Introduction to Plant Design 2025 (Imperial Units)

The Introduction to Plant Design 2025 guide introduces the P&ID drafting and 3D modeling concepts that will help teams collaborate on plant design models across projects.

In this learning guide, you learn how to use the AutoCAD(R) P&ID 2024, AutoCAD(R) Plant 3D 2024, and Autodesk(R) Navisworks(R) 2025 software products to complete a plant design project. The learning guide provides a comprehensive overview that includes all common workflows for plant design plus a focus on project setup and administration.

Topics Covered

Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D

Using AutoCAD P&ID

Using AutoCAD Plant 3D

Using Navisworks

Setting up and administering a plant project

Prerequisites

Access to the 2025.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2024).

A good working knowledge of AutoCAD (i.e., a minimum of 80 hours of work experience with the AutoCAD software) is recommended.