AutoCAD Plant 3D Update
March 20, 2024
Fixed Issues
Autodesk Trust Center
For the latest information regarding security fixes in this update, refer to the Security Advisory:
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:
2022.1.3 Update
| Collaboration Workflow |
| Occasional crashes when adding a drawing, or copying components in a project with large amounts of referenced drawings. |
2022.1.1 Update
| Piping |
| Occasional crashes when reopening projects from the Project Manager. |
| Occasional crashes when creating a custom part for reducers. |
2022.1 Update
| Piping |
| Occasional crashes when switching projects with an open custom part dialog box. |
2022.0.1 Update
| Piping |
| Occasional crashes when using the Contentconfig.xml file from previous releases. |
General Update Content
The following defects have been fixed:
2022.1.3 Update
| Data Manager |
| Improved performance when refreshing the Data Manager. |
| P&ID |
| The application no longer freezes when using the STRETCH command. |
2022.1.2 Update
| Vault Workflow |
| The PLANTAUDITVAULTPROJECT command now corrects errors as expected. |
| Project Settings |
| Drawing property can now be inherited to P3d line group class. |
| 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. |
| Dynamic properties now display after running the NWCOUT command in Navisworks. |
| Orthographics |
| Ortho annotation location offset values no longer reset when updating drawing properties. |
| Isometrics |
| Pipe now displays in BOM when a reducer connects to a pulled pipe for two different line numbers. |
| Pipe support correctly displays when it is placed around olet. |
| Spec Editor |
| The spec is now updated with the changes of valves in the catalog when defining the piping component as valve. |
| Valve operator no longer enlarges after the spec is updated from the catalog. |
| Report Creator |
| Pipeline segments no longer display multiple times in Report Creator. |
2022.1.1 Update
| Collaboration Workflow |
| Check-ins are now successful when using the same template (DWT) in multiple locations. |
| Duplicated drawings no longer display in Project Manager when two different users check in different drawings with same naming at the same time. |
| Externally referenced drawings can now be managed in Desktop Connector. |
| Irrelevant iso drawings are no longer downloaded automatically when creating iso for some pipe lines. |
| “Number of inbound relationships exceeds the limit” message no longer displays when check in drawings. |
| 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. |
| Child class can now inherit the display name from parent class. |
| Custom shared content folder will no longer reset. |
| The Boolean custom attribute checkbox now displays in Data Manager. |
| P&ID |
| Reducer sizes are updated correctly after changing the size of a pipe line. |
| Sline no longer disappears when P&ID painter is turned on with color fading settings. |
| Isometrics |
| Different types of dimension no longer overlap in isometric drawings. |
| PCF now supports up to 100 component attributes. |
| Orthographics |
| Column width and row height in the BOM table no longer reset when the ortho view is updated. |
| Referenced Civil 3D drawings can now display correctly in Ortho drawings. |
| Structure |
| Application no longer freezes when you enter PLANTSTEELRESTORE in the command line. |
2022.1 Update
| General |
| FIPS compliant encryption algorithms are now supported. |
| Opening a drawing from the Project Manager correctly displays the proxy warning dialog box. |
| Collaboration Workflow |
| Boolean values in selection lists are updated correctly when checking in the project settings. |
| String tables are now uploaded to the cloud when checking in the project settings. |
| Project Settings |
| Relationships between database records are now updated correctly. |
| Project Compare |
| Project Compare correctly synchronizes the orthographics cube settings. |
| Missing columns no longer causes Project Compare to fail. |
| P&ID |
| The "from" property is now updated for the new pipe lines. |
| The toolbar for editing P&ID object's block now displays as expected. |
| Reducer sizes correctly update after reversing the flow of a pipe line. |
| Piping |
| 3D snap correctly works on an equipment which is converted from a block. |
| Bolt length is now calculated correctly for wafer connections. |
| Pipe routing now uses the correct UCS settings. |
| Tag of a piping line group can now be assigned when the mapped P&ID line group has a different tag format. |
| Substituting gasket no longer breaks the flange connections. |
| Isometrics |
| Bolts with imperial units now display the correct format in the reporting tables. |
| Flange symbols at the ends of fixed length pipes no longer overlap. |
| Adding a new comment in the ISO style editor no longer remove the existing comments. |
| Orthographics |
| Annotation leader line is now placed correctly according to the text location. |
| Generating an orthographic view no longer causes an access violation when loading the Advance Steel object enabler. |
2022.0.1 Update
| Security Fixes |
| Updated Python components to version 3.7.10 to fix a security vulnerability. |
| Collaboration Workflow |
| In certain conditions, duplicate files are no longer created in the cloud database. |
| Improved performance when refreshing multiple files. |
| Vault Workflow |
| The PLANTAUDITVAULTPROJECT command now corrects errors as expected. |
| Improved performance when checking out multiple files. |