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December 2017

Is it possible to customize the properties which will be shown in the spec viewer?

Is it possible to adopt the orthographic bill of material (BOM) to categories only which are needed

How to delete columns in the dialog “Table Setup” for orthographic or isometric bill of materials (B...

Change in exported Spec data to Excel after update 2018.1.1

AutoCAD P&ID tags display as No Target

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to get flow arrows to be the same color as the inserted line segment

Workflow for updated Inventor assemblies which are inserted as equipments in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Wrong enclosures for some annotations in isometric drawings

November 2017

AutoCAD P&ID: Drawing performance issue when using stretch command

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016: Orthographic annotations will be moved automatically

AutoCAD Plant 3D: After placing a pipe the pipe disappears

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Gap when connecting pipe to UNION or COUPLING components

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to Detach a Plant Project from Vault

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is it possible to see the slope value of a pipe line in Navisworks

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Ortho annotation leader drawn through text

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Where are custom blocks saved for the catalogs

Background publishing in AutoCAD P&ID can cause PDFs and DWFs to have missing output

Can I move a catalog from a SQLite project in Plant 3D?

Converting a SQLite project via PnPProjectMaintenance.exe only works with Windows Authentification

How to add a smaller stub-in to an elbow connected at the top of the elbow

How to combine two different catalogs to one catalog

How to create an isometric drawing with British dimensions from a metric model?

How to customize the line number to match a client standard in AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to get an additional image from the model in 2D Wireframe into the title block of an isometric d...

How to remove duplicate tag information from AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to setup a sleeve as a branch in a pipeline?

How to show an insulation of an equipment in a P&ID drawing?

Is it possible to add only one bolt set for two flanges in an AutoFlange-joint/Flange-joint connecti...

Is it possible to compare the class definitions of two different projects by a tool, report, etc.?

Is it possible to configure an isometric table which shows all different kinds of connection types?

Is it possible to create a report for P&ID drawings of hand valves and control valves together in th...

Just-in-time (JIT) debugging error when creating orthographics in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017

LTD-fields with date format won’t be shown in European format in the isometric drawing

Plant 3D : Unable to save report to Excel from report creator

Plant 3D 2018 : Fatal error while opening project drawings

Removing unused tags in AutoCAD P&ID / AutoCAD Plant 3D

Report Creator cannot be launched for one user

Setting of Shared Plant Content with A360 drive won’t be saved

Some components won’t be presented correctly after awhile

The “Assign Format” button is not visible anymore in the Block Editor of a tagging block

Unable to see existing pipe dimension in isometric drawing.

Which permission SQL Server permission is needed to create a SQL Server project

Wrong isometric presentation of stub ends after update 1 for 2017

October 2017

Are AutoCAD P&ID and Plant 3D backward compatible?

AutoCAD P&ID : Custom Valve Body for Instrument needs to be selected second time before it is visibl...

AutoCAD Plant 3D : Editing Same Spec using Multiple users in a project

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Bad display of several components

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to change the thickness of a pipe line in the isometric drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to copy a pipe and keep the service information

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to work parallel on a SQLite project in different networks

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Surface area of the pipeline

Dialog for _PlantInventorEquipmentConvert ingores system variable FILEDIA

How to bring Orthographic drawing into Piping Model in Plant 3D

How to copy an AutoCAD Plant 3D drawing to a new or existing AutoCAD Plant 3D project

How to download object enablers for Plant 3D 2018

How to edit tie in symbols so the properties are saved within the block

How to use 3D model layer for orthographic drawings with specific set line weights

How to use Inventor to create equipment for use in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Is it possible to assign different sizes to the pipelines on both sites if they are split by a contr...

Plant 3D : Drawing file location changed in Project Manager

Plant 3D : How to create a reinforcing pad in branch table

Plant 3D : Unable to open Catalog builder application

Plant 3D : Unable to see dimension preview while moving objects

Plant 3D 2017 : End type in Cut Piece List display incorrectly for pipeline with FW & FFW added manu...

Plant 3D: Annotations out of date when opening drawing

When running isometrics in AutoCAD Plant 3D the Spec attribute is blank

When using PLANTCUSTOMPARTS two error messages appear and afterwards the dialog is empty

How to remove the annotation for elbows in an isometric drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Only some rows of the LDT-Excel-sheet will be listed in LTD-preview

Is it possible to create a pipe with an extrusion?

