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San Rafael, CA 94903, USA Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D .1-1 Lesson: Working in a Project 1-2 About Projects 1-2 Data Organization 1-4 About the Project Manager 1-6 About the Data Manager 1-08 Exercise: Work in a Project 1-09 Review 1-14 Lesson: Opening a Drawing 1-15 Opening Drawings 1-16 Renaming Drawings 1-18 Exercise: Open a Drawing in AutoCAD Plant 3D 1-19 Review 1-20 Lesson: Exploring the User Interface 1-21 Task Specific Workspaces 1- 22 Task Specific Ribbons 1- 22 About Tool Palettes 1- 24 About the Properties Palette 1- 26 On-Screen Tools 1- 27 Exercise: Explore the User Interface 1-29 Review 1- 33 Lesson: Managing Layers and Colors 1-34 About Layers 1- 34 Exercise: Manage Layers and Colors 1-36 Review 1- 39 Chapter Summary 1- 40 Chapter 2: AutoCAD P&ID 2-1 Lesson: Creating a New Drawing 2-3 Creating Project Folders and Sub-Folders 2-3 Creating a Drawing 2-4 Adding Existing Drawings to the Project 2-5 Access Drawing Properties 2-5 Exercise: Create a New P&ID Drawing 2-7 Review 2- 10 Lesson: Equipment and Nozzles 2-11 Adding Equipment 2- 12 Modify an Existing P&ID Symbol 2-13 Adding Nozzles 2- 14 Adding Tag Information 2-15 Exercise: Equipment and Nozzles 2-18 Review 2-23 i Contents Lesson: Piping 2- 24 Creating Lines 2-25 Attaching Lines to a Component 2-26 Annotating Lines 2-27 Inserting Valves 2-28 Grouping Lines 2-29 Exercise: Place Lines and Inline Components 2-31 Review 2-37 Lesson: Instruments and Instrument Lines 2-38 Adding General Instruments 2-39 Adding Inline Instruments 2- 40 Using Instrumentation Lines 2-42 Exercise: Instruments and Instrument Lines 2-43 Review 2- 47 Lesson: Tagging Concepts 2-48 View Existing Tag Numbers 2-49 Linking Symbols to Multiple Drawings 2-50 Exercise: Add a Tag and Link Multiple Symbols to a Tag 2-53 Review 2-56 Lesson: Annotation Concepts 2-57 About Tag Data 2-58 Annotating a Symbol 2-59 Tag Styles 2- 60 Exercise: Annotate Your P&ID 2-62 Review 2- 65 Lesson: Editing Techniques 2-66 Applying Corners to Lines 2- 66 Linking Lines 2-67 Creating Gaps in Pipe Lines 2-68 Basic Line Editing 2-69 Substitute Symbols 2- 71 Flow Arrow 2-73 Exercise: Modify the Layout of your P&ID 2-74 Review 2-80 Lesson: Data Manager and Reports 2-81 About the Data Manager 2-81 Using the Data Manager 2- 83 Drawing, Project, and Report Data 2-85 Exporting Project Data 2- 86 Importing Project Data 2-88 Filtering Data in the Data Manager 2-89 Exercise: Use Data Manager to Review, Export, and Import Data 2- 91 Review 2-95 ii Contents Lesson: Custom One-off Symbols 2- 96 Create a Custom P&ID Symbol 2- 97 Exercise: Customize One-off Symbols 2-99 Review 2- 101 Lesson: Off Page Connections 2-102 About Off-page Connectors 2- 103 Adding Off-Page Connectors 2-104 Connecting Off-Page Connectors 2-105 Delete an Off Page Connector 2- 106 Data Manager Edits and Off-page Connectors 2-106 Exercise: Add and Leverage Off Page Connectors 2-107 Review 2- 112 Lesson: Advanced Topics and Troubleshooting 2-113 Creating New Class Definitions 2-113 Creating New Component Symbols 2-115 Adding Attachment Points to Symbols 2-118 Creating Equipment Annotation Styles 2-120 Validating Project and Drawings 2-124 Exercise: Convert and Create Symbols / Solve Validation Issues 2- 127 Review 2-139 Lesson: P&ID Admin for Users 2- 140 Locating Drawings 2-141 Adding Project Categories .2- 142 Adding Properties to Categories 2-144 Adding Drawing Properties 2- 145 Inserting Property Data 2-147 Exercise: Manage a P&ID Project 2-149 Review 2-155 Lesson: Generating Reports 2- 156 About Project Reports 2-156 Generating Reports Using Report Creator 2-157 Exercise: Generate Reports 2- 159 Review 2-160 Chapter Summary 2- 161 iii Contents Chapter 3: AutoCAD Plant 3D - Imperial 3-1 Lesson: Creating Project Folders and Drawings 3-2 Project Manager 3-3 Creating Folders 3-4 Exercise: Create Project Folders and Drawings 3-6 Review 3-08 Lesson: Steel Modeling and Editing 3-09 Adding Structural Parts 3-10 Configure the Settings 3- 12 Part Modification 3-14 Exercise: Build a Steel Structure 3- 15 Review 3-24 Lesson: Equipment Modeling and Editing 3-25 Creating Equipment 3-26 About Nozzles 3-28 Equipment Templates 3-29 Exercise: Create Equipment 3- 30 Review 3-39 Lesson: Piping Basics 3- 40 Routing Pipe 3-41 Modifying Pipe 3- 43 Valves and Fittings 3-44 About Pipe Support 3- 45 Exercise: Route Pipe and Add Fittings, Branch Connections, and Pipe Supports 3-46 Review 3-58 Lesson: Piping Editing and Advanced Topics 3-59 Copying Parts and Pipeline Sections 3-59 Managing Changes in Xref files 3- 60 Placeholder and Custom Parts 