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Bruce Trevena,
Plant Solutions Consultant,
Cadgroup Australia,
November 2014
CONTENTS
AUTOCAD P&ID SYSTEM FUNCTIONS ........................................................... 4
A.
1.
GENERALINSTRUMENTROTATE .................................................................................... 4
2.
SLINENOZZLEERASE ........................................................................................................ 4
3.
SLINEORTHO ....................................................................................................................... 4
4.
VGRIPS .................................................................................................................................. 5
PLANT 3D SYSTEM FUNCTIONS...................................................................... 6
B.
5.
COMPRESSPROJECT ........................................................................................................ 6
6.
PLANTAUDIT ........................................................................................................................ 6
7.
PNPLOCALDATACACHEPURGER .................................................................................. 7
ADDITIONAL SYSTEM TOOLS .......................................................................... 8
C.
8.
9.
D.
10.
PLANTBENDENABLEALLPIPETYPES ............................................................................ 9
11.
PLANTCOGVALIDATIONSWITCH .................................................................................... 9
12.
PLANTCONNECTIONMARKER ...................................................................................... 10
13.
PLANTCONTENTFOLDER ............................................................................................... 10
14.
PLANTDEFAULTLAYER ................................................................................................... 10
15.
PLANTDYNTOOLPALETTE ............................................................................................. 11
16.
PLANTERRORLEVEL ....................................................................................................... 11
17.
PLANTINSULATIONDISPLAY.......................................................................................... 11
18.
PLANTINSULATIONMODE .............................................................................................. 12
19.
PLANTFITTINGSTICKFACTOR....................................................................................... 12
20.
PLANTGRIPEDITMODE.................................................................................................... 12
21.
PLANTLOCKFADECTL ..................................................................................................... 13
22.
PLANTLOCKPOINTOFSUPPORT .................................................................................. 13
23.
PLANTMAXBENDANGLE ................................................................................................. 14
24.
PLANTOFFSETCONNECT ............................................................................................... 14
25.
PLANTPORTDISPLAY ...................................................................................................... 15
26.
PLANTSELECTCOGSWITCH .......................................................................................... 15
27.
PLANTVALIDATEDEMANDCLOSE ................................................................................ 15
28.
PLANTPCFUNICODE ........................................................................................................ 15
29.
PLANTPIPESILHDISPLAY................................................................................................ 15
30.
PLANTPLACEHOLDERDISPLAY .................................................................................... 16
31.
PLANTPROPMISMATCHDISPLAY ................................................................................. 16
32.
PLANTROUTEBEND ......................................................................................................... 16
33.
PLANTSAVEDETAIL .......................................................................................................... 17
34.
PLANTSLOPETHRESHOLDANGLE ............................................................................... 17
35.
PLANTSPECNOTIFY ......................................................................................................... 18
36.
PLANTSPECNOTIFYTIME ............................................................................................... 18
37.
PLANTSPECUPDATECHECK ......................................................................................... 18
38.
PLANTWELCOMEENABLED ........................................................................................... 19
39.
PLANTWELCOMENEWPROJECT .................................................................................. 19
40.
PLANTWELDDISPLAY ...................................................................................................... 19
41.
SYNCSTYLESMODE ......................................................................................................... 20
ORTHOGRAPHIC SYSTEM TOOLS ................................................................ 21
E.
42.
PLANTORTHOHIDDENLINEMODE ................................................................................ 21
43.
PLANTORTHOMATCHLINEMODE ................................................................................. 22
44.
PLANTORTHOPAPERCHECK ........................................................................................ 23
45.
PLANTORTHOSHOWOPENPIPESYMBOL................................................................... 24
OFF
SLINENOZZLEERASE
Sets whether nozzles are erased when connected slines are erased
Type:
Integer
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
0
SLINEORTHO
Sets whether ortho is turned on when sline is activated and whether corner
points are implied
Type:
Integer
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
Does not turn on ortho when sline is activated. Corner points are not
implied
0
Displays all vertex grips except the first and last points. Set VGRIPS
to 1 to alter sline arcs
1
Displays all vertex grips. Set VGRIPS to 2 if you want to enable grips
on the first and last points of a line so that you can shorten line
segments
PLANTAUDIT
Audits and repairs project data and drawing synchronization errors.
