Intro. to Plant Design

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Course Overview

With AutoCAD Plant 3D learn how to create 2D P&ID’s, 3D piping, steel structures and equipment in the familiar AutoCAD environment. Once the 3D model is complete, learn to generate and share isometrics, orthographics, and materials reports.

Course Objectives

After completing this course participants should be able to understand and/or create:

An introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D
Using AutoCAD P&ID
Using Navisworks
Setting up and administering a Plant project

Who Should Attend?

Users that are looking at learning the AutoCAD Plant 3D toolset software should attend.

Pre-requisites

A good working knowledge of AutoCAD is recommended

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit

Processor
2.5 GHz Intel® i-Series, Xeon®, or AMD® equivalent

Memory
8GB

Display Card
DirectX 11 compliant 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth

What's Included

e-Manual

Software Trial

Certificate

Certified Instructor

*Items may differ between courses, contact an agent for details

Qualifications

On completion of the course, you will be presented with an internationally recognized Autodesk Authorized Training Certificate.

Introduction

Working in a Project
Opening a Drawing
Exploring the User Interface
Managing Layers and Colors

AutoCAD P&ID

Creating and Adding Existing Drawings
Equipment and Nozzles
Piping
Instruments and Instrument Lines
Tagging Concepts
Annotation Concepts
Editing Techniques
Data Manager and Reports
Custom One-off Symbols
Off page Connections
Generating Reports

AutoCAD Plant 3D – Mixed Metrix

Creating Project Folders and Drawings
Steel Modeling and Editing
Equipment Modeling and Editing
Piping Basics
Piping Editing and Advanced Topics
Working with P&ID Data in Plant 3D
Creating and Annotating Orthographic Views
Creating Isometric Drawings

Autodesk Navisworks

File Handling
Basic Navigation and Walkthroughs
Clash Detection
Highlights of Scheduling and Rendering

Setting up and Administering a Plant Project

Overview of Project Setup
Overview of Project Structure and Files
Setting Up Larger Projects
Defining New Objects and Properties
Customizing Data Manager
Creating and Editing Drawing Templates and Data Attributes
Specs and Catalogs
Isometric Setup
Troubleshooting
Creating and Managing Report Configurations
Setting Up SQL Server for AutoCAD Plant 3D

Students are to be at the training venue by 08h00 in preparation for a 08h30 start time.
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Bookings may be changed up to three weeks in advance of the course. A fee of 20% will be levied to cover charges.
For full day courses, we will supply you with the relevant training material. A desktop computer to use for the training (where
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Course Overview

Course Objectives

Who Should Attend?

Pre-requisites

What's Included

Qualifications

AutoCAD P&ID

AutoCAD Plant 3D – Mixed Metrix

Autodesk Navisworks

Setting up and Administering a Plant Project

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