AutoCAD P&ID Essential Training: User

Course details

With AutoCAD P&ID software, you can quickly create, edit, and validate piping and instrumentation design information with AutoCAD-based editing tools. In this course, discover how to leverage this powerful software to create a project-based piping and instrumentation diagram. Instructor Irene Radcliffe walks through the desktop environment and goes into the basic functions of the program. She explains how to locate and open a P&ID project, use the Project Manager function to create a new drawing, and build a new drawing by adding equipment, pipe lines, valves, and instrumentation. Irene also helps you understand how tagging works in P&ID, as well as how to use the Data Manager to manage the project database.

Learning objectives
Setting up the P&ID workspace
Understanding the P&ID ribbon menu and tool palette
Using the AutoCAD properties dialog box
Creating P&ID drawing files
Inserting equipment and assigning tag information
Changing your P&ID layout
Inserting a valve on a pipe line
Adding instrumentation to your P&ID
Creating custom P&ID symbols
Adding and removing off-page connectors
Understanding tagging and annotation
Working with Data Manager
Working with the Data Validation tool

Concepts

Introduction

Welcome
What you should know
How to use the exercise files

Getting Started

Locating and opening your P&ID project
Opening a P&ID drawing file
Setting up the P&ID workspace
Understanding the P&ID ribbon menu
Understanding the P&ID tool palette
Understanding Project Manager
Using the AutoCAD Properties dialog box
Using on-screen tools

Working with P&ID Drawing Files

Creating a new P&ID drawing file
Importing an existing P&ID file to the project
Renaming drawing files
Locating missing drawing files
Updating drawing information using the Drawing Properties dialog box

Equipment

Inserting equipment and assigning tag information
Copying equipment
Adding annotation to your equipment
Modifying existing P&ID blocks
Understanding equipment tags and equipment InfoTags
Understanding parent child equipment tags
Adding nozzles to your equipment drawing files

Piping

Creating pipe lines and assigning tag lines
Attaching and disconnecting pipe lines to a component
Understanding the difference between line groups and line segments
Adding and removing a pipe line to a line group
Adding line segments to an existing pipe line
Creating and removing a pipe line gap
Reversing the flow of a pipe line
Adding and removing corners to a pipe line
Connecting and disconnecting pipe lines
Changing your P&ID layout

Valves and Inline Components

Inserting a valve on a pipe line
Assigning tag information to your valve
Substituting valve body types
Moving a valve to a different pipe line
Copying a valve
Placing reducers on your pipe line
Placing spec breaks or other segment breakers on your pipe line

Instrumentation

Adding instrumentation to your P&ID
Placing control valves

Creating Custom P&ID Symbols

Understanding P&ID classes
Creating a one-off P&ID symbol

Offpage Connectors

Adding and removing offpage connectors
Creating connections between offpage connectors
Understanding connection properties

Understanding Tagging

Understanding tagging concepts
Finding existing tags
Linking multiple symbols to a single tag

Understanding Annotation

Understanding the relationship between tag data and annotation
Creating multiple annotations on a single component

Data Manager

Data Manager overview
Modifying tag data using Data Manager
Using Data Manager filters
Locating components in a P&ID drawing using Data Manager
Importing and exporting data to Excel
Generating a valve report from Data Manager reports

Project Tools

Data Validation tool
Auditing and compressing
Exporting to AutoCAD

Report Creator

Report Creator overview

Conclusion

Next steps