SmartPlant 3D

Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Version 2009.1

January 2010

DSP3D-TP-100025B

Copyright
Copyright 2010 Intergraph Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Including software, file formats, and audiovisual displays; may be used pursuant to applicable software license agreement; contains
confidential and proprietary information of Intergraph and/or third parties which is protected by copyright law, trade secret law, and
international treaty, and may not be provided or otherwise made available without proper authorization from Intergraph Corporation.

U.S. Government Restricted Rights Legend

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject to restrictions as set forth below. For civilian agencies: This was developed at
private expense and is "restricted computer software" submitted with restricted rights in accordance with subparagraphs (a) through (d) of the
Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights clause at 52.227-19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations ("FAR") and its successors,
and is unpublished and all rights are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. For units of the Department of Defense ("DoD"):
This is "commercial computer software" as defined at DFARS 252.227-7014 and the rights of the Government are as specified at DFARS
227.7202-3.
Unpublished - rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.
Intergraph Corporation
P.O. Box 240000
Huntsville, AL 35813
Street address: 170 Graphics Drive, Madison, AL 35758

Terms of Use
Use of this software product is subject to the End User License Agreement and Limited Product Warranty ("EULA") delivered with this
software product unless the licensee has a valid signed license for this software product with Intergraph Corporation. If the licensee has a
valid signed license for this software product with Intergraph Corporation, the valid signed license shall take precedence and govern the use
of this software product. Subject to the terms contained within the applicable license agreement, Intergraph Corporation gives licensee
permission to print a reasonable number of copies of the documentation as defined in the applicable license agreement and delivered with the
software product for licensee's internal, non-commercial use. The documentation may not be printed for resale or redistribution.

Warranties and Liabilities

All warranties given by Intergraph Corporation about equipment or software are set forth in the EULA provided with the software or
applicable license for the software product signed by Intergraph Corporation, and nothing stated in, or implied by, this document or its
contents shall be considered or deemed a modification or amendment of such warranties. Intergraph believes the information in this
publication is accurate as of its publication date.
The information and the software discussed in this document are subject to change without notice and are subject to applicable technical
product descriptions. Intergraph Corporation is not responsible for any error that may appear in this document.
The software discussed in this document is furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of this
license. No responsibility is assumed by Intergraph for the use or reliability of software on equipment that is not supplied by Intergraph or its
affiliated companies. THE USER OF THE SOFTWARE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THE FINAL EVALUATION AS TO THE
USEFULNESS OF THE SOFTWARE IN HIS OWN ENVIRONMENT.
Intergraph is not responsible for the accuracy of delivered data including, but not limited to, catalog, reference and symbol data. Users should
verify for themselves that the data is accurate and suitable for their project work.

Trademarks
Intergraph, the Intergraph logo, PDS, SmartPlant, SmartMarine, FrameWorks, I-Convert, I-Export, I-Sketch, IntelliShip, INtools, ISOGEN,
MARIAN, SmartSketch, SPOOLGEN, SupportManager, and SupportModeler are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intergraph
Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. MicroStation is a registered trademark of Bentley Systems, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their
respective owners.

Contents
Lab 1 Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol .................................................................................................. 1
Lab 2 New Composed Drawing and Drawing Properties ...................................................................... 12
Lab 3 Volume by Two Points, Associate and Update View ................................................................... 14
Lab 4 Place Composed View, Place Report View, Associate and Update Drawing ............................ 18
Lab 5 Add Key Plan View ........................................................................................................................ 23
Lab 6 Place Volume by Four Points, Associate Existing View to New Volume,
Update View ............................................................................................................................................... 25
Lab 7 Volume by Selection and Volume by Path ................................................................................... 27
Lab 8 Create Snapshot View, Place Snapshot View with Preview, Update View ............................... 30
Lab 9 Place cutting plane and place section view ................................................................................... 33
Lab 10 Place detail envelope and place detail view ................................................................................ 35
Lab 11 Creating Volume Drawings ......................................................................................................... 37
Lab 12 Drawings by Query....................................................................................................................... 40
Lab 13 3D Model Data (SmartPlant Review) Workflow ....................................................................... 45
Lab 14 Placing Labels ............................................................................................................................... 47
Lab 15 Placing Dimensions ....................................................................................................................... 56
Lab 16 Scaled Sketching ........................................................................................................................... 58

