SmartPlant 3D
Drawings Creation Practice Labs
Version 2009 February 2009 PPM-08-551
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Lab 1 Contents
Lab 1: New Drawing and Drawing Properties...............................................................................................................3
Lab 2 : Volume by Two Points, Associate and Update View........................................................................................4
Lab 3 : Place Composed View, Place Report View, Associate and Update Drawing ...................................................7
Lab 4 : Add Key Plan View ......................................................................................................................................... 11
Lab 5 : Place Volume by Four Points, Associate Existing View to New Volume, Update View ............................... 12
Lab 6 : Volume by Selection and Volume by Path ...................................................................................................... 13
Lab 7 : Create Snapshot View, Place Snapshot View with Preview, Update View .................................................... 16
Lab 8 : Place cutting plane and place section view...................................................................................................... 19
Lab 9 : Place detail envelope and place detail view .................................................................................................... 20
Lab 10 : Placing Labels ............................................................................................................................................... 22
Lab 11 : Placing Dimensions ....................................................................................................................................... 26
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Lab 1: New Drawing and Drawing Properties
Create New Drawing
1. Define a workspace using the filter Plant Filters - Training Filters – U01
2. Switch to Space Management task using Tasks Space Management
3. Open the Drawing Console using Tools Drawing Console…
4. Right mouse click on ‘Composed Drawings’ and select New Drawing
5. In the Drawing Sheet General Properties dialog, fill in values as below (by key-in or
selection) and click OK. This opens Drawing Editor.
6. Close the drawing editor and save when prompted.
Drawing Properties
7. Reopen the Drawing Console, right mouse click on the Piping Plan 1 drawing and select
Properties. The properties window for the specific drawing opens.
8. In the ‘Signature Area’ tab, select the ‘Designed By’ field and enter your intials, e.g.
SND, then click in any other field. Notice that Behavior changes to ‘Override’
9. Click OK to close the properties dialog.
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Lab 2 : Volume by Two Points, Associate and
Update View
Place Volume by Two Points
1. Start Pin Point toolbar
2. Start the ‘Place Volume by Two Points’ command in the vertical toolbar.
3. In the ribbon bar, enter ‘U01 2 Points’ in the Name field
4. Browse the Type field and select Definitions – Drawing Volumes – DrawingVolumes –
DWGVOLUME1 and click OK
5. Browse the Space Folder field and select the ‘U01 and U02’ folder
6. Select the ‘Disable Assoc Point Creation’ button
7. In the pin point toolbar, enter E = 72’, N = 2’, EL = -2’ and click in the graphic view
8. In the pin point toolbar, enter E = 112’, N = 58’, EL = 34’ and click in the graphic view
Associate View to Volume and Update View
9. Open the Drawing Console
10. Right mouse click on ‘Piping Plan 1’ and Edit. This opens Drawing Editor.
11. Select the view in the opened drawing and select the ‘Associate Objects to View’ button
in the toolbar.
12. Switch to the 3D window and select the volume placed
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13. In the Filter field, select More…
14. Browse to Plant Filters – Composed Drawing Filters – Drawings – U01 and U02 and
click New Filter (Simple or Asking)
15. Name the filter ‘U01’ and select the systems ‘U01’ and ‘U01 CS’ as shown.
16. Click OK to define the filter.
17. Select the filter just defined and click OK to associate it with the view.
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18. Switch back to the Drawing Editor window and right mouse click on the view and select
‘Update View’
19. The status bar indicates that a view update is in progress
20. After update completes zoom into the drawing and observe the output. Then close the
drawing, saying yes to save changes.
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Lab 3 : Place Composed View, Place Report
View, Associate and Update Drawing
Create New Drawing
1. Open Drawing Console
2. Right mouse click on ‘Composed Drawings’ and select New Drawing
3. Enter values as shown and click OK to create a new drawing. This opens the drawing
editor.
Place Drawing View
4. In Drawing Editor, click PinPoint to start the 2D pinpoint, then click the ‘Select’
command to dismiss the target.
5. Start the place line command and click in the drawing sheet to activate pinpoint, then set
step to 1”, then run select command to terminate the place line command.
6. Click the ‘Place view’ button in the toolbar to start the placement of a view.
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7. Click at X=0 ‘5”, Y = 1’7” to start view placement, click at X = 1’7”, Y = 0’5” to finish
view placement. The drawing view properties dialog is shown
8. Select More… in the Style field and select ‘Equipment Plan’
9. Name the view and select the Scale Family and Scale as shown and click OK.
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Place Report view
10. Select the ‘Place Report View’ button in the toolbar.
11. Place the report view from X = 1’8”, Y=1’7” to X=2’4”, Y = 1’2”
12. In the Report Template, field, select More.. and select the ‘Equipment Material Take-off’
report
13. Name the view as shown and click OK.
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Associate Drawing View to Volume
