Switch the drop down to Order by Area.

Click the Pipe Lines node, and you will get a list of the pipe line groups where you can edit the service for the whole group at one time.  DO NOT pick a line tag as that gives you a list of the components within the line group.

HTH

http://docs.autodesk.com/PLNT3D/2014/ENU/De-mystifying%20AutoCAD%20Plant%203D%20Isometrics.pdf

About 80 pages long, the manual gives both an overview of the isoconfig.xml and some detailed examples for configuration.

One of the key features is a list of the skeys used, available symbol types, and screenshots of the blocks used to make the symbols.

I hope you find it useful!

GRIDMODE=1

It doesn’t create problems with all models, but definitely with the model from the client, there was an issue.

GRIDMODE=0

Noticing the Group and Sort panel at the bottom.  The top level group is by the PipeRunComponent_LineNumberTag.

However, by looking at the class structure in Plant, Fasteners will never fall under the PipeRunComponent_LineNumberTag group, because they are outside of the PipeRunComponent class:

So, the way to solve this is to add a class property to Piping and Equipment that acquires the Line Group tag. I made one called GroupLineNumber. For equipment, this will always be blank, but the program will populate it correctly for Fasteners and PipeRunComponents.

Because we’re adding an acquisition property, those values will not be populated on existing model items. So, you can either go through every item, and toggle the property to override and back to acquire (which updates the value), or use our PDO Extended Fields plugin which updates all the acquisition properties for P&ID and Plant in one shot.

Once do that, they can open the report creator, set the report up like this:

And get this:

Migration Location

When you migrate specs, the spec editor is not modifying the spec or catalog that you select, it makes a copy.  The modified catalog is stored in a Migrated Content folder in your Shared Content Location:

Supporting Content

The other part of migrating catalogs has to do with migrating block-based parts.  When you reference a block in a catalog, Plant 3D stores a copy of it in your Shared Content folder in a folder that matches your catalog name.  The default path for a catalog called ECAD Houston would be something like: C:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 Content\CatalogSupportFolders\ECAD Houston\.

If you look in that folder, you will see folders like 200 and DWG.  The 200 folder stores images of the block you created, and the DWG stores a source file for the catalog to use.

When you migrate your catalog, even though the program asks for the content location, it doesn’t use it or migrate it. To finish the migration process, you have to manually move the content to your new shared content folder.

So, I copied the folder C:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 Content\CatalogSupportFolders\ECAD Houston\, to C:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2014 Content\CatalogSupportFolders\ECAD Houston\. From that point on, my specs, catalogs, and models could find the information required.

Migration Walkthrough

Launch the Migration function.

Click Migrate, noting that the files are going to be moved to the Migrated Content folder.

Select your specs/catalogs. I typically move the catalogs first, and then the specs.

Specify the content folder.  For moving from 2013, I chose C:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013 Content\ even though that appears to have no effect.

The catalog is migrated, you can move it out of here if necessary.

Copy the supporting files and folders for block-based content.

Downloads

Overview

Below is an overview of the process we will use.

1. Locate the data sheet.
2. Select the sizes to create, type of valve, and the drawing script to use.
3. Add General property data.
4. Add size property data.
5. Add modeling dimensions.
6. Test

In the catalog editor tab, click the Create New Component button.

The data sheet includes size for 1/2” to 2” so we will create all of those sizes. Also, choose the Valves Component category, the ValveBody piping component, set the end type, and give a short description. Choosing the ValveBody piping component allows us to define the valve separately from the actuator information which is the way most of the valves are built. For the graphics, there is a plug valve with female threaded ends already, so we will use that script. The script chosen was CPVI010000_OFOF which is important because it lets us define the length of the threaded hub.

The critical information is the Part Family Long Description, and then the information on each of the sizes.  Here’s the critical information I used.  In addition, fill out the alignment, detail, body type, symbol type, and skey to make the valve conform to similar valves and show up correctly on the iso.

The for each size, enter the matching pipe od, a long description size, and the appropriate dimensions. Make sure to check All Ports have the same properties.

Be sure to check out our library of helpful charts:http://www.pdoteam.com/resources/piping-component-library/

For the engagement lengths, use the nipple engagements chart for Plant 3d:

The left side contains data properties for the component:

The right side contains drawing information for how the graphics will look:

For D1 I used the OD of the pipe, for H1, I used the C value from our data sheet, L is the length from the data sheet minus 2 times the engagement, I1=.5 is the nipple engagement from our standard Plant 3D nipple engagements. The length of the threaded hub is L1=0.55.

