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Question: Where can I find a list of the latest Autodesk Knowledge Network support solutions that were created and/or updated for AutoCAD Plant 3D?
(List below shown in chronological order - scroll down for the latest solutions posted in 2016.
Click HERE for solutions posted in 2017)
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Azmeera M.
Autodesk Employee
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January 2016
A placeholder fastener will be inserted in the model instead of a component of a spec
AutoCAD Plant 3D: In the title block of an isometric drawing only one spec will be shown
AutoCAD Plant 3D: Ortho cube resets to top view when selecting current view
AutoCAD Plant 3D: Workflow for creating spec parts that update using PLANTSPECUPDATECHECK
Controlling Visualization Settings on Vault Check-in with Plant 3D
How to get a AutoCAD Plant 3D drawing into Microstation?
February 2016
AutoCAD Plant 3D: Prevent the BOM ID number for Supports from being annotated in the isometric
AutoCAD Plant 3D: Prevent the Support Detail property from being annotated in the isometric
Avecto Defendpoint conflicts with copying and saving in AutoCAD
Custom CUI menus do not stay loaded
DWG drawings exported from Inventor are not printed in black
Dynamic block lookup not returning correct parameters
How to align an equipment to a pipeline?
How to annotate the spools of a pipeline but avoiding splits of the isometric drawing
How to export AutoCAD drawings to SAP2000
How to use annotative text and dimensions in AutoCAD
Missing components in a resulting isometric drawing
No line break for “Cont’d on”-annotation in the isometric drawing
Not all drawings of a selected folder are visible in the Sheet Set Manager
PLANTSPECUPDATECHECK doesn’t update changes in the long description style of the spec
Property shown twice on the isometric BOM
Unable to edit drawing view using Model documentation in AutoCAD
March 2016
Alternate units show incorrect value in Plant 3D isometric drawings
AutoCAD Plant 3D: Connection failed because of a property conflict
AutoCAD Plant 3D: Objects not displayed correctly when using the Realistic visual style
Head shapes on tanks missing in Plant 3D 2016
How to annotate the welds in the isometric drawing by the weld number and the line number tag
How to do a thorough uninstall/reinstall of AutoCAD Plant 3D
How to set up a custom compensator for an isometric drawing?
How to set up a custom filter for an isometric drawing?
How to show different colors for different status in orthographic drawings
Login failed for user - Plant database replication
What technology is used for AutoCAD Plant database replication?
Wrong angle of isometric symbol for a rotated actuator
April 2016
Add a custom property to the Spec Filter list
Attributes won’t be filled in title block of an isometric drawing
How to avoid the angle-information for the item codes of bends in the pcf-file
How to set a minimum pipe length which is less than 5
Cannot add support on pipeline
Does Plant 3D 2016 work with Vault Workgroup
Error messages when trying to insert components from a standard spec into the drawing
How to convert components from step-files to valves and acuators?
How to get an orthographic drawing without the content of external references (XREF)
Grips hidden behind selected objects when using a shaded visual style
How to add weight to structural catalog in Plant 3D
How to change coordinates prefix for isometric annotations?
How to create calculated fields in the Report Creator
Is it possible to add an additional bolt set to a component?
Is it possible to create catalog components with mixed units?
Weld added to pipe when using Continue Pipe Routing grip to extend vertical pipe line
How to setup a multi-language AutoCAD Plant 3D project
How to setup a spool number format with string value and the spool number
How to setup more columns for the isometric spool list
No wordwrap before coordinate annotation in an isometric drawing
What is mentioned with “MaxCount” tag in node “IsoContinuationComponents” in isoconfig.xml-file
Is it possible to use a square pipe for AutoCAD Plant 3D?
Is there a possibility to versioning AutoCAD Plant 3D dwg-files without Autodesk Vault?
Wordwrap of the line number annotation
May 2016
Components disappear when copying them from one drawing into another drawing in the same project
How to remove sizes from catalog custom parts size range
Lost association after moving heat exchanger via grip
Ortho drawing includes objects outside of the ortho cube selection box
Rotate the isometric valve symbol by 90 degrees relative to the operator symbol
When adding new sizes to a catalog which uses British units, some sizes will be shown wrong
When editing a structure railing the changes are not saved when reopening the drawing
June 2016
A pipe and an elbow cannot be connected although the parts are available in the spec
Best practice to adopt the title block of an isometric drawing
Cutback elbows: How to use and what are the requirements for them
Drawings won’t be shown correctly in plain AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT
How the facing of DIN flanges look like?
How to add and to use a custom nozzle on an equipment
How to enable Visualization publishing on check in to Vault from Plant 3D
How to exclude flanges from string dimensions?
How to make a report where all weights of the components are summarized
P3d Line Group tag entries merge together into single field
Plant 3D pipe insulation does not display in AutoCAD
Where to change the path of to the LD styles of a spec?
July 2016
Acquired drawing property won’t be filled in tag for 3D classes
Annotate an ortho drawing using different annotation styles
Cannot connect a pipeline to an equipment
Drawings won’t be shown correctly in plain AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT
Error when exporting from the data manager to Excel in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 on Windows 10
How to create a correct isometric drawing of a multiport valve?
