentformats,etc.tha atallowusers sto projectco focusont theengineeringanddesign naspectsand dnothaveto fumblethrou ughthemund daneissues definingthevariousde eliverabletyp pes. work,usersca anassemblea allprojectdra awingsanddocumentsina WithintheProjectManagerframew centralize edstorageare ea.Userscan ncopyfilesint toprojectfol dersorlinkthemtotheproject.Linked filescane existelsewhereontheserv veroronalo ocalfilesystem m.Eitherme ethodensures sthatallproje ect filesareavailabletopr rojectmembe ers.Userscanalsopublish hprojectdraw wingsfromth heProject Manager. Thissectio onwillcoverthefollowing gtopics: 1. OpentheTuto O orialProject 2. OpentheTuto O orialDrawing 3. Se etthe3DPipingWorkspac ce

Open naPlant3 3DProjec ct

Dprojectisse etupforeaseincreatingandmanaging gdrawings,models,andot therrelatedfiles. APlant3D Theprojectenvironme entensuresth hatyouando othersdesign ersareworki ingwiththes samedrawing g a,andtemplates. files,data OpentheTestDrivepr roject 1. Expan ndthetestdriveprojectfromthezipfileintofolder C:\Plant3DProjects 2. Ontheribbon,clic ckHometab Projectpan nel Project tManager OpenProjec ct. 3. Inthe eOpendialog gbox,browse etoC:\Plant3 3DProjects\T estDrive,and dclickthePro oject.xmlfile. . 4. ClickO OK. Note:Alternatively,yo oucanopena aprojectfrom mtheProject Managerpal lette.ThePro ojectManager displaysthelastprojec ctyouopened d.Youcansta artworkimm mediately,swit tchtoarecen ntproject,or r searchfor ranotherpro oject. Toopena aprojectfrom mtheProjectManagerpale ette: 1. From mtheCurrentProjectdrop downatthetopofthe Projec ctManagerp palette,clickO Open. 2. Inthe eOpendialog gbox,browse etoC:\Plant3 3D Projec cts\TestDrive e,andclickth heProject.xm mlfile.
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ClickO . OK

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Open naProjec ctDrawing

Projectdr rawingsareorganizedina folderstruct tureinthePro ojectManage erpalette.Yo oucanopen drawingsfromtheProjectManager rbydoubleclickingonthe edrawingorr rightclickingonthedrawi ing andclicko open. OpentheOverallPlant tdrawing 1. Inthe eProjectMan nager,expand dthePlant3D DDrawingsno ode. 2. Right clickOverallPlant.dwg. 3. ClickO Open. Note:IftheProjectManagerpalett teisnotavail lable,youcan nopenitby Projectpanel ProjectManager. clickingHometab P 4. Afterreviewingthe emodel,clos setheOverallPlant.dwg. Note:The ereisaP&IDprovidedwit ththisproject t,whichillust tratesallthe pipeande equipmentus sedthrougho outtheTestD Drive.

SetDrawingW Workspace
aceisasetof fmenus,toolbars,palettes s,andribbon panelsthata aregroupeda andorganized dso Aworkspa thatyouc canworkinacustom,task korientedenv vironment.W Whenyouuse eaworkspace,onlythose menus,to oolbars,palet ttes,andribbo onsthatarer relevanttoa taskaredisplayed. Plant3Dc comeswithpredefinedwo orkspacestom makedatacre r.The3DPipi ingworkspac ce eationeasier includest thetoolsrequ uiredtocreatea3Dplantm model.There eareseveralP&IDworksp paces,eachba ased onaP&ID Dindustrystandard. Setthe3D DPipingWork kspacecurren nt 1. Onth hestatusbar, ,clickWorksp paceSwitchin ng. 2. Inthe elistofworks spaces,click3 3DPiping.

checkmarkin ndicatesthecurrentworks space. Note:Ac

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Creat tingStruc cturalSteel

Whenput ttogetherwit thpiping,equ uipment,andotherobject ts,thestructu uraltoolsinA AutoCADPlant3D canhelpt tovisualizeth hemodelanddetectissues ssuchasinte erference. Inthisses ssionyouwillcreateastee elstructureto osupportthe epipesandeq quipment.Th hesteelstructure willconsis stofstructura almembers,asteelplate,ahandrail,a ndaladder. Createthe eTestDrives structuraldrawing 1. Inthe eProjectMan nager,rightclickthePlant3DDrawings snodeandclickNewDraw wing.... 2. Typeinthename TestDriveSt tructure.dwg andclickOK K. Createthe egrid Note:Bef foreplacingt thestructuralmembers,yo oucancreate eastructuralgrid.Gridsareoptional,b but makeitea asiertocreatestructuralm membersin3 3Dspace.Wh henyoucreat teagrid,yousetthevalue esand labelsforeachcoordin nateaxis. 1. Ontheribbon,clic ckStructureta ab Partspa anel Grid. 2. Inthe eCreateGriddialogbox,se electthefollo owingsetting gs: GridName e:SteelStruc cture Axisvalue: :0,18 Rowvalue:0,25 Platformv value:0,12 Coordinate esystem:WC CS 3. ClickC Create. Addthestructuralmem mbers Note:Wh hencreatings structuralme embersonag grid,itisbest tobeinLineModelvisualmode.Whe enin theLineM Modelmodei itiseasiertoselectendpointsofthegr ridwithoutac ccidentallysnappingtothe e endpointofanexisting gstructuralm member. 1. Ontheribbon,clic ckStructureta ab Partspa anel LineM Model. 2. Ontheribbon,clic ckStructureta ab Partspa anel Mem ber. 3. Onthecommandl line,type<S> >andclick<En nter>toacce ssthememb bersettings.

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4. Inthe eMemberSet ttingsdialogb box,selectth hefollowings ettings: Shapestan ndard:AISC Shapetype e:W e:W6x9 Shapesize Materialst tandard:AST TM Materialcode:A242 Angle:0 DeselectFlipaboutYax xis DeselectA AlignYaxiswithZUCS Horizontal:0 Vertical:0 0 5. ClickO OK. ongthe 6. Using gtheEndpointosnaps,loca atestructural lmembersalo gridlines. Note:Acc cessthestruc cturalmembe ersettingsby ytyping<S>w while placingmembers.Cha angingtheins sertionpointwillaffectho ow nthedrawing g. membersareplacedin 7. Ontheribbon,clic ckStructureta ab Partspa anel Shape eModel. thedrawing. 8. Savet Addthep plate 1. Ontheribbon,clickStructure etab Partspanel Line eModel. etab Partspanel Plat te. 2. Ontheribbon,clickStructure ate/Gratedial logselectthe efollowingse ttings: 3. IntheCreatePla Type:Grating tandard:AST TM Materialst Materialcode:A242 Thickness:1 tern:NET Hatchpatt Hatchscale:10 Justificatio on:Bottom Shape:Ne ewrectangula ar 4. ClickCreate. 5. Clicktwocornersonthetopo ofthegridtospecifyther ectanglefort thegrate. 6. Ontheribbon,clickStructure etab Partspanel Sha apeModel. 7. Savethedrawing g. Addthela adder 1. Ontheribbon,clic ckStructureta ab Partspa anel Ladde er.