3- 62 Selecting an Entire Pipe Run 3- 63 Isolate, Hide, and Lock Pipe Runs 3-64 Exercise: Modify and Reuse Data 3-66 Review 3-76 Lesson: Working with P&ID Data in Plant 3D 3-77 About Working with P&ID Data in Plant 3D 3-78 Using the P&ID Line List to Place Lines and Inline Equipment 3-79 Validating the P&ID and Plant 3D Designs 3-80 Exercise: Add and Validate Pipelines Using the P&ID Line List 3-84 Review 3-89 iv Contents Lesson: Creating and Annotating Orthographic Views 3-90 About Orthographic Drawings 3- 91 Creating and Editing Orthographic Views 3-91 Annotations and Dimensions 3- 93 Updating Orthographic Drawings 3-94 Exercise: Create and Annotate Orthographic Views 3-95 Review 3- 102 Lesson: Creating Isometric Drawings 3-103 About Creating Isometric Drawings 3-104 Creating, and Adding Data to Isometric Drawings 3-104 Specification Sheets and Files 3- 107 Process to Create Isometric Drawings 3-109 Exercise: Create Isometric Drawings 3-110 Review 3- 114 Chapter Summary 3- 115 Chapter 4: Navisworks 4-ϭ Lesson: File Handling 4-2 File Types 4-2 Setting File Units 4-4 Sharing 4-5 Troubleshooting 4-6 Exercise: Work with Navisworks Files 4-7 Review 4- Lesson: Basic Navigation and Walkthrough 4-10 Viewing a Model 4-10 Selecting Objects in a Model 4-13 Viewing Object Properties 4-16 Exercise: Navigate Your Way through a Design 4-17 Review 4-23 Lesson: Clash Detection 4-24 Conducting a Clash Test 4-24 Clash Detective 4-26 Exercise: Conduct Clash Tests 4-29 Review 4-32 Lesson: Highlights of Scheduling, Animation, and Rendering 4-33 Timeliner 4-33 Animations 4- 36 Presenter 4-37 Exercise: Work within the Fourth Dimension 4-38 Review 4-46 Chapter Summary 4-48 v Contents Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project 5-ϭ Lesson: Overview of Project Setup 5-2 Opening an Existing Project 5-2 Creating a New Project 5- Default Drawing Templates 5- Project Folders 5-6 Exercise: Set Up and Structure Your Project 5-09 Review 5-19 Lesson: Overview of Project Structure and Files 5-20 About the Data and Files in a Project 5-21 New Drawing Creation Locations 5-21 Managing Files and Folders in Moved or Copied Projects 5-23 Working with Plant 3D and P&ID Drawings in AutoCAD 5-25 Exercise: Manage Your Project 5-28 Review 5-36 Lesson: Setting Up Larger Projects 5- 37 Setting Up a Project for Multiple User Access 5-37 Configuring the File Name Format 5-38 Locking the Project Properties 5-39 XREF Demand Load 5- 40 Exercise: Set Up a Project for Multiple Users 5-42 Review 5-49 Lesson: Defining New Objects and Properties 5-49 Creating Symbols and Setting Color and Layer 5-50 Add Properties as Selection List and Acquire Functions 5-53 Setting a Tag Format 5- 56 Creating a Custom Annotation Style 5-58 Exercise: Create Symbols and Set Up the Tagging Scheme 5-63 Review 5-79 Lesson: Customizing Data Manager 5-81 Default Reports and Views in the Data Manager 5-81 Modifying Existing Reports 5-82 Setting up Data Manager Views Used in the Project 5-84 Configuring a Custom Report 5-85 Setting up Export and Import Settings 5-86 Exercise: Create Views and Manage Reports 5-89 Review 5-99 Lesson: Creating and Editing Drawing Templates and Data Attributes 5- 100 About Property Fields 5-100 Custom Properties 5- 101 Process of Moving AutoCAD Templates to Plant 3D Templates 5-103 Exercise:Create a Template for AutoCAD Plant 3D 5-104 Review 5- 111 vi Contents Lesson: Specs and Catalogs 5-112 Spec Editor 5- 112 Process: Editing Parts 5- 116 Catalogs 5-117 Exercise: Configure Specs and Catalogs 5-118 Review 5-134 Lesson: Isometric Setup 5- 135 About Iso Styles 5-135 Iso Style Customization 5- 136 Setting Up the Bill of Materials (BOM) 5-139 Creating and Configuring a New Iso Style 5-139 Setting up a Custom Title Block for Iso Drawings 5-140 Exercise: Create a Custom Isometric Drawing Set Up 5-141 Review 5- 147 Lesson: Troubleshooting 5-148 Validating Drawings 5-148 Auditing Drawings 5- 153 Quick ISO 5- 153 ISO Congestion 5-154 Exercise: Troubleshooting 5- 155 Review 5-161 Lesson: Setting Up SQL Express for AutoCAD Plant 3D 5-162 About Plant 3D Databases 5- 162 Setting Up to Use a Server Database 5-163 Installing SQL Server Express 5-165 Introduction to Setting Up SQL Server to Allow Connections 5-166 SQL Server Express Configuration and Management 5-173 Creating a New Plant 3D Project that Uses SQL Server Express 5-175 Converting a Project to SQL Server 5-178 Exercise: Install SQL Express and Set Up Plant 3D Projects to Use SQL Express 5-180 Review 5- 188 Lesson: Creating and Managing Report Configurations 5-189 About Report Configuration Files 5-190 Location of Report Configuration Files 5-191 