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    Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021
    Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021
    Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021
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    Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 is a learn-by-doing manual focused on the basics of AutoCAD Plant 3D. The book helps you to learn the process of creating projects in AutoCAD Plant 3D rather than learning specific tools and commands. It consists of sixteen tutorials, which help you to complete a project successfully. The topics explained in the plant design process are:

     

    • Creating Projects

    • Creating and Editing P&IDs

    • Managing Data

    • Generating Reports

    • Creating 3D Structures

    • Adding Equipment

    • Creating Piping

    • Validate Drawings

    • Creating Isometric Drawings

    • Creating Orthographic Drawing

    • Project Management, and

    • Printing and Publishing Drawings

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTutorial Books
    Release dateOct 15, 2020
    ISBN9781393630272
    Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021

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    Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 - Tutorial Books

    Introduction to

    AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021

    Tutorial Books

    This book may not be duplicated in any way without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the form of brief excerpts or quotations for review. The information contained herein is for the personal use of the reader. It may not be incorporated in any commercial programs, other books, databases, or any software without the written consent of the publisher. Making copies of this book or any portion for a purpose other than your own is a violation of copyright laws. 

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Creating P&IDs

    Starting AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021

    An Overview about Projects in AutoCAD Plant 3D

    Tutorial 1

    Creating a New Project

    Creating a New Drawing

    Changing the Workspace

    Viewing the Drawing Properties

    P&ID Symbology Standards

    Placing Equipment

    Editing the P&ID Symbols

    Adding Nozzles to the Equipment

    Creating Schematic Lines

    Assigning Tags to lines

    P&ID Painter

    Placing Valves and Fittings

    Placing Instruments

    Creating Instrumentation Lines

    Placing the Field Discrete instrument symbol

    Creating the Pneumatic Signal lines

    Adding Off page connectors

    Checking the Drawing

    Tutorial 2

    Creating a Custom symbol and converting it into a P&ID symbol

    Creating the Secondary Line Segments

    Connecting the Off page connectors

    Exercise 1

    Tutorial 3 (Editing the P&ID)

    Applying Corners

    Adding Gaps to lines

    Reversing the Flow Direction

    Modifying the lines using grips

    Substituting the Symbols

    Tutorial 4 (Defining a new Class)

    Adding Annotations to the Symbol

    Chapter 2: Data Manager

    Tutorial 1 (Managing Data)

    Filtering the Data

    Exporting the Data

    Assigning Tags using the Data Manager

    Tutorial 2 (Creating Project Reports)

    Modifying the Project Reports

    Chapter 3: Creating Reports

    Tutorial 1 (Generate Reports)

    Tutorial 2 (Creating a New Report Configuration File)

    Tutorial 3 (Editing the Report Layout)

    Chapter 4: Creating Plant 3D Model

    Creating a Plant 3D Drawing

    Tutorial 1 (Creating Structural Model)

    Creating Layers

    Creating the Grid

    Structural Member Representation

    Creating Footings

    Creating Structural Members

    Increasing the length of the Structural Members

    Extending the Structural Members

    Trimming the Structural Members

    Using the Cut Back Member command

    Using the Miter Cut Member command

    Using the Structure Edit command

    Adding Platforms

    Adding Stairs

    Adding Railings

    Using the Structure Explode command

    Adding Ladders

    Tutorial 2 (Adding Equipment)

    Creating an Equipment using Pre-Defined Shapes

    Adding Nozzles

    Using the Convert Equipment command

    Modifying Nozzles

    Chapter 5: Creating Pipes

    Using the Spec Viewer

    Editing Specs

    Opening Specs

    Creating a New Spec

    Using the Common Filters in Catalog Browser

    Adding Parts to the Spec

    Editing Parts

    Part Use Priority

    Editing Specs in a Spreadsheet

    Tutorial 1 (Using P&ID Line Lists to create Piping)

    Tutorial 2 (Using the Routing tools to create Pipes)

    Tutorial 3 (Using the Line to Pipe command to create Pipes)

    Knowing about the Compass

    Tutorial 4 (Editing Pipes)

    Tutorial 5 (Creating Stub-in and Tee joints)

    Creating Elbows and Pipe Bends

    Tutorial 6 (Creating Sloped Pipes)

    Tutorial 7 (Creating offset piping)

    Tutorial 8 (Adding Insulation and Welds to Pipes)

    Tutorial 9 (Adding Inline assets)

    Editing Inline assets

    Adding Inline Assets at Pipe ends

    Adding Custom Parts

    Tutorial 10 (Adding Pipe Supports)

    Tutorial 11 (Validating Project Drawings)

