AutoCAD Plant 3D Essential Training: User

AutoCAD Plant 3D design software boasts tools and features that can help you visualize what your plant design will actually look like after construction. In this course, learn how to get started with Plant 3D. Irene Radcliffe kicks off the course by showing how to set up the Plant 3D workspace, and use the ribbon menu, tool palette, and properties. She demonstrates how to work with Plant 3D files, and then explains how to create basic steel structures using the structural tools. She then covers how to work with equipment, route piping in your models, modify and reuse piping, and create orthographic drawings and production isometrics. To wrap up the course, she discusses how to generate project reports using the Report Creator program that comes with the software.

Learning objectives
Setting up the Plant 3D workspace
Using on-screen tools
Working with Plant 3D files
Creating a new model
Importing an existing Plant 3D file into a project
Locating missing drawing files
Creating a structural grid
Working with the structural steel component
Creating equipment
Basic pipe routing
Moving and copying data
Locating components using Data Manager
Linking P&ID line information to your 3D model
Orthographic drawings
Isometric drawings