Creating and Editing Report Configurations 5-193 Configuring Report Queries 5-195 Customizing the Report Layout 5-197 Fields, Calculated Fields, and Expressions 5-199 Styles for Reports and Cells 5-202 Exercise: Create and Manage Report Configuration Files 5-205 Review 5- 214 Chapter Summary 5- 215 vii The Expression Editor has five main areas In this area, you can enter values or type freely The value stored in this area is the expression that the program will execute to retrieve the calculated value Toolbar with common functions you can easily add to the expression Functions such as addition, subtraction; comparison functions such as equals, greater than, or less than; and logic functions such as and, or, and not List of the categories of items that you can use within the Expression Editor Contains the items from the currently selected category The program contains built-in functions such as Replace, Operators (as in mathematical operators), extra fields available from the query, general constants, and additional parameters Lists help information on the currently selected item Styles for Reports and Cells While you can edit every control in the report to match the look and feel you desire, a style provides a quick way to apply similar properties to any control that uses that style 5-202 ■ Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project Report Style Sheet On the Properties Panel with the current report template selected (xtraReportTemplate1) is a Style Sheet property Select the Style Sheet row to display an ellipsis button that launches the Styles Editor When you edit styles, the changes take effect on any control that currently uses that style The Styles Editor has three main areas: The top row (1) contains command buttons to add a new style, delete a style, clear all styles, clear unused styles, open styles from a file, and save styles The left panel (2) is a list of available styles The right panel (3) is a list of properties for the current style Styles can be saved to an external file for future use via the save button and loaded via the open folder icon Lesson: Creating and Managing Report Configurations ■ 5-203 Control Style Each item that you place in the design window is called a control The Appearance properties of each control can be governed by a style, individually, or by overriding the style 5-204 ■ Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project Exercise: Create and Manage Report Configuration Files In this exercise, you create a custom report configuration for a Pressure Indicator List The completed exercise In the Settings dialog box: ■ Select Custom Path ■ Click Browse for Folder ■ In the Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to the folder \Create and Manage Report Configuration Files\Server\Plant 3D \Company Reports ■ Click OK to exit the Browse for Folder dialog box ■ Click OK to exit the Settings dialog box Set the Report Configuration File Location In this section of the exercise, you set the location of report configuration files to a custom path Launch AutoCAD Plant Report Creator To set the project: ■ In the Report Creator dialog box, Project list, select Open ■ In the Open dialog box, navigate to the folder \Plant Design\Create and Manage Report Configuration Files\P_Aug-11210 ■ Select the file Project.xml ■ Click Open Create a New Report In this section of the exercise, you create a new blank report From the Report Configuration list, select New Under Report Configuration, click Settings In the New Report Configuration dialog box: ■ Select New Blank Report ■ Click OK Lesson: Creating and Managing Report Configurations ■ 5-205 In the Report Configuration dialog box, under Report Configuration, enter Pressure Indicator List To set the filter and sort order for the Instrumentation class: ■ In the Filter field, for Type, enter =’PI’ ■ Double-click the Tag Sort field to set the sort order by A-Z or 0-9 To test and review the query results: ■ Click Test Query Result ■ In the Query Result dialog box, scroll to view the information for the results The query returned only instruments with the PI Type ■ Click Close In the Query Configuration dialog box, click OK Create a Query In this section of the exercise, you create a new query for the custom report In the Report Configuration dialog box, under Report Configuration, click Edit Query Create the Report Layout 5-206 In the Query Configuration dialog box: ■ From the Available Classes list, select Instrumentation ■ Click the top button to the right of the list to include the selected class ■ In this section of the exercise, you create a new report layout