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

iii

Lab 1 Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

Objective

Learn SmartSketch 2D concepts:

o Drafting
o Relationships
o Fill
o Dimensioning
o Variable Table
o Symbol Creation and Parameterization
Create a parametric 2D Symbol for a pipe end

Draw the Graphics

1. Start Drawing Editor.
2. Make sure that Tools Maintain Relationships is turned on.

3. Select Tools SmartSketch Settings and make sure that Mid Point is checked.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

4. Select the line command and place a vertical line on the sheet.

5. Reset (right mouse click) and place a horizontal line on the sheet. Reset to exit the
place line command.

6. Display the relationship toolbar by clicking on the Main toolbar Relationship button.

7. Select the Connect relationship command.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

8. Move your mouse over the horizontal line until you see the midpoint glyph displayed
and click the left mouse button.

9. Move your mouse over the vertical line until you see the midpoint glyph display and
click the left mouse button.

10. The horizontal line should move so that its midpoint is coincident with the vertical
lines midpoint.

11. Select the Equal relationship command.

12. Click on the vertical line and then the horizontal line.
13. The vertical line and the horizontal line should become the same length (the length of
the horizontal line).

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

14. Turn off the Relationship toolbar by clicking the red X in the titlebar of the toolbar.
15. Select the circle command on the Draw toolbar and move over the intersection of the
two lines. Click the left mouse button when the midpoint glyph is displayed to begin
the circle.

16. Move the mouse some distance and click again to place the circle.

17. Select the Fill command on the Draw toolbar.

18. On the ribbon bar for the Fill command, select a Solid style and select black as the
color.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

19. Click in the upper right and lower left quadrants of the circle to fill them.

Add the Dimensions

20. Select Tools Layers to display the Layers ribbon bar.

21. Type in Dimensions to create a layer for the dimensions.

22. Display the Dimension toolbar by clicking the Dimension button on the Main toolbar.

23. Select the SmartDimension command.

24. Dimension the diameter of the circle and the vertical line. Both dimensions should be
black (driving dimensions).

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

25. Select Tools Variables to display the Variable Table. There should be two entries,
one for the diameter of the circle and one for the length of the lines.

26. In the Formula field for the dimension for the length of the lines, enter 1.5*V128
(note Replace V128 with the actual name of the circle dimension displayed in your
Variable Table) and close the dialog. The two lines should resize with respect to the
circle.

27. Select the dimension for the circle diameter and change its value in the dimension
ribbonbar to verify that the formula is being correctly applied.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

Create the Symbol

28. Select all of the objects using Edit Select All or by using the Select Tool.
29. Click the Create Symbol command on the Draw toolbar.

30. Click at the center point of the circle (the intersection of the two lines) to set the
symbol origin.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

31. Enter a name and select the location in the File SaveAs dialog.

Set the symbol parameters and behaviors

32. Open the symbol by selecting File Open and browse to the symbol file you just
created.
33. Select Tools Add-Ins to display the Add-In Manager dialog and turn on the Symbol
Authoring Tools add-in.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

34. On the Symbol Authoring toolbar, select Symbol Properties.

35. On the General tab, turn off Scale handles and Mirror handles.

36. Click on the Parameters tab.

37. Make sure that the dimension for the Circle is selected and in the parameter name
field enter OPD. Click Apply and OK.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

38. On the Layers ribbon bar (if not displayed, use tools Layers to display it), select the
Default layer in the combo box; then click the Display layers button.

39. Turn off the display of the dimensions layer and click OK.

40. Save and Close the symbol file.

Place and Test the symbol

10

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Creating a Parametric 2D Symbol

41. Display the Symbol Explorer by clicking on the Symbol Explorer button on the Main
toolbar.

42. Use the Symbol Explorer to locate and drag in your symbol.
43. In the Attribute Viewer, set the value of OPD to 3 in and verify that the symbol
resizes. Change the value and verify that the symbol resizes again.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

11

New Composed Drawing and Drawing Properties

Lab 2 New Composed Drawing and

Drawing Properties
Objective

Create a new composed drawing

Set drawing properties

Create New Drawing

1.
2.
3.
4.

Define a workspace using the filter Plant Filters - Training Filters U01
Switch to Space Management task using Tasks Space Management
Open the Drawing Console using Tools Drawing Console
Right mouse click on Composed Drawings and select New Drawing

5. In the Drawing Sheet General Properties dialog, fill in values as below (by key-in or
selection) and click OK.
Name: Piping Plan 1
Layout Template: Piping Plan 0.25 in = 1 ft.sha
Border Template: Imperial\D_Wide_Note_Area.sha
This opens Drawing Editor.

