AutoCAD Plant 3D Isometric Title Block Configuration

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@garrettbrothers6989 2 жыл бұрын

Time stamps: 20:48 - he explains that fields are the things he used to get attributes to automatically appear in the iso title block, while attributes are the more manual method. He states that he will explain how to use both methods. 22:10 - drawing properties are from the source file (the piping file), not the isometric drawing file! Drawing properties do not update immediately - it’s whenever you generate the iso. 23:28 He shows where the tool is for setting up title block attributes (it’s the “Title block Attributes” button on the toolbar when setting up the title block from Project Setup). The out-of-the-box title blocks from AutoCAD come with attributes already filled out. Attributes like Date, PipeSpec, Area, and Rev all match what AutoCAD uses, so they’ll be pulled into the title block automatically. The other attributes have to be mapped for them to work. (The “name” of the attribute is the TAG field when you double-click on it.) Sheet = SH, Total = TL . 24:50 He shows how to convert an attribute into a field. He uses this for per-project attributes to map the custom project properties (Client and Location) into the drawing. 26:30 He likes using fields over attributes because he can force fields to be uppercase. 27:30 He starts covering the rest of the attributes on the title block. He notes that the P&ID ones (PID-Dwg, MaxPressure, and MaxTemperature) use the P&ID line designation table, which he will cover later. He’ll first cover Service, LineNumber, InsulSpec, and InsulThk”. 28:00 He made Insulation Thickness have an inch sign after it by making the attribute right-justified and the inches sign left-justified. . 28:30 He shows how to map attributes. The left column is the attribute tag. The right side is all the information it could pull in, such as from the project, the pipeline, or the pipeline groups (among other sources). Note that if you map an attribute, it overrides any setup you did using fields (so keep fields as “Not Mapped.”) 31:00 If you have an attribute that should stay a certain value the majority of the time, you can set the Default value. He shows how to do that here. 32:30 he moves on from attributes, closing out of the block editor. Whenever you have changes to attributes, you should erase the title block and re-insert it (33:20). That’s the best way to get the attributes to sync. 33:30 He makes another testing Iso. He briefly introduces what a line designation table is while he’s waiting. . 35:00 He begins explaining the P&ID/line designation table attributes. 36:00 is when he pulls up data manager. (37:00) The line designation table has to come from the Pipe Line Group table (of data manager). He had to add the attributes PID-dwg, MaxPressure, and MaxTemperature. He did that by using Project Setup > P&ID class definitions. He set drawing number as an acquisition (38:30). 40:00 He shows how to export the line designation table, including how this file behaves with copying projects. During the last three minutes or so (39-42:30), he explains why he wouldn’t use P&ID drawing number: if the line is split across multiple drawings, it’s basically a manual process whenever he exports the table from his P&IDs. 42:30 He shows how to set up the line designation table (LDT) to work with the title block. 46:00 He runs another test iso. 46:30 A note about the LDT file: when he uses copy project, the settings carry over. BUT, it will also create a copy of the excel file that was in the original project. So, until you export the LDT table from the new project, the LDT file will have the data from the original project. 47:30 He shows the finished title block (from 46:00 test iso). 49:00 Adding a north arrow, no draw area (50:30) The direction of the north arrow determines the direction of your iso drawing, so if you want to use a different block, it’s better to edit the north arrow. You have to have the same name and same four visibility states for the north arrow block to work. . 52:00 Bill of materials. Get BoM table setup before you start placing your BoM - Changing table setup causes the column width, etc. to revert, so you should set up the table setup properties first, then configure the BoM appearance. (57:00 he finishes explaining adding columns to the BoM and moves to changing the BoM format.) 1:00:30 He shows how to get columns persistent so you can adjust columns after layout for it to reset. Uses IsoConfig.xml (1:01:30). (Actually, this might not be persistent? It might be so you can get exact widths, but might reset every time you regenerate the table. Listen to 1:08:00.) 1:06:00 How to change fonts in the BoM. 1:09:00 How to change the text color. Plotting in monochrome won’t fix the text color. 1:10:00 Adding a different table (Cut piece list). Making the table go up instead of down. Changing the row height. 1:11:30 He runs another test iso. 1:12:30 How to fix width on BoM so that as many rows as possible print in one row and not two. First method: change the part’s description in the spec [permanent] or the model [temporary/on the fly] to make it fit better. Second method (1:14:30): change the text font. Third method (1:15:30): put tables in the same space - make them not overlap using Add to existing area. 1:16:30 He changes the north arrow direction (for demonstration purposes), then runs another test iso. He discusses about alternate layout ideas (1:18:30) if you wanted to have more tables on the drawing. . 1:19:30 He moves to questions He put an iso insulation symbol in the model using the button under the Iso ribbon tab.

@DavidFlores-ui3jh 6 жыл бұрын

Great webinar. It helped me to resolve several issues with custom isometric templates. Looking forward to future webinars.

@joelarchbold483 6 жыл бұрын

Great webinar Mr. A lot of material covered with good detail to make the most of the usefulness of the ISOs automatization and mapping!

@feouellette Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to make this

@muhammadatteya6697 Жыл бұрын

Hello sir, thank you for your illustration , I have a question , how can i change the line weight and the color of the pipe preview ?

@Hagerman Жыл бұрын

That is a pretty wide open question related to AutoCAD and not Plant 3D. I would suggest searching for videos on colors and lineweights both for display and plotting depending on which one you are needing help with. It is AutoCAD so there are multiple ways to handle this depending on how your templates and plot styles are setup to work on your system.

@andresouza508 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, At 28min you mentioned that Service was not filled out because it has to be filled out at Drawing Properties. I can see that after you filled out the information on DWG properties at the final output you have the desire result. However you never showed how you mapped the Service there. I have tried to follow the steps that you show for Project Number but it simply doesn't work. I have Autodesk also involved in trying to figure it out... Would you be so kind to explain in more detail how the Area attribute was placed inside the TBlock? Thanks

@TheSmileyTek 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is the best. Thank you sir

@feouellette 9 ай бұрын

I've done it before. But currently having a very hard time selecting the cyan data fields. Just can't seem to select them.......update...figured it out. Had to turn off "Selection Cycling"

@TresCiudades-dh1fu Жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you very much for the tutorial. I did everything as instructed, but my title block disappears when I want to modify the properties. Does anyone know what the reason could be? best regards

@vegavazquezsusanaguadalupe7627 9 ай бұрын

¿lo resolviste?

@TresCiudades-dh1fu 9 ай бұрын

@@vegavazquezsusanaguadalupe7627 si, resulta que desaparecia porque el title block, lo guardaba con otro nombre y hay que guardarlo con el mismo nombre que viene de defoult.

@mohammadjamali6438 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent , thank you for great information

@SeanEC79 4 жыл бұрын

Area (Area 51 in the example!) is not appearing on my iso, is this a custom attribute? Its not on the list of attributes

@Hagerman 4 жыл бұрын

The Area is pulled from the Area on the Drawing Properties of the Plant 3D Model. In the Project Manager > Source Files > Plant 3D Drawings right click on the drawing that contains the piping in the Iso and select Properties. Enter the Drawing Area here.