# AutoCAD Plant 3D Reviews **Vendor:** Autodesk **Category:** [Plant Design Management Systems Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/plant-design-management-systems) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 42 ## About AutoCAD Plant 3D AutoCAD® P&ID software helps designers and engineers quickly create and edit P&IDs with familiar AutoCAD in-context editing tools. ## AutoCAD Plant 3D Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users value the **customization features** of AutoCAD Plant 3D, enhancing accuracy and validation in their designs. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **accurate process diagram production** in AutoCAD Plant 3D, enhancing design validation with standards implementation. (1 reviews) - Users find AutoCAD Plant 3D an **excellent tool for P&ID creation** , especially for oil and gas piping layouts. (1 reviews) - Users find the **friendly tool for P&ID creation** in AutoCAD Plant 3D superior to competitors like Aveva. (1 reviews) - Users find that **Plant 3D simplifies pipe modeling** , greatly enhancing their productivity and design efficiency. (1 reviews) - User Interface (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users note the **missing features** in AutoCAD Plant 3D, requiring additional software for comprehensive design validation. (2 reviews) - Users find that **3D modeling issues** limit design execution capabilities, often necessitating additional software for validation. (1 reviews) - Users experience **high memory usage** in AutoCAD Plant 3D, leading to increased processing time and sluggish performance. (1 reviews) - Users face **slow processing** in AutoCAD Plant 3D, leading to lengthy layout generation and high system memory usage. (1 reviews) - Users find that **object enablers can be tricky** in AutoCAD Plant 3D, impacting ease of use. (1 reviews) ## AutoCAD Plant 3D Reviews ### 1. Process diagram creation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ofonime W. | Design Engineer, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2024 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** When it comes to producing accurate process diagrams, with an implementation of standards and codes in my design. It allows the validation of my design and the introduction of custom models or primitives **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Well, i think the downside of plant3D is embedded in what the tool was designed for. e.g Althoug the Process diagrams are a representation of flow, off which the connections can be validated, It doesnt necessarily output a design that can be executed on site. More software might be required to validate many other aspects of the design e.g **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Intrestingly, The Creation of isometrics and general arrangement drawing for my plant design, Ability to create 3D pipeline layouts required for inspection by other stakeholders ### 2. Moving to P3D from APM **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2024 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The completness of the package in one User Interface. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The inability to concatentate the long description in the parts catalog. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Plant 3D being part of the ACC platform, allows us to easily job share with our offices around the world. ### 3. Plant 3d is awesome **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steven I. | electrical design manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2023 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Plant 3d makes modeling pipe way easier. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Sometimes object enablers in plant3d are tricky. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Plant3d is helping me solve creating smart boms ### 4. Design of industrial plants based on AutoCAD **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2023 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Familiar user interface for AutoCAD users, which implies a low learning curve; on the other hand, the software management is not as difficult as other software. There is a very large community for software support. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Limitations in the database, especially in large-scale projects, since being based on AutoCAD requires a subdivision of files that hinders a better workflow. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Autocad Plant 3D has been used in small and medium-scale industrial plant design projects in my company. It has allowed for the detection and correction of design errors before construction, saving time and money. It has also improved communication and collaboration between teams and suppliers thanks to its ability to exchange information with other programs. However, due to its database limitations, the software has not been used in large-scale projects. ### 5. Clearer projects without wasting time in execution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** José B. | Consultor de sostenibilidad, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2023 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** That you can develop a project in the same interface without the need to export the file to another software. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** That it doesn't have a render engine and this means I have to export the volume to render and I lose more time **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to execute the work without surprises, already having all the exact documentation allows me to have greater control over the work. ### 6. Plant 3D is targeted to the design and layout of process plant facilities **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mahesh A. | Senior BIM Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** When the user have to make and modify P&ID diagram and creating piping isometric drawings , Plant 3D helps to create it with ease and accurately. This also helps in managing the engineering data. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** For a process plant piping diagram file gets heavy due to which it takes a while to open or reopen the model file . Also when creating a database , it gets a bit tricky. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** AutoCAD Plant 3D helps in developing annotated and layered isometric drawings from 3D models, creating reports through creator modlie, editing various specs and documents through spec editor etc. ### 7. AutoCAD Plant 3D Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anshul C. | Assistant Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** This software allows to create and edit P&ID and 3D models, it can also extract piping orthographics and isometrics with the comprehensive design toolset. Multiple file can be opened in a single session. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Initial project setup takes a bit longer. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Yes, for industrial projects. This is the best software platform to work on. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** P&IDs documents can be orepared along with the orhtographic views. Every element has a separate P&ID of its own. Ortho drawings can be prepared of struture. ### 8. BEST of Plant 3D **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** LAV P. | Senior Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Plant 3D is can be used to create a big piping system in plant and that software give us 3D model before the actual installation. Iso that it generates are so good have almost every detail that need for the plant piping installation. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** It take large processing time. During the modeling charging its view it difficult and database management is not simply.The administration part of creating line is difficult process. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** we are working on Intel project in they are creating a assembly line for manufacturing it will reduce overall project cost by 15-20% because of less pipe waste and kess time for installation. ### 9. Autocad Plant 3D **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eugene S. | Piping BIM Modeler, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 08, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** All function of the plant 3D, friendly command. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** File very large and revit file cant import **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Autodesk Product **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Product Catalog ### 10. Design in plant 3d experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** BALAJI V. | Lead Piping Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** piping design is very easy to route and equipment modelling. Modelling is very easy with accurate dimensions. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** In specifications pop-up window only specs long or short description will show. Identifying components bit difficult. if we add item code column in spec pop-up window easy to identify. P &I'd some cases as per line no service or spec is not exactly executing in 3d while assigning line tags **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Engineering services and smart design work with cost cut down. Accuracy and time saving, can view multiple viewports in single window. ### 11. Plant 3d very friendly tool for piping and instrumental drawings generation. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** SudhaRSHAN R. | Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Excellent and friendly tool for P&ID creation as a comparison to Aveva diagrams and smart plant pid Piping layout for skid layout in oil and gas industry **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** It takes much process time to generate the layout and consume lot of system memory. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creation of P&ID for HAYA wastewater treatment projects. Structural layout, work platform for valve maintenance & access for das export. ### 12. Best software for medium size plant designing projects **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bhaskar K. | Piping Designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 16, 2022 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Datamanger option and project collaboration with BIM 360 **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Can't handle bigger size of project better for small projects **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** I will recommend this software for medium size projects **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Database handling is very easy and spec customization also easy Best benefit with using this software is wecan customize all 3d shapes into intilent model ### 13. 3D model for industrial plants **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kishor P. | Executive, Design, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 25, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The interface of AutoCAD Plant 3D is easy to use for creating 3D models and objects for an industrial plan set up. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The prices of the AutoCAD Plant 3D are high compared to other 3D modeling software. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** It easy to produce the P&ID drawings with help of AutoCAD Plant 3D. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** We can produce the 2D model and P&ID drawing with the help of AutoCAD Plant 3D to save time and cost before construction. ### 14. Future of BIM Plant 3D **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abhijeet K. | trainee engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** A totally advanced piping software for BIM. A totally based on manufacturing of piping and and a whole projec with an actual sizing and fittings. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The software charges and the understanding of software. The interface is not easy. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Yes this is the future for piping project **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** A piping BIM projects and solutions of BIM . Clashe coordination and help in installation. ### 15. Drawing smart P&ID's, 3D piping design and iso/MTO generation with autoplant 3D **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sam V. | Piping Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** P&ID module: Autoplant ensures that there is no double tagging for valves or lines. Automatic line breaks at crossing lines. Possibility to make client specific tool pallettes. 3D: slope adjustment for piping is really intuitive and works great. Integration of 3D scans in the model. The possibilty to 'cut' the pointcloud in the drawing itself is really nice. Before I had to use a second program to control the 3D pointcloud. A lot of different designers can work on one project. We can split the project in small pieces and use xref to connect to the adjacent piece. Integration of the drawings in navisworks for 3D reviewing. It's really easy to integrate 3D blocks from suppliers in our 3D model. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** If one of my designers is active in the project, I can't change anything the project manager module. Would like that to be changed. Isogen can fail sometimes. We use a lot of special equipments in our line of work, isogen can't handle it sometimes. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Use plant 3D in combination with navisworks. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Before, we were using regular autocad to design P&ID's. We spend a lot of time checking valve/ equipment tagging and line numbers. Now Autoplant ensures every tag is unique. Saving us a lot of time. Slope is really important in our line of work. Plant 3D handles slope far better than other designing apps. We can draw much faster and have better results. Imperial and metric changeovers are difficult sometimes. ### 16. The most wonderful drawing software for engineers, as it has everything in one . **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael oluchukwu O. | inventory analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The ability to switch between all other drawing tools or app. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** it slows down after a while during designs **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** if you need an app that does your drawings and process jobs then this is it. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** it has helped me do my designs easily without desiring PDMS ### 17. Review and comment the experience to using Autocad Plant 3D **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nam N. | Piping Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 07, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** - Could link with Autocad 2D when model 3D piping, easy to 3D plant model when having 2D layout - Easy and friendly to create and customize Piping Spec - Easy to modeling 3D piping model, similar to cad 2D **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** - Export Isometric sometime being fail ( when having many weld joints) - To heavy and consume to much memory computer. - When move and rotate 3D model, some connect being disconnect. - Hard to update automatically the change from Piping spec **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** - Need to reduce memory when using - Export Isometric need no more easily **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Modeling 3D piping from 2D layout and export Isometric, MTO, BOQ - The benefits when compare with PDMS is easy to create spec, Export Isometric having weld joint, MTO ### 18. It's making easier to build 3d model **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Keyun S. | Piping Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 04, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Using administrator, we collect many data easily or manage an extensive amount of data **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Sometimes isometric extraction is not working. Because I do not why, but it's taking a different line and extract it. Also, taking too much time sometimes **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Making piping 3d model in it and it's made easy to manage data. ### 19. AutoCad Plant 3D. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tanseer R. | Senior Piping Designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** To make Piping 3d Model and then make the iso metrics and plant Layout through Autocad Plant 3d **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** When we move the piping Model some time its disconnected all the joints **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Yes its recommend to use others **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its helping to make faster 2d Plot plan. ### 20. Very usefull for presentation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jawed A. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 07, 2021 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Best part is we can use as per actual dimension **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Nothing to dislike in the software. It's good. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** It's very easy to use. Very learning. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Need to update the graphics ### 21. Its a good new edition in Interior and its easy to use as well as for beginner. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rana Usman N. | Graphic Illustrator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** As an Engineer the most best think I like its Made for Engineers as well as for others too but engineer now every thing deeply too much. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The dislike thing in AutoCAD Plant 3d is that P&ID its Put must more signs and want to see improve this system. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** I am giving You advice its very good products for engineers and other too,specially engineer because engineers wants to create many thing in our projects or like in making some plants, its very useful so must try this product and purchased it if you know how to work its money back guaranteed product, so purchased and enjoyed it. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** so in these day's I'm making some plans for water plant and it's have some awsome ability to do that P & ID gives me a chance to make each part briefly of the design. ### 22. Plant 3D advantage **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Irfan P. | Mep modeler , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Plant 3D is very good software for 3 D modeling of buildings and in oil industry project. It is user friendly **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** As compare with Revit, its speed of modeling is very slow **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** It required good PC setup **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** For coordination and rendering it is problem solving ### 23. Piping Stress engineer **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** saurabh k. | Quality Assurance Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 22, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Worked with various softwares like but for P&id ,i always use autocad because in autocad P&ID it is very easy to use all the valves are already given with the without making any block we can use those valves, storage tanks, pumps etc with different line type. Easy handling with accuracy,user friendly **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Data base of all the codes of asme b31 should be given so that it may be used during designing of p&id on the system itself **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Easy to use User friendly Good software for beginners **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to use User friendly Doesn't require much configuration of system ### 24. User friendly, Easy customisation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Isometric & Orthographic quality was good to other software **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Equipment tag is not linked with P&id and Model **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Integration with Revit **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have creat new property in plant 3D and it’s help to. Identify pipe work and color. ### 25. Better than you think **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Chemicals | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** AutoCAD plant 3D offers more than you right. Many tools to explore but a good tool for the industry. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Vessels and equipment aren’t the greatest. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Plant P&ID and 3D piping for isometrics. Plant layouts. ### 26. Its very helpful and amazing application for engineers especially chemical ones. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bajes I. | Chemical Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 05, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The 3D designing process and speed during the work time. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Sometimes it takes time to reopen the design file **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** I highly recommend all the chemical engineers especially the one who design the PFD to use AutoCAD Plant 3D **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** The Plant Drawing to my clients. ### 27. The amazing part of AutoCAD Plant 3D **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 13, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Very easy an intuitive program. Like all autodesk software's. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** A little confusing making libraries, insert new elements in libraries. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** If you make it wright from the beginning, you will love it. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pipe construction, pipe bridges, transforming point clouds into parametric drawings. ISO drawings, very commode ans easy, at one mouse button distance, if 3d drawing a re correct of course. ### 28. Easy to use, it’s friendly **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2020 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Speed and and some few commands and some additional tool bars **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** It will take time for modeling when compare to other 3D softwears **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** It’s completely depends on client requirements, at this point I can’t suggest anything **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Very easy to extract 2D drawings ### 29. AutoCAD for details **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jorge F. | Electronic Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 24, 2019 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Perfect operation of your interface gives you the option to highlight very well what you are doing allowing you to put tags for what you want very easy to use does not need to be an expert to use it **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The only thing that I do not agree with P & ID is that they should put more symbols and improve the ones they have since sometimes it costs for the system to see it but it's nothing special **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Autocad P & ID is one of the best drawing software to create drawings on what you want is very versatile and you do not need experience is really good **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Right now I'm making plans for a gold processing plant and it's amazing the ability that P & ID gives me to make each segment of the drawing unique, I can label everything I put ### 30. professional and eays to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2019 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** It has all the standard standard libraries in it and follow the ISO and DIN standards. simply by picking and droping the symbols the P&ID is formed.The versatile Data Manager enables easier data manipulation and reporting while also supporting information exchange with external sources in multiple formats.Perform error checking with the ability to better identify, navigate to, and highlight inconsistencies in the drawings. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Generaly I am satisfied with the product. but somethimes working with the ploter inside the program is not easy. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** I draw the P&ID diagrams of chemical plants. By providng all the standard libraries and Standards I find it very helpful touse ### 31. customize your designs in a unique way **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** isabel b. | ingeniero de software, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2019 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** excellent interface easy to use good variety of components designs from the simplest to the most complex you can customize each part of your drawings **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** autocad P & ID has allowed me to make my designs in a personalized way I can identify from pipes to cables and every component that I place **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** you do not have to be an expert to use this software it is very easy to use and very complete, it also embodies your designs **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** with this software I am creating a design of a boiler allows me to put all your security systems ### 32. AutoCAD P&ID **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2019 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** I like autocad for the most part. It is easy to begin working with and allows someone with minimum knowledge to interact **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** While anyone could figure out how to do certain things with this program, in order to really be able to make full use of the program **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have created tooling and allows the user to fully visual a product and make sure it interacts in conjunction with the other components ### 33. Great Product, Highly Recommended and Easy To Use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mitch K. | Corporate Partnerships Executive, Real Estate, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2018 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** It's a great program and very easy to use. Great support if any issues also. We have tried several other versions however Autocad has proven the best solution. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** There isn't anything I particularly dislike. Price is higher than some however it really is the superior product, we would not consider using another program at this point in time. If they keep going in the upwards direction they are we won't have a need to either. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Give it a go, with any program like this it does take time to get used to however this program will not disappoint. The feature sets available are better than any competing products we have seen or had experience with. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** The program is better than competing products on the market we find and for the price we are very happy to continue using Autcad. ### 34. Great Product **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Linu G. | Junior Systems Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2018 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** According to me, the product is much easier to use and found great support for issues occurred **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** There's nothing much to be disliked with this product **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** A much better way for works mainly in 2 dimensional basis **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** I did my projects using AutoCAD. Benefit to me for using AutoCAD is less time consuming, as it made my works easier ### 35. Auto CAD P&ID for BD **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 25, 2017 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** This is the world famous software for design and drawing architectural. It is user friendly for use. Most of the people like this soft for designing 2D or 3D view. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** It has some problem. It has vast feature but no tutorial add with this soft.If it is network base then it will very helpful for us. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** This is the best for all. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Some time I need a 2D layout for drawing that time I use the software and use demo and tutorial. that time i realized its a good software . ### 36. Great BIM Capabilities **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Atul Y. | Senior Instrumentation Engineer, Civil Engineering, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2016 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** This is a Great tool to develop P&IDs. It is user friendly, Intelligent and uses AutoCAD features which are very easy to use and understand. Due to its intelligent capabilities, user can generate various reports in less time. Reports like Instrument list, Equipment list, PLC IO, valves are best. being an Autodesk product, it is easy to interface with many other application which shares same platform. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** One Big problem with AutoCAD P&ID is it can not be used in multi office environment. So all users of the software must be in same location in order to use it. this is very important for big global projects where users from many countries are working on same project simultaneously. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** This is a great tool. with some customization this can solve most of your design issues. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** Auto generation of reports. Interface with other project packages for BIM. ### 37. AutoCAD to the rescue **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Semiconductors | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2016 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** AutoCAD is one tool I use extensively in my job profile as a process engineer.. The feature I like the most is its ability to give me flexibility to show what ever kind of process flow and instrumentation as possible and then if it doesn't work for me then giving me the ability to readily change it and also look up good help **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** I dislike the print and the conversion facilities where we can convert P&IDs to other formats for example pdfs etc. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** I would recommend them working on their color screens and the menu options. Sometimes you get lost in the menus and also sometimes some of the functionality is hidden from use and thus even available cannot be used. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am a process engineer and work on intricate waste treatment systems in the semiconductor industry. Without AutoCAD P&IDs, I am essentially rendered useless in my job. The main benefit is that it can quickly help me present an idea in the scientific form of a P&IDs to present in front of a technical audience. ### 38. AutoCAD **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Wes S. | Student of architecture and environmental design, Retail, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 14, 2016 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The accuracy, userinterface and features are very good. The ability to easily change line weights and scales is very important **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Hatching is terrible. It takes ages to do and often the programme won't recognise an enclosed space. It needs a feature that quickly gives you a preview of the hatch while working to then render later. This is very important **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Use it for 2D work, the 3D feature is terrible. Tbh I don't think anyone uses it so perhaps they could remove this feature **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm a student so I do project proposals using AutoCAD. Without it I would have to draw by hand ### 39. Working with AutoCAD for 2D drawings **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vahid B. | Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 18, 2016 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Easy to work. Being able to importing point cloud which does not make the model heavy. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The problem is that the software can not import other formats from another software specifically IFC importing in BIM. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** point cloud modeling for as-built modeling ### 40. Great Drafting Tool for Detailing **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Renewables & Environment | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2016 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The autocad add-on makes it easier to create details for plan sets submitted to the city. Simplifies adding specifications and information needed to know during installation. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** The program is definitely different than what we had before which was straight autocad LT. SomEwhat of a learning curve involved but not a huge obstruction. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** Be sure to allow time for implementation before going live as there is a learning curve. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** This portion of the drafting process was primarily for editing details pages of the plan set for installation of rooftop photovoltaic systems. ### 41. I like to use this so much. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2016 **What do you like best about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** I like this program very much. Very easy to use. easy to work with this program. I like everything. I am happy with this. **What do you dislike about AutoCAD Plant 3D?** Sometimes its slow. And I want more tools. **Recommendations to others considering AutoCAD Plant 3D:** More tools. **What problems is AutoCAD Plant 3D solving and how is that benefiting you?** I working on this program at work. I working faster with this. So I like everything. ### 42. 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