6. Close the drawing editor and save when prompted.

12

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

New Composed Drawing and Drawing Properties

Drawing Properties
7. Reopen the Drawing Console, right mouse click on the Piping Plan 1 drawing and
select Properties. The properties window for the specific drawing opens.
8. In the Signature Area tab, select the Designed By field and enter your intials, e.g.
SND, then click in any other field. Notice that Behavior changes to Override

9. Click OK to close the properties dialog.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

13

Volume by Two Points, Associate and Update View

Lab 3 Volume by Two Points,

Associate and Update View
Objective

Place volume by two points using 3D pin point

Associate view to volume and filter
Update view

Place Volume by Two Points

1.
2.
3.
4.

Start Pin Point toolbar, pick the Global coordinate system and set target to origin.
Start the Place Volume by Two Points command in the vertical toolbar.
In the ribbon bar, enter U01 2 Points in the Name field
Browse the Type field and select Definitions Drawing Volumes DrawingVolumes
DWGVOLUME1 and click OK
5. Select the Database radio button.
6. Browse the Space Folder field and select the U01 and U02 folder.
7. Select the Disable Assoc Point Creation button

8. In the pin point toolbar, enter E = 72, N = 2, EL = -2 and click in the graphic view.
9. In the pin point toolbar, enter E = 112, N = 58, EL = 34 and click in the graphic
view.

Associate View to Volume and Update View

10. Open the Drawing Console
11. Right mouse click on Piping Plan 1 and Edit. This opens Drawing Editor.

14

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Volume by Two Points, Associate and Update View

12. Select the view in the opened drawing and select the Associate Objects to View
button in the toolbar.

13. Switch to the 3D window and select the volume placed

14. In the Filter field, select More
15. Browse to Plant Filters Composed Drawing Filters Drawings U01 and U02 and
click New Filter (Simple or Asking)

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

15

Volume by Two Points, Associate and Update View

16. Name the filter U01 and select the systems U01 and U01 CS as shown.
17. Click OK to define the filter.
18. Select the filter just defined and click OK to associate it with the view.

16

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Volume by Two Points, Associate and Update View

19. Switch back to the Drawing Editor window and right mouse click on the view and
select Update View

20. The status bar indicates that a view update is in progress

21. After update completes zoom into the drawing and observe the output. Then close the
drawing, saying yes to save changes.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

17

Place Composed View, Place Report View, Associate and Update Drawing

Lab 4 Place Composed View, Place

Report View, Associate and Update
Drawing
Objective

Place drawing view using 2D pin point

Place a non-graphical (report) view
Associate report view to drawing view

Create New Drawing

1. Open Drawing Console
2. Right mouse click on Composed Drawings and select New Drawing
3. Enter values as shown and click OK to create a new drawing.
Name: Equipment Plan 1
Layout Template: Empty.sha
Border Template: Imperial\D_Wide_Note_Area.sha
This opens the drawing editor.

Place Drawing View

4. In Drawing Editor, select Tools PinPoint to start the 2D pinpoint, then click the
Select command to dismiss the target.

18

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Place Composed View, Place Report View, Associate and Update Drawing

5. Start the place line command and click in the drawing sheet to activate pinpoint, then
set step to 1, then run select command to terminate the place line command.

6. Click the Place view button in the toolbar to start the placement of a view.

7. Click at X=0 5, Y = 17 to start view placement, click at X = 17, Y = 05 to

finish view placement. The drawing view properties dialog is shown

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

19

Place Composed View, Place Report View, Associate and Update Drawing

8. Select More in the Style field and select Equipment Plan

9. Name the view and select the Scale Family and Scale as shown and click OK.

Place Report view

10. Select the Place Report View button in the toolbar.

11. Place the report view from X = 18, Y=17 to X=24, Y = 12

20

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Place Composed View, Place Report View, Associate and Update Drawing

12. In the Report Template, field, select More.. and select the Equipment Material Takeoff report

13. Name the view as shown and click OK.

Associate Drawing View to Volume

14. Select the drawing view and click the Associate Objects to View button.
15. Select the U01 2 Points volume in 3D
16. Select the U01 filter defined earlier (Plant Filters Composed Drawing Filters
Drawings U01 and U02 U01)

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

21

Place Composed View, Place Report View, Associate and Update Drawing

Associate Report View to Drawing View

17. Select the report view and click the Associate Objects to View button
18. In the 3D window, click Finish

19. Close the drawing and save when prompted

Update the Drawing

20. Open Drawing Console
21. Right mouse click on Equipment Plan 1 and select Update Now

22

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Add Key Plan View

Lab 5 Add Key Plan View

Objective

Place drawing view and use a key-plan view style

Associate key plan view to orthographic view

1. Right mouse click on Equipment Plan 1 and Edit

2. Start the Place View command from the toolbar.
3. Place the view in the bottom right hand corner of the drawing using the four points as
a guide. The drawing view properties dialog is shown.

