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Know your symbols-learn how different standards can affect the appearance of symbols in Plant 3D.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Transcript
00:03
A process and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) represents the starting point for most plant designs,
00:11
and helps the engineer understand how a system is supposed to operate.
00:15
In AutoCAD Plant 3D, you should create these diagrams prior to actually adding modeling components, creating orthographic views,
00:23
or developing isometric spool drawings.
00:26
Your company may already have a symbol library, but is it using industry standards?
00:32
It's important to review your default content, then use what best reflects the standards you want to follow.
00:38
AutoCAD Plant 3D can help you be compliant, with symbology based on these standards: PIP (Process Industry Practices),
00:47
ISA (Instrument Society of America), ISO, JIS, and DIN (International, Japanese, and German standards organizations).
00:57
Start by setting the P&ID PIP workspace.
01:02
From the Tool Palettes, Equipment tab, select a horizontal centrifugal pump symbol.
01:07
To see the symbol more clearly, you can turn the grid off by pressing the F7 function key, or by selecting Grid on the Drawing Status bar.
01:16
Place it in the current drawing.
01:19
The Assign Tag dialog appears for you to tag the pump.
01:23
For this tutorial, click Cancel to skip the tag creation.
01:28
Note how the pump symbol appears.
01:31
This may not be the same symbol that you normally use to create your diagrams.
01:36
You can try another standard.
01:38
Switch to the P&ID ISA workspace.
01:43
From the Tool Palettes, Equipment tab, notice how the pump symbols look completely different from the PIP standards.
01:49
By changing workspaces and palettes based on specific standards, you can start with your library,
01:55
matching the most common standard to follow.
01:57
The symbology will match for different types of symbols, including:
02:02
Equipment, which includes pumps, tanks, and vessels;
02:05
Nozzles used for connections to equipment;
02:08
Instruments including control valves, flow meters, and instrument bubbles;
02:13
Inline components that are supported by a pipe run, such as valves and reducers;
02:19
And non-engineering items including connectors, flow arrows, and other symbology that doesn't contain any reportable data.
02:26
You can also edit the symbology, if needed.
02:30
P&ID content has intelligent data associated with the symbols, such as the part type and number, loop number, and pipe size.
02:39
This data is automatically associated with a database, and updates immediately as the data is changed
Video transcript
00:03
A process and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) represents the starting point for most plant designs,
00:11
and helps the engineer understand how a system is supposed to operate.
00:15
In AutoCAD Plant 3D, you should create these diagrams prior to actually adding modeling components, creating orthographic views,
00:23
or developing isometric spool drawings.
00:26
Your company may already have a symbol library, but is it using industry standards?
00:32
It's important to review your default content, then use what best reflects the standards you want to follow.
00:38
AutoCAD Plant 3D can help you be compliant, with symbology based on these standards: PIP (Process Industry Practices),
00:47
ISA (Instrument Society of America), ISO, JIS, and DIN (International, Japanese, and German standards organizations).
00:57
Start by setting the P&ID PIP workspace.
01:02
From the Tool Palettes, Equipment tab, select a horizontal centrifugal pump symbol.
01:07
To see the symbol more clearly, you can turn the grid off by pressing the F7 function key, or by selecting Grid on the Drawing Status bar.
01:16
Place it in the current drawing.
01:19
The Assign Tag dialog appears for you to tag the pump.
01:23
For this tutorial, click Cancel to skip the tag creation.
01:28
Note how the pump symbol appears.
01:31
This may not be the same symbol that you normally use to create your diagrams.
01:36
You can try another standard.
01:38
Switch to the P&ID ISA workspace.
01:43
From the Tool Palettes, Equipment tab, notice how the pump symbols look completely different from the PIP standards.
01:49
By changing workspaces and palettes based on specific standards, you can start with your library,
01:55
matching the most common standard to follow.
01:57
The symbology will match for different types of symbols, including:
02:02
Equipment, which includes pumps, tanks, and vessels;
02:05
Nozzles used for connections to equipment;
02:08
Instruments including control valves, flow meters, and instrument bubbles;
02:13
Inline components that are supported by a pipe run, such as valves and reducers;
02:19
And non-engineering items including connectors, flow arrows, and other symbology that doesn't contain any reportable data.
02:26
You can also edit the symbology, if needed.
02:30
P&ID content has intelligent data associated with the symbols, such as the part type and number, loop number, and pipe size.
02:39
This data is automatically associated with a database, and updates immediately as the data is changed
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