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August 2018

A compound joint that adds a grooved coupling to an equipment nozzle doesn’t work in AutoCAD Plant 3...

Cannot open Project Manager in Plant 3D

Detaching collaboration projects in AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to create Center-line of hidden pipes in Plant 3D

Placing a flange tangent to an elbow or pipe run as a tap connection in Plant 3D

Pin the header in Report Creator of AutoCAD Plant 3D

Texts won’t be shown in bubbles in AutoCAD Plant 3D / AutoCAD P&ID

“Save to Catalog” does not work for an existing component when assigning a new block to it in AutoCA...

Adding support to sloped pipe

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to get a sequential number in the Report Creator?

How to remove a mismatched AutoCAD P&ID off-page connector icon

How to substitute a gasket in a model with a different gasket of the spec

Is it possible to assign actuators to valves in a batch mode in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

Is it possible to link the Spec to the Nominal Spec in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

Is it possible to route a pipe tangential from the bottom of an elbow in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

It is not possible to assign a line number because of missing tag format in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Message “This tool is not supported in a non PNID drawing file” because of language settings in Auto...

Message “This tool is not supported in a non PNID drawing file” because of wrong workflow in AutoCAD...

User-defined valves won’t be shown in an isometric drawing

What is the difference between various Audit commands in Plant 3D ?

When starting Report Creator of AutoCAD Plant 3D an error message pops up: Invalid path

How to change the appearance of the flange group annotation to separate blocks in AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to send AutoCAD Plant 3D models read-only?

How to filter for the status in a report in Report Creator of AutoCAD Plant 3D?

Is it possible to output the “weight per unit” property without multiplying with the count in AutoCA...

Actuators cannot be assigned to a valve in the catalog of AutoCAD Plant 3D

After moving the model in AutoCAD Plant 3D, some components won’t be shown anymore

How to configure a report in Report Creator of AutoCAD Plant 3D to get properties of different class...

An isometric showing seems to show the wrong elevation of pipe for stub-in in an isometric drawing o...

Annotation text will get a question mark at the end when adding/modifying/removing elements in P&ID ...

Error “Open drawing folder in Windows Explorer” during isometric creation in AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to show the flat direction of an eccentric reducer in an isometric drawing of AutoCAD Plant 3D?

Is it possible to create video animations in AutoCAD Plant 3D showing fluid in motion

July 2018

When using “PCF to Pipe” for TRICAD-pcf-files, some components are not placed correctly in AutoCAD P...

AutoCAD P&ID: Symbols insert too small

Error while opening AutoCAD Plant 3D / Vault 2018 project: Read-only Project

Include the project number in Plant 3D isometric connection text

Valves of custom spec won’t be shown in isometric drawings in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Changing the Misc Type properties for annotation leaders has no effect on placement of arrows in Pla...

How to convert a block into drawing file in Plant 3D

No connection possible of pipe line components in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Stop creation of layer with “fastener” suffix in AutoCAD Plant 3D

“Another version of this product is already installed” message When Installing Autodesk AutoCAD Plan...

Override-functionality doesn’t work anymore for acquired properties in AutoCAD P&ID drawings

Additional glued end type symbol on an isometric drawing in AutoCAD Plant 3D

After change of pipe line group tag, already inserted tags can be changed to duplicated tags

Cannot continue the pipe routing with an elbow in AutoCAD Plant 3D

How to share data with other companies but to avoid pirate copies by them

How to update changed default values of a P&ID classes

Is it possible to adopt the size parameters of a spec component afterwards in the model drawing via ...

Structure components like plates don’t show transparency anymore if “Line model” is used in AutoCAD ...

Unable to see preview images in Catalog editor in Plant 3D

What is the future of AutoCAD Plant 3D collaboration using BIM 360 Team?

When creating an orthographic drawing in AutoCAD Plant 3D, there are some unexpected circles in the ...

Is a latency time of 7 ms to the SQL Server sufficient for an AutoCAD Plant 3D SQL Server project?

