PD2297: AutoCAD Plant 3D

Tricks of the Trade

Scott Hallmark
Lead Designer, Robins & Morton
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Scott Hallmark, Inventor 2013 Certified Professional

Lead Designer, Robins & Morton Piping Design and
Application Support / Development (1 year)
Application Specialist, Applied Software & ALACAD
Support and train clients in AutoCAD Plant 3D, P&ID,
Mechanical and Autodesk Inventor and Factory (5 years)
IT/CAD Manager, Vulcan Engineering Co End-user Support
for all IT and CAD using AutoCAD, Solidworks and
ProEngineer (12 years)

Class Summary and Learning Objectives

Class summary
Acquire some of the tricks learned over the years for
AutoCAD Plant 3D. Some of the items to be covered
include the various ways to Route Pipe (Rolled Offsets, L2P,
Assisted Routing, F as you go, Elevations) creating
Equipment Templates, Using Viewports in P3D Modeling & XRay View, Layer and Template Options, Iso Messages and
Breaks, Model Symbols (Triangles, Pluses, Inverted
Triangles, Arrows, The Red Line of Connectivity) and the
proper method of making line and inline asset size changes.

Key learning objectives

At the end of this class, you will be able to:
Route pipe in various ways for different scenarios, as well as create and
store Equipment Templates to be used across multiple projects.
Change sizes of components and move components without deleting and
re-routing.
Generate Isos to include various messages and breaks to speed up the
clean up time.
Adjust graphical view options to suit the modeling needs, and generate
templates with specific layers for modeling.

Section 1: Pipe Routing and

Equipment Templates

Pipe Routing:
F as You
Go
Place Fittings
as you Route
by using the
F key

Pipe
Routing:
L2P (Line
to Pipe
Choose an
existing
3DPoly,
PLine or Line
to convert to
pipe

Pipe
Routing:
Assisted
Routing
Pick a Start
Point and
End Point
and let P3D
route it for
you

Start
Point
(NODE)
End
Point
(NODE
)

Pipe
Routing:
Rolled
Offset
Line
command
works best.
Draw the
box and
then use L2P

Equipment
Templates:
Create &
Store for
Multiple
Projects
Store on a
common
network
location for all

Section 2: Graphical View Options and

Template Layers

Graphical
View
Options:
Wireframe
and
3DWirefra
me

For
Viewing
and
Editing
Iso Pipe
Annotatio
n Globes

Graphical
View
Options:
Conceptual

Active
Drawing
Piping
X-Ref File
Piping

Graphical
View
Options:
Realistic
Visible
Edges
and
Tangent
Lines

Graphical
View
Options:
Shaded
No Visible
Edges
and
Tangent
Lines

Graphical
View
Options:
Shades of
Gray

Visible
Edges
and
Tangent
Lines
Active
Drawing
Piping
Highlighte
d

Graphical
View
Options:
X-Ray

Transpare
nt Shading
for
clearance
checking
and Iso
Message
visibility

Graphica
l View
Options:
Route
pipe
using
multiple
viewpor
ts

Template
Layers:
Create the
same
Layers you
want to
use on
your
Orthos in
your Model

Template
Layers:
Force the
Orthos to
use 3D
Model
Layers

Section 3: Generating Clean Isos

Generating
Clean Isos:
Break
locations
You can
break the Iso
where you
want it and
add Tie-In
symbols

Generating
Clean Isos:
Floor
Penetratio
n and Iso
Message
Two globes
in the same
location

Section 4: Sizes Changes, Moving

Components and Symbols

Sizes
Changes:
Change
One
Component
Use
Properties to
change the
size of a
component

Sizes
Changes:
Change
Multiple
Component
s
Use
Properties to
change the
size of all

Sizes
Changes:
Move a
Component
Use
Dynamic
Input (F12)
for
placement Use Grips to

Symbols:
On Pipe
Create Branch
Change
Elevation
Continue Route
Move Part
Substitute Part

Symbols:
On Fittings
Flip Part
Rotate Part
Substitute Part
Move Part
Continue Route

Symbols:
On Valves
Flip Part
Rotate Part
Move Part
Continue Route
Substitute Part

Symbols:
Other Symbols
Red Line of
Connectivity
The Compass
(CTRL+RightClic
k)

Symbols:
Other
Symbols
The Pencil
(CTRL+LeftClick
)
Steel Stretch
Grips

Questions and Answers

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