Access Methods
Command entry: plantaudit
Summary
If a Plant object is not found in the project database, it is erased from the drawing.
List of Prompts
The following prompts display if synchronization errors are found.
Updated cache connection data for part <handle>
Erased component <handle> not linked to project database
PnPLOCALDATACACHEPURGER
Running this executable purges your local cache.
Access Methods
Command entry: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2013\
PnPLOCALDATACACHEPURGER.exe
Summary
Plant 3D uses a local cache to hold drawing and object data. This is done to streamline
graphic performance. As the cache file increases in size and reaches a maximum, older
contents are deleted. Fatal errors, power outages and illegal procedures such as
SAVEAS can lead to corruptions in the cache file and it is good practice to purge this
local cache from time to time (once a week).
CATALOGUE BUILDER
AutoCADPlant3DCatalogBuilder.exe
PLANTCOGVALIDATIONSWITCH
Enables weight validation.
Command entry: plantcogvalidationswitch
Type:
Integer
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
If live COG is enabled and you select piping, pipe supports, or equipment that has no
weight, a COG Validation dialog box displays. The validation dialog lists selected objects
that do not have weight.
Off
PLANTCONTENTFOLDER
Displays the shared content catalog folder.
(Read-only)
Type:
String
PLANTDEFAULTLAYER
Sets the piping layer to use when using automated layer assignments and
the layer cannot be determined.
Type:
Integer
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 0
Sets the layer to use when the automated layer name cannot be determined. For
example, if you are naming layers by line number and change the line number to
unassigned.
An empty value (setvar "PLANTDEFAULTLAYER" "") will use the current layer.
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List of Prompts
The Dynamic Pipe Spec Tool Palette is currently
<enabled>.
PlantDynamicToolPalette [Enable/Disable]:
Enable
Displays the current spec in the tool palette.
Disable
Do not use the dynamic tool palette. You can create and customize a static
piping component tool palette using the spec viewer. This behavior is
compatible with AutoCAD Plant 3D 2011.
PLANTERRORLEVEL
0
PLANTINSULATIONDISPLAY
Controls whether insulation is displayed on AutoCAD Plant 3D piping
objects.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
0
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simplifiedPartial
PLANTFITTINGSTICKFACTOR
2.0000
PLANTGRIPEDITMODE
Controls whether inline fittings are constrained to move within the current
pipe segment or if they move to other connected pipe segments in the
network.
Command entry: plantgripeditmode
Summary
You can control whether the inline fittings can be moved only within the current pipe
segment or if they can be moved along the connected network to other pipe segments
as well.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Grip editing constrains inline fittings to move
within [pipeSegment/pipeLine]
pipeSegment
Constrains movement of inline fittings to a single pipe segment. This mode is compatible
with AutoCAD Plant 3D 2010 behavior.
pipeLine
Allows movement of inline fittings to other pipe segments or to an open area in the
drawing.
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Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value:
PLANTLOCKPOINTOFSUPPORT
Locks the point-of-support on pipe supports.
When on (1), pipe supports that are copied or moved retain their point-of-support. The
point-of-support is where the pipe support connects to structure. For example, if the
support is copied to pipe that is lower in elevation, the support rod of a hanger support
increases in height.
Not all pipe support types have a point of support. For example, hangers and stanchions
have a point-of-support.
