New AutoCAD Plant 3D Toolset Commands and System Variables Reference

Provides a quick guide to which commands and system variables are new in this release.

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2025.1 New Commands and System Variables

New system variables	Description
SYNCASSETSTYLEMODE	Determines whether to maintain the graphic style and geometry scale values when P&ID objects do not match the settings defined in Project Setup.

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2025.0.1 New Commands and System Variables

New system variables	Description
PLANTORTHOAECTOPMODEL	Determines whether AEC objects, including but not limited to doors, wall hatches, and beams created in AutoCAD Architecture, are displayed in the orthographic drawings.
PLANTORTHOCLIPMODE	Controls whether AEC objects are clipped in the orthographic drawings.

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2025 New Commands and System Variables

New system variables	Description
PLANTAUTOMAPPIPELINE	Controls the implicit mapping of all automatic components in 3D models to P&ID pipelines.
PLANTCOMPLEXRESIZE	Controls the resizing behavior of multiple parts in the Properties palette.
PLANTORTHOSILENTUPDATE	Controls the automatic update behavior of orthographic views in AutoCAD Plant 3D.

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024 New Commands and System Variables

New system variables	Description
PLANTANNOTATEDYNAMICINSTRUMENT	Determines whether to show the annotation style to the dynamic instrument in P&ID.
PLANTINSULATIONCOLOR	Controls the insulation color.
PLANTINSULATIONTRANSPARENCY	Controls the insulation transparency.
PLANTMLINEOVERRIDE	Controls the color, fill color, and line type when the P&ID schematic line type is MLine.
PLANTUPLOADISOSUPPORTFILES	Determines whether the related XML files are uploaded to Autodesk Docs when creating iso drawings in a collaboration project.

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2023 New Commands and System Variables

New commands	Description
PLANTORTHOSINGLELINEPIPING	Displays the selected piping as a single line in ortho drawings.

New system variables	Description
PLANTINSULATIONUSEPARTLAYER	Controls whether the insulation is displayed on an individual layer or on the same layer as piping.
PLANTORTHOSINGLELINEDISPLAY	Controls the single-line display in ortho views without losing the specified single-line pipe definitions.
PLANTREFRESHDCXREFS	Controls whether to check the latest version and download the xref cloud drawing automatically when the drawing was added using Desktop Connector.

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2022 New Commands and System Variables

New commands	Description
PLANTPROJECTCOMPARE	Displays the Project Compare dialog box.
PLANTRECONCILEPROJECT	Updates synchronization data in the plant master database.

New system variables	Description
PLANTCONTENTBLOCKUNITSMATCH	Controls whether the unit from a block is used to scale the content block when placed into a project with a different unit.
PLANTSUPPORTALIGNWITHPIPE	Controls whether the pipe support is placed vertically or aligned with the pipe when placed onto a slope pipe.

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2021 New Commands and System Variables

New commands	Description
PLANTAUDITDATABASE	Evaluates the integrity of a project and corrects errors in the collaboration project.
PLANTORTHOPIPEINSULATION	Creates insulation symbol on ortho drawings.

New system variables	Description
PLANTCOLLABORATIONUPDATEXREFS	Controls whether the circular xref is displayed in LMV of the BIM 360.
PLANTORTHOINSULATIONMODE	Controls whether insulation is displayed on AutoCAD Plant 3D piping objects in the orthographic drawings.