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Customizing Autocad Plant 3D Isometrics: Joel Harris Ian Matthew

The document discusses customizing piping isometrics produced in AutoCAD Plant 3D. It covers understanding customization options, creating and customizing isometric styles, adding custom title blocks, and modifying isometric symbols. The goal is to customize isometrics to meet engineering standards and client requirements.

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Customizing AutoCAD Plant 3D Isometrics

Joel Harris Ian Matthew


Piping Technology Specialist, Anvil Corp. Technical Marketing Manager, Autodesk

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Class Summary

In this class, you will learn how to customize the isometrics produced by AutoCAD
Plant 3D so that they will meet your CAD and engineering standards as well as the
standards of your client.
This class will walk you through all the steps that are necessary to perform this task
and give guidance based on practical experience for best practices for piping
isometrics

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this class, you will be able to:


 Understand the Different Customization Options in AutoCAD Plant 3D
 Create and Customize a New Isometric Style
 Add a Custom Title Block
 Modify Isometric Symbols

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Assumptions

1. You are familiar with Piping Isometrics!


2. You have some knowledge of AutoCAD Plant 3D

Note: The material in this class is applicable to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012

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Introduction

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Let’s Create a Piping Isometric

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Resulting Iso – one of several sheets!

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User Options

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Resulting Iso

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Customization Options in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012

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Isometric Styles

 Isometric Styles:
 For different types of isometrics
 Each has different settings
 Many styles per project
 Each can be customized

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Customizing existing styles

 Iso Style Setup – Main UI


 Isometric or Spool
 Auto Field Weld
 Spool setup
 Paths
 BOM Table Overflow

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Customizing Existing Styles

 Annotations
 BOM Annotations
 Spool Annotations
 End Connection Annotations
 Cut Pieces
 Weld
 Valves

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Before & After

 Before  After

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Customizing Existing Styles

 Dimensions
 Dimensioning Types
 For iso themes
 Dimensioning Behavior
 Gasket Handling

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Before & After

 Before  After

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Customizing Existing Styles

 Sloped & Offset Piping


 Sloped Piping Annotation
 Offset Piping
 2D vertical offsets
 Sloped pipe with a 2D horizontal offset
 Rolled offsets (3D skews)

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Customizing Existing Styles

 Title Block & Display


 Title Block
 Isometric Symbols
 Elbow & Pipe Bend Display
 Iso Theme Criteria

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Before & After

 Before  After

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Create and Customize a NEW Isometric Style

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Create New Style

 Base on existing style


 Creates new Isometric Folder

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Create Iso

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Add a Custom Title Block

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Add Title Block

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Set Drawing Area, Table Area & North Arrow

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Add Attributes

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Isometric:

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Modify Isometric Symbols

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Mapping SKEY to Block

 [Link]
 In Isometrics Folder

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Edit Symbol

 Use the Skey map to find the symbol

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Edit Symbol

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Before & After

 Before  After

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Advanced!

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[Link]

 Beware!
 ALWAYS Backup the file before you edit it

 Add a Support Tag


 Edit [Link]
 Use Notepad or Notepad++

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 Add Support Tag

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Before & After

 Before  After

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Conclusion

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What we did

 Explored the Isometric Settings in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012


 Created a NEW Isometric Style
 Added a Custom Title Block
 Modified Isometric Symbols

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More Information

[Link]/plantexchange
 Video Tutorials
 Ask the Expert and Discussions
 Community of users

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services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2011 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
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