PIDCAD is a mixed bag
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This is true for all software. If you rely too much, you will pay a price. I will not discuss the online version - this itself brings troubles but is fast and fast. I will only discuss the tools that come with it. The equipment shown in the simplified diagram is the whole piece. There are also some problems such as why there is only one line on the flat end of the heat exchanger. The reputation of the equipment is The size of the simplified diagram is determined by yourself, especially suitable for companies like PID that don't care about the actual size as long as the visual proportion is appropriate. You can edit the instrument name and number arbitrarily, and the number can be centrally marked later. If the instrument number changes the proportion at the arrow, this proportion will be attached to the pipe truncation and others. . . . . . There are many more
If you don't pay attention to the details, PIDCAD is a very practical software, but each unit and individual has its own unique requirements. While PIDCAD is convenient, it cannot be edited independently, which causes inconvenience.
Netizens without solid CAD skills should definitely not use this DD! reason: 1. The software runs unstable ； 2. There are many unreasonable features in the developed functions.
Reply 3# zhuhonl This is also used to do some demonstration learning* Flowcharts are so perfect that professional design pursues. Even if it is troublesome, they will definitely be drawn with more advanced software.
I think it still has merit, but personally I feel the help is limited.
The poster should calm down! There is no perfect software in the world. Even well-known foreign software has its shortcomings as well as its advantages. According to my personal understanding, PIDCAD has no future and it cannot find a place in the digital chain. Drawing a diagram is not difficult. There are many flowchart software. The key is the transmission of data, which can connect upstream and downstream majors into a whole. PDMS, PDS, AUTOPLANT, and even domestic PDSOFT and SPDA all have matching PID systems. The process majors form a set of data when making flow charts. The downstream pipelines, instruments, and even the equipment majors can directly read these data to start work. The effective transmission of data reduces the workload, reduces omissions and inconsistencies in the design process, and improves the quality and efficiency of the team's work. This is the core key, and PIDCAD cannot do it! For example, the pipeline data table process requires filling out a form, and when it comes to pipeline majors, data entry software is required one by one. The work is repetitive and omissions and input errors are inevitable. Direct transmission of PID data can effectively avoid this. PIDCAD only saves the drawing step, so its significance and advantages are too limited.
Reply 6# Boring Pavilion Bachelor's instrument registration form is really troublesome. Check the data one by one against the printed graphs, record them and then enter them into the EXCEL table. But there is nothing wrong with the mentality.
It should be that there is no perfect software for everyone. The same software may be suitable for A, but it may not be 100% suitable for B because everyone is at a different level and has different cognition and understanding.* Just used to it