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2. Onthecommandl line,type<S> >andclick<En nter>toacce sstheladder r ngs. settin 3. Inthe eLadderSettingsdialogbo ox,selectthefollowingset ttings: Type:1 Description:Ladder@1 Width:2 Exitwidth(2):211 Projection(3):39 Runningdistance(4):1 10 4. ClickO OK. 5. Specif fythestartpo ointofladder r:1,0,12. 6. Specif fytheendpo ointofladder: :@0,0,12. . 7. Specif fydirectionaldistancepoint:@0,6. 8. Savet thedrawing. Addtheh handrail 1. Ontheribbon,clic ckStructureta ab Partspa anel Railin ng. 2. Onthecommandl line,type<S> >andclick<En nter>toacce sstherailing settin ngs. 3. Inthe eRailingSettingsdialogbo ox,selectthefollowingset ttings: Handrailheight(1):39 1stmidrail lheight(2):1 18 nd 2 midrai ilheight(3):0 Kickplateheight(4):5 Firstpost( (5):10 Secondpo ost(6):5 4. ClickO OK. Note:Tohavethekick kplatedisplay yontheouts sideoftheha ndrail,define ethehandrailinthecounter t clockwisedirection. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Specif fythestartpo ointofrailing g:2,0,12 Specif fyendpointo ofrailing:@1 16,0,0 Specif fyendpointo ofrailing:@0 0,25,0 Specif fyendpointo ofrailing:@ 18,0,0 Specif fyendpointo ofrailing:@0 0,25,0 Click< <Enter>toen ndthecomma and. Savet thedrawing.

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BuildEquipme ent
Theequip pmentmenuprovidesconv venientmeth hodstocreate evariousmec chanicalequipmenttypes quicklyan ndeasily.The emenuutilize esflexibleass sortmentofc cones,cylinde ers,boxes,etc c.that automatic callycombine eintoasingle eintelligent equipmentt type. Plant3Da allowsyoutocreateafullrangeofpara ametricequip pmentobjects(pumps,horizontalvesse els, andvertic caltowers,et tc.).YoucanalsoaddAutoCADelemen ntstoPlantequipmentob bjects,orconv vert existingA AutoCADobjectsintoequip pment.TheC CreateEquipm mentandMo odifyEquipme entdialogbox xes includeagraphicalpre eviewwithdim mensionalcalloutsthatco orrespondtop propertynam meabbreviations throughthed dialogbox.Th hesecalloutshelpyoutov visuallyidenti ifytheelementandagiven exposedt correspon ndingpropert tyvalue. Inthissec ctionoftheTe estDrive,you uwilllearnho owtocreatea andplacesom mebasicequipmenttypes s. Thesetyp pesarenecess saryforthere emainderoft theTestDrive eandprovide ethebasistobuildthepip pe routingco onfigurations. Createeq quipmentdraw wing 1. Inthe eProjectMan nager,rightc clickthePlant t3DDrawings snodeandclickNewDraw wing. 2. Name ethedrawing gTestDriveE Equipment.dw wgandclick kOK. Xrefsteel structuredra awing 1. Ontheribbonclick k,Inserttab Referencepanel Atta ach. 2. Brows setoC:\Plant t3DProjects\ \TestDrive\Plant3DMode els\TestDrive eStructure.dw wg.TestDriv ve Struct ture.dwgwas screatedinth heCreatingSt tructuralStee ellesson.Ify youdidnotco ompletethat lesson n,use\Plan nt3DModels\ \Structure.dw wg. 3. ClickO Open. 4. Inthe eAttachExter rnalReferenc cedialogbox,selectthefo ollowingsettin ngs: Reference eType:Attac chment DeselectSpecifyOnScr reenforScale e DeselectSpecifyOnScr reenforInser rtionPoint PathType: :FullPath DeselectSpecifyOnScr reenforRotation 5. ClickO OK. 6. Savet thedrawing.

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Createho orizontaltank Note:The eequipmentfeatureallow wsthepipingdesignertoc createtempla atesofcommonlyused rametersasso equipmen ntobjects.SimilartoAuto oCADblocks,t templatessto oreallthepar ociatedwithan equipmen ntdefinitions souserscanq quicklyandea asilyinsertco ommonlyusedobjectswithouthavingt to reenterpropertyvalue es. 1. Ontheribbon,clic ck Hometa ab Equipmentpanel Create. eCreateEquip pmentdialogbox,selectthefollowing settings: 2. Inthe Equipment tdropdownlist:Vessel Horizontal Vessel. 1Torisphe ericHead:D= =6. 2Cylinder:D=6,H=1 15. 3Torisphe ericHead:D= =6. TagNumber:V101. 3. ClickC Create. 4. Choos seinsertionp point:12,20 0,15. 5. Rotationangle:90 0. thedrawing. 6. Savet Note:Toorbitthemodel,pressthe eshiftkeywh hilepressingt themiddlemousebuttonorwheeland d hemouse.To osetthemod deltopresetv views,usethe eviewcube. movingth Editnozzles 1. Clickt thenozzleon ntheendofth hehorizontaltank. 2. Clickt thepencilsym mboltoeditt thenozzle. 3. Forno ozzleN1type e,clickonCh hangeTypeand select tthefollowingsettings: StraightNo ozzle. Size:6. EndType:FL. Unit:in. PressureC Class:300. SelectNoz zzle:Nozzle,f flanged,6ND,RF,300,AS SMEB16.5 4. Forno ozzleN1loca ation,clickon nChangeLoc cationands electthe follow wingsettings: NozzleLoc cation:Radial. H:10. A:270. L:9. O:0. I:0. N:0. T:0.