4. Select the Equipment Key Plan style

5. Name the view Key Plan and select the scale as Fit to Scale

6. Click OK
7. Select the key plan view and click the Associate Objects to View button
SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

23

Add Key Plan View

8. In the 3D window, click Finish

9. Right-mouse click on the key plan view and update view.

10. Close the drawing and save when prompted.

24

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Place Volume by Four Points, Associate Existing View to New Volume, Update View

Lab 6 Place Volume by Four Points,

Associate Existing View to New
Volume, Update View
Objective

Place 3D volume by 4 points for rotated views on drawings

Dissociate view from inputs

Place Volume by Four Points

1.
2.
3.
4.

Refresh the workspace

Activate Pinpoint, select the Global coordinate system and set target to origin.
Start the Place Volume by Four Points command
Enter the Name U01 4 Points in the ribbon bar

5. Place the four points around the existing volume U01 2 Points in the order
E 72 N 58 EL -2
E 72 N 2 EL -2
E 112 N 2 EL -2
E 112 N 2 EL 34

Associate Existing View to New Volume

6. Open Drawing Console
7. Right mouse click on Piping Plan 1 and Edit
8. Select the graphic view and click the Remove Associated Inputs button and accept
the prompts

9. Select the graphic view and click the Associate Objects to View button

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

25

Place Volume by Four Points, Associate Existing View to New Volume, Update View

10. Select the U01 4 Points volume in the workspace explorer

11. In the Filter field select the U01 filter

12. Right mouse click on the graphic view in drawing editor and update view.
13. Close the drawing and save when prompted.

26

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Volume by Selection and Volume by Path

Lab 7 Volume by Selection and Volume

by Path
Objective

Place drawing volume by selection (growing to include newly selected objects)

Place a drawing volume along a single segment path (for non-rectangular volume)

Place Volume by Selection

1. Define workspace using filter Plant Filters Training Filters U02
2. Start the Place Volume by Selection command.
3. Name the volume Volume by Selection and set the type and space folder as shown.

4. Select (graphically or through WSE) the following objects: (Equipment) VS-102,

(Equipment) PUS2-02, (Pipe Run) U02-6-P-0002-1C0031 (under Pipeline 2001-P)
5. Click Finish to complete volume placement.

Place Non-Rectangular Volume

6. Activate pinpoint toolbar
7. Start the Place Volume Along Path command from the vertical toolbar.
8. Enter values E=20, N=20, EL = 45 in pinpoint, click once in a graphic view
9. Enter values E=20, N=20, EL = 0 in pinpoint, click once in graphic view
10. Click Finish in the ribbon bar.

11. Name the volume Volume by Path and set the type and space folder as shown.
12. In the Cross-section pick list, pick Sketch
13. Click the Cross section button.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

27

Volume by Selection and Volume by Path

14. With the CTRL key pressed, select the four segments in the view and delete them
using the delete button in the sketch ribbon.

15. Sketch the desired cross section that follows the path of the pipeline and the
connected equipment as shown, making sure to complete the path to be a closed
curve.

16. Click Finish once to complete the sketch path.

28

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

Volume by Selection and Volume by Path

17. Click Finish again to finish the volume placement.

Create New Drawing

18. Open Drawing Console
19. Right mouse click on Composed Drawings and select New Drawing
20. Enter values as shown and click OK to create a new drawing. This opens the drawing
editor.

Associate Views to Volumes

21. In Drawing Editor, select the left view and associate it to the volume by selection
22. In the filter field select More
23. Browse to Plant Filters Composed Drawing Filters Drawings U01 and U02 and
create a new filter named U02 that selects the U02 and U02 CS systems.
24. Select the right view and associate it to the volume by path and the same filter (U02)
above.
25. Update both views by right mouse click update view command.

SmartPlant 3D Drawing Creation Practice Labs

29