using the Report Wizard In the Report Configuration dialog box, click Edit Report Layout Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project In the Report Wizard, select the following fields Click the identified button to include them in the Fields to Display in a Report list ■ Engineering Items_Description ■ Instrumentation_Tag ■ Instrumentation_Area ■ Instrumentation_Loop Number ■ Instrumentation_Location ■ Drawings_DWG Name On the Layout page of the wizard: ■ Under Layout, select Tabular ■ Click Next On the Style page, with Bold selected, click Next To accept the default name for the report, click Finish With the Fields to Display in a Report list displayed, click Next On the Grouping Levels page, click Next Lesson: Creating and Managing Report Configurations ■ 5-207 To preview the output of the new report, in the Report Designer, click the Print Preview tab Notice that the drawing name includes the dwg extension In the Report Designer, click the Report Designer tab In the Field List panel, right-click a field Select Add Calculated field A field named calculatedField1 is added to the Field list In the Field List, right-click calculatedField1 Click Edit Expression With the Functions category highlighted, scroll down in the middle pane and find Replace Double-click Replace to add it to the Edit window at the top Create a Calculated Field In this section of the exercise, you create a calculated field and then define an expression for the field In the Report Explorer panel, click the Field List tab 5-208 ■ Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project To specify the first parameter of the Replace function: ■ Delete the two apostrophes (single quotes) to the left of the first comma ■ Position the cursor to the left of the first comma ■ In the Category list, select Fields ■ Double-click [Drawings_DWG Name] Switch to Print Preview and view the results of your calculated field Your report displays as expected 10 Switch back to the Report Designer tab 11 On the Report Designer tab, Report panel, click Save Modify Fields To specify the second parameter of the Replace function: ■ Position the cursor between the two apostrophes in the second parameter ■ Enter dwg ■ The expression displays as shown In this section of the exercise, you modify the properties and layout of fields From the Field List panel, drag and drop the Instrumentation_Tag field onto the first data field on the left in the Detail row as shown From the Field list, drag and drop calculatedField1 onto the second position from the left in the Detail row as shown Click OK To replace the previous field name for the drawing name with this new calculated field, from the Field list, drag and drop calculatedField1 onto the Drawings_DWG Name field in the Detail section of the report The results display as shown Lesson: Creating and Managing Report Configurations ■ 5-209 Select the Engineering Items_Description field and drag it into the last position in the Detail row as shown Double-click each header and change the title of the fields as follows: Tag, Drawing Name, Area, Loop, Location, and Type Change the title of the report to Pressure Indicator List From the Standard Control panel, drag and drop the Label control under the title as shown In the Field List, expand Parameters Drag and drop the parameter General_Project_Name onto the previously added label to create the results as shown To expand the Header Band so that there is room for another label under the title, click and drag the edge approximately as shown 10 Expand the label to the right to make sure there is ample room for the project name 5-210 ■ Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project In the Appearance area, from the Foreground Color list, select Black For Text Alignment, select Middle Center Select the DataField style and change the text alignment to Middle Center Select the Title style and change Foreground Color to black Change the Style Sheet In this section of the exercise, you modify the style sheet and then assign different cells and labels to use the modified style sheet To select the overall report template, on the Report Explorer tab, at the top of the list, select xtraReportTemplate1 To open the Style Editor, on the Property Grid panel, Appearance area, in the Style Sheet field, click the ellipsis button In the Styles Editor, list of styles, select FieldCaption Lesson: Creating and Managing Report Configurations ■ 5-211 To begin to add and configure a new style, click Add 13 In the Styles Editor, click Close 14 Select the label [General_Project_Name] In the Design area, in the (Name) field, enter