AutoCAD Plant 3D Essential Training: Specs & Catalogs

1h 45mBeginner2018-11-16

Authors

Irene Radcliffe

Technical consultant in the oil and gas industry

Course details

How do specifications and catalogs work together, and how can you streamline your piping model designs? This course covers how to use AutoCAD Plant 3D to create a new spec and build contents by leveraging catalog components. Join Irene Radcliffe as she takes you through how to use features in the Plant 3D application, and also how to edit spec elements outside of the application in Excel. After Irene demonstrates how to create specs and use catalogs, she then shows you how to modify and add to each. She also shows you how to work with branch tables and how to ensure branch connections are compliant with a project.

Learning objectives
Using part filters
Modifying parts
Adding new parts to a catalog
Using the Spec Editor
Creating a new spec
Adding components to a spec
Editing parts
Using Part Use Priority
Editing specs in Excel
Setting up and modifying a branch table
Testing components and branch tables

Skills covered

AutoCAD Plant 3DStructural EngineeringAutodeskAEC

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learning about plant specifications and catalogs
02 - What you should know
03 - How to use the exercise files

1. Getting Started

04 - Specs and catalogs overview
05 - Opening specs and catalogs
06 - Locating the specs and catalogs within the project folders
07 - Touring the interface

2. Specifications

08 - Spec Editor overview
09 - Create a new spec
10 - Using common filters
11 - Adding components to a spec
12 - Edit parts
13 - Property overrides
14 - Using Part Use Priority
15 - Editing your specs in Excel

3. Catalogs

16 - Catalog overview
17 - Using part filters
18 - Modifying parts
19 - Creating a duplicate component
20 - Adding new parts to a catalog
21 - Editing part sizes
22 - Test the new components in a model

4. Branch Tables

23 - Branch connections
24 - Setting up the branch table
25 - Modifying the branch table
26 - Testing the branch table

Conclusion

27 - Next steps