CADWorx 2019 SP 2 Plant Design Suite

List of features in the new version 19.0.1.87 software version

Introduction

CADWorx Plant Design Suite is an integrated and complete software series for plant
design that provides intelligent drawing/database connectivity, advanced levels of
automation, and easy-to-use drafting tools. The comprehensive series of design tools
includes equipment, process and instrument diagrams, and design review, plus
automatic isometrics and bills of material.

New Features in CADWorx 2019 SP 2

The latest CADWorx release delivers a number of significant new and extended
capabilities in response to current market requirements, as well as direct
feedback from the growing CADWorx. The following changes have been made
to CADWorx Suite.

CADWorx 2019 Service Pack 2

This user's guide has the following changes for this release.

What’s Changed in CADWorx P&ID 2019 SP2

• DM ‐ 30476: Line Number not inheriting. - Custom Instruments are now able to
inherit line numbers.
• DM ‐ 30477: Unable to select the component after stretch In 2019 SP2, users are
now able to select a component after applying the STRETCH command on the
component.
• DM ‐ 30478: Custom instr. using insert valve function should honor instruments
properties. - Users can now create custom instruments using the insert valve
function, honoring the out‐of‐the‐box instrument characteristics which gives
greater flexibility in defining custom instruments. Custom instruments do not
inherit values for size or spec when you specify INST as the Table Name when
creating an item under the valve section. Instruments created with INST table
name will be assigned a PID program code of 302 and have instrument
properties.
• DM ‐ 30479: Removing Links removes Link Information. - Removing links
between drawings will not cause issues like losing information associated with
components on process lines.
• DM ‐ 30480: Inserting Reducer causes LINE_NUM field corrupt. - Inserting a
reducer will not corrupt the Line_Num field of Valve and Orifice Pair.
• DM ‐ 30481: Removing Links breaks Process Line Functionality. - P&ID 2019
SP2 allows you to remove the links between drawings so that users do not need
to redraw the components. P&ID will retain the information on the process line
and its associated components.

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 • DM ‐ 30482: Fatal Error when zooming in and out. - Fatal errors were occurring
when placing an assembly block vessel and performing zoom in and out
operations.
• DM ‐ 30483: Vessels and Pumps do not maintain intelligence. - Vessels and
Pumps now maintain intelligence after placement.
• DM ‐ 30485: Corrupt Data Added to Instrument Lines. - Users will no longer get
“Code 1000 string shows corrupted data” on an instrument line after placing it in
a drawing.
• DM ‐ 30486: Cannot stretch tail end of line using grip. - Users can now stretch
the length of a process line using the grip at the tail end of the line.
• DM ‐ 30487: DBAUDIT Issue. - Running DBAudit will not return false errors, and
the user is able to open the edit dialog on all components.
• DM ‐ 30488: Reducer updates spec of tag incorrectly. - Tags update correctly
after inserting a reducer on a process line, in both imperial and metric unit
drawings.
• DM ‐ 30489: Size and spec of angle valve errors during the first insert. - The size
and spec properties of an angle valve will not show error after inserting on a
process line.
• DM ‐ 30615: Cannot select option for insert reducer with Japanese.dic. - Users
can select options in the command line when inserting a reducer with Japanese
language files.
• DM ‐ 30952: Multiline text not Syncing and is locking. - Now users should not
have to manually SYNC in BATTMAN for Blocks Multiline Text to word wrap.
Also, the text will not be locked so that the user is able to edit multiline text without
synchronizing the block.

What’s Changed in CADWorx Plant 2019 SP2

• DM‐30272: Issues with various Custom Data not showing up on BOM. - When
applying Custom Data information, not all Custom Data was appearing in the
Available Columns for CUSTOM FIELD in the Bill of Material Templates.
• DM‐30273: Cloudworx 6.4.2 won't allow launching CADWorx Structure into
CADWorx Plant. - It has been discovered that if users have Cloudworx 6.4.2, it
will not allow you to launch CADWorx Structure within CADWorx Plant. If
Structure was launched on its own, there was no issue.
• DM‐30274: Machine Bolts not inserting correctly. - If the user had Bolts set to
automatically insert, the Machine Bolt Head was shown the wrong way.
• DM‐30275: Intelligence Issue with HGENERIC attachment. - With HGENERIC
attachments created prior to CADWorx Plant 2018, users encountered a loss of
the long description when exploding the block in CADWorx Plant 2019.
• DM‐30277: Fatal Error stretching 2D Single Line Pipe components. - A user
encountered a fatal error when stretching 2D Single Line components using the
End Grip of piping components.
• DM‐30278: Issue w/ User Shapes created from Points/Polyline. - When
reopening the DWG, the USERSHAPES created from points/polylines did not
appear correctly and were completely different from the original User Shape.
• DM‐30279: Cannot create subfolders for Topworks. - Users were unable to create
subfolders in the Specification Editor for Topworks.