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5. Inthe eNozzledropdownlist,clickN2. 6. Forno ozzleN2type e,selectthef followingsett tings: StraightNo ozzle. Size:6. EndType:FL. Unit:in. PressureC Class:300. SelectNoz zzle:Nozzle,f flanged,6ND,RF,300,AS SMEB16.5 7. Forno ozzleN2loca ation,selectt thefollowingsettings: NozzleLoc cation:Radial. H:1. A:90. L:9. O:0. I:0. N:0. T:0. 8. ClickC Close. AddnozzleN3 1. 2. 3. 4. Select tthehorizont taltank. Right click. ClickA AddNozzle Forno ozzleN3type e,selectthef followingsett tings: StraightNo ozzle. Size:1. EndType:FL. Unit:in. PressureC Class:150. SelectNoz zzle:Nozzle,f flanged,1ND,RF,150,AS SMEB16.5 5. Forno ozzleN3loca ation,selectt thefollowingsettings: NozzleLoc cation:Bottom. R:13. A:90. L:9. P:Desele ected. I:0. N:0. T:0.

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6. ClickC Close. AddnozzleN4 1. 2. 3. 4. Select tthehorizont taltank. Right click. ClickA AddNozzle Forno ozzleN4type e,selectthef followingsett tings: StraightNo ozzle. Size:1. EndType:FL. Unit:in. PressureC Class:150. SelectNoz zzle:Nozzle,f flanged,1ND,RF,150,AS SMEB16.5 5. Forno ozzleN4loca ation,selectt thefollowingsettings: NozzleLoc cation:Bottom. R:13. A:270. L:9. P:Desele ected. I:0. N:0. T:0. 6. ClickC Close. 7. Savet thedrawing. Createverticaltank 1. Ontheribbon,clic ck Hometa ab Equipmentpanel Create. 2. Inthe eCreateEquip pmentdialogbox,selectthefollowing settings: Equipment tdropdownlist:Vessel VerticalVe ssel. IfTorisphe ericHeadisno otintheshap peslistyouca anadditbyclickingonAd ddandthen selectingtheTorisphericHeadfromthedropdow wnlist.Uset theUporDow wnarrowto thelist. positionitcorrectlyint 1Torisphe ericHead:D= =8. 2Cylinder:D=8,H=2 25. 3Torisphe ericHead:D= =8. TagNumber:T101. 3. ClickC Create. 4. Choos seinsertionp point:32,25,4. 5. Rotationangle:0.

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Verticalta anknozzles 1. NozzleN1parame eters: Type:Noz zzle,flanged,10ND,RF,3 300,ASME16. .5. 0,A=0,L=9 9. Location:Radial,H=10 eters: 2. NozzleN2parame zzle,flanged,6ND,RF,30 00,ASME16.5 5. Type:Noz Location:Radial,H=12 2,A=180,L=9. eters: 3. NozzleN3parame zzle,flanged,8ND,RF,30 00,ASME16.5 5. Type:Noz Location:Top,R=0,A=0,L=9. eters: 4. NozzleN4parame zzle,flanged,4ND,RF,30 00,ASME16.5 5. Type:Noz A=90,L=9. Location:Top,R=2,A thedrawing. 5. Savet Createcentrifugalpum mp1 1. Ontheribbon,clic ck Hometa ab Equipmentpanel Create. 2. Inthe eCreateEquip pmentdialogbox,selectthefollowing settings: Equipment tdropdownlist:Pump Centrifugal Pump. Tagnumbe er:P105A. 3. ClickC Create. 4. Choos seinsertionp point:17,37 7,0. 5. Rotationangle:90 0.(Inletshou uldbefacingt thestructure) ) Createcentrifugalpum mp2 6. Ontheribbon,clic ck Hometa ab Equipmentpanel Create. 7. Inthe eCreateEquip pmentdialogbox,selectthefollowing settings: Equipment tdropdownlist:Pump Centrifugal Pump. Tagnumbe er:P105B. Create. 8. ClickC 9. Choos seinsertionp point:13,37 7,0. 10. Rotationangle:90 0.(Inletshou uldbefacingt thestructure) ) thedrawing. 11. Savet Note:The enozzlessize esforbothpu umpsshouldb be4useth hemodifynoz zzlecommandtocheckand n changeas snecessary Createexchanger1 1. Ontheribbon,clic ck Hometa ab Equipmentpanel Create. 2. Inthe eCreateEquip pmentdialogbox,selectthefollowing settings:

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Equipment tdropdownlist:HeatExc changer Re eboiler. Tagnumbe er:E101A. 1Cylinder:D=46,H H=4. 2Cylinder:D=4,H=3 3. 3Cylinder:D=46,H H=4. (Ifaconea appearsinthisshapeslistclick Remove) 4Cylinder:D=4,H=1 15. 5Cylinder:D=46,H H=4. ClickC Create. Choos seinsertionp point:12,6 ,5.25. Rotationangle:90 0. eters: NozzleN1parame zzle,flanged,8ND,RF,30 00,ASMEB16 6.5. Type:Noz 42,A=90,L=6. Location:Radial,H=14 eters: NozzleN2parame zzle,flanged,8ND,RF,30 00,ASMEB16 6.5. Type:Noz 10,A=270 0,L=6. Location:Radial,H=1 eters: NozzleN3parame zzle,flanged,6ND,RF,30 00,ASMEB16 6.5. Type:Noz 72,A=270 0,L=6. Location:Radial,H=17 eters: NozzleN4parame zzle,flanged,6ND,RF,30 00,ASMEB16 6.5. Type:Noz 72,A=90,L=6. Location:Radial,H=17 zzleifpresent tbyclickingo onitandright tclickingera ase DeletetheN5noz

HeatExchang gerasaTemp plate SavetheH 1. 2. 3. 4. Clicko ontheexchan nger,rightcli ickontheexc changerands selectModif fyEquipment t. Clicko onTemplates s Select tSavecurren ntsettingsas satemplate TypeShellandTub beastheFile eName,thenclickSave

Createexchanger2 1. Ontheribbon,clic ck Hometa ab Equipmentpanel Create. 2. Inthe eCreateEquip pmentdialogbox,clickonTemplatesa ndthenselec ctShellandT Tube 3. Select tthefollowin ngsettings: Equipment tdropdownlist:HeatExc changer Re eboiler. Tagnumbe er:E101B. 1Cylinder:D=46,H H=4. 2Cylinder:D=4,H=3 3.

