First, I love superlatives, so that title is fun. However, we have reviewed a lot of articles and workflows on using Plant 3d with BIM 360 and have not seen anything as comprehensive as needed to really implement BIM 360 and Plant 3d together. As a side note, this documentation …
When Construction Looks Like Manufacturing
Molly GunnCollaboration is the cornerstone of any successful construction project, especially a large project. It is the key to ensuring that all parties involved are working toward the same goal with as few setbacks and costly errors as possible. Healthcare and hospital construction are some of the most demanding construction projects …
How Generative Design Fits Today’s Manufacturing Processes
Carol DunnIf you work for a manufacturing firm, the term “generative design” may conjure up images of bizarre looking metal-frame specimens with legs that only a machine would think are beautiful or thoughts of multimillion-dollar 3D metal printers. Almost everything about manufacturing automation is already expensive, causing the industry as a …
Best Plant 3d Reseller: Controlling Line Tags and Annotations in AutoCAD Plant 3D
David WolfeToday the #bestplant3dreseller brings an excerpt from our Plant 3D admin class that walks through configuring line tags on P&IDs, in the 3d model, plans and sections, and isometrics. The end-to-end configuration makes sure you have the right steps in place to avoid data errors, use the P&ID Line List …
Best Plant 3d Reseller: Configuring Fixed Length Pipe for Socket Weld and Threaded Piping
Kaleb FlowersFixed length pipe is essential for creating an accurate Bill of Materials for your project. Typically, the pipe comes in 20’-0” lengths or sometimes 40’-0” length. So, to make it easier for the user, Plant 3D includes the option to have a weld (or fitting) placed every set amount of …
Best Plant 3d Reseller: Plant 3d 2020.1 Update
David WolfeHappy Monday morning to you! In case you haven’t noticed, Plant 3d had update 1 for 2020 release last week. Here’s the low down on what you can do with it. We’re still exploring, and we will post as we find new goodies. We appreciate the hard work the Autodesk …
Water/Waste Water Piping with Plant 3d
David WolfeRecently we have had more inquiries about how to approach doing water/waste water design with Plant 3d. This series will document some issues and different approaches that are required when doing piping design in the water and waste water industry. To get started we have prepared a guide to adopting …
Over Three Dozen Features We Are Excited About in Autodesk 2020 Releases
Carol DunnIf you’re in the AEC industry, design software has become a huge part of your world. When you’re on a deadline, it seems like it can also consume a huge part of your day. The newly-released Autodesk 2020 products have features that will streamline your design process, saving you and …
Plant 3D: Creating Symbols, Valves, Fittings, and Block-Based Parts
Carol Dunn and David WolfeIf you’re like most people in the manufacturing industry, you’re always on the lookout for ways to accomplish more in less time. One solution you can use immediately is to avail yourself of the Plant 3D Checklists that Applied Software has developed to save time and effort in your daily …
Editing Setup Files in Plant 3D Collaboration
David WolfeFor most Plant 3d configuration even with collaboration, you can use project setup to make your changes. However, for certain activities like modify the projsymbolstyle.dwg or editing isoconfig.xml’s, you might need to make changes that are not available in the project setup dialog. The basic workflow is as follows: Open …
Why We Love Panzura
Carol DunnIf you don’t already work with Panzura, you probably can’t imagine being overly fond of technology unless it’s a robotic lawn mower on a hot summer day. But if you’ve got multiple offices and project team members scattered across the country who are leveraging Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, …
Creating a Plant 3D Project with Custom Specs in Vault
David WolfeOne common issue when working with creating new project in Vault and Plant 3d is that the pipe specs that the project uses are from the stock specs instead of the project template that is used in Vault. The core issue is that when the wizard process can’t find specs …