AutoCAD Plant 3D Customizing Isos

Customi ing AutoC D® Plant D Isometr cs In this p per, you will learn how t  customize the isometric produced b  AutoCAD Plant 3D so th t they will meet your CAD and engineering standards as well s the standards of your c lient. This pa per will walk you through the steps necessary to p rform this ta sk and give uidance bas d on practic l experience for best practices for piping isomet ics.

Learning Obje tives At the e d of this paper, you will b e able to: •

Understand the Different Customization Options in utoCAD Plan t 3D

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Create and Customize a New Isometric tyle

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Add a Custom Title Block

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odify Isome ric Symbols

Customi ing AutoCA ® Plant 3D Isometrics

Iso etric DWG Se tings (Ribbon ab: Home

 Project → Project Mana er Flyout → Project Setu )

Comma d: PROJECTSETUP

The command above opens the di log where c rrent project settings ca be viewed nd modified . Almost all of this clas  will be spent in the Isometric DWG Se ttings section of this dial g, which contains 5 sub-sections of cus omization. As with ll of the five isometric cu tomization screens, it is i portant to irst make su e that you a e set to the is style that y u want to modify. This flyout is locat d in the top right corner f the dialog .

An “iso style” is a na ed container for all of th  various sett ings which d etermine the content of t e isometric drawing. E erything fro  the title bl ck to the di ensioning a nd annotatio n styles are contained within the iso style. For each isometric st le that you create in a pr  ject there are separate f  lders which contain the PCF files, the Quick Isos a d the Production Isos. T e latter of t ese docume nts being the  ones publis ed to the proj ct.

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Customi ing AutoCA ® Plant 3D Isometrics

Let’s look at the 7 dif  erent custo ization scre ns:

Iso Styl  Setup

The Iso tyle Setup customization creen contains command s for: •

Iso Style Setup – Create or et Iso Styles o

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Iso Style Infor ation – General Settings for the Current Style o

Isometric r Spool dra ing

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File Nami g – Alphabetic or Numeri

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Maximum Welded Pipe Lengths

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Field Fit

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Table Overflow Setting

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eld Settings

S ools – Dete mines Spool Sizing o

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New style are based upon existing nes

By Size, B Weight or from Model S ttings

Iso Style Paths – Configure  Drawing Output Paths

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Advanc d Defaults

The Adv  nced Defaul ts customization screen c ntains contr ols for:

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Creating DWFs

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Overwriti g Existing St les

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Setting th  Revision

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Congestio Settings

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Creating a PCF

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Exporting Data Tables

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Controllin Iso splitting

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Ignoring Break Points or Annotations

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Overridin  the Model l cation and

rientation

Customi ing AutoCA ® Plant 3D Isometrics

Annota ions

The Ann tations customization sc een contain controls for:: •

BOM Annotations eld Numbering

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Cut Piece Lab ling

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S ool Labelin

(All of the abov have contr ols for num ering, encl sures and leaders) •

Valve Tag Nu bers (Both Control and Manual)

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Continuation nd End Connection text o

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Can use model properties (ex: )

Coordinate and Elevation Prefixes