The 2024 Plant 3D toolset is included with AutoCAD

Create and edit P&IDs and 3D models, and extract piping orthographics and isometrics with an industry-specific toolset for plant design. With the Plant 3D toolset, you can:

  • Collaborate securely in a cloud-based common data environment  

  • Speed up and automate P&ID drafting and 3D modelling with in-context commands  

  • Automatically create piping isometric drawings directly from the 3D model  


Plant designed with the Plant 3D toolset

Plant 3D toolset features

Speed up your work with the AutoCAD Plant 3D toolset

Collaboration & P&IDs

Collaboration for Plant 3D

Collaborate on plant design models across project teams and maintain compliance requirements – all in a cloud-based common data environment.


Quick P&ID drafting

Use in-context AutoCAD commands to make P&ID drafting easier. (video: 58 sec.)


Industry-standard symbol libraries

The Plant 3D toolset is delivered with standard symbol libraries in the tool palettes. These include PIP, ISA, ISO/DIN and JIS.


Data validation

Quickly identify possible errors by scanning P&IDs for data consistency according to user-definable rules.


Benefits of the Plant 3D toolset

In this study, the Plant 3D toolset boosted productivity by up to 74%,* bringing significant time savings to common AutoCAD process plant design tasks.

Plant 3D workflows

Plant 3D toolset + BIM 360 Design

Plant designers use BIM 360 Design to collaborate across project teams in a cloud-based common data environment. 


Plant 3D toolset + Revit + Navisworks + InfraWorks

Use Plant 3D in the AEC Collection for spec-driven design, analysis, and construction-ready isometrics.


Autodesk AEC Collection

Streamline your workflows with Plant 3D, Civil 3D, InfraWorks, Revit and other BIM software and tools.