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3Cylinder:D=46,H H=4. 4Cylinder:D=4,H=1 15. 5Cylinder:D=46,H H=4. Create. ClickC Choos seinsertionp point:12,6 ,10.25. RotationAngle:90 0 eters: NozzleN1parame zzle,flanged,8ND,RF,30 00,ASME Type:Noz B16.5. 142,A=270 0,L=6. Location:Radial,H=1 eters: NozzleN2parame zzle,flanged,8ND,RF,30 00,ASMEB16 6.5. Type:Noz 10,A=90,L=6. Location:Radial,H=1 eters: NozzleN3parame zzle,flanged,6ND,RF,30 00,ASMEB16 6.5. Type:Noz 72,A=270 0,L=6. Location:Radial,H=17 eters: NozzleN4parame zzle,flanged,6ND,RF,30 00,ASMEB16 6.5. Type:Noz 72,A=90,L=6. Location:Radial,H=17 thedrawing. Savet

Insert3Dsolidsforequ uipmentsupp ports AutoCAD3Dsolidscan nbeusedtor representequ uipmentsupp ports.The3D Dsolidscanbe ecreatedint the drawingo orinsertedasablockfrom manotherdraw wing. 1. Ontheribbon,clic ckInserttab Blockpane Insert. el ort1paramet ters: 2. Suppo Name:Bro owsetoC:\Plant3DProjec cts\TestDrive e\RelatedFile es\Exchanger rto ground_su upport.dwg. point:X=12 2,Y=184,3. Insertionp Scale:1. Rotation:0. Explode:U Uncheck. ort2paramet ters: 3. Suppo Name:Bro owsetoC:\Plant3DProjec cts\Test Drive\Rela atedFiles\Exc changertogr round_suppo ort.dwg. point:X=12 2,Y=104,3. Insertionp Scale:1. Rotation:0. Uncheck. Explode:U

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 4. Suppo ort3paramet ters: Name:Bro owsetoC:\Plant3DProjec cts\TestDrive e\RelatedFile es\Exchangerto Exchanger r_support.dwg. point:X=12 2,Y=1810 ,79. Insertionp Scale:1. Rotation:0. Explode:U Uncheck. ort4paramet ters 5. Suppo Name:Bro owsetoC:\Plant3DProjec cts\TestDrive e\RelatedFile es\Exchangerto Exchanger r_support.dwg. point:X=12 2,Y=1010 ,79. Insertionp Scale:1. Rotation:0. Explode:U Uncheck. thedrawing. 6. Savet ImportInv ventorsolidm modelsforeq quipmentsup pports Inventors solidmodelscanbeimpor rtedintoPlant3Ddrawing gsandconver rtedintoequi ipmentmode els. FromInve entor,exportthemodelas sa.SATfile.T The.SATfilec canbeimpor rtedintoPlan nt3Dand converted dintoanequi ipmentmode el. 1. Ontheribbon,clic ckInserttab Importpan nel Import . setoC:\Plant t3DProjects\ \TestDrive\Related 2. Brows Files\Horizontal_V Vessel_Suppor rt.sat. 3. ClickO Open. Note:Inv ventormodelsareinserted dat0,0,0.Us sebasicAuto oCAD toolstom movethesupp portintothecorrectlocati ion. 4. Useb basicAutoCAD Dtoolstomov vethesupportintoplace under theho orizontalvess sel.Refertot thescreensh hot. 5. Insert tanotherHor rizontal_Vessel_Support.sa atandplaceiitas showninthescree enshot.

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Note:You ucanattacha anAutoCADo objecttoane equipmentm odel,sothattheobjectsm movetogethe er. 6. 7. 8. 9. Ontheribbon,clic ckHometab Equipment tpanel Att tachEquipme ent. Clickt thehorizonta alvessel. Clickt thetwoimpo ortedsupport ts. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand.

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10. Impor rtandattachtheverticalt tanksupportbase.Thetan nksupportba aseislocated datC:\Plant3 3D Projec cts\TestDrive e\RelatedFile es\Tank_supp port.sat. Note:Ap pipingdesigne ercanconver rtany3DDW WGmodeltoa anAutoCADP Plant3Dequip pmentmodel l.In ordertoc converta3DD DWGmodelt toanAutoCA ADPlant3Deq quipmentmo odel,usetheProjectMana ager tocopydr rawingsintot theproject.T Thenopenth hedrawingan ndselectthec componentsreadyfor conversio ontoequipme entanduseth hefollowingd dialogboxto assigntheap ppropriatede esignation.

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RoutingPipe
AutoCADPlant3Disanintelligentpiperoutingsoftwarepackagewheretheobjectsareaknownentity withregardstotheirconnectioncriteria.Thissoftwaretakessmartpiperoutingandfittingconnecting tothenextlevel.Pipefittingsareautomaticallyselectedwhenplacedatjointswhilstroutingpipe. Thetypeandplacementoffittingsaredeterminedby:

Geometry Adjacentfittingsorcomponents PipeSpec ProjectsettingsConnections Ribbonvalues

Thepipespecandprojectconnectorsettingsdeterminehowfittingsareselectedwhenrouting.The pipespecprovidesthepartdetail(includingendtype).Theconnectorsettingscontrolwhichjointisused toconnecttheparts. InAutoCADPlant3D,jointtypesareeithersimple,orcompound.Asimplejointspecifiesfasteners(for example:weldsorboltsets)thatareusedtoholdpipetogether.Defaultsimplejointtypes,suchas welded,flanged,andsocketedjoints,areavailabletoconnectpipewithmatchingnominaldiameter. Partsthatsupporttheconnection(forexample:gaskets)areconvenientlyspecifiedinasimplejoint. Acompoundjointspecifiesaconnectioncomponentoradapter(forexample:aweldneckflange)that allowspipetoconnect.AdefaultcompoundjointtypesexampleisanAutoFlange,whichaddsaflange connectioncomponentwhenthediameter,pressureclass,andfacingofthepipeandfittingmatch. Theintuitivepiperoutingfeaturesarejustsomeofthesoftwarescapabilities.Thepipingdesignercan routepipeinamodelbysimplyspecifyingthestartpointandendpointofapipesegment.Bydefault, thepointsspecifiedareonthecenterlineofthepipe,butuserscanchoosefromanumberof alignments(forexample:bottomofpipe).Theusercanaddapipeusingtheribbon,aContinuationgrip, thespecviewer,thetoolpalette,ortheplantpipeaddcommand.