HeaderProperty 15 In the Property Grid panel, Appearance area: ■ Expand Styles ■ In the Style field, select HeaderProperty 10 For the HeaderProperty style: ■ For Foreground Color, select Black ■ For Text Alignment, select Middle Left 16 On the Report Designer tab, Report panel, click Save 17 Close Report Designer 11 Set the font style to Arial 12 pt, Bold 12 To save the changes to a Report StyleSheet file so it can be imported in the future in a different template: ■ In the Styles Editor, click Save ■ In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the folder \Create and Manage Report Configuration Files\Server\Plant3D \CompanyReports ■ Save the file to the selected folder with the name TypicalReport-1 5-212 ■ Set the Publish Format and Location In this section of the exercise, you complete the configuration of the new report configuration file by setting the format and location to publish the report In the Report Configuration dialog box, Output Type area, verify that One Report / Project is selected From the Target list, select PDF File For Export File Path, enter [PP]\Reports\[RCF][D:YYMMDD]-[T:HH-MM-SS] Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project Clear the Show Options When Printing/ Exporting check box Under Report Configuration, click Save Click OK Test the Report Configuration In this section of the exercise, you test the report configuration by exporting the data for the selected project In the Report Creator dialog box, verify that the Data Source is set to Project Data Click Print/Export In the Export Results dialog box, double-click the listed file In the PDF viewer, review the configuration and order of information in the report Note: In this case, the column width for Type is wide enough for the data To adjust the column widths so that all of the information displays, you must return to the Report Designer Close the PDF viewer, Export Results dialog box, and Report Creator Lesson: Creating and Managing Report Configurations ■ 5-213 Review Which of the following settings types are saved in a report configuration? The number of valves in the project Fields to display Project name The font used in the report Which of the following statements about report configuration files are true? You have to use the reports included with the program You have to create new ones for every project You can customize the file output type Which panel contains the fields that are available to use in the report? Standard Controls Field List Properties Report Explorer Select statements about calculated fields that are true Calculated fields are based on predefined fields Calculated fields must include math operations Calculated fields use expression to create new values Values returned by calculated fields are stored in the database What is the best way to manage the appearance of a report? Use the same template for all of your reports Set up standard styles Use a macro to format the report Copy/Paste from existing reports 5-214 ■ Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project Chapter Summary In this chapter, you learned the skills and knowledge for setting up and administering a plant project This included tasks like setting up the project file for large projects, controlling the project structure and file location, customizing the data manager, and creating and editing drawing borders to name just a few Having completed this chapter, you can: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Create a new project and structure it to your needs Explain how projects are structured in AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&ID and identify where the project files are located Set up and maintain a project that can be used for larger projects with multiple users Set up the tagging scheme and place symbols on the correct layer with the desired color Set up any report or view in the Data Manager and use that set up to export data from the project Create drawing templates and use data from the project and the drawing in your title block Create, modify, and convert a spec and create and duplicate components to build your own components Create a custom isometric set up and add additional information to your drawing when generating the Iso Troubleshoot issues by recovering drawings and solving error messages Set up SQL Express for AutoCAD Plant 3D Create and manage the report configuration files that are used to generate reports Chapter Summary ■ 5-215 5-216 ■ Chapter 5: Setting up and Administering a Plant Project [...]