How to create a view for 3D for all supports of the project in the data manager
How to move an iso style from one project to another?
How to use a specific parametric geometry for an instrument in a catalog
In which files and databases the inheritation of AutoCAD Plant 3D class properties are saved?
Is it possible to add the scale of the first viewport to the title block of an orthographic template
Isometric support symbols are the wrong direction in AutoCAD Plant 3D
Modifiying files created in AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&ID
When assigning a tag to a pipeline, AutoCAD Plant 3D 2014 crashes
August 2016
Changing file names of isometric drawings created in AutoCAD Plant 3D
How to annotate concentric and eccentric reducers with specific post fixes in isometric drawings
How to group the blind flanges in category “Flanges” instead of “Fittings”
What will be validated between an AutoCAD P&ID and AutoCAD Plant 3D drawing?
Using the Spool Number as the file name for Isometric drawings
Adding pipes to a single trapeze support in AutoCAD Plant 3D
Advance Steel drawings will not XREF into Plant 3D
AutoCAD Plant 3D: How to annotate the support by its tag in an isometric drawing
For what is the valve property “Actuator Family Name”
How to remove a file from an AutoCAD Plant 3D project on Autodesk Vault
Report Creator: Sort Order during drawing selection
Unable to connect components in Plant 3D 2017
September 2016
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2014 German: Decimal places on “Forts. auf” annotation in an isometric drawing
Custom elbows with two ports seems to have only one port when using PLANTPIPEADD
Drawing regens with every edit in AutoCAD Plant 3D
Duplicate fittings in the AutoCAD Plant 3D Bill of Materials
Error opening project when launching AutoCAD Plant 3D
How can elbows and bends be excluded from the overall dimension of an isometric drawing
How to add a custom property to a spec for all part groups?
How to adjust the number of sheets generated when multiple Iso’s are created in AutoCAD Plant 3D
How to create custom supports?
How to influence the flow direction of an isometric drawing
How to setup an Auto-Flange joint for the bolt set?
How to split in a report of the Report Creator the bolt set into bolt, nut and washer?
Program freezes during piping or insertion of equipment
Remove the “size” NS annotation from isometric
Sloped pipe does not draw correctly with a custom UCS
Using multiport valves in AutoCAD Plant 3D
Where comes the arrow from of some ortho annotations
Which versions of AutoCAD Plant 3D are supported for Windows 10?
Wrong presentation of a flange connection of a custom valve in the model
October - November 2016
Adding sub-categories for components in AutoCAD Plant 3D Spec Editor
Annotate supports with static text string in isometric drawing
Assign Tag is grayed out for Control Valves
AutoCAD Plant 3D crashes when creating orthographic views
Cannot connect metric to metric flanges or imperial to imperial flanges
Catalog Builder-based bolt set cannot be used for a flange connection
DefaultConnectorsConfig.xml formatting explanation
Error: “Unable to Open Project” when launching AutoCAD Plant 3D or AutoCAD P&ID
How can PDMS-data be used in AutoCAD Plant 3D?
How to change the arrow head size on isometric drawings
How to create a 360°-bend which can be used for an isometric drawing
How to create a plain conduit system?
How to disable end to end dimension for a branch which ends with an instrument
How to move a stub-in connection via grips which is connected to a tee
Is it possible to configure for multi-sheet isometric drawings only the line number as drawing name
Is it possible to set the precision for calculated properties?
Isometric spool table with weights per spool
It is not possible to create a Vault-project with AutoCAD Plant 3D/P&ID 2015
Nothing happens clicking Production ISO button on Ribbon
Piping Fittings are missing in AutoCAD Plant 3D
Presentation of the color in orthographic drawings by an AutoCAD Plant 3D model property
Recommendations about hardware requirements for projects
Validation error “Unmatched model inline fittings” when validating projects in AutoCAD Plant 3D
When running an ISO in AutoCAD Plant 3D the pipe length in the BOM is wrong
Which properties will be saved in which section in iso.atr
Wrong colors of structure members
Wrong display of AutoCAD Structural Detail elements
Azmeera M.
Autodesk Employee
December 2016
Corrupted xlsx-file when using “Export to Excel” from the Catalog Builder
Data Manager reports more pipes than exist in the drawing
Error “PnPCCompletionStatus.DatabaseDoesNotExist [(filename=<\StructuralCatalog>)]”
How to add a support on a not dynamic tool palette
How to add stub ends to the fasteners annotation grouping in isometric drawings?
How to change the coordinate units in Isometrics to Meters
How to define reducers in the Catalog Builder
How to delete actuators from a spec
How to use Revit data in AutoCAD Plant 3D?
Is it possible to create two separate bill of materials (BOM) in an isometric drawing?
Is it possible to install the Spec Editor without AutoCAD Plant 3D?
Pipelines and inline assets not changing to new tag style in AutoCAD Plant 3D and P&ID
Azmeera M.
Autodesk Employee
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