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PlantTools

Get More Out of AutoCAD Plant 3D

PlantTools extend AutoCAD Plant 3D with powerful functionality for data management, automation, reporting, data integration, and project standards in plant engineering.

Reduce manual work steps, maintain project data more precisely, and speed up recurring tasks in your Plant 3D projects. PlantTools were built from real-world requirements in plant engineering and can be used individually or as a complete suite.

Overview of the PlantTools

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PlantTools Plant Data Manager

PlantDataManager

Manage Plant 3D data centrally and efficiently.
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PlantTools Plant Express Tools
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PlantExpressTools

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PlantTools Plant Link

PlantLink

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PlantTools Plant Reporter

PlantReporter

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PlantTools Plant Spec Driven

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PlantTools Plant Sync

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PlantTools PlantTools Bundle

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Who are PlantTools built for?

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Project managers

Generate reports, data sheets, and analyses from current project data without depending on a CAD workstation.

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Project engineers

Add technical information centrally, integrate data from Excel or external sources, and track data status across the project.

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P&ID designers

Automate recurring tasks, use pipe-class data directly in the P&ID, and reduce manual data entry.

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3D designers

Use existing project information in 3D modeling, check for clashes, and reduce rework.

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CAD managers

Synchronize project standards, classes, properties, symbols, and configurations across multiple projects.

Which challenge do you want to solve?

PlantDataManager

Edit project data without AutoCAD Plant 3D

Edit project data in a tabular interface, even on workstations without AutoCAD Plant 3D installed. Add technical information, import or export data via Excel, and manage objects that haven't yet been placed in a drawing.

Typical functions: data editing without CAD, Excel import/export, not-placed objects, access to project data outside the CAD environment, parallel data maintenance.

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PlantExpressTools

Automate routine tasks and workflows

Extend AutoCAD Plant 3D with additional functionality for design, project administration, and management. PlantExpressTools supports recurring tasks such as project copying, renumbering, clash detection, DWG export, change logs, and managing properties or symbols.

Typical functions: project copy and rename, clash detection, change log, DWG export, renumbering, properties palette, symbols palette, project setup import and export.
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PlantLink

Connect external data sources and systems

Connect Plant 3D projects to external data sources such as Excel, databases, or ERP systems. Technical information can be transferred automatically to Plant 3D objects, so data doesn't need to be maintained manually in multiple places.

Typical functions: database connectivity, Excel connectivity, ERP integration, data flow within P&IDs, automatic transfer of external information, control of properties such as layer or color.

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PlantReporter

Create reports, data sheets, and analyses

Generate reports, lists, data sheets, and project analyses directly from your Plant 3D data. Compare versions and revisions so changes remain traceable throughout the project.

Typical functions: reports, data sheets, bills of materials, revision comparison, change comparison, analyses from Plant 3D project data, reporting without an AutoCAD Plant 3D workstation.

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PlantSpecDriven

Intelligently connect P&ID and 3D

Use pipe-class data directly in the P&ID and carry relevant information through to 3D modeling. PlantSpecDriven supports the transition from P&ID to 3D and helps you catch discrepancies between drawing and model earlier.

Typical functions: pipe-class data in the P&ID, P&ID-to-3D workflow, consistency checking, bills of materials from P&ID data, transfer of relevant component information.

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PlantSync

Synchronize project standards and configurations

Synchronize classes, properties, symbols, and project settings between reference projects and active projects. This lets you roll out standards in a controlled way, without manually comparing and adjusting every project.

Typical functions: project comparison, configuration synchronization, standards rollout, reference-project management, updating multiple projects.

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Typical use cases with PlantTools

anlagenbau-use-case-1-Situation: Project managers and engineers need current data but don't always have access to AutoCAD Plant 3D, or need to maintain data outside the CAD environment.

Solution: PlantDataManager provides project data in a tabular interface. PlantReporter generates reports, data sheets, and lists from it. Added information can flow into evaluations even if it hasn't been placed graphically in a drawing.

Tools used: PlantDataManager + PlantReporter 

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What our customers say

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We saw a 25% time savings in our 3D piping, and our error rate dropped to a minimum. With PlantTools, our daily work has become significantly easier.
Gerhard Kaiper
Senior Project Engineer and CAD System Administrator
Vogelbusch Biocommodities, Austria

PlantTools grow with your requirements

Every company works differently. That's why day-to-day project work often surfaces requirements that standard functions can't fully cover.  Together with our customers, we continuously develop PlantTools further, adding new capabilities for real-world use cases in plant engineering. Alongside developing the standard modules, we also review custom extensions when special project requirements arise.

Have a requirement PlantTools doesn't cover yet? Get in touch. Together we'll find the right solution.

Questions about PlantTools?

Tell us where you want to speed up work in AutoCAD Plant 3D. Our team will show you which functions fit your workflow.