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20 May 2013

AutoCAD Plant 3D - Validation Manager
Every now and again I hear people bemoaning the fact that there is no link between the data in the P&ID database and the data in the Piping database within the same AutoCAD Plant 3D project. There are…

16 May 2013

Reusing Plant Equipment Models
Over the past couple of weeks several clients have asked the same question about equipment modelling in Plant 3D. Simply put, if I have created a model of a piece of equipment and want to reuse that…

09 April 2013

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2014 – First Look
After installing the 2014 release of AutoCAD Plant 3D, you might wonder what has changed. The 3D Piping workspace layout is largely unchanged, apart from the new AutoCAD 2014 tab control that shows …

26 March 2013

What's new in Plant Design Suite 2014
Today Autodesk Leaked some of what’s coming in the new release of Plant Design Suite 2014, I have included links to them here! If you click on the image below, you will be directed to the Autodesk…

25 March 2013

Plant 3D Drawings Now Supported on AutoCAD WS
As of this week, AutoCAD WS now supports Plant 3D in all of AutoCAD WS platforms (web, mobile, and Mac).If your drawings contain Plant 3D entities, you can view them with AutoCAD WS when you upload …

21 March 2013

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 - Pipe Routing
The pipe routing in AutoCAD Plant 3D has improved significantly over the past couple of releases, but it sometimes still has its 'moments' where it appears impossible to route a pipe along what appear…

08 March 2013

AutoCAD PID 2013, Page Connector Issues
It has recently come to my attention that off-page connectors sometimes lose their attribute values if you connect a line across 3 or more sheets …

07 February 2013

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 SP1 Data Integrity Hotfix
Autodesk just released a Data Integrity Hotfix for AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 SP1. This hotfix should be applied to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 with Service Pack 1 already applied. It addresses the following…

22 January 2013

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 64-bit Service Pack 1 Hotfix
Autodesk have recently released hotfixes for the AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 64-bit Service Pack 1.…

14 January 2013

Change Project Name in AutoCAD Plant 3D or P&ID
Change Project Name in AutoCAD Plant 3D or AutoCAD P&ID…