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P&ID for Solidworks/ SW Routing

P&ID for Solidworks/ SW Routing

P&ID for Solidworks/ SW Routing

(OP)
We are currently using SW and will working on a project in which we will be needing to generate Process and Instrumentation Diagrams.  I've generated process flow diagrams before as SW drawings and it is tedious. It appears the piping features available in SW Routing are rather limited so I'm wondering if it's worth continuing working on the design in SW?  What's out there as an add-in or stand alone product for creating layouts and P&ID's?  

RE: P&ID for Solidworks/ SW Routing

I have not used it, but I heard from others that they use MS Visio.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 08; CATIA V5
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RE: P&ID for Solidworks/ SW Routing

(OP)
I installed a trial licence of Visio, seems to be working out pretty well.

RE: P&ID for Solidworks/ SW Routing

Just to throw my 2 cents in...Visio is not bad after you work with it for a while...when I started using it it seemed a little counter-intuitive...but then..it could have been just me :)

Designer / Drafter
SolidWorks 2009

It doesn't sound crazy from MY point of view!

RE: P&ID for Solidworks/ SW Routing

Going to try a free trial of the AutoCAD package here tomorrow, will report once I've fiddled a bit.

Joe Hasik, CSWP/SMTL
SW 09 x64, SP 1.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

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