1. PD2297: AutoCAD® Plant 3D Tricks of the Trade
Scott Hallmark
Lead Designer, Robins & Morton
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2. 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)

3. Class Summary and Learning Objectives

4. 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 & X-Ray 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.

5. 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.

6. Section 1: Pipe Routing and Equipment Templates

7. Pipe Routing:
“F” as You Go
Place Fittings as you Route by using the “F” key

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

9. Pick a Start Point and End Point and let P3D route it for you
Pipe Routing:
Assisted Routing
Pick a Start Point and End Point and let P3D route it for you
Start Point
(NODE)
End Point (NODE)

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

11. Equipment Templates:
Create & Store for Multiple Projects
Store on a common network location for all users to access

12. Section 2: Graphical View Options and Template Layers

13. For Viewing and Editing Iso Pipe Annotation Globes
Graphical View Options:
Wireframe and 3DWireframe
For Viewing and Editing Iso Pipe Annotation Globes

14. Graphical View Options:
Conceptual
Active Drawing Piping
X-Ref File Piping

15. Visible Edges and Tangent Lines
Graphical View Options:
Realistic
Visible Edges and Tangent Lines

16. No Visible Edges and Tangent Lines
Graphical View Options:
Shaded
No Visible Edges and Tangent Lines

17. Visible Edges and Tangent Lines – Active Drawing Piping Highlighted
Graphical View Options:
Shades of Gray
Visible Edges and Tangent Lines – Active Drawing Piping Highlighted

18. Transparent Shading for clearance checking and Iso Message visibility
Graphical View Options:
X-Ray
Transparent Shading for clearance checking and Iso Message visibility

19. Graphical View Options:
Route pipe using multiple viewports 2 1 4 3

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

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

22. Section 3: Generating Clean Isos

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

24. Generating Clean Isos:
Floor Penetration and Iso Message
Two globes in the same location

25. Section 4: Sizes Changes, Moving Components and Symbols

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

27. Sizes Changes:
Change Multiple Components
Use Properties to change the size of all

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

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

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

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

32. Symbols:
Other Symbols
Red Line of Connectivity
The Compass
(CTRL+RightClick)

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

34. Questions and Answers