AutoCAD Plant 3D Isometrics Tutorial

AutoCAD Plant 3D Isometrics Tutorial

Autodesk Plant guru Joel Harris breaks down AutoCAD Plant 3D Isometrics for us into easy to swallow, bite sized chunks. Joel presented some of this material to a packed house at Autodesk University 2011. Click on the image to view the tutorial. Tweet This Post

3DS Max Design: How To Create A Great Looking Sky

3DS Max Design: How To Create A Great Looking Sky

In the following tutorial, we will create a skydome that accurately projects light onto your scene. This tutorial is based largely (entirely) from the master of Mental Ray rendering, Jeff Patton. Tutorial will take you to youtube–> 3DS Max Skydome creation – Try replacing “http://www.youtube.com” with “https://www.youtube.com” in order to view the video. If you [...]

Announcing Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012!!

Announcing Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2012!!

  Why yes that is our beloved Project X on the cover. Suite! So, rather than post all the amazing features and benefits of Autodesk’s 2012 release of the soon to be industry leading Plant Design Suite. I decided to create a short video about it. You can find all of the answers to your [...]

YouTube is blocked at your work?  Here’s the fix

YouTube is blocked at your work? Here’s the fix

  So YouTube is blocked at your work? Try this, it worked for me… bad = www.youtube.com good = https://www.youtube.com This works for me on youtube, twitter, and facebook so far. You’re welcome. Tweet This Post

But That’s the Way We’ve Always Done It!

But That’s the Way We’ve Always Done It!

These are words I despise. They are like, the Hitler of excuses…and I want to punch them in the face. Technology is constantly changing, progressing, advancing. As a result, Piping Design tools and technology are becoming far more advanced. From software to hardware, everyone is looking for the edge, right? I mean, we have software [...]

Project X makes the Autodesk 2011 Show Reel

Project X makes the Autodesk 2011 Show Reel

Tired of hearing about Project X accolades? We’re not! Huge thanks to Autodesk for putting our project in your reel, we are honored!! Congrats, Krew! You guys just keep blowing my mind. Click the play button below to play the reel or just check it out on YouTube! YouTube Link

Intergraph Moscow Leaves Back Door Open, All SP3D Training Manuals Are Available For Download

Intergraph Moscow Leaves Back Door Open, All SP3D Training Manuals Are Available For Download

Expert Smartplant 3D user and forum member “tim” discovered yesterday that every single SP3D 2009.1 Training Manual is now available for download via Intergraph Moscow’s ftp. You can see the post here: SEE ORIGINAL POST HERE I am guessing that Intergraph will be locking the door, soon. Tweet This Post

Excel VBA – Create A Basic Array Part 2

‘Yesterday, we learned how to create a basic array in Excel VBA. ‘Today we are going to actually do something with it. ‘Let’s highlight the rows of the people that are over 35. Here we go. Sub CollectRowValuesInAnArray() Dim startrow As Long Dim lastrow As Long Dim myArray() Dim a As Long Dim i As [...]

Excel VBA – Create A Basic Array Part 1

Most design software output’s to Microsoft Excel in some form or fashion. In this 2 part tutorial, I will show you how to collect an array of cell values in M$oft Excel VBA. There a few ways to loop through each row in excel VBA. For me, the quickest way is to dump the data [...]

PDS to Smartplant – Are They Fully Compatible?

PDS to Smartplant – Are They Fully Compatible?

Irene asks this great question and gets many great responses. Click the link below and post your own thoughts! PDS to Smartplant – Are They Fully Compatible? Thanks! Tweet This Post