... multiple drawings open at one time in Plant 3D True False 1-20 ■ Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D Lesson: Exploring the User Interface In this lesson, you learn how the AutoCAD Plant 3D commands are integrated into the standard AutoCAD user interface AutoCAD Plant 3D is built on AutoCAD, and uses AutoCAD commands as a basis, with some AutoCAD Plant 3D commands added to the ribbon menus,... renamed in the Rename DWG dialog box 1-18 ■ Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D Exercise: Open a Drawing in AutoCAD Plant 3D In this exercise, you open and close drawings within AutoCAD Plant 3D using various tools and options 5 You can open a drawing by double-clicking the drawing in the Project Manager Under the Plant 3D Drawings, double-click the Equipment drawing 6 You can open multiple... Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to: Describe how AutoCAD P&ID and AutoCAD Plant 3D projects work with data Explain how data is organized in AutoCAD Plant 3D Describe the Project Manager user interface Explain the purpose of the Data Manager ■ ■ ■ ■ About Projects A project in AutoCAD P&ID or AutoCAD Plant 3D is made up of a collection of drawings and other forms of data When collected... components within the larger project One of the primary reasons to use AutoCAD P&ID or AutoCAD Plant 3D instead of AutoCAD is that AutoCAD P&ID and AutoCAD Plant 3D create not just a simple drawing but data associated with drawings and the items in them Project Components Some of the drawings that are used as components of a project are: ■ P&ID ■ 3D model ■ Orthographic ■ Isometric Additional data that could... Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to: ■ ■ Describe how AutoCAD P&ID and Plant 3D work with drawings Describe how AutoCAD P&ID and Plant 3D work with drawings Lesson: Opening a Drawing ■ 1-15 Opening Drawings Opening Drawings The best way to access the project and the drawings within AutoCAD P&ID or AutoCAD Plant 3D is through the Project Manager From within the Project Manager, you... P&ID and the 3D part of AutoCAD Plant 3D Some of the commands are for different types of items, whether they are in 2D or 3D You can determine which set of commands you wish to use through the Workspace command Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Identify how different workspaces are organized Explain how ribbons integrate AutoCAD Plant 3D and standard AutoCAD commands... on-screen tools added to AutoCAD Plant 3D Lesson: Exploring the User Interface ■ 1-21 Task Specific Workspaces In this section of the lesson, you explore how workspaces are integrated in AutoCAD P&ID and Plant 3D Workspaces Defined The Workspace command allows you to set up and customize sets of commands so that they arrange the interface to meet your specific need AutoCAD P&ID and Plant 3D add several new... Press CTRL+1 AutoCAD Plant 3D adds a section to the Properties palette specific to the item selected For example, if you are working on a P&ID and select a valve, a P&ID section is displayed at the bottom of the Properties palette with P&ID properties If you are working on a 3D piping drawing and select a valve, a Plant 3D section is displayed with 3D properties of that object The Plant 3D list of properties... P&ID and Plant 3D is the ribbon To make design creation and editing easier, the commands for creating and editing a P&ID or 3D plant design are arranged into ribbon panels grouped by task The majority of these task-specific panels reside on the Home tab The panels displayed on the Home tab vary based on the active workspace P&ID Home Tab Panels 1-22 ■ Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 3D Piping... Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D The plant design industry creates and communicates a vast array of information Because the industry consists of many facets of design, the industry requires a broad solution AutoCAD Plant 3D, and Navisworks are two separate software applications that work together to meet the requirements of a broad solution In this chapter, you learn about many of the general topics for plant ... the larger project One of the primary reasons to use AutoCAD P&ID or AutoCAD Plant 3D instead of AutoCAD is that AutoCAD P&ID and AutoCAD Plant 3D create not just a simple drawing but data associated... 1-18 ■ Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D Exercise: Open a Drawing in AutoCAD Plant 3D In this exercise, you open and close drawings within AutoCAD Plant 3D using various tools and options... commands are integrated into the standard AutoCAD user interface AutoCAD Plant 3D is built on AutoCAD, and uses AutoCAD commands as a basis, with some AutoCAD Plant 3D commands added to the ribbon menus,