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 Latest AutoCAD Capabilities |
Sample P&ID Screen image:
Latest AutoCAD Capabilities
CADWorx P&ID developers started with a lot of experience, an open mind and a clean sheet of paper. Unlike older P&ID packages which are too unwieldy to take advantage of recent programming innovations, CADWorx P&ID looks forward. It establishes a new benchmark not only in look and feel of the program itself, but also in the opportunities inherent in its associated systems. CADWorx P&ID does not redefine commands for AutoCAD. Instead, it monitors the AutoCAD commands with ObjectARX technologies from Autodesk. These features allow you to maintain database accuracy and exact synchronism with the drawings. CADWorx P&ID also conforms to the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard within the Windows environment. This allows you to maintain databases that are in "DBF" or Microsoft Access formats.
Goto top of pageFast Start Up
Installing CADWorx P&ID is fast and easy. The installation procedure automatically associates itself with AutoCAD and creates all the groups and icons required to get you up and running immediately. You can start a new drawing or project with just a few selections from the pre-designed dialog boxes. For a P&ID without database management, just select a "drawing with no database" from the convenient dialog and begin drawing. If you require multiple P&ID's with a central database management system, just set up a new project and begin drawing.
Level 1:
Level 2:
For stand-alone operation, Level 1 allows you to generate P&ID's without an associated database. This level is useful for basic drafting of projects where data management is unnecessary. Level 1 provides conventional blocks with attributes you can edit and control, and blocks can be added with ease to match any user requirements. It is a simple solution for a simple system.
If you need to manage projects where several designers and staff from different disciplines work on the same data, Level 2 is your solution. CADWorx P&ID can match any data management requirement. Here, database resources can be entered or updated at any station. This level provides the utmost in process data and document control within your P&ID's. It sets up a central relational database that provides the designer or process engineer a central location to change or maintain the complete process. Information changed in the database will automatically be updated in the drawings while information changed in the drawings will automatically be updated in the database. Whether it is used to draw P&ID's, update a process design, manage inventory or requisition material, CADWorx P&ID offers the connectivity to keep these tasks in constant harmony. Goto top of page
Time Saving Automation
CADWorx P&ID offers a complete set of utilities and other automated features which make drawing and database management fast, simple and accurate.
• Configure drawing settings all from one dialog
• Control layers for symbol placement.
• Setup drawing borders.
• All configuration parameters can be saved/restored to a configuration file. Allows the use of multiple configuration files.
• Tag components and equipment for easy annotation purposes. Edit and annotate the drawing at your convenience - not necessarily while placing a component
• Edit symbols to match any user requirement
• Control the process flow when using databases
• View all nozzles that are attached to a vessel
• Attach documents to all components.
Comprehensive Symbols Libraries
CADWorx P&ID includes symbols for every need to create drawings right out of the box. These include:
• Equipment symbols for vessels, storage tanks, nozzles, exchangers, pumps, separators, and compressors
• Valve symbols such as gate, ball, 3-way and 4-way
• ISA standard line types and instrumentation bubbles and symbols
• Routines that help place arrows and text quickly
Easy, Flexible Menu Modifications
CADWorx P&ID provides dialogs for modifying or creating custom menus for any user requirement. Using a menu manager, it allows user-configurable symbol management for adding or deleting symbols at will. Any number of user defined symbols can be added, and symbols can include internal information - a single entity or multiple entities combined in an assembly – for use with or without databases.
• The first dialog that appears allows the use to edit a specific section. Each section is tied to a button on the toolbar. For example, the Valves Regular section modifies the functionality of the valves toolbar buttons.
• After selecting a section, the user would select an item to edit. For example, the Gate Valve entry is being edited in the dialog below. With the Menu Edit dialog, numerous things about the menu entry can be changed including the block name, size, layer, and table.
• CADWorx P&ID provides nine custom symbol insertion routines that allow the user to insert any type of symbol.
While other programs provide a fixed set of fields within their data-bases, CADWorx P&ID provides a dynamic solution. From the very start of a new project, CADWorx P&ID allows you to create and select the number of fields required within your database. For example, Client A needs four data fields associated with the Vessel tables and Client B needs 20. When you start the project, simply press the "Table Setup" button for a handy dialog box. Then, just add, delete or edit any of the fields required within your project's relational database. When you start your project, CADWorx P&ID creates the database fields automatically just the way you require them.
Displayable Attributes Always In Synch
Attributes are not new to AutoCAD users, but they are used effectively in CADWorx P&ID. An attribute is combined with a block to form an editable entity within AutoCAD just as before. The COADE developers decided to use the best of the new and old together. CADWorx P&ID combines these familiar attributes with blocks that automatically associate themselves with the database. If you name an attribute in the drawing using the same name as in the database table column, the drawing will automatically update itself when the database is changed. If the drawing is changed, then the database will change. This ensures the drawing and database are always synchronized. What distinguishes CADWorx P&ID from other programs is its levels of information access. Whether it's a single P&ID drawing or a total shared project environment, drawing information can be maintained in database records. All parties can share and modify data from the standard AutoCAD drawing or from standard database records and tables. The database and drawing(s) are always synchronized.
System Requirements
CADWorx P&ID supports AutoCAD 2007, 2006, 2005, or 2004 and all Autodesk vertical products based on these versions. Autodesk vertical products include:
- Mechanical Desktop (MDT), AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical
- Architectural Desktop (ADT), Building Systems
- Land Desktop (LDD), Civil 3D, Map 3D.CADWorx P&ID does NOT support AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Inventor or AutoCAD Revit.
Demo has Save command disabled, and the number of components you can draw is limited to 35. Otherwise it is the same software you purchase.
Requires AutoCAD 2005/2006/2007/2008.Download CADWorx P&ID Demo
CADWorx P&ID Price: $1600 US per seat
CADWorx P&ID Professional Price: $2500 US per seat
(includes auto-loop drawing, live database & CADWorx Internet publisher)More pricing information at this link.