June 2018

Error: “Unable to load spec file ”

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Attach railing to side of steel member

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Unable to Open Project: Project data file is missing

Error saving project drawing file in Plant 3D

How to add the position number for instruments to an isometric drawing in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

How to convert an AutoCAD Plant 3D drawing from mm to meters

How to shorten the annotation leaders of an isometric drawing?

Losing P&ID Line List mapped data when using Substitute Part command to change component in Plant 3D

No components are available in dialog for custom parts in AutoCAD Plant 3D

No substitute components will be shown in a P&ID drawing

Plant 3D : How to find who has the drawing file opened in a Plant 3D project

Support cannot be connected to the pipe line in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Annotate the Plant 3D pipe model with the line number tag

Can branch pipes for isometric drawings be shortened in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is it possible to use FIELDS annotation for a 3D model drawing?

AutoCAD P&ID : Annotation Tags Displaces After Updating Project Settings

How to set the display depth in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

Is it possible to sort the drawing properties in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

Ortho cube data is being saved to an old directory

Wrong operator presentation of a 3-way-valve in an isometric drawing

May 2018

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016:

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Crash of AutoCAD Plant 3D when selecting/deselcting models for the ortho creation

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to configure a PCF file to include additional data

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is it possible to see the properties of bolts in the model drawing?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Set isometric end connection annotation to only show elevation

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Tool Palette spec component naming convention

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Why is the Weight Unit property for pipe supports KG or LB

Different text height for PropertyChangeScheme “Size” although the same text style is used as for ot...

How to export an AutoCAD Plant 3D model to a sat-file?

Is it possible to add an additional page to a report created by the Report Creator?

Is it possible to dimension the offset of a pipe in an isometric drawing?

Is the SQL database structure of AutoCAD Plant 3D supported in BIM 360?

Shared content folder location settings for AutoCAD Plant 3D

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Handling Bolts in Piping Specs

AutCAD Plant 3D: How to prevent top show nominal diameter (ND) property for fasteners from being wri...

Is it possible to annotate all equipments of an ortho drawing automatically?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Create circular railings

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Isometric drawing geometry is placed outside of the title block draw area

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Opening a project drawing that originated from Advanced Steel model causes Plat 3D...

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Properties are not accessible anymore

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Recommended way to maintain the components

AutoCAD Plant 3D: UK Steel Sections content pack

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Сannot create custom equipment types from AutoCAD objects with thickness

For not cut fixed pipes, no length will be shown in the bill of material (BOM) of the isometric draw...

How to configure the continuation annotations to get a specific properties of the continued pipe dis...

How to get the most up to date file from AutoCAD MEP into AutoCAD Plant 3D

Python Scripting: How to accomplish that an ell created by Python script, can be inserted on a suppo...

April 2018

Timeout when creating isometric drawing after modifying isoconfig.xml with IsoCompositeDataListConfi...

PDF-file which is attached as external reference (XREF) won’t be shown in the orthographic drawing

LTD data won’t be used in the title block of isometric drawings

How to configure shop welds for dimensioning in isometric drawings?

How to create a flange connection without the requirement of the pressure class

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Parameter sizes of actuators are ignored

Custom actuator is connected on the wrong place to a valve

Different class names in data manager and property palette for the same P&ID component

How to reset deleted report lists in a project?

How to show the coordinates for flanges on a specific side of the flange?

Not all AutoCAD Plant 3D attributes will be shown in Navisworks

Paths will be reset to default if a project will be created based on another project

Plant 3D: Extra weld on open end of stub-end lapped flange in iso

Plant 3D: PnP3dSpecAndCatalogEditorUI error when using Edit Valve Operators in Spec

Plant 3D: the end type of pipes and flanges are incorrect in AGRU Content Pack V1.1

Wrong pipe length when copying inline components on a pipe

Cannot open received SQL Server project

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Dimension to the center of a flanged valve in the isometric

An inserted valve won’t break a pipe line in a P&ID drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Empty ortho views

Can’t edit nozzles after adding hyperlink to equipment

PLANTXDBMANAGER does not work for Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access

Missing buttons in “Edit Slope” dialog

New features in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2019

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is there Russian content available?