14. Select the drawing view and click the ‘Associate View to Objects’ button.
15. Select the U01 2 Points volume in 3D
16. Select the U01 filter defined earlier (Plant Filters – Composed Drawing Filters –
Drawings – U01 and U02 – U01)
Associate Report View to Drawing View
17. Select the report view and click the ‘Associate View to Objects’ button
18. In the 3D window, click ‘Finish’
19. Close the drawing and save when prompted
Update the Drawing
20. Open Drawing Console
21. Right mouse click on ‘Equipment Plan 1’ and select ‘Update Now’
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Lab 4 : Add Key Plan View
1. Right mouse click on ‘Equipment Plan 1’ and ‘Edit’
2. Start the ‘Place View’ command from the toolbar.
3. Place the view in the bottom right hand corner of the drawing using the four points as a
guide. The drawing view properties dialog is shown.
4. Select the ‘Equipment Key Plan’ style
5. Name the view ‘Key Plan’ and select the scale as ‘Fit to Scale’
6. Click OK
7. Select the key plan view and click the ‘Associate View to Objects’ button
8. In the 3D window, click ‘Finish’
9. Right-mouse click on the key plan view and update view.
10. Close the drawing and save when prompted.
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Lab 5 : Place Volume by Four Points,
Associate Existing View to New Volume,
Update View
Place Volume by Four Points
1. Activate Pinpoint
2. Start the ‘Place Volume by Four Points’ command
3. Enter the Name ‘U01 4 Points’ in the ribbon bar
4. Place the four points around the existing volume ‘U01 2 Points’ in the order
E 72’ N 58’ EL -2’
E 72’ N 2’ EL -2’
E 112’ N 2’ EL -2’
E 112’ N 2’ EL 34’
Associate Existing View to New Volume
5. Open Drawing Console
6. Right mouse click on ‘Piping Plan 1’ and ‘Edit’
7. Select the graphic view and click the ‘Remove Associated Inputs’ button and accept the
prompts
8. Select the graphic view and click the ‘Associate Objects to View’ button
9. Select the U01 4 Points volume in the workspace explorer
10. In the Filter field select the ‘U01’ filter
11. Right mouse click on the graphic view in drawing editor and update view.
12. Close the drawing and save when prompted.
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Lab 6 : Volume by Selection and Volume by
Path
Place Volume by Selection
1. Define workspace using filter Plant Filters – Training Filters – U02
2. Start the ‘Place Volume by Selection’ command.
3. Name the volume ‘Volume by Selection’ and set the type and space folder as shown.
4. Select (graphically or through WSE) the following objects: VS-102, PU2-02, U02-6-P-
0002-1C0031
5. Click Finish to complete volume placement.
Place Non-Rectangular Volume
6. Activate pinpoint toolbar
7. Start the ‘Place Volume Along Path’ command from the vertical toolbar.
8. Enter values E=20’, N=20’, EL = 45’ in pinpoint, click once in a graphic view
9. Enter values E=20’, N=20’, EL = 0’ in pinpoint, click once in graphic view
10. Click ‘Finish’ in the ribbon bar.
11. Name the volume ‘Volume by Path’ and set the type and space folder as shown.
12. In the Cross-section pick list, pick ‘Sketch’
13. Click the ‘Cross section’ button.
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14. With the CTRL key pressed, select the four segments in the view and delete them using
the delete button in the sketch ribbon.
15. Sketch the desired cross section that follows the path of the pipeline and the connected
equipment as shown, making sure to complete the path to be a closed curve.
16. Click ‘Finish’ once to complete the sketch path.
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17. Click ‘Finish’ again to finish the volume placement.
Create New Drawing
18. Open Drawing Console
19. Right mouse click on ‘Composed Drawings’ and select New Drawing
20. Enter values as shown and click OK to create a new drawing. This opens the drawing
editor.
Associate Views to Volumes
21. In Drawing Editor, select the left view and associate it to the volume by selection
22. In the filter field select More…
23. Browse to Plant Filters – Composed Drawing Filters – Drawings – U01 and U02 and
create a new filter named ‘U02’ that selects the ‘U02’ and ‘U02 CS’ systems.
24. Select the right view and associate it to the volume by path and the same filter (U02)
above.
25. Update both views by right mouse click update view command.
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Lab 7 : Create Snapshot View, Place
Snapshot View with Preview, Update View
Create New Drawing
1. Open Drawing Console
2. Right mouse click on ‘Composed Drawings’ and select New Drawing
3. Enter values as shown and click OK to create a new drawing. This opens the drawing
editor.
