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

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know
03 - How to use the exercise files

1. Getting Started

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

2. Working with P&ID Drawing Files

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

3. Equipment

17 - Inserting equipment and assigning tag information
18 - Copying equipment
19 - Adding annotation to your equipment
20 - Modifying existing P&ID blocks
21 - Understanding equipment tags and equipment InfoTags
22 - Understanding parent child equipment tags
23 - Adding nozzles to your equipment drawing files

4. Piping

24 - Creating pipe lines and assigning tag lines
25 - Attaching and disconnecting pipe lines to a component
26 - Understanding the difference between line groups and line segments
27 - Adding and removing a pipe line to a line group
28 - Adding line segments to an existing pipe line
29 - Creating and removing a pipe line gap
30 - Reversing the flow of a pipe line
31 - Adding and removing corners to a pipe line
32 - Connecting and disconnecting pipe lines
33 - Changing your P&ID layout

5. Valves and Inline Components

34 - Inserting a valve on a pipe line
35 - Assigning tag information to your valve
36 - Substituting valve body types
37 - Moving a valve to a different pipe line
38 - Copying a valve
39 - Placing reducers on your pipe line
40 - Placing spec breaks or other segment breakers on your pipe line

6. Instrumentation

41 - Adding instrumentation to your P&ID
42 - Placing control valves

7. Creating Custom P&ID Symbols

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

8. Offpage Connectors

45 - Adding and removing offpage connectors
46 - Creating connections between offpage connectors
47 - Understanding connection properties

9. Understanding Tagging

48 - Understanding tagging concepts
49 - Finding existing tags
50 - Linking multiple symbols to a single tag

10. Understanding Annotation

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

11. Data Manager

53 - Data Manager overview
54 - Modifying tag data using Data Manager
55 - Using Data Manager filters
56 - Locating components in a P&ID drawing using Data Manager
57 - Importing and exporting data to Excel
58 - Generating a valve report from Data Manager reports

12. Project Tools

59 - Data Validation tool
60 - Auditing and compressing
61 - Exporting to AutoCAD

13. Report Creator

62 - Report Creator overview

Conclusion

63 - Next steps