Cannot change property values of acquired properties in project reports

Custom bolt length mapping are not used

Is it possible to route in meters instead of millimeters in AutoCAD Plant 3D?

What issues are fixed in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2019?

When exporting a spec or catalog to Catalog Builder, the new catalog has no values anymore for the M...

March 2018

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Generate a report of the acquisition properties in a project that have been manual...

Nozzle annotation won’t be shown if set be inserted automatically

How to update the tags after changing the tag format?

AutoCAD Plant 3D functions may be impaired by Kubit PointSense add-in products

Desktop Connector is not updating local Plant 3D files from the cloud

Fatal error when creating orthos with AutoCAD Core 2018.1.1 update.

When using VIEWBASE in AutoCAD Plant 3D the dialog “Select file” for Inventor files pops up automati...

Wrong presentation of end connections in isometric drawings

How to get plastic pipes into an AutoCAD Plant 3D project?

AutoCAD Plant 3D French and English versions on same desktop

AutoCAD Plant 3D: When scaling a model, the application hangs

How to migrate an AutoCAD Plant 3D / Vault project to a newer version?

Wrong bolt set calculation for wafer components

GROUP command does not work in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Preventing models from becoming corrupted

SQL Server project cannot be opened

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to add a flange onto a bend?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Lost database connection

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to set the default type of Weld (SHOP/FIELD)

Message “"Drawing Data differs from Project Data” appears

AutoCAD Plant 3D does not work with project on network drive and drawing files locally on C: drive

AutoCD Plant 3D: Iso table columns reset after grip editing the width

Is it possible to setup the precision of the slope annotation?

P&ID Drawing with inserted P&ID Symbol using “Calibri”-font cannot be saved

How to configure P&ID classes for enable them for substitution

How to create a dummy support on an elbow which is connected to the center of the elbow?

How to save and load several several orthographic cube selection for ortho creation

Is it possible to add a custom unit to the QTY-column in the isometric bill of material (BOM)?

Plant 3D : Incorrect position of the backring in the isometric drawing

Some pipe line segment classes cannot be edited for pipe specs in P&ID

February 2018

Is it possible to save the EndCodesConfig.xml in another folder than %APPDATA%?

Is it possible to convert a plain AutoCAD drawing to an AutoCAD P&ID drawing

Error: “Geometry can not be generated with the given parameters.” when creating equipment in AutoCAD...

Existing project will not migrate in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Are section lines available for orthographic drawings?

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018 Deleting File when Removing from Project

How to configure multiport valve for isometric drawings

Is it possible to add components like trucks, people, roads in a 3D model of AutoCAD Plant 3D?

Is it possible to remove main classes from “P&ID Class Definitions” in project setup

Plant 3D : Isometric LDT data not coming through on all isometric generations

Plant 3D 2018 : Unable to generate Orthographic drawings.

When changing the spec a 45° elbow becomes a 90° elbow

End connections won’t be shown anymore after closing and re-opening a drawing

Error when routing pipe “No connection defined for end types XX and XX in the config file” in AutoCA...

How does line number inheritance work for valves inserted by PLANTPIDLINELIST?

How to annotate the supports of an isometric drawing by coordinates

How to change the length unit for pipes from meter to millimeter in the bill of material (BOM) of an...

How to change the size of a schematic line in AutoCAD P&ID

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

Ortho annotation will be moved after closing and re-opening of the orthographic drawing

VIEWBASE does not show equipments which are converted by PLANTEQUIPMENTCONVERT

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Create the Weld List in a separate drawing border in the isometric

How to remove the default specs that are added when creating a new Project in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Is it possible to create a property list which lists automatically all available specs of the projec...

Is it possible to force that the creation of isometric drawings will be stopped after a defined coun...

