AutoCAD Plant 3D Essential Training: Admin

Course details

Are you interested in learning how to oversee and maintain project files in AutoCAD Plant 3D? If so, this course can help by covering the basics of how to set up, customize, and maintain projects in Plant 3D. Irene Radcliffe demonstrates how to create new projects using out-of-the-box settings and templates, and she reviews essential project settings. She also explains how to create custom project and drawing properties, customize the data manager, import existing models into your project, customize your drawings, use the Report Creator tool to run engineering reports, and more.

Learning objectives
Reviewing class definitions and dynamic tool palettes
Using the AutoCAD Properties dialog box
Setting up your project
Managing Plant 3D files
Setting up a network-based project
Isometric drawings
Auditing and backing up your project database

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Become a well-informed project administrator in AutoCAD Plant 3D
02 - What you should know
03 - How to use the exercise files

1. Get Started

04 - Project Manager overview
05 - Explore the Project Setup interface
06 - Understand class definitions
07 - Understand dynamic tool palettes
08 - Understand ProjSymbolStyle.dwg
09 - Understand project properties and drawing properties
10 - Use the AutoCAD Properties dialog box
11 - Use onscreen tools

2. Create New Projects

12 - Create a new out-of-the-box project
13 - Create a new project from a template

3. Set Up Your Project

14 - Understand project configuration
15 - Set up project paths
16 - Use project templates
17 - Edit your project properties
18 - Equipment templates
19 - Lock project properties

4. Manage Plant 3D Files

20 - Plant 3D 2019 bug
21 - Add folders to the Project Manager
22 - Rename your drawing files
23 - Locate missing drawing files
24 - Organize DWG files in Windows Explorer
25 - Update drawing information

5. Custom Properties

26 - Create a custom project property
27 - Create a custom drawing property
28 - Add a custom field to your title block

6. Customize the Data Manager

29 - Generate default project reports
30 - Modify default project reports
31 - Create a custom project report
32 - Configure import and export settings
33 - Create custom data manager views

7. Copy Projects and Existing Data

34 - Create a duplicate project
35 - Import existing models to your project

8. Multi-User Project Configuration

36 - Set up a network-based project
37 - Map drawing folders to network locations
38 - Configure the file name format

9. Create Class Properties

39 - Review the class heirarchy
40 - Add a new property to your class
41 - Understand selection lists
42 - Understand acquired values
43 - Use acquired values in equipment tag

10. Customize Your Drawings

44 - Understand drawing templates
45 - Set up your 3D model template
46 - Set up your ortho template
47 - Create a custom equipment tag format
48 - Create a custom valve tag format
49 - Annotation overview
50 - Create a custom equipment annotation
51 - Modify the ortho line number annotation

11. Isometric Drawings

52 - Tour the interface
53 - Iso styles overview
54 - Create a custom iso style
55 - Iso style default settings
56 - Isometric annotation styles
57 - Isometric dimension styles
58 - Isometric themes
59 - Sloped piping
60 - Create a custom isometric template
61 - Create a custom isometric setup
62 - Customize the bill of materials
63 - Run your iso
64 - Live preview

12. Project Tools

65 - Validate your drawing or project
66 - Audit and back up your project database
67 - Export to AutoCAD

13. Report Creator

68 - Explore the user interface
69 - Generate default reports
70 - Understand report configuration files
71 - Create a custom report
72 - Edit your report layout

Conclusion

73 - Next steps