You may want to change where Plant 3D stores the download project when using BIM 360 Team to collaborate. To control where Plant 3D caches your BIM 360 Team collaboration project, go to Collaborate > Plant Collaboration and click Options. The Check Specify working folder (1), click the Browse button …
Calling Plant Team Members!
David WolfeWe are looking for two new people to join our Plant team! https://www.asti.com/about/careers/ Personally, I am so excited to be able to look for people interested in working with Plant 3D and other Autodesk design products. First of all, I’d like to take a minute to frame the direction we …
Implementing Pipe Supports for Plant 3D
David WolfeImplementing pipe supports and support details can help add value to your model, and provide more precise material lists to project managers and purchasing departments. The process for implementing pipe supports is as follows: Gather pipe support detail sheets Match supports to available shapes Identify required properties Build a pipe …
The State of CAD & Pipe Fabrication
David WolfeWe’d like to give you the opportunity to win a $50 Amazon gift card. In return, we would appreciate your input on an 8-question survey to quantify the major issues pipe fabricators face when sharing data with engineering companies and end clients. Nationally the United States is seeing shortages in …
AutoCAD Plant 3D/Navisworks in VR
David WolfeI had the opportunity today to work with a friend, Corey Arledge at Eledeco Inc., to get a Navisworks model up and running in a HTC Vive headset. One of the most exciting Navisworks plugin for Plant 3d is the Iris VR Prospect. The Iris VR plugin to Navisworks makes …
Steel Supports List
David WolfeScott Hallmark did great work putting together the Steel Supports for Plant 3D package. To show what you can get as part of the package please download and review the Steel Supports List. The Steel Supports save you time to extended your support library and giving you more control over your …
Create Plant Collaboration Project
David WolfeThe first task after setting up your BIM 360 Team hub is to setup an existing project for collaboration. Rather than create a new project directly in the cloud, the workflow is designed to take an existing project and upload it to the cloud. To move a project to the …
Plant Collaboration in BIM 360 Design
David WolfeThanks to help with Buddy Legnon we’ve been able to take a closer look at nailing down the workflow for new users adopting Plant collaboration on top of BIM 360 Design. The Plant collaboration tool is a great way to share work without having to run an on-premises tool. But …
AutoCAD Plant 3D: The Ultimate Line List – Upcoming Webinar
David WolfeWe have an exciting webinar coming up on Aug. 22 on using P&ID Line Lists! A Line List can be hard to implement in piping design software. Many times you end up with a list of line segments (3″-SC-1234, 4″-SC-1234, 6″-SC-1234, etc.). Also, you may not be able to get …