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CreatePip ping.dwg 1. Inthe eProjectMan nager,expand dthePlant3D DDrawingsno ode. 2. Right clickonPlant3DDrawing gsandclickNe ewDrawing 3. Name ethedrawing gTestDrivePiping.dwgand dclickOK. XrefSteelStructuredrawing 1. Ontheribbonclick k,Inserttab Referencepanel Atta ach. 2. Brows setoC:\Plant t3DProjects\ \TestDrive\Plant3DMode els\TestDrive eStructure.dw wg.TestDriv ve Struct ture.dwgwas screatedinth heCreatingSt tructuralStee elsession.Ifyoudidnotc completethat t lesson n,use\Plan nt3DModels\ \Structure.dw wg. 3. ClickO Open. 4. Inthe eAttachExter rnalReferenc cedialogbox,selectthefo ollowingsettin ngs: ReferenceType:Overla ay DeselectSpecifyOnScr reenforScale e DeselectSpecifyOnScr reenforInser rtionPoint PathType: :RelativePat th DeselectSpecifyOnScr reenforRotation 5. ClickO OK. Xrefequip pmentdrawin ng 1. Ontheribbonclick k,Inserttab Referencepanel Atta ach. setoC:\Plant t3DProjects\ \TestDrive\Plant3DMode els\TestDrive eEquipment.dwg.TestDr rive 2. Brows Equip pment.dwgwa ascreatedintheBuildEqu uipmentsess ion.Ifyoudidnotcomple etethatlesson, use \Plant3DMo odels\Equipm ment.dwg. 3. ClickO Open. 4. Inthe eAttachExter rnalReferenc cedialogbox,selectthefo ollowingsettin ngs: a. Reference . eType:Attac chment b. DeselectSpecifyOnScr reenforScale e c. DeselectSpecifyOnScr . reenforInser rtionPoint d. PathType: :FullPath reenforRotation e. DeselectSpecifyOnScr OK. 5. ClickO Routepip pe Note:You ucanattachp pipecomponentstoequip pmentnozzles susingnodeobjectsnap.Connection hardware e(forexample e:aweldneck kflange,gaske ets,andbolts s)isaddedfro omthepipes spec,basedo onthe sizeandtypeoftheno ozzle. 1. OntheHometab PartsInser rtionpanel,se etthespecto oCS300. rtionpanel,se etthepipesiz 2. OntheHometab PartsInser zeto6.

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3. Setth helinenumbe erwewillge etthisfromtheP&ID:Ho metab Pa artsInsertionpanel,select the pulld downinthelinenumberbox.Scrollupandcheckth heShowallli box,thensc croll inenumbers down nandselect1 103fromun ndertheP&ID Dlist. 4. Ontheribbonclick k,Hometab PartsInser rtionpanel RoutePipe. fystartpoint:Selecttheflangeofthen nozzleonthe sideoftheve erticaltankclosesttothesteel 5. Specif struct ture. 6. Specif fynextpoint2awayfrom mthenozzle,b bydraggingt hemouseaw wayfromthenozzleandty ype2 atthe ecommandline. 7. Next,changether routingplanebyselectrigh htmouseclic kandselectP Planeonthepopupmenu u. fynextpoint: :Type<E>on nthecommandline. 8. Specif 9. Enterabsoluteelev vation:3. se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. 10. Choos 11. Useth heViewCube etoputthem modelinaSEisometricvie w. 12. Savet thedrawing. Adda90 elbow Note:Addelbowsautomaticallywh henchanging gdirectionwh hilecontinuin ngtoroutepipefromthe previouse endpoint.Inadditiontos specifyingthe eendpointin nthemodel,t thepipingdesignercantyp pea distancet tospecifythe epositionofthenextfitting. Whencha angingdirecti ion,youcanp pickapointth hatalignswit ththenextpipesegment.Theappropr riate fittingplacementoccursandthepip pelengthisautomatically cutback.Whileaddingpipesegments s,the stoffittingsa availabletom maketheconn nection.Ifmorethanonefittingis pipespecprovidesalis faultfittingba asedonthep partusepriori ity.Thepart usepriorityi isset available,thefunctionselectsadef chdesignates swhichpipef fittingstouse ebydefaultw whenroutingpipeinan ineachpipespec,whic del. AutoCADPlant3Dmod 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. entstoolpale tte,clickCS30 L90LR,BV. 00tab ELL OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone Specif fyinsertionp point:clickthecenternodeattheendo ofthevertica alpipe. Rotationangle:18 80.(South) se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. Choos Savet thedrawing.

Addanec ccentricreduc cer pe Note:Anexampleoft theintuitiven natureofpipe eroutingisno otedwhenan nelbowisselectedasapip ontinuationp point.Noteho owthe+sig gnisdisplaye edinthemod delwhenthecomponentis s routingco selected.Thisgripopt tionallowsforpiperouting gcontinuatio on. 18. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone entstoolpale tte,clickCS30 00tab REDUCER(ECC),BV V. fyinsertionp point:clickthecenternodeonthe90 elbow. 19. Specif 20. Rotationangle:0. <Enter>toen ndthecomma and. 21. Click<

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22. Select ttheeccentri icreducer,cli icktheSubstitutePartgrip p. Note:Ens suretoselect tMoreSizest toexpandthe eselectionop ptions. 23. Ensur rethesizeis6 6x4. 24. Press<ESC>toend dtheselection. Add6len ngthofpipe 25. Select ttheeccentri icreducer. 26. Clickt thegreyplussymboltoad ddpipe,ande enter6onth hecommandline. 27. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. Addcontr rolvalveasacustompart Note:Routinelypiping gdesignersad ddinlineinstr rumentstop ipingconfigurations.Aco ontrolvalve,f for instance,whenplacedinthepipep portioncomes scompletew withallrequire edconnecting gcomponent ts suchasga askets,boltsa andflanges,w whilealsomo odifyingpipe cutlengthsappropriately. .However, dimension nsarenotknownatfirst,s sowewillnee edtoinputth hesemanually y 28. Ontheribbon,clic ckHometab PartsInsertionpanel CustomPar rt 29. Inthe edialogboxselectUsePa arametricGraphicsandth henselectDis splay:Valvethenenter10 for dimen nsionsH1and dH2(Youwillneedtoscrollunderva lve) 30. UnderPortProper rtiesselectS1andthens selectEndTy ypeasFLa andthenente erRFasthe e gand300forthePressureClass facing 31. Repea atforS2 32. Click InsertPartandspecifyin nsertionpoint:clickthece enternodeof f the4 pipe. 33. Rotationangle:0. 34. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. Add6len ngthofpipe 35. Select tthecontrolv valve. 36. Clickt thegreyplussymboltoad ddpipe,ande enter12ont thecommand d line. 37. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. Note:The ecorrectflan ngeisautomaticallyaddedbutthepipe elengthissho ortenedtoinc cludethemat ting flange.Yo oucanchangetheactualp pipelengthto o6byclickin ngonthepipe e,grabbingth heendgrip(M Move Part)andkeyingin6 Addanec ccentricreduc cer 38. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone entstoolpale tte,clickCS30 00tab RED DUCER(ECC),BV. fyinsertionp point:clickthecenternodeofthe4piipe. 39. Specif

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40. 41. 42. 43. 44.