Plant 3D : Open/Check Out Issue on Vault project

Plant 3D : Vaulted Project shows Error Method Not Found

Randomly the nozzle dialog won’t be shown when trying to add a nozzle

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to prevent small bore pipe from being drawn in the isometric drawing

Custom spec properties are getting shorter in the project

Cut length of fixed pipes won’t be shown in bill of material (BOM) in the isometric drawing

Plant 3D : How to route lengthy curved pipe

Tool Palettes missing in AutoCAD Plant 3D

September 2017

AutoCAD Plant 3D Report Creator export to PDF missing Chinese characters

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Copy Isometric folder configuration to a different project

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Equipment support legs foot plate is not rotated in-line with leg angle

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Files are being listed as read only in collaboration project

AutoCAD Plant 3D: SW COUPLING - How are the part dimensions calculated?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Use a compound joint with fixed length pipe

AutoCAD Plant 3D: What is an isometric overflow drawing

How to adopt the height of the annotation square in the isometric drawing?

How to avoid spec breaking annotations in an isometric drawing?

How to change the name of the field weld in an isometric drawing?

How to get an overall dimension without anchoring at tees?

How to remove the “Cont’d From”-annotation from an isometric drawing

Off Page connectors do not work or will not connect in AutoCAD Plant 3D and P&ID

Plant 3D 2018 : Incorrect values in ASME Catalog Hex Head Bushing

Which files may be affected if the bill of material (BOM) for isometric drawings is changed?

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2015 - FATAL ERROR UNHANDELED e04343524exception at fb76a06dh

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Advanced option on Iso dialog box does not work

AutoCAD Plant 3D: PVC from Xref not connecting to equipment

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Show Insulation for valves and flanges

Floor symbol inserts multiple insulation annotations in AutoCAD Plant 3D isometric drawings

How to remove the centerline symbol for elevation annotations in isometric drawings

How to suppress the Small Bore Piping-theme in an isometric drawing

If you edit a spec using “Edit Spec” the spec won’t be correctly checked in in Vault

Is it possible to batch change the block name in P&ID from Chinese to English

Is it possible to modify the custom category and properties name in drawing properties

Where to set the needed anchor points for dimensions in an isometric drawing

Why Edit button is gray out for some properties in P&ID Class Definitions

Why the locating dimension won’t be shown till the end

How to rename the P&ID end connection?

Is it possible to set automatically the scale of an isometric sheet in the title block?

Some flanges won’t be offered for substitution for a Wafer-Flange-Connection

How to add additional symbols that can be inserted from the Create Iso Message dialog

How to configure a locating dimension from a flange-pipe-weld to the end of the flange

AutoCAD P&ID: This tool is not supported in a non PNID drawing file.

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Default actuators are not sized as expected for all valve sizes

AutoCAD Plant 3D: For the same project some users have only access to the AutoCAD P&ID part in the p...

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Unable to connect WF-valve to flange

A copied drawing from a different project will remember to the old tag format if a size will be chan...

Annotations in your drawing are out of date and need to be updated

A pipe cannot connect at the second port of a cap

Is it possible to hatch a section of an AutoCAD 3D solid in an orthographic drawing?

Is it possible to work on the same project with different installed AutoCAD Plant 3D versions?

Plant 3D : Data export to CSV not exporting correct format from Data Manager

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Lag in Large Files.

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Components with the same item code are placed in row on the isometric BOM

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to automatically show the flow direction of an isometric drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Show pipe QTY in isometric BOM shown in mm not meters

 
August 2017

How to show a custom status in an isometric drawing?

How to show a flanged pipe in an isometric drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to create flexible hose?

Is it possible to make revision drawings in plain AutoCAD Plant 3D / P&ID?

Unable to overwrite isometric drawing in Plant collaboration projects with BIM 360 Team

How to adopt the bill of material (BOM) of an isometric drawing to show both port sizes of a valve

An item with the same key has already been added

Crash when creating an isometric if “Long Description (Size)” will be used for the bill of material ...

Is it possible to sort the bill of material for orthographic drawings by letters instead of numbers?

