with proper set up, Plant 3D will do the Job. Using the information (CADWorx Object Handle) in the log file, we can quickly locate items in the model for fixing. Line lists are impossible. AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016. Do taps run properly on isometrics?I was hoping the Autodesk community or the support staff from Autodesk would jump at the chance to support their product and tell us it will be better than the other guys. My company is not in the oil and gas industry but in pharmaceutics and we have a big need for a good p&id package. 9.
Can you send us a list of engineering and operating companies currently using this product?44. Converts CADWorx specs or catalogs so that they can be used in AutoCAD Plant 3D toolset. For example, if lines didn’t connect in CADWorx (and wouldn’t run through Isogen), Plant 3D will not be able to connect them either. Are laterals and crosses available?5. I also volunteered as a building First-aider, and area Emergency Muster Point Chief Warden. Can piping /tubing be bent to various radii and angles?37. This has been fixed a lot in the latest release and I am sure will continue to improve.It is a challenge to balance production and customization being a force of one at a worldwide basic chemicals manufacturing corporation. Not knowing any users in my region of the USA that use CADWorx Plant and P&ID with a database, I appreciate the CADWorx product's flexibility in its freedom from database dependence. If that is all you do, that may not work for you. Software SHOULD improve or, at least, change over the years. The meaning of any design package is, you have to take the detailing of complete Civil, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical and Structure.I don't know what Cadworx/Bricscad will bring the next few year, but is they fullfill our needs, it will be probably the last payment to Autodesk.On the line list thing, developers from both side have a concept stuck in their minds that a line list is a list of all of the individual line segments (ie a line from pump A to the reducer is one item, the line from the reducer to the control valve is another one). You can get this from Plant design suite.CadWorx uses Isogen for creating Isometrics, which is very stable but Plant 3D is coming along and while its initial setup might be easier the time saved is lost when you start creating the Iso's. The Professional versions of Plant and P&ID (that also include BricsCAD Platinum at no charge) now costs 2,820 US Dollars. All the steps I got from HExagon do is import catalogs from Plant 3D into Cadworx.
Most of us in our Team are Heavy PDS, Smartplant , Autoplant, and CADWorx users before we learn about Plant 3D, and all of us are happy and contended using it. See commonly answered questions and their answers by reading the following most popular FAQs:CADWorx is updated once a year following the release of AutoCAD.Yes, CADWorx is plant design CAD software that uses AutoCAD to create plant drawings. Remove Deletes specs or catalogs from the list of files to be converted. Does this system use isogen to configure isometrics?49. In fact, I had a CADWorx tech support person call me up and ask what we did, so he could persuade the CADWorx product manager to work along those lines.The support requirements for Plant 3D are a little higher than for CADWorx. For example, you don't really have an option of running without a database (and all the support *that* entails). Product version control is much more important with Plant 3D too, similar to what is needed when working with Civil3D. You will probably find the structural options very lacking compared to CADWorx as well - don't plan on doing much detailed structural design in Plant 3D, get a "proper" structural design package.I think that Intergraph is committed to CadWorx, release 2013 was a big advance and I believe 2014 is to be released soon.My company has both sofwares and uses one or the other based on our clients needs/software requirements.