Rotationangle:0. <Enter>toen ndthecomma and. Click< Select ttheeccentri icreducer,cli icktheSubstitutePartgrip p. Select tmoresizesandchang gethesizeto6x4. Press<ESC>toend dtheselection.

Routepip petotopofho orizontalvess sel 45. 46. 47. 48. Select ttheeccentri icreducer. Clickt thegreyplussymboltoad ddpipe. Clickt thecenterno odeoftheflan ngeontheno ozzleontopo ofthehorizon ntalvessel. Savet thedrawing.

Note:The epipeisabletoautoroutebetweentw wogivenpoin nts. Addgatevalvestotheverticalpipe ontanksideofthecontro olvalve 49. Useth heViewCube etoputthem modelinaNW Wisometricviiew. 50. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone entstoolpale tte,click CS300 0tab GateValve,FL,RF,3 300. 51. Insert tionpoint:clicktheintersectionoftheverticalpipeandthe90 elbow wonthetanksideoftheco ontrolvalve. 52. Rotationangle:27 70. se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. 53. Choos Addagatevalvetover rticalpipeonthevesselsid deofthecon ntrolvalve 54. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone entstoolpale tte,CS300tab GateValve,FL,RF,300 0. 55. Insert tionpoint:clicktheintersectionoftheverticalpipeandthe90 elbowonthe evesselsideo ofthe contro olvalve. 56. Rotationangle:27 70. 57. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. Addabyp passlineabov vecontrolvalve

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58. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone entstoolpale tte,clickCS30 00 tab Tee,BV. ve,3 59. Insert ttheteeonth heverticalpip peontheves sselsideofth hecontrolvalv above ethegatevalve. 60. Select tthetee,clicktheSubstitu utePartgrip. 61. Chang gethesizeto6x4TEE(R RED),6X4ND,BW,ASME EB16.9. 62. Select tthetee,clickthegreyplu usgriptocontinuerouting gpipe. 63. Clickt theverticalpipeonthetanksideofthe econtrolvalv ve. cingteeisins Note:Pip peisautomaticallyroutedandtheappr ropriatereduc sertedtocom mplete theconne ection. 64. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. Addagatevalvetobyp passline 65. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone entstoolpale tte,clickCS30 00 tab GateValve,FL,RF,300. 66. Clickt themidpointofthebypasslinetoplace ethegatevallve. 67. Specif fyrotationan ngle:270. 68. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. 69. Savet thedrawing.

RoutingPipeC Continued d...

pefrom1stpumptobottom mofhorizontalvessel Routepip OntheHometab PartsInser rtionpanel,se etthespecto oCS300. OntheHometab PartsInser zeto6. rtionpanel,se etthepipesiz Select tlinenumber r104fromtheP&IDlist Ontheribbonclick k,Hometab PartsInser rtionpanel RoutePipe. Specif fystartpoint:Clickthece enternodeoftheflangeon nthefrontof fthe pump p. 6. Specif fynextpoint: :Dragthecursorawayfro omtheflange eandtype12. 7. Choos se<Enter>. 8. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Note:The eappropriate eflangeandr reducerareautomatically addedbased don thecurren ntspec.

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Addagatevalve 9. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone entstoolpale tte,click CS300 0tab GateValve,FL,RF,3 300. 10. Insert tionpoint:clickthecenternodeonthe eendofthe1 12piece ofpip pe. 11. Rotationangle:0. 12. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. Autorout tepipetobot ttomofhorizo ontalvessel 13. Clickt thegatevalve e. 14. Clickt thegreyplussymboltoco ontinueroutin ngpipe. 15. Clickt thecenterno odeoftheflan ngeonthebo ottomofthe horizo ontalvessel. Note:AutoCADPlant3 3Ddetermine esseveralopt tionstoauto desiredlocatio on.Choose< <Next>to routethepipetothed togglebet tweentheop ptions.Choos se<Accept>w whenthe desiredso olutionisvisib ble. 16. Choos se<Next>untiltheoptioninthescreen nshotis visible e. 17. Choos se<Accept>t toacceptthis soption. Routepip pefrom2ndpu ump Note:Asanoption,co opypartofthesuctionpipingonpump 1usingtheC CopySelectionmethod.Yo ou ttheflange,p pipe,gatevalv veandflange esandelbow byclickingth henozzlemat tingflangefir rst, canselect thenthee elbow,rightc clickandselectAppendto oSelection> ConnectedP Parts>path hbetween selected.Usethenod deofpump1 1asthebasep pointandthe enodeofpum mp2astheen ndpoint.The en wntostep28below. jumpdow 18. 19. 20. 21. Specif fystartpoint:Clickthece enternodeoftheflangeon nthefrontof fthepump. rsorawayfro Specif fynextpoint: :Dragthecu omtheflange eandtype12. Choos se<Enter>. Choos se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand.

Addagatevalve 22. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone 00tab Gat entstoolpale tte,clickCS30 te Valve,FL,RF,300. tionpoint:clickthecenternodeonthe eendofthe1 12pieceofp pipe. 23. Insert 24. Rotationangle:0. se<Enter>to oendthecom mmand. 25. Choos

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Addanelbow 26. OntheAutoCADPlant3DPipingCompone entstoolpale tte,clickCS30 00tab ELL L90LR,BV. 27. Insert tionpoint:Clickthecenternodeonthe egatevalve. 28. Rotationangle:0. Autorout tepipefrome elbowtovert ticalsection 29. Clickt the90elbow w. 30. Clickt thegreyplussymboltoco ontinueroutin ngpipe. 31. Clicka alongtheverticalsectiono ofpiperunnin ngfromthe1 stpumptoth 1 he bottomofthehori izontalvessel l. 32. Savet thedrawing. Setbranchpipeelevation Youcanm movepipingto oanyelevatio oneitherbyb bottomofpip pe,centerofpipeortopo ofpipebydo oing thefollow wing: 1. Clickonthepipeandthenc clickontheC ChangePipe Elevationsy ymbol 2. Ta abbetweent thefieldtose ettherequiredelevation