Renaming a folder in project manager won’t be reflected in Windows Explorer

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to get bolts to display as sets in Isometric BOMs

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Part categories won’t be shown in catalog

Crash when starting AutoCAD Plant 3D

Error: “An item with the same key has already been added” when creating an isometric drawing

If the body of a control valve will be substituted by another, the layer of the body changes

Is it possible to integrate the information of “Cont’d On” in the title block of an isometric drawin...

Plant 3D : Unable to use duplicate component in Spec editor

What exactly is mentioned with End 1 and End 2 in the piping connection settings?

AutoCAD P&ID: Create connection dialog does not show the OK, Canel or Help buttons

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to edit the default Actuator Height and Width in the Spec

VCLIP Plugin for AutoCAD Plant 3D

When connecting a dummy leg support to piping it is inserted one size smaller than the piping.

Set a default path for Data Manager exports

AutoCAD P&ID: Cannot edit equipment weight property in Data Manager

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Edit catalog component dimensions

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is it possible to connect components from different specs

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Pipe connections for XREFs shows as OPEN END in isometric

How to separate the spool numbers by Field Fit Weld in AutoCAD Plant 3D

What are the differences between Vault projects and Collaboration projects?

When opening a project from the Collaboration Hub in Plant 3D an error is displayed

An unknown error has occurred - PnPCompletionStatus.RelationshipTypeDoesNotExist when opening P&ID D...

AutoCAD Plant 3D XREF Properties do not display in Navisworks

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Content cannot be used because the shared content folder is not available

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Supports inherit properties from pipe in isometric BOM

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Update 2017.1.1 in comparison to 2017.0.2

Is it possible to hatch structural sections automatically in orthographic drawings?

Line numbers disappearing on valves and other components

P&ID Line List empty

AutoCAD Plant 3D Spec Editor cannot read network drive

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Possibility to run the Create Project Backup utility outside of the Project Manage...

Crash when using 3D Orbit in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Plant 3D Report Creator: How to create a calculated function

How to get the default control valve to change in AutoCAD P&ID and Plant 3D

How to show dimension sizes of parameter graphics in the property palette?

July 2017

Faulty display of the node “Title block and Display” in the project setup

User Defined Table list in Plant Isometrics

Weld points won`t be shown although PLANTWELDDISPLAY is activated

When inserting a component defined by a custom block, it is too big

Wrong scaling if a British block-based component will be inserted in a mixed-metric project

Missing Flanges, Fittings, and Valves in Plant 3D model

Monitoring AutoCAD Plant Collaboration Services through Autodesk Health Dashboard

Plant 3D 2017 : Ortho View lost association with model after Vault Migration

Possibility to setup a master drawing which can be used for slaved drawings but with different tags

Isometric drawing fields not displayed

How to set the weld number continue if the Isometric DWG is divided over multiple sheets in AutoCAD ...

How to Connect Lap Joint Flanges in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Graphic error during piping

Hand Valves disappear when entering and exiting project setup

For some slines in a drawing the context menu command “Edit sline Group…” is not available

Error when checking “Show all Linenumbers”

Error when export to xls format from Spec and Catalog Editor in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Custom pipe supports are not dimensioned or shown on the Isometric BOM in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Bill of material (BOM) won’t be updated when orthographic view will be updated

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017 Update 0.2 from Autodesk Desktop App cannot be installed

AutoCAD Plant 3D crashes when opening a file

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Attempt to write a read-only database

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Cannot place an equipment in the model

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Dynamic input dots are too large

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Error message when executing AUDITPROJECT for a project

AutoCAD Plant 3D: For a specific model it fails to create an ortho drawing from a specifc side

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to create a clamp connection?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to synchronize specs and catalogs from the content folder in a Vault environme...

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Missing geometry of user-defined block component in the catalog

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Modeling Operation Error: Error Code Number is 98066 when using EXPORTTOAUTOCAD

AutoCAD Plant 3D: There are a lot of waterdrops in the drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Trimming structural members to more than one plane

June 2017

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Add reducer to a TEE(RED) in the branch table

How to create a shaded or grayscale ortho view in AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to configure AutoCAD Plant 3D isometrics for specific needs

How to export an AutoCAD Plant 3D model to SolidWorks?

Is is possible to change the order of the size values of an olet?

