
Fast Track Plant
Win64, EnglishGeneral Usage Instructions
Install the product and run commands as needed. On new projects, you will be prompted to FASTTRACKPLANTSETUP to add required database columns to the project setup.
Commands
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UPDATESELECTIONDISPLAY |
Updates defined linked properties to show the description value for selection lists. For example, you can link a Service Description property to the Service property to have General Process show when P is selected for Service. |
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RENAMEPROJECT |
Rename the current Plant 3D or P&ID project. |
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COPYPIPE |
Retains line numbers while copying pipe to other drawings in the project. |
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EDITEXCELSYNC |
Allows customizing the import and update routines by defining the header row, columns, and other information. |
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AUTOSYNCSPECLISTFROMPLANT |
Updates the P&ID Spec list from the Plant 3D specs when project setup is closed. |
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USEENDTYPES |
Indicates whether P&ID items should show end types (like welds, and flanges). If you want only one end type (like flanges), you will need to create a blank end type block and assign that to the other end types while keeping USEENDTYPES on. |
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EXPORTPROJECTTOZIP |
SQLite only - Allows users to export selected files and folders to a zip file for easy transmission. |
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EXTRACTPROJECTZIPANDOPEN |
Extracts the select project zip to a folder and opens it. |
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ORIENTATTRIBUTES |
Allows the user to rotate, move, or mirror attributes in P&ID annotations or ortho annotations. |
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SETPARTSIZECURRENT |
Allows setting the current pipe routing size by picking on a part in the model |
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USEPNIDSPECPARTS |
A toggle that will prompt the user to select an item from the piping spec. A selection dialog displays when a part is placed on a line that has size and spec properties filled in, and if the part is mapped to a 3D shape in the project setup. |
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SHOWOUTOFSPECPARTS |
Draws red circles around the objects that have mappings to 3D parts in the project setup, and have out of date or missing information. |
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SETPARTSPECCURRENT |
Sets the current routing spec by picking on a part in the model |
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SHOWSPECVIEWER |
Shows the spec viewer for 3D models. |
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UPDATELINEPROPERTIES |
Updates the nominal size, nominal spec for P&ID line groups and P3D Line Groups. Updates line size/spec for lines connected across pages. Runs automatically when drawings open. |
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CLEARPLANTLOCALDATACACHEONSTARTU |
Clears the local data cache before a project gets loaded. This increases the startup time, but ensures that stale data is not read. |
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BATCHORTHOUPDATE |
Update a selection of ortho drawings |
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SELECTIONLISTSYNC |
Synchronizes selections lists between P&ID and Plant 3D |
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AUTOSWITCHPALETTES |
Switches tool palette groups from P&ID to 3D groups (for the groups set in the project setup) when the user changes from a P&ID to a 3D model. |
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SETPARTALLCURRENT |
Sets the current routing size, spec, and line number by picking on a part in the model |
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UPDATEEXCEL |
Writes to an existing Excel export. Calculated columns are not over-written; this will allow engineers to work of one spreadsheet instead of multiple exports. See EDITEXCELSYNC for customisation options. |
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SETPROJECTTEXTSTYLE |
Allows a user to assign a text style to all annotations and blocks in the project setup. |
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EDITSELECTIONLISTDISPLAY |
Control which selection lists descriptions get saved to columns. |
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EQUIPMENTSUBSTITUTEBLOCK |
Substitute an existing equipment block with another one from the model. For example, if you use the IMPORT command to bring an Autodesk® Inventor® file, you can import again after changes are made to update the existing converted equipment model with graphical changes. |
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LISTUSERLOGS |
Displays the users who have opened the project |
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SELECTIONLISTIMPORT |
Imports modified selection lists |
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CONVERTTOCONTROLVALVE |
Convert a manual valve in the 3D model to a control valve. |
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PURGEPNPSTYLES |
In some rare cases, you may need to purge the PnP Styles from a drawing in order to refresh the symbol data. This command purges the dictionary so that SYNCHSTYLES creates fresh symbol information in the current drawing. NEVER run this on a projsymbolstyle.dwg. |
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USERLOGGINGENABLED |
Turns user logging on for the current user |
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POPULATEPROPERTIES |
A configurable prompt that allows users to input data that is not in the tag format when objects are inserted. |
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EDITSELECTIONLISTSYNC |
Edit which selection lists get sync'd between P&ID and Plant 3D |
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FASTTRACKPLANTLICENSE |
Displays the license manager to activate or deactivate licenses. |
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SETPARTLINECURRENT |