DocumentCre eationWo orkflow

thintheWorkspaceisman nagedprimar rilybytheset ttingsofthep project.This Documentcreationwit mtheuser,wh hoonlyneeds stofocuson thedocumen ntcreationpr rocess.All relievesa burdenfrom tsaredirectly yextractedfr romthe3Dm model.Theref fore,thereco ommendedw workflowprac ctice document istoensurethatthem modelaccuratelyreflectsan nyandalldes signandfabricationcondit tionsdesiredin ensurecorrec ctdepictionsi inthesubseq quentdrawing gfiles. ordertoe Thissessio oncovers: OrthographicD O DrawingGene eration o PlanorElevationVi iews o Sectionanddetails Is sometricDraw wingGeneration PublishingDrawings

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CreateOr rthographicD Drawings CreatePla anViewTutPlanDWG001.d dwg 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Inthe eProjectMan nager,clicktheOrthograph hicDWGtab. Right clickontheO OrthographicDrawingsfol lderandclick kNewDrawin ng Name ethedrawing gTestPlan001 1.dwgandclic ckOK. Right clickonTestPlan001.dwgandclickPro operties.Edit tthepropertiestoupdatethetitlebloc ck inform mationonthe edrawing. Ontheribbonclick k,OrthoView wtab Ortho oViewspane NewView el w. eSelectReferenceModelsdialogbox,s selectthefoll owingdrawin ngs: Inthe TestDriveStructure.dw wg TestDriveEquipment.d dwg. TestDrivePiping.dwg. Piping_002 2.dwg. Str_rack.dwg. Ontheribbon O OrthoEditort tab Genera alpanel,ente erthefollowingvalues: Name:Low werElevation n. View:Top p. Scale:3/8 8=10. LowerX: 290.000 LowerY:6 60.000 LowerZ: 0.125 Length:76 60.000 Width:68 88.000 Height:18 80.000 Ontheribbonclick k,OrthoEdito ortab Conf firm/Cancelp panel UpdateOrthoVie ew.Placethe e viewp portinthelow werlefthandcornerofyourorthograph hicdrawing. Dimensionandann notatethedr rawingasapp propriate. Savet thedrawing.

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 CreateIso ometricDraw wings Isometricdrawingsare ecreatedusin ngIsogen.Iso ogenisafully yautomatedd drawingcreat tiontool.The e dministratorc createsallset ttingsandpro ojectparame tersinadvan nceofthedoc cumentcreation projectad process.T Theusersimp plyemployst thosesettings sviastyles. . 1. Inthe eProjectMan nager,selectt theIsometricDWGtab. 2. Scrolldowntoone eofthepiping glinenumbersdepicted,r rightclick,the en tProductionI Iso select 3. Fromthepulldownmenu,selectFinalandc clickCreate. clickonthen newdrawingandselectOpentoviewt thedrawing. 4. Right 5. Continuetocreate eandviewdra awings.Ifad drawingconta ainserrorsor risnotcorrec ctlyconnected, rightc clickonthed drawingandselectRemove eDrawing.T henfixthepi ipeconfigurationinthemodel andre ecreatethed drawing.

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Publishing gDrawings Plant3Dp providesahandydocumen ntmanageme entinterface calledSheetSetManager,whichallow wsthe pipingdes signertoeasi ilypublishanentiresheetset,asubsetofasheetse et,orasinglesheetfromthe projectmodelfiles.Itisquickertopublishashe eetsetintheS SheetSetMa anagerrather rthanusingthe Publishdi ialogbox. Whenpub blishingfromtheSheetSe etManager,th hepipingdes signercanpublishanelect tronicsheets setby publishing gtoaDWF,D DWFx,orPDFfile,ortheus sercanpublis shapaperse etbypublishin ngtotheplot tter namedinthepagesetupthatisass sociatedwitheachdrawing gsheet. eningthePub blishdialogbo oxfromtheSh heetSetMan nager,thePub blishdialogb boxautomatic cally Uponope liststhesheetsselecte edintheshee etset.Theuserhastheop pportunitytomodifythesheetsetfor publishing g.

Additiona alfunctionalityprovidesfo orsettingoptionsforpublis location,multi shing,suchasoutputfilel sheetnam meoptions,filesecurity(passwordprot tection),and whetherorn nottoinclude elayer informatio on.Theusercanalsodecidewhattype esofinforma tiontorevealinthepublis shedDWF,DW WFx, . andPDFf filesandwhet thertopublis shdrawingsautomatically.

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Projectgu uidelinesdete erminethety ypesofmetad dataincludedsuchas,shee etsetproperties(mustpu ublish usingtheSheetSetMa anager),block kstandardpr ropertiesandblockcustom mpropertiesa andattribute es, andprope ertiescontain nedincustom mobjects. Afteranymodelrevisio onsoccur,the eusercaneasilyrepublish hlistsofdraw wingsheetspr reviouslysave edin theDrawi ingSetDescri iptions(DSD)fileformatfo orsubsequen ntviewingorplotting.The eusercaneas sily republishasheetset(D DSTfile)oracollectionofdrawingshee etsthatwere esavedasaD DSD(DrawingSet Descriptio ons)file.Thepipingdesign nercanalsoloadandrepu ublishBP3(Ba atchPlot)files.

Mana ageProjectData
ThePlant3Dprojectenvironmentp providesacon nvenientmet thodofmana agingthedata abetweenthe eliverables,su uchasthedataontheP&I IDandtheda atainthe3Dmodel.These eeasytouseset projectde oftoolsallowstheprojectdatatos staysynchronizedbetween ndeliverables s.Thesemet thodologiesare extremely yusefultoallowforrevisio oncontrol,th husincreasing gprojecteffic ciency.Thiss sessionwillto ouch onacoup pleoftheavailabletoolsan ndprovideasimpleoverv iew. Thissessio oncovers: DataManagem ment o Export tdatarevise edataandim mport o Changepipingobje ectsdatadirec ctlyinthemo odel

ExportPro ojectData 1. Inthe eProjectMan nager,expand dthePlant3D DDrawingsno ode. 2. Right clicktheTest tyDrivePipin ngdrawing,clickOpenint heProjectSo ourceFilestab thenclick b DataManager. 3. Ensur retheDataM Managerpulld downmenuis ssettoCurre entDrawingD Data. 4. Inthe eDataManag gerdialogbox clickExpo x ort. 5. Select ttheActiven nodeandallchildnodesradiobutton,t hen brows seforanappropriatefolde erlocationan ndfilename, thenselect OK. 6. Open thefileandu updateprojec ctdataasapp propriate. Note:therearenumer roustabsinth heExcelshee et,whichcont tainsthe various3D Dcomponent tsinlogicalor rder. 7. When neditingisco omplete,save ethefile.

