© 2011 Autodesk Customizing AutoCAD ® Plant 3D Isometrics Joel HarrisIan Matthew Piping Technology Specialist, Anvil Corp.Technical Marketing Manager, Autodesk

© 2011 Autodesk Class Summary In this class, you will learn how to customize the isometrics produced by AutoCAD Plant 3D so that they will meet your CAD and engineering standards as well as the standards of your client. This class will walk you through all the steps that are necessary to perform this task and give guidance based on practical experience for best practices for piping isometrics

© 2011 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to:  Understand the Different Customization Options in AutoCAD Plant 3D  Create and Customize a New Isometric Style  Add a Custom Title Block  Modify Isometric Symbols

© 2011 Autodesk Assumptions 1. You are familiar with Piping Isometrics! 2. You have some knowledge of AutoCAD Plant 3D Note: The material in this class is applicable to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012

© 2011 Autodesk Introduction

© 2011 Autodesk Let’s Create a Piping Isometric

© 2011 Autodesk Resulting Iso – one of several sheets!

© 2011 Autodesk User Options

© 2011 Autodesk Resulting Iso

© 2011 Autodesk Customization Options in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012

© 2011 Autodesk Isometric Styles  Isometric Styles:  For different types of isometrics  Each has different settings  Many styles per project  Each can be customized

© 2011 Autodesk Customizing existing styles  Iso Style Setup – Main UI  Isometric or Spool  Auto Field Weld  Spool setup  Paths  BOM Table Overflow

© 2011 Autodesk Customizing Existing Styles  Annotations  BOM Annotations  Spool Annotations  End Connection Annotations  Cut Pieces  Weld  Valves

© 2011 Autodesk Before & After  Before  After

© 2011 Autodesk Customizing Existing Styles  Dimensions  Dimensioning Types  For iso themes  Dimensioning Behavior  Gasket Handling

© 2011 Autodesk Before & After  Before  After

© 2011 Autodesk Customizing Existing Styles  Sloped & Offset Piping  Sloped Piping Annotation  Offset Piping  2D vertical offsets  Sloped pipe with a 2D horizontal offset  Rolled offsets (3D skews)

© 2011 Autodesk Customizing Existing Styles  Title Block & Display  Title Block  Isometric Symbols  Elbow & Pipe Bend Display  Iso Theme Criteria

© 2011 Autodesk Before & After  Before  After

© 2011 Autodesk Create and Customize a NEW Isometric Style

© 2011 Autodesk Create New Style  Base on existing style  Creates new Isometric Folder

© 2011 Autodesk Create Iso

© 2011 Autodesk Add a Custom Title Block

© 2011 Autodesk Add Title Block

© 2011 Autodesk Set Drawing Area, Table Area & North Arrow

© 2011 Autodesk Add Attributes

© 2011 Autodesk Isometric:

© 2011 Autodesk Modify Isometric Symbols

© 2011 Autodesk Mapping SKEY to Block  IsoSkeyAcadBlockMap.xml  In Isometrics Folder

© 2011 Autodesk Edit Symbol  Use the Skey map to find the symbol

© 2011 Autodesk Edit Symbol

© 2011 Autodesk Before & After  Before  After

© 2011 Autodesk Advanced!

© 2011 Autodesk IsoConfig.xml  Beware!  ALWAYS Backup the file before you edit it  Add a Support Tag  Edit IsoConfig.xml  Use Notepad or Notepad++

© 2011 Autodesk  Add Support Tag

© 2011 Autodesk Before & After  Before  After

© 2011 Autodesk Conclusion

© 2011 Autodesk What we did  Explored the Isometric Settings in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012  Created a NEW Isometric Style  Added a Custom Title Block  Modified Isometric Symbols

© 2011 Autodesk More Informationwww.autodesk.com/plantexchange  Video Tutorials  Ask the Expert and Discussions  Community of users

© 2011 Autodesk

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