Hi all,
Most of my work is fairly large scale mechanical installs some of which require P&IDs. I know how i could do it but has anyone had much luck producing P&IDs. If so are you willing to show some examples and how you done it.
This is where other packages excel as with a click of a button can turn models into P&IDs.
Heres an example of something im working on.
What is a P&ID ?
I wondered that too. I found this: Piping and instrumentation diagram - Wikipedia
AFAIK most of this kind of work is produced with specialized mechanical or electrical design software where you design the functionality as a diagram and the software can then output the required CAD or 3D representation of the design, so in an somewhat inverse workflow.
I understand @jean_lemire_1 used to do this kind of work, maybe he has an insight?
I agree yes and no, doesn’t have to be specialist its just a line diagram representing the electrical mechanical install with the correct numbers and attributes attached. Very much like an electrical drawing. Iv seen people do them in Excel for example.
I was just wondering if anyone had done it in from the 3D model or using Sketchup.
I use Visio for P&IDs. After the design is finalized in Visio, I move to SU for “virtual installation” modeling.
Check out this channel — it’s about HVAC, electrical, and piping using SU+ LO, with the VBO Piping Pro extension.
I usually prepare drafts of P&ID with SketchUp and then transfer that to my technicians using whatever format suits them (pdf, jpg) if it is just for reference or dwg if they want to import directly in their CAD software (AutoCAD, AutoPlant or other).
