AUTOCAD PLANT 3D ADMINISTRATOR

AutoCAD Plant 3D Administrator training

Within your company you have multiple users with AutoCAD Plant 3D. To optimize the usage of your AutoCAD Plant 3D data you want to centralize the necessary settings in a network environment. To achieve this Van Zijtveld Consulting developed this 2 day course where you will learn how AutoCAD Plant 3D finds its data and settings. During the course you will learn the structure of AutoCAD Plant 3D by hands-on sessions and examples, where the user will work through the exercises to get a good understanding of the AutoCAD Plant 3D set-up.

After the course the user will be capable of optimizing and structuring AutoCAD Plant 3D for a centralized environment, so that all the users have the same access to the required data, pipe specs, catalogs and general settings.

Required entry level

The user needs to have a good understanding of the company’s network structure and to have some basic knowledge of AutoCAD (Plant 3D) related settings. Good basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows (server) is recommended.

Course duration

The AutoCAD Plant 3D administrator course is a 2 day course where the user will learn how to optimize and structure AutoCAD Plant 3D for a centralized network environment.

Course content

Day-1

Day-2

- Introduction to Plant 3D - The project manager - Structuring your project - Plant 3D tool palettes - AutoCAD settings - Centralizing the search paths for Plant 3D - Using Plant 3D shortcuts on the desktop - Registry settings for Plant 3D - The Isoconfig.xml - Modifying the config.xml - Standard required data and settings - Centralizing catalogs for components - How to find and synchronize default settings for each PC

- Restoring a project with custom settings on a new PC - Adding and using plotters and plot styles in a network environment - Centralizing the Report Creator - Protecting your project settings - Creating and centralizing your tool palette - Creating calculated properties - Access to external databases - Synchronizing pipe specs and dimensioning catalogs - Wall thickness settings - Batch assign long description style - Batch files for synchronizing