AutoCAD Plant 3D Update
March 20, 2024
Fixed Issues
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Problems Reported Through the Customer Error Reporting Utility
As a result of the detailed information that we received from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, we were able to identify and fix several defects including the following:
2021.1.3 Update
| Collaboration Workflow |
| Occasional crashes when adding a drawing, or copying components in a project with large amounts of referenced drawings. |
2021.1.1 Update
| Piping |
| Occasional crashes when reopening projects from the Project Manager. |
| Occasional crashes when creating a custom part for reducers. |
2021.1 Update
| Collaboration Workflow |
| Fixed an issue where project refresh may cause a crash. |
| Fixed an issue where files check-in may cause a crash. |
2021.0.1 Update
| Orthographics |
| Fixed an issue where parallel ortho generation may cause a crash. |
General Update Content
The following defects have been fixed:
2021.1.3 Update
| Data Manager |
| Improved performance when refreshing the Data Manager. |
| P&ID |
| The application no longer freezes when using the STRETCH command. |
2021.1.2 Update
| Vault Workflow |
| The PLANTAUDITVAULTPROJECT command now corrects errors as expected. |
| P&ID |
| Some missing slines now display in the project database and can be connected to an OPC. |
| Piping |
| Multi-port valve correctly displays after modifying the angle values. |
| Slope pipe routing now works as expected. |
| Isometrics |
| Pipe now displays in BOM when a reducer connects to a pulled pipe for two different line numbers. |
| Spec Editor |
| The spec is now updated with the changes of valves in the catalog when defining the piping component as valve. |
| Report Creator |
| Pipeline segments no longer display multiple times in Report Creator. |
2021.1.1 Update
| Collaboration Workflow |
| Check-ins are now successful when using the same template (DWT) in multiple locations. |
| Irrelevant iso drawings are no longer downloaded automatically when creating iso for some pipe lines. |
| Duplicated drawings no longer display in Project Manager when two different users check in different drawings with same naming at the same time. |
| “Number of inbound relationships exceeds the limit” message no longer displays when checking in drawings. |
| Project drawings with Naming Standard applied can now be removed. |
| Vault Workflow |
| "Subscribe to Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro" message no longer shows when opening Vault projects. |
| Project Settings |
| Boolean properties can now be changed in the Properties Palette. |
| The Boolean custom attribute checkbox now displays in Data Manager. |
| P&ID |
| Child class now inherits the display name of the parent class. |
| Reducer sizes are updated correctly after changing the size of a pipe line. |
| Reducer sizes are updated correctly after reversing the flow of a pipe line. |
| Sline no longer disappears when P&ID painter is turned on with color fading settings. |
| The "from" property is now updated for the new pipe lines. |
| Piping |
| Pipe routing now uses the correct UCS settings. |
| Substituting gasket no longer breaks the flange connections. |
| Substituting gasket now adjusts the pipe length accordingly. |
| Isometrics |
| The size of imperial bolt sets no longer shows as decimal in BOM. |
| Orthographics |
| Annotation leader line is now placed correctly according to the text location. |
| Column width and row height in the BOM table no longer reset when the ortho view is updated. |
| Referenced Advance Steel drawings can now display correctly in Ortho drawings. |
| Referenced Civil 3D drawings can now display correctly in Ortho drawings. |
2021.1 Update
| Collaboration Workflow |
| Collaboration projects now support the new Autodesk Constructruction Cloud. |
| Data center location now displays only in the Project Details pane of the Project Manager. |
| Fixed an issue where duplicate files are created in the cloud database in certain conditions. |
| Fixed an issue where a duplicate tag name can be checked in. |
| Unsupported characters for a folder name are removed when creating a new folder. |
| Improved performance when refreshing multiple files. |
| Project Manager now reports the correct drawing count. |
| Vault Workflow |
| Automatic login to Vault option now works correctly. |
