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CADWorx Plant

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Smart Isometrics Version
8
Spoolgen Version
10
CADWorx Version
20.2
CADWorx Structure Version
4.2

You can run CADWorx Plant and the standalone versions of CADWorx Equipment and CADWorx Structure simultaneously within the same CAD platform session. You run the programs simultaneously when your model contains equipment that was created in Equipment, or a structure that was created in Structure and you need to modify the equipment or structure in the Plant drawing session.

Load Structure and Equipment in Plant in AutoCAD

  1. In Plant, click Tools > Options.

    The Options dialog box displays.

  2. On the Files tab, expand Support File Search Path.

  3. Click Add, and then browse to the CADWorx Equipment support folder or CADWorx Structure support folder. Click OK.

    To load Structure, click Add, and then browse to the Blocks folder, click OK. Click Add again, and then browse to the Borders folder, click OK.

  4. Move the Structure path and the Equipment path below the Plant path as shown in the following figure.

    The Plant path must be listed first in the Support File Search Path.

    PlantAndEquipment

  5. Collapse Support File Search Path, and then expand Trusted Locations.

  6. Click Add, and then browse to the CADWorx Equipment support folder or CADWorx Structure support folder, and then click OK.

    The Options dialog box displays the product paths on the Files tab, as shown in the following figure.

    Trusted Paths

  7. Click OK on the Option dialog box, and then close the dialog box and exit CADWorx Plant.

  8. Start Windows Explorer and browse to the CADWorx Plant support directory (for example, C:\[CADWorx Version]\Plant\Support).

  9. Locate the acad.rx file, and then open it in a text editor.

  10. Type CADWorxEquipment.arx and CADWorxStructure.arx below CADWorxPlant.arx.

    editACADRXfile

    • If CADWorxEquipment.arx or CADWorxStructure.arx is above CADWorxPlant.arx, CADWorx Plant tool tips do not function.

    • To use CADWorx Structure in CADWorx Plant, make sure they are both installed on the same version of the selected CAD platform.

  11. Start CADWorx Plant.

    CADWorx Equipment and Structure start simultaneously within Plant.

  12. If the Equipment menu does not load, run the LOADMENUEQUIP command.

Load Structure and Equipment in Plant in BricsCAD

  1. In Plant, type Options on the command line.

    The Settings dialog box displays.

  2. Expand Files.

  3. Click Support file search path, and then click the ellipsis.

  4. Click Add Add Line to Support File Search Path BCAD, and then browse to the CADWorx Equipment Support or CADWorx Structure Support folder.

    To load Structure, click Add, and then browse to the Blocks folder, click OK. Click Add again, and then browse to the Borders folder, click OK.

  5. Move the Structure path and the Equipment path below the Plant path as shown in the following image.

    The Plant path must be listed first in the Folder List.

    Load Structure and Equipment in Plant

  6. Click OK on the Option dialog box, and then close the dialog box and exit CADWorx Plant.

  7. Start Windows Explorer and browse to the CADWorx Plant support directory (for example, C:\[CADWorx Version]\Plant\Support).

  8. Locate the autoload.rx file, and open it using a text editor.

  9. Type CADWorxEquipment.brx and CADWorxStructure.brx below CADWorxPlant.brx.

    editautoloadrx

    • If CADWorxEquipment.brx or CADWorxStructure.brx is above CADWorxPlant.brx, CADWorx Plant tool tips do not function.

    • To use CADWorx Structure in CADWorx Plant, make sure they are both installed on the same version of the selected CAD platform.

  10. Start CADWorx Plant.

    CADWorx Equipment and Structure start simultaneously within Plant.

  11. If the Equipment menu does not load, run the LOADMENUEQUIP command.