What's New in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024 Toolset

Learn about new features in this release of AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024 toolset. For technical details, see the release notes.

Updates

2024.1 Highlights

Mapping External Properties

Use Project Setup to map external properties to existing Plant 3D properties or add a new virtual property.

Additional enhancements

• Project Setup: A new option to hide trailing annotation values and delimiters when no value is specified.
• Collaboration Workflow: Improved performance and stability when working with large projects and managing multiple files and folders.

2024 Release

Highlights

Ortho Bill of Materials (BOM)

The Ortho Table Setup dialog box is redesigned with simplified options and more table capabilities for orthographic drawings.

Spec and Catalog Editor Enhancements

Enhanced editing function for parts and properties in Spec and Catalog Editors.

Pipe Spec Viewer Enhancements

View all parts available for a specific size in the selected spec. Use the search box to look for specific components in the Pipe Spec Viewer.

Ortho Single-Line Piping Enhancements

More improvements in ortho single-line piping including new interface for better control in displaying the piping in a single-line representation.

Undo Check-out in a Collaboration Project

Undo the check-out of multiple drawings from either the whole project or a specific folder in a collaboration project.

Additional enhancements

• Improved performance when importing or exporting in Excel using Data Manager, Spec Editor, Catalog Editor, and Catalog Builder. Microsoft Excel installation is no longer required.
• Improved performance when creating Iso with LDT files.
• P&ID properties can now be filtered in QSELECT command.
• Round, Split, and Trim functions are now included in the calculated properties.
• Ability to accept all individual settings at once in Project Compare.
• Autodesk Docs Viewer now shows P&ID painter styles in a collaboration project.