Sets the current line number by picking on a part in the model |
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LINEGROUPSYNCTAGS |
Allows the user to change which property is used to sync between P&ID line groups and 3d line groups. |
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IMPORTEXCEL |
Imports data from Excel into the project without opening drawings. NO validation or rejection occurs, so all changes are accepted allowing for a faster data import. See EDITEXCELSYNC for customization options. |
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ALIGNVIEWCUBETOPIPE |
Aligns the ortho view cube to a pipe while in the ortho view editing mode. Helpful when creating orthos of skewed piping |
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BATCHLINETAGTRIMUPDATE |
Updates the trimmed line tag property for the entire project. |
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OUTOFSPECGRAPHICCOLOR |
Changes the color used to show out of spec graphics (P&ID). |
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EquipmentSubstitute_32.png |
Substitute an existing block-based equipment with a new block while retaining nozzles and equipment information. |
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PIDTO3DLINEGROUPSYNC |
Updates values in 3D line groups that have matching tags from values in the corresponding P&ID line groups (for all columns that have the same names). |
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ROUTETOOFFSET |
While routing pipe, route to a point offset from another. For example, route 6" past the center line of a column by pick the center line, dragging in a direction and entering 6. |
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ASSIGNSPECPROPERTIES |
Applies information from part in a 3D pipe spec to a P&ID item, like a valve. By assigning information to P&ID objects, reports can be created based on the spec information. |
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SELECTIONLISTEXPORT |
Exports selection lists to Excel for modifications |
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LINEGROUPVIEWER |
A palette that helps isolate line groups in a model. You can also list other models that have the same line group, and locate parts of a line group that have been separated from each other (which breaks isos). |
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SYNCSPECLISTFROMPLANT |
Read the spec files from Plant 3D and modifies the P&ID spec list to match. |
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CLEARSELECTIONLIST |
Remove the values from a selection list |
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EXTRACTPROJECTZIP |
Extracts selected project zip to a folder for opening |
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FASTTRACKUPBATCHUPDATEPROPERTIES |
Updates all properties in an existing project to use available Fasttrack Plant functions. |
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PICKELEVATION |
Allows the user to pick a point to change elevation while routing pipe |
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FASTTRACKPLANTSETUP |
Configures the current project to work with the plugin. Details are written at the command line. |
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AUTOFILLINNOMINALSPEC |
Indicate whether or not to fill in the nominal spec automatically for the current project (while running the UPDATELINEPROPERTIES command). |
Installation/Uninstallation
The installer that ran when you downloaded this plug-in from Autodesk App Store has already installed the plug-in. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 7/8.1/10) or Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP), and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.
After purchasing the app from the App store, your installation will be a 30-day trial. Along with the purchase, you will receive an email with an activation code. To complete the activation, please see these activation instructions. http://www.pdoteam.com/license-activation/
Additional Information
Online help (and a download for offline help) is available here: http://www.pdoteam.com/help/fasttrackplant/
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Version History
Version Number | Version Description |
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1.0.6 |
1.0.6 Added compatibility with Plant 3D 2018, 2019, and 2020! Unfortunately, we had to drop compatibility with 2017 and older. If you still use 2017 and older, please continue to use the previous version. If you have purchased Fast Track Plant, your license key should work with any version. 1.0.17018 Fixed P&ID spec dialog prompting, and some validation issues. Added SETPROJECTBYBLOCK to update all project block color to ByBlock. 1.0.16299 Remove the Deploy Scripts button since it's not being used. 1.0.16286 Fixed a bug where the spec directory for Spec-Driven P&IDs didn’t update when the project was changed. Verified Spec-Driven P&IDs work with Vault Fixed bugs where valves wouldn’t show if out of spec if the line size changed Fixed a bug in the BATCHLINETAGTRIMUPDATE where it wouldn’t update pipe run components. |
1.0.17018 |
1.0.17018 Fixed P&ID spec dialog prompting, and some validation issues. Added SETPROJECTBYBLOCK to update all project block color to ByBlock. 1.0.16299 Remove the Deploy Scripts button since it's not being used. 1.0.16286 Fixed a bug where the spec directory for Spec-Driven P&IDs didn’t update when the project was changed. Verified Spec-Driven P&IDs work with Vault Fixed bugs where valves wouldn’t show if out of spec if the line size changed Fixed a bug in the BATCHLINETAGTRIMUPDATE where it wouldn’t update pipe run components. |
1.0.16299 |
1.0.16299 Remove the Deploy Scripts button since it's not being used. 1.0.16286 Fixed a bug where the spec directory for Spec-Driven P&IDs didn’t update when the project was changed. Verified Spec-Driven P&IDs work with Vault Fixed bugs where valves wouldn’t show if out of spec if the line size changed Fixed a bug in the BATCHLINETAGTRIMUPDATE where it wouldn’t update pipe run components. |
1.0.6080 |
1.0.6080 - Fixed startup bug Initial Release |
1.0 |
Initial Release |