    Validating the 3D model

    Chapter 6: Creating Isometric Drawings

    Specifying Iso Styles and other settings

    Annotation and Dimension settings

    Creating New Iso Styles

    Generating a Quick Isometric Drawing

    Generating Production Isometric Drawings

    Adding Isometric Messages and Annotations

    Export the Piping data to PCF format

    Locking Pipes after creating their Isometric Drawings

    Chapter 7: Creating Orthographic Drawings

    Creating Adjacent Views

    Editing Ortho Views

    Updating and Deleting Ortho Views

    Adding Bill of Materials

    Adding Annotations and Dimensions

    Updating Dimensions

    Using the Locate in 3D Model and Pipe Gap commands

    Chapter 8: Working in a Project

    Using the Project Manager

    Changing the General Project Settings

    Using the Export to AutoCAD option

    Chapter 9: Publishing and Printing

    Publishing a Drawing to DWF format

    Publish a Drawing using Page setup

    Introduction

    This book introduces you to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021, which is used to create Piping and Instrumentation diagrams and design a 3D Plant model quickly. AutoCAD Plant 3D is the product of Autodesk. It was first released to help the process and power industry in the year 2007. It also includes AutoCAD P&ID. This software is designed to create Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams and then design a 3D Plant model based on the P&ID. A P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) displays the connections between the equipment of a process and the instrumentation controlling the process. A P&ID is created using standard symbols. In AutoCAD Plant 3D, you can create P&IDs using symbols related to various standards such as PIP, ISO, ISA, DIN, and JIS-ISO. You can create 3D Models using predefined and user-defined parts. You can then relate the 3D model to the corresponding P&ID. After creating the 3D models, you can use them to generate Orthographic, elevation, and section views. You can also create Isometric drawings, which can be used to manufacture.

    AutoCAD Plant 3D is based on AutoCAD User-interface. However, the intelligent 2D/3D symbols and the connected Database are the main features of this application. You can use this database to generate reports, create annotations, and so on. When you change the attributes of various symbols, the annotations are updated automatically.

    In AutoCAD Plant 3D, you create everything inside a project in order to make your design consistent. You can create a project on a Standalone workstation or a Network. Creating a project on a Network synchronizes your work with your team members. You can also use the validation tools to check any errors inside the project

    Chapter 1: Creating P&IDs

    Starting AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021

    To start AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021, click the AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 icon on the Desktop. Alternatively, click the Windows icon at the bottom left corner, swipe or scroll to the AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 folder, and then click the AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 icon; the Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 window appears.

    An Overview about Projects in AutoCAD Plant 3D

    AutoCAD Plant 3D is a project-based application. It stores every object in the Project database. The Project Manager palette helps you to access the project files from the database and work inside a project. You can examine the Sample Project to get an overview of the project workflow. Click Current Project drop-down > Sample Project on the Project Manager to load it. The Project Manager consists of many drawing types, namely, P&IDs, 3D piping, orthographic drawings, and isometric drawings. Also, there are some additional files, such as spreadsheets. The program arranges all these data in different tabs on the Project Manager: Source Files, Orthographic DWG, and Isometric DWG. On the Source Files tab, the P&IDs, Plant 3D drawings, Pipe Specs, and related files are arranged in a folder hierarchy. The Orthographic DWG tab contains the plan view and elevation drawings. The Isometric DWG tab contains isometric and spool drawings arranged in folders. The orthographic and isometric drawings are created from the 3D Model.

    Tutorial 1

    In this tutorial, you start a project and then create a P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram).

    Creating a New Project

    The first step in the design process is to create a project. The project has a set of files and standards.

    Start AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021.

    On the initial screen, click the New button under the Project section.

    Enter TUTORIAL PROJECT in the Enter a name for this project field.

    Specify the location of the program generated files and supporting files.

    Click the Next button; the Specify unit settings page appears.

    Select Imperial to define the units for project drawings.

    Click the Next button; the Specify P&ID settings page appears.

    Specify the directory to save the P&ID files.

    Select PIP as the P&ID symbology standard to be used.

    Click the Next button; the Specify Plant 3D directory settings page appears.

    Click the Next button; the Specify database settings page appears.

    Select the Single User - SQLite local database option if you are working on a standalone workstation.

    If you are working on a server, select the Multi-User - SQL Server database option, and configure the server settings.

    Click the Next button; the Finish page appears.

    Click Finish to create a new project.

    If you want to open an already existing project, then select Open from the drop-down on the Project Manager (or) On the ribbon, click Home > Project > Project Manager > Open Project.

    On the Open dialog, browse to the location of the project and select the .xml (extendable markup language) file. This file stores all the information about the project. It is recommended that you should not edit or rename this file.

    Note that you can open only one project at a time. If you want to open another project, then you need to close all the files related to the currently active project.

    In AutoCAD Plant 3D, you need to use the Project Manager to open or create a file. You should avoid using the New and Open icons of the AutoCAD

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