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 • DM‐30280: Variable Length Nipple Issue. - A designer encountered an issue
where Nipple Lengths did not follow dimensional values set inside the
MINLEN/MAXLEN value of the Nipple Data Table when the CFG was set to "Use
Catalog Length" (Variable Component Length Assign).
• DM‐30281: Pipe Length Rule not working on BricsCAD. - CADWorx was not
breaking the Pipe Sections as per MAXLEN of Pipe in Data Table and was
changing the routing of the Pipeline.
• DM‐30283: P&ID View Palette not live. - Users were loading the Project CFG into
the P&ID View Palette and were seeing a flashing message in the bottom left of
the Dialog stating that the Plant Database is not Live.
• DM‐30284: Catalog Tables require double tab or double enter. - Users were not
able to go into the Catalog and navigate the Data Tables using single TAB or
ENTER.
• DM‐30286: Slope line graphics looks different in Russian. - When the language
was set to Russian, the slope graphics looked different than the English version.
• DM‐30287: Find and Replace breaking Data Table Keywords. - When using FIND
and REPLACE in the CADWorx Specification Editor to replace Text with a
Keyword, all other Keywords in the Long Description were broken.
• DM‐30288: Bolt length calculate incorrect when spectacle blind placed. - Users
were getting an incorrect bolt length when placing a spectacle blind between
flanges, nozzles, and Equipment nozzles.
• DM‐30289: Change Size by manual option have the issue. - When running the
ChangeSize command in the manual mode, the pipe size could not be changed.
• DM‐30290: Eccentric reducer offset issue. - When a pipe was created from a
nozzle with a diameter different than the diameter of the nozzle and an eccentric
reducer, the end of the pipe was at the same elevation as the nozzle, not the
elevation of the eccentric reducer connected to the pipe.
• DM‐30291: Apply to All, Long Description Format. - When making modifications
to either the Spec Long Description Format or the Project Long Description
Format, selecting APPLY TO ALL COMPONENTS would overwrite any Unique
Long Descriptions written at the Component level.
• DM‐30294: AUTOWELD not working on Pipeline. - The AUTOWELD command
on a Tap Connection from CAP was producing error messages and not adding
welds.
• DM‐30297: Spec editor default Topworks removal. - Once a default Topworks
was assigned to a data table in the catalog, there was no way to remove it.
• DM‐30298: Routing from Equipment Nozzle. - If a CADWorx Equipment object
was Xref'd and Rotated, users were not able to add Flanges correctly.
• DM‐30300: Legacy Hidden Plotting Hidden Lines as Continuous. - When using
Legacy Hidden shade plot, Hidden lines were plotting solid instead of dashed.
• DM‐30301: WeldGapstoDB and UseObjectsfromXref no longer apply to BOM. -
WeldGapstoDB and UseObjectsfromXrefs CFG settings were not applying to the
new 2019 Bill of Material functionality.
• DM‐30302: Unable to open help system with F1 for Chinese language. - Users
were unable to open the F1 help system with a Chinese language setting.
• DM‐30303: BRANCHTHK_THK_TBL not populating correct value. - In 2019, a
specific PRJ/CAT would populate zero values for the BRANCHTHK_THK_TBL
instead of the proper values.

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 • DM‐30304: Unable to place a valve in size varying component. - Users were
unable to place a valve in size varying component with the error "Cannot find any
proper components to insert. Regenerating model." The valve should have been
placed with reducers on both ends.
• DM‐30305: DWG forcing into inches even though the DWT is mm. - When
CADWorx was first launched, the CADWorx brx forced the DWG into imperial
even though the dwt was in metric (mm).
• DM‐30306: Apply Bolt Insertion Rule Fails to Generate Bolts for Nozzles. - When
placing flanges on generic nozzles with Apply Bolt Insertion Rule set to “Flanges
Only” (or “Flanges and Clamps”), the bolts would not generate.
• DM‐30307: CURRENT command produces an error with BricsCAD. - The
CURRENT command produced an error “"Semantic error in DCL Parser" with
BricsCAD.
• DM‐30308: Trimmed Elbows Converting to Bend Pipe. - On non‐standard angle
elbows, users were seeing the component type converted to Bend Pipe. The
Short and Long Annotation remained correct.
• DM‐30309: AutoPlant valves could not be imported. - Some AutoPlant diaphragm
and butterfly valves could not be imported into a CADWorx catalog.
• DM‐30310: 2DREP Inconsistent on Pipe Supports Colors. - An example model
would change the color of the pipe support to match the centerline in the 2DREP
while another dwg would result in the pipe support staying on the assigned color.
• DM‐30311: Issue with Graphics of Pipe Support Steel. - The graphics of a
variable length pipe support steel (Angle) were not displayed. The steel would
become visible when the pipe support was edited.
• DM‐30312: Piping Rules Not Applying to Reducers. - When adding a gate valve
to the middle section of a pipe, the pipe rules were not being applied. When the
same component was added to the end of the Pipe, the pipe rules would be
applied.
• DM‐30313: Issue in PIDVIEW 'select/deselect all' option. - Users could not
“Select All” from the PIDVIEW options menu for the only “Plant” columns.
• DM‐30314: REPLACECOMPONENTS and PIDVIEW. -
REPLACECOMPONENTS command would not correctly update the database or
the PIDVIEW palette. Old data was still shown, and a DBA is required to update
the database.
• DM‐30315: Selection codes not coming in consistently. - For valves, the
applicable bolts and gaskets were not consistently using the defaults based on
the end types assigned to the valve.
• DM‐30318: HGENERIC Sync issue with HDBFIN. - Long descriptions of the
HVAC components were changed as expected when running HDBFIN, but the
HGENERIC component’s long description would not sync with any changes
made.
• DM‐30333: Integrate the updated C2 interface files for CAESAR II 2019. - Piping
designer want to be able to interface with the latest CAESAR II version (2019) so
that they can continue working with the latest products from CADWorx and
Analysis Solutions. Users can now select CAESAR II 2019 for the interface files.
• DM‐30335: C2PCF Restraint Type. - CADWorx Plant 2019 SP2 now designates
an attribute for CAESAR II Restraint Type so that CAESAR II can pick up the
information when using the Restraint Mapping Tool.

