In this class, we will discuss best practices for customizing AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 software and collaboration with BIM 360 Docs software. We will learn how to create intelligent PID components, how to map them with 3D components, and how to update the PID drawings by updating the database. Also, we will demonstrate how to upload an AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 project to BIM 360 Docs for collaboration. This class will be an instructional demo to help AutoCAD Plant 3D users learn about AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 customization possibilities. We will also showcase how this software has a clear edge over its competition using Data Manager and BIM 360 Docs. We will further discuss possibilities of this combination, and how it has a clear edge over its competitors.

Join Quentin Contreras (Autodesk) and Scott Hallmark (Applied Software) for a hands-on lab for creating AutoCAD Plant 3D projects in BIM 360 Team and Fusion Team (formerly A360 Team).

Learn about how AutoCAD Plant 3D software works inside and out, along with the relationship between specs, 3D models, and isometrics. Learn about best practices for creating catalogues and customization of an AutoCAD P&ID project. Learn to customize the database, catalogues, and specs, and how they work together. Learn how to set up AutoCAD Plant 3D to satisfy your project’s BIM requirement.

AutoCAD 2019 software has added specialized toolsets to subscribed users of AutoCAD 2019. AutoCAD Plant 3D software and AutoCAD P&ID software are some of the toolsets that are now available. In this class, you will see how to take advantage of the AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&ID toolsets to add and improve your existing AutoCAD software workflow. AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&ID are intelligent programs that will enable you to work more intelligently and do things you could not do with basic AutoCAD.

In this class, we will go through the steps that you should follow when creating custom parts to use within your AutoCAD Plant 3D project drawings. This session will demonstrate the correct workflow to create custom parts that you can use in imperial, metric, and mixed metric projects. This will involve taking 3D solids and converting them to usable AutoCAD Plant 3D parts that can be used in a catalog and spec within an AutoCAD Plant 3D model drawing.

This lab will walk students through an introduction to some advanced AutoLISP concepts and practices. Students will get a taste of reactors, VBA-style programming in AutoLISP, and advanced function and processes.

This class will show how you can share AutoCAD Plant 3D software with BIM 360 Team and Fusion Team (formerly A360 Team) to collaborate within your company or with your customer. We'll show how to bring your AutoCAD Plant 3D project into the cloud and how to work with the project through BIM 360 Team and Fusion Team.

The Plant Expert Q & A provides you an opportunity to quiz product experts on implementation, configuration, and user questions. The panel has a wealth of product and industry knowledge to help you stay on track with using Plant 3D.

In this class we will demonstrate the basic customizations to create an orthographic template, and then follow this by demonstrating the process of creating, annotating, and dimensioning an orthographic drawing, and using the bill-of-materials tools. We will also demonstrate and discuss some tips and tricks for working with other models in AutoCAD Plant 3D software orthographic drawings.

With the release of One AutoCAD software, you can now take your CAD projects on the go with AutoCAD web—the browser-based version of the original AutoCAD software. This course will show you how to set up your desktop installation of AutoCAD to work with A360 Drive, how to save to web and mobile, and how to use AutoCAD web in Google Chrome. You will also learn how to view and edit designs on the fly and in the field from a tablet or smartphone, and discover how to communicate your designs using Viewer. You will learn how to access the tools from any mobile browser, sync your files across devices, upload files on the go, and edit drawings from a mobile browser—or sync them back to the desktop for closer inspection. This session features AutoCAD, A360 Drive, AutoCAD web, the AutoCAD mobile app, and Viewer.

How do you plan the specs and catalog delivery for projects with globally distant designers? How do you incorporate and manage custom content? In this class, we will look at proven methods for deploying specs and catalogs for the largest of projects that have designers in multiple locations, as well as the smallest of projects in a single office.

In this class, you will learn how to implement a workflow that enables collaboration between multiple geolocation and cross companies. You’ll learn about the workflow that actively engages different stakeholders, including engineers, designers, and modelers. You’ll gain tips and tricks on how to get Revit software, AutoCAD Plant 3D software, and Civil 3D software to work seamlessly in BIM 360 Team and BIM 360 Glue software. This class is designed to help you build a new workflow for collaboration in your organization.

This class will cover the proper methods for customizing AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018 isometric styles using the user interface within Project Setup, supplemented with XML file editing. Attendees will learn when to use the user interface, as well as gain insight into the advanced customization available by directly editing the IsoConfig.xml file for the style. Topics covered will include understanding how filters are used in the isometric configuration. We'll learn the difference between themes, schemes, memes-and how to manipulate annotations and dimensions to get the desired isometric deliverable.

Come pose your questions to a panel of industry and Autodesk experts. This panel has done setup and customization for users all over the world, and it is active on the discussion forums. This session will feature AutoCAD Plant 3D software. Due to time constraints, we may not be able to provide solutions to all problems, but we'll record the questions and post solutions on our blog. Here's last year's post and solutions: http://www.pdoteam.com/2016/12/pt15439-plant-3d-expert-q-a/

This class will cover the benefits of maintaining the connection between your AutoCAD Plant 3D software catalog, spec, and 3D models, and how to implement workflows to ensure your team’s ability to update model components from the specs and catalogs. We will explore in-depth how to establish and maintain a link between the AutoCAD Plant 3D catalog and spec. Also, we will cover how AutoCAD Plant 3D software establishes a link between the model and spec components and proper workflows for keeping this connection viable during the various types of changes typical to a plant design project. We will also explore the behavior of the PLANTSPECUPDATECHECK command and how you can use it to keep your models up to date with spec and catalog modifications.

This class will focus on common issues encountered in customization and implementation workflows with Plant Design Suite Ultimate software. We will learn effective practices for working with AutoCAD Plant 3D software, AutoCAD P&ID software, Navisworks project review software, and other Autodesk, Inc., packages in a 3D modeling environment. Additionally, we will cover some of the most effective ways to find solutions to your questions through Autodesk technical support, social media, and knowledgebase sites.

This is a forum where you may submit questions to a panel. The panel members will divide the questions among themselves and present answers.

New possibilities for data flow are the result of the Spec Driven P&ID feature introduced in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017.1 software. Existing spec sheets can be used to facilitate the preparation of piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID). The interface between AutoCAD P&ID software and AutoCAD Plant 3D offers the possibility to connect the P&ID data with the 3D to let the data flow into it, or to run consistency checks between the P&ID and the 3D data. This lecture will show the configuration possibilities and present conceivable workflows, which should lead to an optimization of the project process that also prevents redundant data input.

In this lab, you’ll go through the process of creating custom parts to use within your AutoCAD Plant 3D project drawings. This lab will demonstrate the recommended workflow to create custom parts that can be used in imperial, metric, and mixed metric projects. You’ll take 3D solids and convert them to usable AutoCAD Plant 3D parts, then add them in a catalog and spec, and finally use them within an AutoCAD Plant 3D model drawing to create orthographic and isometric drawings.

Are you lost when tasked with merging your AutoCAD Plant 3D model drawings with your AutoCAD P&ID drawings? If you’ve found yourself in this situation, then this is the class for you. In this class, we will go through the steps to map items in AutoCAD P&ID drawings to objects in AutoCAD Plant 3D. We’ll navigate through AutoCAD P&ID Object Mapping so that you can successfully select AutoCAD P&ID properties to AutoCAD Plant 3D properties.