{"id":35,"date":"2017-04-13T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2017\/04\/13\/autocad-plant-3d-2018-simplified-design-modeling-and-collaboration\/"},"modified":"2019-11-23T22:54:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T22:54:03","slug":"autocad-plant-3d-2018-simplified-design-modeling-and-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2017\/04\/13\/autocad-plant-3d-2018-simplified-design-modeling-and-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018 \u2013 Simplified Design, Modeling and Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past year has been exciting for the AutoCAD Plant 3D development team.<\/p>\n

We have added features that further simplify the design process by helping customers easily produce P&IDs, integrate them into a 3D plant design model, and collaborative effectively \u2013 all within Plant 3D.\u00a0 This release also paves the way to help customer\u2019s move to the Autodesk Cloud and to BIM solutions. Read the blog on BIM for Plant leveraging the Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s New in Plant 3D 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Cloud Based Collaboration<\/h2>\n

This year, we are introducing a new collaboration capability that leverages Autodesk BIM 360 Team<\/a> \u2013 collaboration made simple: Using a built-in command, simply upload your plant project to a BIM 360 folder and invite your team.<\/p>\n

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Easy and Effective Production of P&IDs<\/h2>\n

We continue to add new P&ID features and improve on existing ones to help create, modify and validate P&IDs quickly and accurately. This year we added features that further increase the speed and accuracy of P&ID production including:<\/p>\n

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Spec-Driven P&ID\u2019s<\/h2>\n

Check whether piping components in the P&ID are correctly mapped into the Piping Specification by linking the P&ID to piping specifications.\u00a0 Components not in the piping spec will be flagged out-of-spec and can be easily identified using the P&ID Painter feature.<\/p>\n

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P&ID Painter<\/h2>\n

Paint P&ID allows you to change the color representations in the P&ID according to property values.\u00a0 In this case, out-of-spec piping components are highlighted red.<\/p>\n

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Simplified Workflows<\/h2>\n

With a simplified design creation, our users also asked for simplified workflows. This year, we have simplified various tasks and added more in context right-click command.<\/p>\n

Project Manager is one example of where we have simplified the workflow process: \u00a0We added Piping Specs to the project manager to make it better and easier to manage piping specs.\u00a0 Now you can modify specs in your own workspace and then upload them to the project.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve also allowed you to attach\u00a0Xrefs to\u00a0a drawing directly from the project manager \u2013 now you don\u2019t have to browse to find the drawing first!<\/p>\n

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Plant 3D Modeling<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Finally, we have made several improvements to existing popular 3D modeling features including instrumentation and isometrics.<\/p>\n

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Instrumentation Support<\/h2>\n

We have added an instrumentation catalog and a tool palette.<\/p>\n

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Isometrics<\/h2>\n

Improved handling and representation of\u00a0sloped lines<\/p>\n

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Learn More<\/strong><\/h4>\n