Any chance someone is working on a connector for Autodesk Plant 3D?

[swalz]

Any chance someone is working on a connector for Autodesk Plant 3D?

[jonathon]

This is something we have heard, albeit so far infrequently.

New Connector Request - Autodesk Plant 3D

Autodesk Plant 3d In the energy and industrial market, Plant 3D is used for detailed piping systems that operate at different pressures, temparatures and risk levels to those in the Built environment. Creating a connector here would open us up to options to work in collaboration with energy distribution and storage, and food and beverage disciplines.

Help us decide which connectors to develop next!

Keen to see a connector for Autodesk Plant 3D. Plant 3D has 2 big sections, a schematic design tool to produce P&IDs (piping and instrumentation diagrams), as well as a 3D modelling environment which creates 3d piping models, for the most part. It’s a bit like fabrication MEP, but sits on AutoCAD and also produces ‘parametric’ models of equipment items (configurators for pumps, vessels, heat exchangers). As Autodesk have it, everything sits on a collection of SQLite databases, with an option to…

As it turns out from the search, twice from @Matthew_Randell .

Matthew describes his ideal workflow in good detail. Is there anything you think to add?

Some users have begun having success via Navisworks, which is supported and, in-turn supports Plant3D.

[swalz]

Thanks for the response! That was my thinking originally was to use the SQLite reports/databases from P3D and leverage the Navisworks connector to make connections later on down the road…just wasn’t sure if a more direct connector was in the works or on anyone else’s radar.

[teocomi (Matteo Cominetti)]

We also already have a solid AutoCAD connector, and if I’m not wrong Plant3D is just another AutoCAD verical, meaning it shares most of the API.

If anyone wanted to pick up the challenge, we’d be glad to help support the development!

[J_Loay (John Loay)]

Hi @teocomi,
I’ve tested opening P3D files using Autocad as an alternative to Navisworks (as I can’t seem to import from Navisworks to Revit) as, as you said, it’s basically Autocad. However it doesn’t send all the geometries. It would say “ImpEntity - not supported”, however only it only affects some pipes & pipe connectors. As a random test I tried ‘exploding’ the whole model and surprisingly it would send just fine. Navisworks sends all the geometry just fine, just can’t import to Revit.

[chuongmep (Chuong Ho)]

Wow, I saw a lot of people care about Plant 3D, me also same

[teocomi (Matteo Cominetti)]

Thanks for looking into this! Could you share a sample P3D for us to have a quick look?

[jonathon]

I’d love to help look into why the Navisworks route didn’t work for you, would be good to have that at least as a fallback.

Can you share the project stream?