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 • DM‐30336: C2PCF be added as a Menu Item. - The C2PCF command in
CADWorx Plant is now presented as a Menu Item to facilitate accessibility to its
functionality without the use of a command line.
• DM‐30338: C2PCF Restraint Tag. - CADWorx Plant 2019 SP2 now designates
an attribute for CAESAR II Restraint Tag so that CAESAR II can pick up the
information when using the Restraint Mapping Tool.
• DM‐30344: Drawing is crashing upon opening in AutoCAD 2018. - A specific
drawing was crashing upon launching in AutoCAD 2018. This drawing was able
to be opened in all other versions of AutoCAD and BricsCAD.
• DM‐30377: Crash changing Topworks. - A specific PRJ/CAT would crash if you
change the assigned Topworks.
• DM‐30402: Unable to Modify a Model Created in 2015 in 2019. - A specific model
created in CADWorx 2015 could not be modified in CADWorx 2019.
• DM‐30602: CADWorx Plant 2019 Performance Issues. - A user was experiencing
performance issues when using CADWorx Plant in the 2D wireframe view.
• DM‐30603: Unable to Select a Mirrored Object. - A user was unable to select a
mirrored object after mirroring about a line.
• DM‐30642: Members in Pipe Support Assemblies Do Not Detect Steel/concrete.
- When building a pipe support assembly in CADWorx Plant and using one of
the steel members with the connection end of the member set to detect
steel/concrete, it would not detect the concrete when placed.
• DM‐30886: Remove Temperature and Pressure Defaults from C2PCF Export. -
The C2PCF export was automatically populating a temperature (T1) and
Pressure (P1) value which would come through the PCF import as the CAESAR
II operating temperature and pressure. This required stress engineers to review
and most likely revise the temperature and pressure, which was not helpful/time
efficient. These two defaults have been removed from the export based on
feedback from users.

What’s Changed in CADWorx Structure 2019 SP2

• DM‐30245: Stair Stringer Flat Bar Issue. - If a Stringer was changed to a Flat Bar
Structure Member Type, CADWorx Structure would add an extra tread. One side
of this tread would be connected properly to the stringer, but the other end was
halfway through the other side’s stringer.
• DM‐30246: Isogen Supplemental not working. - Isogen Supplementals would not
work if CADWorx Structure was loaded into CADWorx Plant.
• DM‐30247: Issue with Auto Bracing work point offset. - The "Auto Bracing Work
Point Offset" option in the Structure Setup Rule was not honoring the cardinal
point of the beams the bracing was being applied to.
• DM‐30248: Importing STAAD files into CADWorx Structure. - When importing a
specific STAAD file, the lengths of the members were being scaled but the
member size was importing correctly.
• DM‐30249: Disabling Layers in Clash Management. - When disabling unrelated
layers in the Clash Management Palette, clashes were being removed from the
Clash Manager display.
• DM‐30250: Client STP Export/Import in Structure Producing Errors. - When
exporting a Physical CIS/2 file and importing into a new drawing, errors were

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 produced, and the grating and plates were not importing. The log file reported
"Component Bad Geometry encountered".
• DM‐30251: Unable to import more than one mapping file. - Users were unable to
import more than one standard library from a CIS/2 file generated from STAAD
Pro in CADWorx Structure using STRIMPORT.
• DM‐30252: Structural Pipe Rotated During Edits. - Changing the size or exporting
then importing into new DWG will rotate Structural Pipe Members.

What’s Changed in Isogen for CADWorx 2019 SP2

• DM‐30276: Isogen Batch Issue for Stub Ends/ Lap Joints. - (*** Line(s) with errors
1) ***) was reported when continuation graphics were displayed (using IGB for
Stub Ends/ Lap Joint components).
• DM‐30282: CADWorx adding Isogen Supplementals incorrectly. - CADWorx was
adding extra Isogen Supplementals depending on the number of Line Numbers
used with IGB.

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