Plant 3D: How to keep layer information from the model in orthographic drawings

How to create THDF/THDM connection with a valve and a nipple

Flow arrow will be dimensioned in the isometric drawing

How to annotated the cutback angle without decimal places

How to reduce the count of sheets for isometric drawings

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How do I include the bend radius in BOM

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Performance problems after running isometrics with LDT

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Project Manager does not open

Error during creation of an isometric drawing: “There was an error reading from the pipe: Unrecogniz...

Export from Data Manager does not show option for .xlsx file extension

How to move a drawing from tab “Source Files” to tab “Orthographic DWG”

When creating a new catalog component the end type selection list is empty

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Section view error when creating orthographics

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Unable to Open Project: no such table PnPTables

Isometric: Open End End Connection annotation not shown on ISO

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Fittings plot black, as opposed to the color assigned to the layer

During migration of a project an error pops up and the migration fails

German version: When opening a symbol block of a P&ID symbol the block editor is empty

Slow performance of models and drawings in AutoCAD Plant 3D

AutoCAD P&ID objects insert at the wrong scale

How to get and use the Tuchenhagen catalog for AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to import Inventor files in Plant 3D

Is it possible to save the settings of data manager permanently?

Report Creator - Value cannot be null error occurs when opening the project.xml

The Eccentricity of the equipment shapes Round-to-Rectangle is not working in AutoCAD Plant 3D

The Spears Content reducer cannot connect to the pipe in AutoCAD Plant 3D

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Unable to change Ortho folder path in Project Setup after project is created

Is СFD сompatible with AutoCAD Plant 3D?

P&ID Painter doesn’t work for external references (XREF)

Unable to bind XRefs that include Plant 3D drawings.

May 2017

AutoCAD P&ID: How to remove all tags of a project?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to copy a project

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to suppress property change annotations for olets?

Enlarging the list of Object Mapping for valves in Pipe Spec Object Mapping

How to adopt German annotations to English annotations in isometric drawings

How to reduce the property string for an offpage connector by the last four characters?

How to rename folders in AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to utilize other disciplines in Plant 3D 2018 Collaboration

Is it possible to adopt the Check-iso styles by merging different isometric tables in one overflow a...

Linear weights and weights for structural members

Utilizing template projects for AutoCAD Plant 3D

What are the new features of AutoCAD Plant 3D from 2014 till 2017?

After installing update 1 or update 1.1 for AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017 some commands/properties are not w...

AutoCAD P&ID: Custom inline symbol with flow direction

AutoCAD P&ID: Drawing validation removes leading zeros from Tag number

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017 Update 1 Non-English: Drawings cannot be removed from project

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018: No command “Compress database” available anymore

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Components incorrectly drawn on Existing layer in isometric drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Plastic valves with end type PSW, don’t display dimensions (length or center) on I...

Just In Time (JIT) error when adding services in AutoCAD Plant 3D

AutoCAD P&ID: When adding a segment breaker an error message pops up

Model with branch pipes using connectionoffset will be split in multiple isometric sheets

Orthographic view is unusable or broken

Plant 3D drawings are longer associated with a project

Plant 3D Imperial / Metric / Mixed Metric Project Drawing Compatiblity

SQL Server is missing in Plant 3D

Unrecognized error when creating an isometric drawing with existing pipes connected to new pipes

April 2017

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to include a valve tag in the isometric drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to suppress specific weld dots in isometric drawings

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is it possible to show the text of the structure grid in an orthographic drawing?

How to adjust size of reinforcement pads in AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to wrap a text of a field in a report created by the Report Creator?

After deleting the line number tag of a disconnected pipeline the line number tag of the formerly co...

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to configure isometric drawings

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to create a wafer connection without a gasket

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is is possible to present the pipeline only by centerlines?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Which port of a tee is port 1, 2 and 3?

How to remove the need of uniqueness of a pipeline tag

Valves and Actuators: possible combinations, what works and what doesn’t work

AutoCAD Plant 3D locks up when trying to access the Project Setup

It is not possible to edit the actuator of a valve in the model

The position of a user-defined angle valve is wrong in the isometric drawing

Adding a property to catalogs by size rather than as a general property

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is it possible to show elevation of a pipe at the support

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Property “Insulation Type” is not visible in the property palette for a pipeline

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Updating or creating Ortho view results in an empty viewport.

