AutoCAD P&ID Essential Training

Learn how to use AutoCAD-based editing tools for creating, editing, and validating piping and instrumentation design information! Multisoft Systems has come forward to deliver practical hands-on training on AutoCAD P&ID Essential. Here you will find a team of AutoCAD experts who are using real-life examples in delivering the industry-based modules. Our trainers will explain the basic functions of the program.

Throughout this highly demanded course, you will discover how to leverage this AutoCAD-based editing tool to create a project-based piping and instrumentation diagram. You will be efficient in locating the P&ID projects, using the project manager function to create a new drawing, and building new drawings by adding equipment, pipelines, valves, and instrumentation. At Multisoft Systems, you can expect updated course contents, module-wise assessments, and lifetime e-learning access.

In its successful completion, you will learn:

• How to use the Data Manager to manage the project database?
• What is AutoCAD P&ID Essential?
• What are the basic functions of AutoCAD P&ID Essential?
• How to leverage AutoCAD P&ID Essential to create project-based piping diagrams?
• How to leverage AutoCAD P&ID Essential to create instrumentation diagrams?
• How to use AutoCAD P&ID Essential to make drawings by adding equipment and valves?
• How to locate P&ID projects?

Target audience

• The professionals who are handling the AutoCAD® P&ID project
• The professionals who are carrying basic knowledge of AutoCAD® P&ID projects

Prerequisites

• The professionals who wish to opt for the AutoCAD P&ID Essential Training should carry knowledge about the AutoCAD® P&ID project. They are supposed to carry Intermediate or Advanced AutoCAD User or CAD management experience.

Certification

• Multisoft Systems will provide you with a training completion certificate after completing the AutoCAD P&ID Essential Training.

Module 1: Introduction 

• What you should know
• How to use the exercise files

Module 2: Getting Started 

• Locating and opening your P&ID project
• Opening a P&ID drawing file
• Setting up the P&ID workspace
• Understanding the P&ID ribbon menu
• Understanding the P&ID tool palette
• Understanding Project Manager
• Using the AutoCAD Properties dialog box
• Using on-screen tools

Module 3: Working with P&ID Drawing Files 

• Creating a new P&ID drawing file
• Importing an existing P&ID file to the project
• Renaming drawing files
• Locating missing drawing files
• Updating drawing information using the Drawing Properties dialog box

Module 4: Equipment 

• Inserting equipment and assigning tag information
• Copying equipment
• Adding annotation to your equipment
• Modifying existing P&ID blocks
• Understanding equipment tags and equipment InfoTags
• Understanding parent/child equipment tags
• Adding nozzles to your equipment drawing files

Module 5: Piping 

• Creating pipe lines and assigning tag lines
• Attaching and disconnecting pipe lines to a component
• Understanding the difference between line groups and line segments
• Adding and removing a pipeline to a line group
• Adding line segments to an existing pipeline
• Creating and removing a pipeline gap
• Reversing the flow of a pipeline
• Adding and removing corners to a pipeline
• Connecting and disconnecting pipe lines
• Changing your P&ID layout

Module 6: Valves and Inline Components 

• Inserting a valve on a pipeline
• Assigning tag information to your valve
• Substituting valve body types
• Moving a valve to a different pipeline
• Copying a valve
• Placing reducers on your pipeline
• Placing spec breaks or other segment breakers on your pipeline

Module 7: Instrumentation 

• Adding instrumentation to your P&ID
• Placing control valves

Module 8: Creating Custom P&ID Symbols 

• Understanding P&ID classes
• Creating a one-off P&ID symbol

Module 9: Off-page Connectors 

• Adding and removing off page connectors
• Creating connections between off page connectors
• Understanding connection properties

Module 10: Understanding Tagging 

• Understanding tagging concepts
• Finding existing tags
• Linking multiple symbols to a single tag

Module 11: Understanding Annotation 

• Understanding the relationship between tag data and annotation
• Creating multiple annotations on a single component

Module 12: Data Manager 

• Data Manager overview
• Modifying tag data using Data Manager
• Using Data Manager filters
• Locating components in a P&ID drawing using Data Manager
• Importing and exporting data to Excel
• Generating a valve report from Data Manager reports

Module 13: Project Tools 

• Data Validation tool
• Auditing and compressing
• Exporting to AutoCAD

Module 14: Report Creator

• Report Creator overview

Module 15: Conclusion