Create Snapshot View
4. Refresh workspace to remove the drawing volumes from the workspace
5. Set a NorthEast Isometric view direction using the ‘Common Views’ dialog
6. Tools Snapshot View
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7. Enter name ‘U01 NE Isometric’ in the ribbon bar and in the drawing type field, pick
‘Composed Drawings’
8. In the view style field pick ‘Equipment Isometric’
9. In the space folder field, pick ‘U01 and U02’
10. Check the ‘Generate Preview’ box
11. Click Finish to create the snapshot.
Place Snapshot View
12. Switch to the Drawing Editor window
13. Click the ‘Place Snapshot View’ button
14. Select ‘Architectural Scales’ in the view scale picklist and select 3/16 in:1 ft as the scale.
As you move mouse over the sheet, a graphic view with preview appears. Click to place.
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15. Right mouse click on the placed view and update view.
16. Close the drawing and save if prompted.
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Lab 8 : Place cutting plane and place section
view
1. Open Drawing Console
2. Select ‘Equipment Plan 1’ and ‘Edit ‘
3. Start the ‘Cutting Plane’ command
4. Enter value A for Reference 1 and 2
5. Select the graphic view which will contain the cutting plane
6. Place the first point of the cutting plane as shown along grid line 2
7. Place the second point of the cutting plane as shown and right-click once
8. In the ribbon, enter a depth of 25’
9. Move the mouse towards the bottom of the screen to set the cutting plane look direction,
then click to finish cutting plane placement.
10. A view appears on your cursor. In the ribbon bar, check the ‘Update’ box, select the
‘Equipment Elevation’ view style and select a scale of 3/16 in:1 ft, then click to place the
view in an empty area on the sheet.
11. The status bar shows that the section view is being updated.
12. After view updates, close the drawing and save when prompted.
13. Notice that in 3D, a new volume named ‘Section A-A’ has been created under the same
parent folder as the parent volume.
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Lab 9 : Place detail envelope and place detail
view
1. Open drawing console
2. Select ‘Piping Plan 1’ and ‘Edit’
3. Start the ‘Detail Envelope’ command.
4. Select the graphic view which will contain the detail
5. Select the circular detail in the ribbon bar and enter a Reference Mark ‘A’
6. Draw a circle detail around Pump-001 by clicking somewhere near the center of the
pump and moving mouse out till the circle is sized as shown
7. A view appears on your cursor. In the ribbon bar, change the view style to ‘Equipment
Plan’ and the scale to ½ in: 1 ft and place the view as shown by clicking in the sheet.
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8. Right mouse click the detail view and ‘Update View’
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Lab 10 : Placing Labels
Placing View Labels
1. Open Drawing Console
2. Select the drawing ‘Equipment Plan 1’ and ‘Edit’
3. Start the ‘Place a label’ command.
4. Select More… in the label names pick list.
5. Select the Views folder and the ViewTypeDirectionandScale label and click OK.
6. Select the graphic view (plan view) and click to place the label below the view.
7. Select the section view and click to place the label below the view.
8. You may use the align command to align the label and the view to each other.
Placing Object Labels
9. Select More… in the label names pick list
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10. Select the Label Templates folder and the SectionSize_None_APO_NL label
11. Select a steel member in the view and the label with section size appears on your cursor.
12. Click to place the label.
13. Select another member. The label placement ribbon allows you to change the graphic
attributes or the label (color, font, size, border, orientation) or add a leader. Change the
color to blue, add a rectangular border and add a single leader. Click to place.
Use As-Drawn
14. Select the Name_Capsule_CA_L label from the pick list and click on a pump. Note that
the previously made changes to properties of the previous label are retained for the new
label.
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15. Click the ‘As Drawn’ button on the ribbon.
16. Notice that the label changes to the properties as defined in the label definition.
17. Click to place the label.
Use Leader Boundary Option
18. Select the pump again
19. Now click the ‘Boundary’ pulldown in the label ribbon and select the ‘Inside’ button.
20. Notice that the leader attachment point has jumped to the inside of the pump from the
boundary. Click to place the label.
21. Select the attachment point (arrow) of a previously placed label and drag the point to
elsewhere inside the pump. The attachment point changes to a line similar to above
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example. Release the mouse the change the leader arrow style.
Dimension Style Label
22. Start the ‘Place a Label’ command
23. Select a steel member, the name appears in a capsule with a leader (like the previous
label)
24. Activate the ‘dimension’ pulldown in the label ribbon bar and select ‘SmartDimension’
25. Pick the steel member once again, a dimension appears on your mouse.
26. Click to place. The dimension is placed and immediately replaced by the label contents.
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Lab 11 : Placing Dimensions
Placing ‘Smart Dimensions’
1. Open Drawing Console
2. Select the drawing ‘Equipment Plan 1’ and ‘Edit’
3. Zoom into the top of the section view.
4. Start the ‘SmartDimension’ command from the ‘Dimension’ toolbar.
5. Select the left edge of the column at the left and click to place dimension.
6. Select the top edge of the beam at the right and click to place dimension.
Placing ‘Distance Between’ Dimensions
7. Select the ‘Distance Between’ command on the dimension toolbar.
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8. Place and out-to-out dimension between the two columns.
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