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Missing drawings in project manager

Error message “FAILURE - eFileNotFound” when creating an isometric drawing

Isometric error in AutoCAD Plant 3D: “FAILURE: Object reference not set to an instance of an object”

Long description styles do not update when using custom properties

Plant 3D : How to get Pipe Specs folder in Project browser

AuotCAD Plant 3D Specs and Catalog Editor is missing Parametric size information

Project settings check out box is in the background in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018

The isometric generation process stops at 30 minutes in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Weld symbols do not appear on plastic pipe in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017

When opening in a 3D model in AutoCAD Plant 3D an error is displayed: The File Exists

March 2017

Unable to open project from Vault in Plant 3D as user is logged out of Vault 

Unable to make changes to AutoCAD Plant 3D and P&ID project settings in an active project 

Plant 3D: Orifice Plate not shown in 3D Parts Report Creator report 

Configuring custom property with = symbol in Offpage Connector gives “Invalid argument Tag in settin...

Collaborating AutoCAD P&ID/Plant 3D projects via OneDrive
When creating an isometric drawing the geometry is far outside of the title block 

Plant 3D: Can’t Change the Color of Instrumentation Symbol 

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Add the M prefix designation to metric bolts in the isometric BOM. 

User-defined connection text for “Cont’d On”-connections won’t be shown 

Pipes with fix length won’t be shown in the bill of material (BOM) of the isometric drawing
Segment breaker annotation doesn’t switch after rotating by 180°

A value of a hand valve won’t be updated if it will be substituted by another hand valve with a diff...
How to create a report which groups separately equipments and valves?

Adding custom properties for colors in AutoCAD Plant 3D color and layer settings
When trying to open a project from Vault on AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017 an error is displayed
When updating an orthographic drawing in AutoCAD Plant 3D the annotations shift 

Block Based components are invisible in AutoCAD Plant 3D
How to make AutoCAD Plant 3D models generate correct ortho views 

How to create a custom part in AutoCAD Plant 3D using an AutoCAD block

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Pipe does not appear in drawing after clicking routing points 

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Missing supports in the tool palette
How to adopt the colors of the isometric drawing of the specific components

February 2017

Project manager does not work correctly in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017
Specific joints stop functioning in AutoCAD Plant 3D 

How to create a report for structure components via Report Creator
How to create a report via Report Creator showing all supports
How to get a report in the Report Creator where the fittings and the pipe run components are listed ...
How to reactivate the default value of an acquisiton from one top-level class to lower-tier class 

AutoCAD Plant 3D crashes when generating orthographic drawings 

Revit: Bringing AutoCAD Plant 3D DWGs into Revit 

AutoCAD Plant 3D and P&ID: Vault “Enforce Unique File Names” for Plant drawings 

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to use a compass in user-defined coordinate system (UCS)
Error: The format expression string cannot be longer than 255 characters.
How to create a custom inline socket
Property acquisitions not updating after copying segments in AutoCAD Plant 3D
Unable to assign Size and Spec to line segments in AutoCAD Plant 3D 

How to bring a Plant 3D model into a Revit project 

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Color assignment for a custom component does not work
German version: If a nozzle should be added onto a nozzle on an equipment two fields are on top of e... 
Modifying Tap-Joint setup breaks olet connections in AutoCAD Plant 3D 

Wrong parameter list for bent nozzles in AutoCAD Plant 3D 

When connecting a stanchion support to piping it is inserted one size smaller than the piping

Is it possible to add a stub-in on a reducer?

How to customize the shown properties of the dialog ‘View Connected Offpage Connector’

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Different behavior of the compass for elbows and bends

Cannot add pipe to equipment nozzle

Isometric components are placed on existing the existing layer in AutoCAD Plant 3D

The P&ID Painter tool doesn’t apply to all objects AutoCAD Plant 3D and P&ID 

How to annotate spool numbers on isometric drawing at welds

What is the difference between SQL Server Standard and SQL Server Express? 

Marking via PLANTPIDLINELIST available equipments if they are used or not 

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to add a tangential nozzle for a tank?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is it possible to create a list of different flange connection types?

January 2017

Is it possible to use dynamic blocks for block-based components in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

How to use ManHandWay for a non-listed metric size for an equipment

Valves of a custom spec won’t be used by PLANTPIDLINELIST