Pipes and fittings will not stretch when using the grips in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Service shows as question mark when copying the pipe line

AutoCAD P&ID symbols not working from tool palette after change to another standard

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Is it possible to generate CAD Worx compatible files without using CAD Worx?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Sheet number not showing on “continued on” of isometric

Bad presentation of annotation leader lines in an isometric drawing

AuoCAD Plant 3D: Are TeeKay couplings available in Plant 3D?

An instrument of a short branch pipe will be presented with 90° rotation in the isometric drawing

AutoCAD Plant 3D- How to setup a reinforced pad in a spec

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Changing or assigning Valve Body Type via the Properties Palette is not possible

Valve will be over-dimensioned in an isometric drawing

January 2018

How to create a saddle clamp?

Is it possible to change the graphics used for a component to an AutoCAD block from a Plant3D parame...

Is it possible to disable the automatic tag acquisition of the main pipe when adding a branch

Is it possible to show coordinates x and y in millimeter and the elevation z in meter in isometric d...

It is not possible to add a branch to a pipe

It is not possible to use fields for annotating gridlines as reference dimension

How to map for a custom valve the P&ID properties to an AutoCAD Plant 3D model?

How to remove the “Bend Radius”-annotation in an isometric drawing

How to get a render image from an AutoCAD Plant 3D model?

Error message when trying to enter negative values to offset location

How to change the valve operator annotation text for isometric drawings

Error “It is an invalid output directory” when trying to create an isometric drawing

How to add the value of the valve property “Normally” as an annotation in an isometric drawing

Is it possible to include equipments to the bill of material (BOM) of an orthographic drawing?

Which parameter is for a threaded tee is for what?

Workflow “Export to Catalog Builder” and “Build catalog” does not work correctly if you export direc...

Can’t show from to information automatically for off page connector

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Can Off Page Connector indicators be turned off/disabled?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Cannot assign an actuator to a valve

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Catalog Bulder cannot import decimals for Matching Pipe OD

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to automatically start spool numbers with 100 instead of 1

How to add operator annotations for instruments in isometric drawings

Which SQL Server version is supported for which AutoCAD Plant 3D / P&ID version?

AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to share catalogs content with BIM Team

AutoCAD Plant 3D:Custom drawing properties cannot be filled

Cannot connect sockolet with imperial units to pipe with metric units

How to change the precision of coordinates on isometric drawings to a value without decimal places

How to get a product of two known fields in the Report Creator?

Is it possible to add a suffix to the revision numbers in the brackets?

Is it possible to specify a separate layer for the BOM annotation of an orthographic drawing?

Off page connector can’t show the pump information when pipe lines connected with pump

AutoCAD Plant 3D: When opening the iso.dwt via “Setup title block” the title block disappears

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Ortho Generation stalls on projection & hidden line removal

Error “PnPCompletionStatus.RowNotFound” when using command PLANTREFRESHACQPROPERTY

Error “Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application” when opening the project...

For specific model drawings the creation of orthographic drawings is very slow

Pipe lines will not be grouped automatically when drag one pipe line to connect with another

Segment group breaker does not work for a branch pipe in an AutoCAD P&ID drawing

Unable to download AutoCAD Plant / Vault projects via VPN

Plant 3D : Unable to change Spec via Properties Pallete

AutoCAD Plant 3D collaboration not connecting to BIM 360 Team

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Error message that drawing is already open by another user for a network project

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Missing ports on elbows and tees

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Objects are missing in an ortho view

AutoCAD Plant 3D: Rolling an elbow will default to 45 degree increments only

Autodesk SPDS 2018 module does not work in AutoCAD Plant3D 2018

How to change the format of the nozzle tag in an isometric drawing?

How to remove the “-”-sign of the nozzle tag?

Is it possible to avoid the annotation of elevations for specific components in isometric drawings?

Is it possible to disable the local data cache for a network project?

Losing connection between components when checking in and out an AutoCAD Plant 3D drawing

Plant 3D : Project manager palette resizes upon restart

Project Property Selection List Description

The same connector number can be added to an offpage connector several times

Using the right bolt set of two possible end types (FL and LUG)

Where to find introductions for AutoCAD Plant 3D?

PLANTORTHOUPDATE doesn’t work

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