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ImportPr rojectData 8. Inthe eDataManag gerdialogbox clickImpo x ort. 9. Inthe edialogbox,n navigatetoth heappropriat tefilelocation nandclickOK K. Note:On ntheDataMa anageribbontheCheckan ndtheXicons sbecomehigh hlighted.

10. Theuserhastheoptionofeithe erAcceptingo orRejectingt thechangeso onebyoneor rallatonce. Notice ethedataisa automatically yhighlightedsotheuserc caneasilydete erminetheta argeteddata items.

11. Select ttheappropr riateiconand dsavethedra awing. 12. ClosetheDataManager. ChangePi ipingObjectD DataDirectlyintheModel l 1. Inthe eProjectMan nager,expand dthePlant3D DDrawingsno ode. 2. Right clicktheTest tDrivePiping gdrawing,clic ckOpeninth eProjectSou urceFiles tab. gobjecttobr ringupthePr ropertiesDialogbox. 3. Next,doubleclickonanypiping afieldinthed dialogboxcan nberevised, includingthe eline 4. Notethatanydata ber,spec,serv vice,etc. numb 5. Oncethisdialogbo oxisopen,multipleitemscanalsobes selectedusing gthe

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regula arAutoCADit temselection n,inordertorevisemanyc componentslikedatasimultaneously. Note:Sizechangescanhaveunwan ntedaffectsd dependentup ponhowthey yareapplied. .Thesoftwar rewill callyattempttoplaceredu ucingtypefitt tingsoncom ponentsthat tarenotinth heselectionse et. automatic

P&IDandNav visworksI Integratio on

kspaceisaconvenientmet thodtonavigatebetween theP&IDand dPlant3Den nvironment.P Plant TheWork 3Disaful llyintegratedplantdesignsystem.This slevelofinte egrationcontr ributestothe eeaseofuseand increaseinefficiencye especiallywhe enrevisionsa aresuchacon nsistentchara acteristicoft theplantdesign process. terwillprovid deanovervie ewoftherela ationshipbetw weentheP&I IDandNavisw works,thewa alk Thischapt throughsoftware. 1. P& &IDIntegration ctData Projec Projec ctReports 2. NavisworksInt tegration P&IDIntegrationPro ojectData TheProjectDatatabprovidesasim mplemethodo ofreviewinga andeditingp particularcom mponentdata withinthe eassociatedP P&IDdrawing gfile. 1. Inthe eProjectMan nager,expand dtheTestDriv ve Plant3 DDrawings node clickTestDri ivePiping.dw wg,clickDataManager 2. Right 3. Ensur retheDataM Managerpulld downmenuis ssettoPlant 3DProject Data. ontree,select tpump,vesse el,etc.and 4. OntheDataManagernavigatio propriateint thetabletoth heright.Righ htclickover entervaluesasapp olumnheadin ngstobringupadialogtha atprovidesfr reeze,hide, theco andfi ilterfunctions s,allowingforeasydatam manipulation. Note:Up pdatingcertaindatainthisareawillupd datethedata ontheP&IDaswell.Data aingrayfield dsare lockedandnotavailab bleforediting g. 5. Afterdatamanipulationsareco omplete,selecttheSynchr ronizeP&IDS SymbolsandA Annotations. neditingisco omplete,save ethefile. 6. When

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 P&IDIntegrationPro ojectReports TheProjectReportstabprovidesan nelegantmet thodofreview wingvariousreportscorre elatedtothe dP&IDdrawingfile.Theu usercanalsoprintanyoft theselectedr reportsfromthiswindow. associated 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Inthe eProjectMan nager,expand dtheTestDriv ve Plant3 DDrawingsn node. Right clickTestDri ivePiping.dw wg,clickDataManager Ensur retheDataM Managerpulld downmenuis ssettoProjec ctReports. Select tinganyofthereportspre esentsatable elistinginthe erighthandw window. OntheDataManagerribbon,clickmagnifyg glass. tadeviceint thereporttozoomtotheobjectonthe eP&ID. Select Doubleclickonthe eobjectonth heP&IDtobr ringupthepr ropertiesdialogbox.Edittheappropria ate data. nthedatama anagementan ndreportingt tasksarecom mplete,savet thefile. 8. When

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 NavisworksIntegration n Thissectio onwillcovertheeffortless sNavisworks importfeatu urethatbringsPlant3Dmo odelfilesinto oa reviewsession.Navisw worksconvertsfilesintoanNWForNW WDfileformat twhichenablesdata odelfilesthatwouldbetoo owieldytom manipulatedu uringanAutoC CADsession. processingoflargemo Navisworksalsohasan narrayoffeat turessuchas sInterference eDetection(w withaManag gelicense)tha at theoverallpipingdesigne experience. enhancet Thissessio onisnotintendedtoprov videanytrainingonhowto ousetheNav visworksprod duct. 1. Initiat teaNaviswor rkssession. 2. Ontheribbon,clic ckHometab Open.Bro owsetoC:\Pla ant3DProjec cts\TestDrive e\Plant3D Mode els\Piping.dwg.

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3. Zoom mintothemod deltofindthe eTestDrivem modelfilebuiiltwiththism manualassho ownbelow.

4. Prope ertyinformati ionisaccesse edbyselectingacompone entandopeni ingtheprope ertiestabloca ated tothe erightoftheworkingscreen. 5. Useth heSaveAsfun nctiontocrea ateanNWFo orNWDfile,e easesaccessib bilityoftheen ntiremodelin n future eNavisworkssessions.

Summ mary
Inthistes stdriveyouw wereintroducedtothePlan nt3Dtoolsth hatsimplify3Dmodelcrea ationandproject managem ment.Whiletheinitialsetu upofthespec candproject folderstruct turewasalrea adyinplace,t this testcover redopeningt theproject,addingnewdr rawings,3Dd design,andco ombiningdraw wingstocrea atea completePlant3Dmodel.Oncethe emodelwasinplace,youlearnedthebasicsofdocumentcreation andprojectdatamana agement.And dfinallythec completemod delwasimpo ortedintoNav visworkswhe ere youhavetoolslikecoll lisiondetectio onandcreatingacompell ingwalkthro oughofthede esign.Weat Autodeskhopeyouhaveenjoyedth hetestdrivea andwilluset thisasafoundationforfur rtherevaluationof deskPlantDesignSuite. theAutod FormorehelpandforTips&TricksvisitthePlantExchange eatwww.aut todesk.com/p plantexchange e Pleasegiv veusyourfee edbackbyvisi itingwww.au utodesk.com/ /plantdesignsuitetestdrive efeedback

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