This variable can also be set with the Lockpointofsupport option of
plantpipesupportmove.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value:
13
Real
Saved in:
Registry
Initial
value:
90
90
91-179
180
PLANTOFFSETCONNECT
Controls whether AutoCAD Plant 3D attempts to connect piping when
snapping to a pipe connection and using pipe offset while routing.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
0
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OFF
PLANTSELECTCOGSWITCH
Plantshowconnectedcenterline
ON
OFF
PLANTVALIDATEDEMANDCLOSE
CLOSEWAIT
PLANTPCFUNICODE
Creates Unicode PCF files.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
0
Multi-byte characters are supported in ACSII PCF files using escape sequences, but this
restricts the number of characters supported and can affect formatting.
PLANTPIPESILHDISPLAY
Sets the display of the pipe silhouettes.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
15
PLANTPLACEHOLDERDISPLAY
Toggles the display of the Placeholder Part glyph.
Type:
Integer
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
0
On
Off
PLANTPROPMISMATCHDISPLAY
Toggles the display of the property mismatch markers.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 0
0
PLANTROUTEBEND
Creates pipe bends while routing pipe.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value:
16
PLANTSAVEDETAIL
Sets the detail of the proxy graphics when Plant 3D objects are viewed in
AutoCAD or Navisworks without object enablers.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 1
Low detail. Sets proxy graphic detail to use lines. This setting reduces
the size of the DWG file when saved.
PLANTSLOPETHRESHOLDANGLE
Specifies the angle below which piping is treated as sloped.
Command entry: plantslopethresholdangle
Summary
You can specify the angle that identifies what piping is treated as sloped and what is not.
Type:
Integer
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 5
1-45
On. Piping over this value is considered sloped. Piping over this value
is considered angled. The default angle is 5 degrees.
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On. Checks for spec file updates when the drawing loads, and on the
time interval specified by the plantspecnotifytime system variable
PLANTSPECNOTIFYTIME
Sets the time interval that spec files are checked for updates.
Type:
Integer
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 2
0
Checks for spec file updates only when the drawing loads
1-4
Sets the time interval (in hours) that spec files are checked for
updates. The first check is made when the drawing loads
PLANTSPECUPDATECHECK
Checks for changes made to spec files that are in use in a drawing.
Access Methods
Command entry: plantspecupdatecheck
Summary
You can check for changes to a pipe spec that is used in a 3D model. If changes are
discovered, you can update the model.
NoteThis command can run automatically by setting
the plantspecnotify and plantspecnotifytime system variables.
See Also
Update a Spec in a Plant 3D Model
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Off
PLANTWELCOMENEWPROJECT
Displays the New Project button on the welcome screen.
Type:
Integer
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 0
1
Off
PLANTWELDDISPLAY
Toggles the display of connection markers.
Type:
Switch
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 0
0
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Bitcode
Saved in:
Registry
Initial value: 42
The setting is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the following values:
1
16
32
Turn this variable off (0) to improve performance. Set all bits (63) to update P&ID, 3D
Model, and Ortho drawings when they are opened, and if the project is modified in
Project Setup. The default (42) synchronizes open P&ID, open 3D Model, and Ortho
drawings if the project is modified in project setup.
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PLANTORTHOHIDDENLINEMODE
Specifies whether hidden lines are shown and whether they are shown for piping only or
for all plant objects.
Access Methods
Ribbon: Ortho Editor tab
Output Appearance panel
Command entry: plantorthohiddenlinemode
List of Prompts
Specify the display mode for hidden lines when creating Ortho drawings
[Nohiddenlines/hiddenPipingonly/Allhiddenlines]:
Nohiddenlines
Pipes behind other pipes are hidden.
hiddenPipingonly
All pipe lines show (default).
Allhiddenlines
All pipe lines and other objects behind pipes or objects show.
21
Matchlines
List of Prompts
Enter new value for PLANTORTHOMATCHLINEMODE <ON>:
Enter OFF or ON to toggle the generation of matchlines on plan view ortho drawings.
The default is ON.
22
Use the scale drop-down list on the ribbon to make adjustments. The preview reflects
your changes.
List of Prompts
Enter new value for PLANTORTHOPAPERCHECK [On/oFF]
Toggles the display of a preview showing the paper size in relation to the selected ortho
view scale. Default is On.
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