Cable trays and Instruments for Catalogs

[Anonymous]

Plant3D need cable trays. It's possible to solve it adding in Catalog elements: rectangle dynamic pipes... I think that it's very easy work for Autodesk's developed team, and it will add much value for Plant3D.

Another category that is necessary to add in Catalog elements is "Instrument". 

[dave.wolfe]

The Plant Design Suite 2016 includes AutoCAD MEP which has cable trays.

[thebearjed]

yes, finally. now we need a good turorial on cable tray , conduit, and wires.

[Anonymous]

Cable trays and an instrument catalog is very important for p3d.

I hope we get very soon.

[maxpiper]

For Plant 3D Cable Tray catalogue see "maxdCableTray" at the Autodesk App Store.

[Anonymous]

There is a way to force instrument catalog in.

But I agree.. It would have saved me a load of time if I didn't have to make it manually.

[halitomi]

You can give my python-based catalog a try, you can customize and create your own size tray-elements:

https://apps.autodesk.com/PLNT3D/en/Detail/Index?id=5679577637251598566&appLang=en&os=Win64

Youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs4f6Z8DFm0

[Anonymous]

This content will be greatly appreciated by Plant Designers.

Sent from my iPad

[RickFrance]

I wrote an article on how to create an Instrument Catalog as well as an Instrument Classification. You can find it here: http://www.hagerman.com/newsletters/article#/articleid/174/Autodesk-AutoCAD-Plant-3D-Creating-a-Cust...

As for MEP having Cable Tray, Conduit as well as Duct Work - personally I do not want to have to use a completely different piece of software to create these items when they should be in my opinion native to Plant and available to the same BOM's and Reports in Plant.

[damian_willcox]

Hi everyone,

I am marking this as "Under Review", but you cleverly put two requests in this instead of one so I just want to clarify that it is the INSTRUMENTS for Catalogs that is under review, and not cable trays.

thanks,

-damian 

[damian_willcox]

Marking this as accepted - again, this only applies to the Instrumentation support in Catalogs.

Please use the other existing cable tray Idea for your votes in that regard:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-plant-3d-p-id-ideas/ability-to-model-cable-trays/idi-p/518531...

thanks!

-damian

[damian_willcox]

Our 2018 release of Plant 3D now includes support for Instruments in catalogs, specs, as well as a new Instrumentation Tool Palette.

Please use the other existing cable tray Idea for your votes in that regard:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-plant-3d-p-id-ideas/ability-to-model-cable-trays/idi-p/518531...

thanks!

-damian

[damian_willcox]

Please use the other existing cable tray Idea for your votes in that regard:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-plant-3d-p-id-ideas/ability-to-model-cable-trays/idi-p/518531...

thanks!

-damian

[p_katzmaier]

Hello,

You can buy a cable tray content for Plant 3D in our online shop:

https://shop.artaker.com/kabeltrassen-rechteckrohre-content-plant-3d.html

https://shop.artaker.com/content.html

You can also find a video and some screenshots from the components.

Best regards,

Paul

[Ender157]

This is all fine, but, actual integrated tray with all the functionallity of pipe would be awesome, using MEP is all well and good but having everything in 1 app for all 3d work required in a plant would be best.

[RickFrance]

I agree with Ender157 - MEP is insufficient for Plant Work. It's not in te QL Database for one thing, but more importantly when it comes to Duct work MEP does not have any ductwork that can be used in a Process Plant. MEP Ductwork is for HVAC Systems. Process Plant Ductwork is for carrying Flue Gas and other types of Extremely High Temperature Gas inside Rectangular Sheet Metal lined with Refractory Bricks. All we need is the ability to make Square or Rectangular Pipe and components in Plant 3D and we could create both the Ductwork and the Cable Trays as needed and then we would have no need for any other software at all.