AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024: The Ultimate Course for Designers

This course is designed to equip students with solid skills in AutoCAD Plant 3D, a software that directly competes with CADWorx. The course covers the vast majority of features offered by the software, enabling students to complete an industrial plant project from start to finish, with a strong focus on the piping area. It is highly recommended to practice the knowledge acquired to reinforce learning.

This course is also highly beneficial for professionals who already use AutoCAD Plant 3D but need additional knowledge to achieve an advanced level.

The course is aimed (but not limited) to students, designers, and engineers in the fields of mechanical, chemical, industrial, and civil engineering who seek a more comprehensive understanding of the tool.

The course content is as follows:

Lesson 01 - Getting Started with AutoCAD Plant 3D: [Creating a Project, Workspaces]
Lesson 02 - AutoCAD Review: [Menu Bar, Model and Layout Tabs, Command Bar, Properties Palette, 3D Solids]
Lesson 03 - Specifications and Catalogs: [Spec Editor: Opening and Modifying an Existing Spec, Creating a New Spec, Adding Fittings from Catalog, Adding Valves from Catalog, Modifying Actuators in Valves - Branch Table - Catalog Editor: Modifying a Catalog Item, Duplicating and Editing a Catalog Item, Creating a New Item and Adding It to the Catalog]
Lesson 04 - Project Setup: [Project Setup Configurations, General Settings, P&ID Configuration, Plant 3D Settings, Isometric Drawing Setup, Orthographic Drawing Settings]
Lesson 05 - P&ID: [P&ID Design, Workspace, Inserting Equipment, Connecting Lines, Validation (Errors and Error Repair), Editing Schematic Lines, Inserting Valves and Control Valves, Inserting Fittings, Assigning Tags to Lines, Equipment, Valves, and Fittings]
(Data Manager: Class Tree, Components and Filters, Exporting Data to Excel, Importing Data from Excel, Editing Data)
Lesson 06 - Structures: [Creating and Editing Grids, Adding Structural Members, Creating Stairs and Handrails, Adding Marine Stairs, Creating Platforms, Creating Foundations, Configuring the Representation of Structural Members, Editing Structural Members]
Lesson 07 - Equipment: [Creating Equipment from Predefined Types, Creating Equipment from Parametric Geometric Shapes, Creating Equipment from AutoCAD Objects]
Lesson 08 - Piping Routing: [Inserting Parts - Custom Parts - Compass or Orientation - Elevation and Slope - Data Manager]
Lesson 09 - Supports: [Inserting Parametric Supports - Supports in Supports - Support Point Block in Supports - Custom Supports]
Lesson 10 - Orthographic Views: [Modifying Orthographic Cube, Generating and Modifying Views, Bill of Materials and Annotations]
Lesson 11 - Isometrics: [Annotations in Isometrics, Modifying and Creating Isometric Symbols, Isometric Style Setup, Customizing Isos with IsoConfig]
Lesson 12 - Generating Reports: [Creating Report Templates]