Category Archives: CADWorx

CADWorx Piping Displays As Single Line

Posted on April 16, 2015 by AutoCAD Tips

Have you ever opened a CADWorx piping drawing only to find a bunch of center lines where your 3D piping should be? (shown below) Use the CADWorx command CONVERTSOLID to make these single lines display correctly. This tool can also … Continue reading →

Posted in CADWorx | 9 Comments

Making CADWorx Piping Intelligence Display in Navisworks

Posted on December 4, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

When you upgrade your version of Navisworks, you want to be able to hover over a piping component from CADWorx and have certain CADWorx properties display near your cursor. Today’s tip describes this. From the Home Tab of the ribbon, … Continue reading →

Posted in CADWorx, Navisworks | 2 Comments

Manage CADWorx Project Resources with Symlinks

Posted on October 4, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

This tip is not limited to CADWorx. It can be applied to many types of files that CAD users may need, I have simply decided to demonstrate how “Symlinks” can help a common frustration for CADWorx users and CADWorx administrators. … Continue reading →

Posted in CADWorx, Customization, Manage, TIPS | 4 Comments

Don’t Forget that CADWorx P&ID Cfm.shx file

Posted on September 12, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

This issue comes up rather often when dealing with projects that use CADWorx. Some users use CADWorx and other people in the same project don’t. Perhaps they want to simply open a P&ID drawing (or other drawing that uses this … Continue reading →

Posted in CADWorx, Customization, Linetypes, Manage | Leave a comment

Turn On CADWorx Ribbon Tabs and Menu Bar

Posted on August 31, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

If you have lost your CADWorx Ribbon tabs or Menus (from the menu bar) you can simply load them by using the following in the command line: LOADMENUPLANT [enter] For loading the CADWorx Equipment palette or toolbars see the following … Continue reading →

Posted in CADWorx, Manage | 2 Comments

CADWorx Equipment Palette

Posted on June 21, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a quick tip for CADWorx Equipment users. The user interface for CADWorx Equipment is simply a tool palette and maybe a toolbar… The common problem is closing the Equipment palette and not knowing how to get it back … Continue reading →

Posted in CADWorx, Manage | 6 Comments