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Buy Autodesk Plant Design Suite software
| Version | Price |
|---|---|
| Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2021 | |
| Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2020 | |
| Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2018 | |
| Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2017 | |
| Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2016 |
What is Plant Design Suite?
Plant Design Suite is built for process facilities where P&IDs, 3D plant models, piping, equipment, and supporting structures belong to the same plant-design job. Its working object is the process facility, with engineering information organized around process systems, physical plant layout, and the drawings needed to document them.
Plant 3D and P&ID workflows sit at the center of the suite, supported by spec-driven plant modeling, coordinated plant data, and drawing output for piping and equipment work. Model-review tools can provide a secondary coordination check while the primary workflow remains plant engineering and documentation.
Best suited for
Best suited for plant and process engineers, piping designers, and industrial-facility teams that need to develop P&IDs, arrange piping and equipment in 3D, work from plant specifications, and produce coordinated plant documentation.
Plant Design Capabilities
- P&ID workflows: Develop process and instrumentation diagrams as a core part of plant engineering documentation.
- 3D plant modeling: Build process-facility models around piping, equipment, and supporting plant structures.
- Piping and equipment layout: Arrange connected plant systems around process requirements and physical facility constraints.
- Spec-driven plant work: Use project specifications to guide plant components and piping workflows.
- Coordinated plant data: P&ID and 3D plant-model workflows are coordinated around shared plant design data.
- Orthographic and isometric documentation: Produce plant drawings needed to communicate equipment, piping, and fabrication or installation intent.
- Plant model review: Use appropriate coordination and clash-review workflows as a secondary check on the process-facility model.
Plant Applications
| Workflow / Application | Where This Suite Fits |
|---|---|
| Process-plant layout | Facilities where piping, equipment, structures, and process documentation must be developed together. |
| P&ID development | Engineering work centered on process and instrumentation diagrams tied to the plant-design workflow. |
| Piping and equipment modeling | 3D arrangement of connected plant systems within industrial facility constraints. |
| Plant documentation | Orthographic, isometric, and related drawing output for plant design and downstream use. |
| Plant model coordination | Review piping, equipment, structures, and plant documentation together before issuing downstream drawings. |
Compatibility with existing plant projects
When choosing among the listed releases, match your existing plant-project database, drawing format, catalogs, piping specifications, and installation environment.
When a dedicated plant tool is enough
If the primary job is creating and maintaining plant P&IDs, pipe models and production drawings in a single dedicated tool rather than selecting a broader suite, compare AutoCAD Plant 3D.
For P&ID, Plant 3D, piping, equipment, spec-driven modeling, and process-facility documentation, buy the listed Plant Design Suite release you need from the version and price table above.