P&ID Data Manager Linked Annotations Not Working

[Owen_Whitehouse]

When we try to drag a value from a Data Manager cell to the drawing to create a Linked Annotation, nothing happens. I've had issues with this in the past with Plant 3D and a restart would sometimes fix it. In this case, all the team members are unable to use this feature in both 2024 and 2026 releases.

[h_eger]

@Owen_Whitehouse ,

I and everyone involved would be very pleased if you could document your problem with pictures and descriptions. Simply writing "P&ID Data Manager Linked Annotations Not Working" may be the answer, but unfortunately, we can't peer into your workings through a crystal ball.

Thank you.

[Owen_Whitehouse]

@h_eger It's not really a necessary part of the explanation. Data Manager allows drag-and-drop of Linked Annotations in P&IDs.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/PLNT3D/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-76542367-0EFF-40E0-A37D-7D746027BE56

Our users around the world are frequently finding that this feature stops working after a few uses (with no error), or simply does not work at all. Sometimes restarting makes it work again, sometimes not. I was opening up the conversation to see if this is something the other users are experiencing.

[h_eger]

@Owen_Whitehouse ,

Please contact Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D Support.
Since I've only been involved in the development of AutoCAD Plant P&ID and AutoCAD Plant 3D since 2007, I don't need any further information on the problems described, as I automatically guess all 831 commands and system variables and immediately know what the community members are talking about.
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