Hello,

The first 4 CADWorx P&ID Beginner Series Training Webinars have been posted to the CADWorx P&ID Training Section.

• CADWorx P&ID Beginner Series Part 1: Setup and Configuration
• CADWorx P&ID Beginner Series Part 2: Creating your first P&ID
• CADWorx P&ID Beginner Series Part 3: Attaching to a Database
• CADWorx P&ID Beginner Series Part 4: Drawing with a Database

Upcoming Webinars are as follows:

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Aug 19, 11:45 am – 12:15 pm,CADWorx P&ID Professional – Beginner Series 5 for P&ID – Loops and Reports,Register
Aug 26, 11:45 am – 12:15 pm,CADWorx IP – Interoperability between CADWorx P&ID and CADWorx Plant,Register
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Just an FYI,

Today, I found an issue on my computer.   AutoCAD 2015 would always hangs on startup. The splash screen showed up but AutoCAD just would not start.  All it said was “Loading…” in the lower left hand corner.  In lieu of restarting, I went to the Task Manager and shutdown the acad.exe process.  I restarted AutoCAD and the same thing – Splash Screen hang with the word “Loading…” in the lower left hand corner.

After doing some “googling”, it turns out the InfoCenter process was not successfully closed in previous session.  Usually, this is identifiable the first time you run AutoCAD because Infocenter is being blocked by domain security, firewall or antivirus but in my case it was just a RAW (Random Act of Windows).

See here for more info

In either case, killing the acad.exe process and the WSCommCntr1.exe process resolved the issue!  The next time AutoCAD was started, it successfully loaded.

All,

A great article on the power of CADWorx & CAESAR II!

Intergraph® CADWorx®, CAESAR II® and SmartPlant® help reduce Richard Design Services engineering hours by one third on Louisiana diesel facilityHOUSTON, Texas, July 29, 2014 – Intergraph has published a new case study that describes how Richard Design Services leveraged the integrated capabilities of Intergraph CADWorx for design, CAESAR II for pipe stress analysis, and SmartPlant Instrumentation to meet a fast-track 12-month engineering schedule on a large 10,000 barrels-per-day renewable diesel facility in Louisiana. With the seamless integration of these advanced Intergraph solutions, Richard Design Services was able to work on isometric drawings and other deliverables well before engineering was completed. This helped them reduce the projected engineering time from 300,000 to 200,000 man-hours, a one-third reduction.

To read the article, visit http://coade.typepad.com/coadeinsider/2014/06/richard-design-services-saves-100000-engineering-hours-with-intergraph-solutions.html.

Hello,

The first 2 Webinars in the CADWorx P&ID Beginner Series have been posted to the CADWorx P&ID Training Section.

Upcoming Webinars are as follows:

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Date,Time,Topic,Registration Link

Aug 5,11:45 am – 12:15 pm,CADWorx P&ID Professional – Beginner Series 3 for P&ID – Attaching to a Database,Register
Aug 12,11:45 am – 12:15 pm,CADWorx P&ID Professional – Beginner Series 4 for P&ID – Drawing with a Database,Register
Aug 19,11:45 am – 12:15 pm,CADWorx P&ID Professional – Beginner Series 5 for P&ID – Loops and Reports,Register
Aug 26,11:45 am – 12:15 pm,CADWorx IP – Interoperability between CADWorx P&ID and CADWorx Plant,Register
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