The Microeconomics of Plant Design
I have to admit to one thing: I really didn’t like the economics classes I had in college. Maybe it was the fact that I was broke most of the time and the concept of massive economies the size of...
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So I am sitting there working away in my little corner on Friday when all of a sudden, the live chat room became engulfed in the flame (pun intended?) of heated discussion that involved the Intergraph...
View ArticlePolyform Importer: The DWG batch importer for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design
I recently released my dwg batch import utility for 3ds Max Design called “Polyform Importer”. The purpose for creating the utility was to solve the problem of only being able to import one file at a...
View ArticleSmartPLANT Review .NET API Usage Tutorial
SmartPlant Review .NET API Usage Tutorial By Parrish Husband When I worked as a piping designer, the SmartPlant Review driving and reporting fell into my lap more times than I can remember. Eventually...
View ArticleMAXScript: Improve Viewport Performance with the DWG to 3DS Max Block Cleaner
AKA Optimize Your 3DS Max/Design Scene!! AKA One Of The Most Important Things To Do After Importing DWG Files Into 3DS Max/Design Importing DWG CAD files efficiently is one of 3DS Max’s many bright...
View ArticleAutoCAD Plant 3D: What is a Good Model Size?
Your Plant Buddy: Buddy Legnon Good day readers! Thanks for coming to our blog regarding the use of AutoCAD’s Plant 3D Tools. Today’s topic will be model sizes! What is a good model size? Well there...
View ArticleEfficient Xref Management for AutoCAD Plant 3D
Jarrod Mudford A successful 3D Model in AutoCAD Plant 3D relies on many efficient foundations. One of these foundations is Xref Management within your project. There is countless number of times that...
View ArticleAutoCAD Plant 3D: How To Customize The Line Number To Match A Client Standard
Brian Lister Greetings Readers, and welcome to another edition of Your Plant Buddy. Today’s blogger is Brian Lister. Brian is a Technical Account Manager with Autodesk and has been working at Autodesk...
View ArticleAutodesk Plant Design Suite 2016 Has Arrived!
Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2016 Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2016 provides intelligent 3D modeling documentation and review software. To meet the growing demands of the industry and the need for...
View ArticleView your SmartPLANT VUE files in Navisworks Manage 2015 and 2016
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. 10:43AM So it’s 10:37AM you’re sitting there trying to review a model in...
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