Once we have those items, filled in, Plant has the information required to create the part.

Much like the isometric organization, the orthographic drawings have a drawing that contains blocks used.

The drawing, OrthoSymbolStyles.dwg, by default is located under Orthos\Styles\ in the project folder.  This drawing contains a block called PlantPipeGap that we can modify to get the gap we need.

Open up orthosymbolstyles.dwg, type in BEDIT and the command line and select the PlantPipeGap block.

Draw a solid hatch here:

To make the gap a little prettier, I like putting a wipeout in the background so that the flat pipe end is hidden.

Draw a rectangle for a wipeout shape, and then turn it into a wipeout.

Last, send the wipeout to the back so our gap symbol appears on top.

The final edited block will look like this:

Now our gap looks like this:

And regenerating the view shows this:

You can remove some of the whitespace by playing with the wipeout shape, and make sure your line type setting matches what you want to see when plotting.

Plant 2014 does have some much needed improvements in a couple key areas, and I’ll walk through some of these in the article. I also went through and tried to locate new commands and system variables.  While this list is not exhaustive, it should give you some more information to track down. Not all of these commands or variables have documentation, but I’ve mentioned that to Autodesk, so I’m sure the help will be updated on them.

Major new updates are Vault (rolled in from Extension pack), P&ID Connectors, drawing annotation manager, and orthographics.

A video of the new features is available here:

http://docs.autodesk.com/PLNT3D/2014/ENU/plant/pip/autocadplant3d_video_newfeatures1_v5.html

A list of 3d modeling features:

http://docs.autodesk.com/PLNT3D/2014/ENU/index.html?url=filesPLNT3D/GUID-18292A2A-B50D-4508-BD5D-C60000B74FAD.htm,topicNumber=PLNT3Dd30e5388

A list of PnID new features:

http://docs.autodesk.com/PLNT3D/2014/ENU/index.html?url=filesPLNT3D/GUID-F21F6716-08C3-472A-AFB8-C3F7B6576CD6.htm,topicNumber=PLNT3Dd30e5541

New Commands

PLANTDWGCHECKER

PLANTBENDENABLEALLPIPETYPES -

PLANTDEFINECALCPROPERTIES

PLANTAUDITVAULTPROJECT

PLANTORTHOADDJOG

PLANTORTHOHIDDENLINEMODE

PLANTORTHOMATCHLINEMODE

PLANTORTHONOCENTERLINE

PLANTORTHOPAPERCHECK

PLANTORTHOPIPEGAP

PLANTORTHOSHOWOPENPIPESYMBOL

PLANTORTHOTBCLOSE

PLANTORTHOTEMPLATESETTING

PLANTORTHOWRITECONFIG

PLANTPROJECTTOVAULT

PLANTSELECTIVECOGSWITCH

PLANTSYNCHRONIZETOVAULT

PLANTSYNCHDWG

PLANTVAACEXPLORER

PLANTVAULTCHECKIN
PLANTVAULTCHECKOUT

PLANTVAULTLOGIN

PLANTVAULTLOGOUT

PLANTVAULTUNDOCHECKOUT

One side note is that now the Size property is available in PLANTDEFINECALCPROPERTIES so we’ll have more posts on that subject coming up.

1.)    First I created to AutoCAD circles at a random thickness between the two.  The outside diameter was drawn at 36″.

2.)    I then created a region by typing in the “region” command and selecting each circle individually.  I selected the inside diameter first in order to make the process easier.

3.)    Now that the regions have been created, I can use the subtract command to get the center region erased, representing a hollowed out circle. to do this:

1. Type in the subtract command
2. Select the outer region and accept
3. Select the inner region and accept, it should now look like this.

4.)    Once you have your desired thickness using AutoCAD, you can use the “user sections” command to add it to the database.  This can be found in the ASD-Model tab in the tools panel.

5.)    After activating the command select the created region, pay attention to the command line as it will prompt for another action.  Choose inDatabase, and a dialog box will appear.  The “saving Section to Database” Dialog box will enable you to pick section types, the database it is stored in, and what the name should be.  You will also see a preview of the dimensions below.

6.)    The profile is not only added to the database of parts you selected, but is automatically inserted into your list of custom profiles selected for the project.  Just find you profile and insert it into the model.

Locate the Default theme AnnotationsScheme for your style’s isoconfig.xml.

The easiest way is probably to do a search for SpecBreaker.  Under SpecBreaker, you will have to add an Enabled attribute like so:

Generating your iso again will change this:

to this: