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Best Plant Design Management Systems Software

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Researched and written by Preethica Furtado

Plant design management systems help users create and manage designs for industrial plants and facilities such as factories and water treatment plants. These systems increase the accuracy and efficiency of plant design projects while improving collaboration and interoperability. They can be used by multiple stakeholders, including designers, engineers, production managers, project managers, and executives involved in the process of designing a plant.

Plant design management software is used mainly in manufacturing and industrial environments but can also benefit companies from other industries such as utilities, oil, and gas. It can integrate with CAD & PLM software. While similar, plant design management software should not be confused with building design and building information modeling (BIM) solutions, which are more beneficial for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) companies.

To qualify for inclusion in the Plant Design Management category, a product must:

Model and simulate manufacturing processes for new plants and factories
Define the physical infrastructure of a plant, including equipment and space planning
Create and optimize 3D plant design models and technical specifications
Track plant design costs and identify opportunities for time and materials savings
Design and simulate factory lines for production facilities using digital twins
Ensure compliance with regulations for safety, quality, and environmental protection
Provide analytics and data management for intelligent plant design and modeling

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    3DSMART modeling software will help you create 3D plant models for piping, equipment, and structural steel and securely stores this valuable project data in an integrated SQL Server database.

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    PROCAD
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3DSMART modeling software will help you create 3D plant models for piping, equipment, and structural steel and securely stores this valuable project data in an integrated SQL Server database.

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    AutoCAD® P&ID software helps designers and engineers quickly create and edit P&IDs with familiar AutoCAD in-context editing tools.

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    • Oil & Energy
    • Construction
    Market Segment
    • 40% Mid-Market
    • 36% Small-Business
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  • AutoCAD Plant 3D Pros and Cons
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    Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
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    Customization
    1
    Design Development
    1
    Modeling
    1
    User Interface
    1
    Cons
    Missing Features
    2
    3D Modeling Issues
    1
    Software Bugs
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    These insights are written by G2's Market Research team, using actual user reviews for AutoCAD Plant 3D, left between February 2022 and May 2022.
    • Reviewers love AutoCAD Plant 3D’s functionality to create and edit piping and instrumentation diagrams and 3D models, although some have noted that setting-up the initial project is a bit time-consuming.
    • Reviewers value the comprehensive design toolset offered by this platform along with the ability to open multiple files in a single session.
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    Autodesk
    Year Founded
    1982
    HQ Location
    San Francisco
    Twitter
    @autodesk
    283,861 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    15,711 employees on LinkedIn®
    Ownership
    NASDAQ:ADSK
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AutoCAD® P&ID software helps designers and engineers quickly create and edit P&IDs with familiar AutoCAD in-context editing tools.

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Industries
  • Oil & Energy
  • Construction
Market Segment
  • 40% Mid-Market
  • 36% Small-Business
AutoCAD Plant 3D Pros and Cons
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Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Customization
1
Design Development
1
Modeling
1
User Interface
1
Cons
Missing Features
2
3D Modeling Issues
1
Software Bugs
1
User Sentiment
How are these determined?Information
These insights are written by G2's Market Research team, using actual user reviews for AutoCAD Plant 3D, left between February 2022 and May 2022.
  • Reviewers love AutoCAD Plant 3D’s functionality to create and edit piping and instrumentation diagrams and 3D models, although some have noted that setting-up the initial project is a bit time-consuming.
  • Reviewers value the comprehensive design toolset offered by this platform along with the ability to open multiple files in a single session.
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Autodesk
Year Founded
1982
HQ Location
San Francisco
Twitter
@autodesk
283,861 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
15,711 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:ADSK

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    AVEVA E3D Design offers class-leading productivity and capabilities while retaining seamless compatibility with other AVEVA Engineering and Design solutions including AVEVA Unified Engineering.

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    3D Modeling
    1
    Ease of Use
    1
    Simple
    1
    User Interface
    1
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    Learning Difficulty
    1
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    1
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    AVEVA
    Year Founded
    1967
    HQ Location
    Cambridge, GB
    Twitter
    @AVEVAGroup
    15,567 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    7,534 employees on LinkedIn®
    Ownership
    LSE:AVV
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AVEVA E3D Design offers class-leading productivity and capabilities while retaining seamless compatibility with other AVEVA Engineering and Design solutions including AVEVA Unified Engineering.

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Market Segment
  • 50% Mid-Market
  • 33% Enterprise
AVEVA E3D Design Pros and Cons
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Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
3D Modeling
1
Ease of Use
1
Simple
1
User Interface
1
Cons
Learning Difficulty
1
Training Required
1
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AVEVA
Year Founded
1967
HQ Location
Cambridge, GB
Twitter
@AVEVAGroup
15,567 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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7,534 employees on LinkedIn®
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LSE:AVV
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    CADISON is a solution provides the flexibility to customize workflows, object models and catalogs to one's own company standards and automatically generate reports, BOM, MTOs, Isometrics and 2D GA dra

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    Pune, India
    Twitter
    @neilsoftenggsol
    523 Twitter followers
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    20 employees on LinkedIn®
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CADISON is a solution provides the flexibility to customize workflows, object models and catalogs to one's own company standards and automatically generate reports, BOM, MTOs, Isometrics and 2D GA dra

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Twitter
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523 Twitter followers
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    Scalable 3D plant design software for industrial plant design At Cadmatic, we understand the specific engineering needs of the plant industry. Our 3D plant design tools are created to meet the needs o

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    • 50% Mid-Market
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    Drawing
    1
    Ease of Use
    1
    Easy Creation
    1
    Features
    1
    Cons
    Export Issues
    1
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    Cadmatic
    Year Founded
    1982
    HQ Location
    Turku, FI
    Twitter
    @CADMATICGroup
    184 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    261 employees on LinkedIn®
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Scalable 3D plant design software for industrial plant design At Cadmatic, we understand the specific engineering needs of the plant industry. Our 3D plant design tools are created to meet the needs o

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Market Segment
  • 50% Mid-Market
  • 33% Small-Business
CADMATIC 3D Plant Design Pros and Cons
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Pros
Drawing
1
Ease of Use
1
Easy Creation
1
Features
1
Cons
Export Issues
1
Slow Performance
1
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Cadmatic
Year Founded
1982
HQ Location
Turku, FI
Twitter
@CADMATICGroup
184 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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261 employees on LinkedIn®
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    CADWorx Plant Design Suite is an integrated, complete AutoCAD and BricsCAD-based software series for plant design that provides intelligent drawing and database connectivity, advanced levels of automa

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    • Oil & Energy
    Market Segment
    • 46% Small-Business
    • 46% Mid-Market
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    Stockholm
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    @HexagonAB
    12,322 Twitter followers
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    841 employees on LinkedIn®
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CADWorx Plant Design Suite is an integrated, complete AutoCAD and BricsCAD-based software series for plant design that provides intelligent drawing and database connectivity, advanced levels of automa

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  • Oil & Energy
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  • 46% Small-Business
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Stockholm
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@HexagonAB
12,322 Twitter followers
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841 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Detailed design and layout of your factory or plant in one integrated solution. Benefit from the advanced functionality and a great service.

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    @CADSchroer
    561 Twitter followers
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Detailed design and layout of your factory or plant in one integrated solution. Benefit from the advanced functionality and a great service.

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    PDS is a comprehensive, intelligent computer-aided design/engineering (CAD/CAE) application for plant design, construction, and operations

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    • Oil & Energy
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    • 47% Mid-Market
    • 40% Enterprise
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    Stockholm
    Twitter
    @HexagonAB
    12,322 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    841 employees on LinkedIn®
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PDS is a comprehensive, intelligent computer-aided design/engineering (CAD/CAE) application for plant design, construction, and operations

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Industries
  • Oil & Energy
Market Segment
  • 47% Mid-Market
  • 40% Enterprise
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841 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Plant Design WorkSuite is a collection of plant design software solutions that helps to deliver mechanical, process, electrical and structural engineers and designers the tools to design virtually any

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    Year Founded
    1984
    HQ Location
    Exton, PA
    Twitter
    @BentleySystems
    17,746 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    5,107 employees on LinkedIn®
    Ownership
    NASDAQ: BSY
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Plant Design WorkSuite is a collection of plant design software solutions that helps to deliver mechanical, process, electrical and structural engineers and designers the tools to design virtually any

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Year Founded
1984
HQ Location
Exton, PA
Twitter
@BentleySystems
17,746 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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5,107 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: BSY
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    Our goal is to transform a work environment that has gone unchanged for decades. To that end, PlantStream uses the world’s fastest and highest precision innovative autonomous CAD software, offering so

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    Year Founded
    2020
    HQ Location
    Tokyo, Chuo-ku
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    29 employees on LinkedIn®
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Our goal is to transform a work environment that has gone unchanged for decades. To that end, PlantStream uses the world’s fastest and highest precision innovative autonomous CAD software, offering so

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2020
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    Smap3D Plant Design offers holistic software solutions for the engineering and fabrication of pipes. The company covers the entire process chain, from process engineering (P&ID) through piping pl

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    Nittendorf, Bayern
    LinkedIn® Page
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    21 employees on LinkedIn®
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Smap3D Plant Design offers holistic software solutions for the engineering and fabrication of pipes. The company covers the entire process chain, from process engineering (P&ID) through piping pl

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    SysCAD is a powerful and versatile plant simulator that can be used to simulate the simplest processing circuit through to complex full plant operations. It can be used in every aspect of the plant li

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    SysCAD
    Year Founded
    1985
    HQ Location
    Perth, WA
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    20 employees on LinkedIn®
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SysCAD is a powerful and versatile plant simulator that can be used to simulate the simplest processing circuit through to complex full plant operations. It can be used in every aspect of the plant li

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SysCAD
Year Founded
1985
HQ Location
Perth, WA
LinkedIn® Page
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20 employees on LinkedIn®
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    The Tecnomatix® portfolio is a comprehensive digital manufacturing software suite designed to streamline and optimize manufacturing processes, offering the two powerful products of Process Simulate an

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    Industries
    • Automotive
    • Manufacturing
    Market Segment
    • 44% Small-Business
    • 38% Mid-Market
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    Simulation
    34
    Ease of Use
    24
    Features
    15
    Efficiency Improvement
    13
    Accuracy
    10
    Cons
    Learning Curve
    18
    Difficult Learning
    12
    Not User-Friendly
    12
    Expensive
    11
    Integration Issues
    8
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    Year Founded
    1980
    HQ Location
    Plano, Texas
    Twitter
    @siemenssoftware
    36,937 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    19,953 employees on LinkedIn®
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The Tecnomatix® portfolio is a comprehensive digital manufacturing software suite designed to streamline and optimize manufacturing processes, offering the two powerful products of Process Simulate an

Users
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Industries
  • Automotive
  • Manufacturing
Market Segment
  • 44% Small-Business
  • 38% Mid-Market
Tecnomatix Pros and Cons
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Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Simulation
34
Ease of Use
24
Features
15
Efficiency Improvement
13
Accuracy
10
Cons
Learning Curve
18
Difficult Learning
12
Not User-Friendly
12
Expensive
11
Integration Issues
8
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Company Website
Year Founded
1980
HQ Location
Plano, Texas
Twitter
@siemenssoftware
36,937 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
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19,953 employees on LinkedIn®
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    Vertex G4Plant is a versatile plant and piping design software that keeps you where your competitors are clotting. Thanks to Vertex’s new 3D graphics engine, working with large 3D models is now much f

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    Year Founded
    1977
    HQ Location
    Tampere, FI
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    103 employees on LinkedIn®
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Vertex G4Plant is a versatile plant and piping design software that keeps you where your competitors are clotting. Thanks to Vertex’s new 3D graphics engine, working with large 3D models is now much f

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Year Founded
1977
HQ Location
Tampere, FI
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
103 employees on LinkedIn®