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Knowledge for Plant Engineers
Hands-on articles on CAD engineering, Plant 3D™ and process automation.
Here we collect what we learn in our daily work: guides, experience and tools for plant engineers working with AutoCAD Plant 3D™. Every article comes out of a real project.
Planning a Plant 3D project setup properly in plant engineering
A Plant 3D project setup in plant engineering determines schedule risk, model quality and the effort of later changes long before the first pipe is modelled.
External Plant 3D administration in a project
When isometrics fail, pipe specs do not apply consistently or model changes have to be reworked across several drawings, external Plant 3D administration is not general CAD support.
Creating pipe specs in Plant 3D faster and more consistently
Creating pipe specs in Plant 3D determines deadlines, material costs and the effort of later changes long before the first pipe is modelled. If specifications are incomplete, inconsistent or only defi...
Five AI applications for plant design
Digitalisation has changed industry, yet in plant design the step towards consistently data-driven workflows is still open in many places. While many sectors are already putting the ideas of Industry ...
Creating your own tool palettes in Plant 3D
Tool palettes in Plant 3D save time every day. Frequently used assemblies are created once and can then be placed again and again with a click, instead of gathering the individual parts together every...
Modelling steelwork connections directly in Plant 3D
Steelwork connections in Plant 3D were possible only to a limited extent for a long time. Simple profiles and structures could be represented, but as soon as complex connections between profiles and b...
Using ChatGPT productively in Plant 3D design
Artificial intelligence is changing daily work in plant engineering at specific points. Anyone designing with Autodesk Plant 3D knows the recurring hurdles: complex standards, cryptic error messages, ...
Meta Quest 3, Quest 3S and XREAL One in a practical test
Remote work has long been part of everyday life in plant engineering, yet compute-intensive activities such as 3D CAD and programming place particular demands on it. Anyone working from home, on the m...
Plant 3D 2026: the most important new functions
After several quieter years, Plant 3D 2026 brings an update with noticeable added value again. Many of the new features were long overdue and replace workarounds that previously required manual interv...
Moving pipes in Plant 3D to exact absolute coordinates
Placing pipes in Plant 3D at exact absolute coordinates works without construction lines and without additional geometry. If a line was designed imprecisely or has to be moved to a defined position af...
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