| File thumbnail is now updated by the revision change. |
| Fixed an issue where the PLANTAUDITVAULTPROJECT command does not correct some errors. |
| Improved performance when checking out multiple files. |
| Project Settings |
| Drawing Properties dialog box now displays correctly with high PPI. |
| Fixed an issue where layer and color settings may cause a JIT error. |
| The type for file name fields can now be updated. |
| P&ID |
| Acquisition properties can now be passed to pipe line segment with OPC. |
| Improved performance for copying control valves. |
| Piping |
| Bolt set symbol now displays with the correct scale. |
| The Create Equipment dialog box correctly displays when the default tag format contains custom drawing properties. |
| Fixed an issue where the Data Manager shows empty areas with the count of spec files. |
| PLANTCONTENTBLOCKUNITSMATCH system variable controls whether the unit from a block is used to scale the content block when placed into a project with a different unit. |
| Isometrics |
| Fixed an issue where one of the stub-in continuation symbols does not display when connecting to two isometric sheets. |
| PCF file now includes COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE for dummy leg. |
| Offline instrument theme now works correctly. |
| Orthographics |
| Fixed an issue where views with cut pipe symbol are enlarged unexpectedly after editing. |
| Report Creator |
| Fixed an issue where palettes become unusable when docked in a tabbed document. |
2021.0.1 Update
| Collaboration Workflow |
| Occasional failure when sharing large projects. |
| Occasional failure when importing to Data Manager while signed in as a different user in a collaboration project. |
| DBNull error fix for some instances. |
| Folder properties in a collaboration project can now be updated. |
| The export and import settings in the Project Setup for 3D models in a collaboration project can now be updated. |
| Vault Workflow |
| P&ID tag displayed as a question mark after replacing the class and checking in. |
| Occasional failure when importing to Data Manager while signed in as a different user in a vault project. |
| Folder properties in a vault project can now be updated. |
| P&ID |
| Fixed an issue where P&ID assets switched to offline mode after reversing the flow. |
| Fixed an issue where P&ID instrumentation symbols are rotated after EXPORTTOAUTOCAD. |
| The order of assets in P&ID Line List is now based on the direction of the flow, that is from upstream to downstream. |
| Occasional crashes during window selection on P&ID drawings. |
| P&ID symbol blocks can now be changed in Project Setup. |
| P&ID symbol color can now be changed in Project Setup. |
| Piping |
| Fixed an issue where the weld was incorrectly placed for stub lapped joint. |
| Fixed an issue where the Required Properties Matches are cleared when changing Matching Values in the Pipe Connection Settings dialog box. |
| Fixed an issue where the adjacent pipe was deleted after placing a flange when setting Large OffsetTolerance in DefaultConnectorsConfig.xml. |
| Newly added equipment nozzle can keep the nozzle tag naming rule without delimiter. |
| Customized properties created using PLANTDEFINECALCPROPERTIES with a space in the name are now displayed with values in property palettes. |
| Inserting an imperial content into 3D model of metric or mixed metric project can now generate correct dimensions. |
| Olets can now be created in 3D model when using PLANTPCFTOPIPE for certain conditions. |
| Elbows can now be created correctly in 3D model when using PLANTPCFTOPIPE from PCFs even with missing elbow angle value. |
| Isometrics |
| Fixed an issue where single PCFs with a comma in the coordinates may cause PLANTPCFTOISO to fail. |
| Length in the cut piece list and quantity in the BOM are now shown correctly when the branch and header pipes are of the same size. |
| Continuous annotations are now shown in some isometric drawings. |
| Orthographics |
| Ortho annotations now show the real-world coordinates when 3D model is externally referenced with a non-origin insert point. |
| Pipe gap and insulation symbol can now be placed on ortho drawings when 3D model is externally referenced with non-origin insert point. |
| Spec Editor |
| Block-based catalog can now be saved after replacing the block while the original drawing was removed. |