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2. PD5740 – AutoCAD® P&ID and AutoCAD® Plant 3D: Hidden Treasures in Your Databases
Carsten Beinecke
Product Manager
CAD STUDIO ABCOM GmbH, Germany

3. Class summary
You will learn:
how AutoCAD® P&ID/Plant 3D uses databases
what the difference between Table and View is
what are relationship tables for
how you create your own views
how you get the result of a view into your drawing

4. Key learning objectives
At the end of this class, you will be able to:
Understand how AutoCAD P&ID software and AutoCAD Plant 3D software handle databases
Learn where and how the data is stored in the database
Learn how to create database views
Discover ways to use the view's result for your work

5. How AutoCAD® P&ID/Plant 3D uses databases

6. How AutoCAD® P&ID/Plant 3D uses databases
Local Data Cache
Open DWG
Save DWG
New Tag
DWG
DWG
Tag
PnPLocalDataCachePurger.exe
DWG
Check
Database
Database
Database
Local
Data Cache

7. What is the difference between Table and View

8. What is the difference between Table and View
Equipment Table
EngineeringItems
Table
Equipment_PNP
View

9. What is the difference between Table and View
Equipment_PNP View
EngineeringItems_PnP
View
PnPBase_PNP
View

10. What are relationship tables for

11. What are relationship tables for
ConnectorsRelationship
Connectors
Off-Page Connector
PipeLineGroupRelationship
PipeLines
PipeLineGroup &
PipeLineSegements
PipeLineGroup
LineStartAsset
LineStartAsset &
LeinEndAsset
Equipment

12. How to create your own Views

13. How to create your own Views
SQL Builder

14. How to create your own Views
Select Tables or Views

15. How to create your own Views
Set relationships

16. How to create your own Views
Set fields and execute

17. How to create your own Views
Check result

18. How to create your own Views
Check result

19. How to create your own Views
Save View

20. How to get the result of your view into your drawing

21. How to get the result of your view into your drawing
Excel Ex-/Import + Copy & Paste
PLANTXDBMANAGER
PlantLink

22. How to get the result of your view into your drawing

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