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NEWSLETTER VOLUME 1: ISSUE 2 – DECEMBER 2020 TER VOLUME 2: I SUE 1 – MARCH 2021

Plant 3D: The Importance of Regular Maintenance

Those of you that own a vehicle can appreciate the importance of regular maintenance and the impact of that maintenance on the life of the vehicle. Plant 3D projects are similar— in that occasional crashes due to errors in its database or loss of internet connection can occur. However, with regularly scheduled maintenance and Plant 3D projects can be kept healthy and reliable. The Plant 3D Technical Advisory Council (TAC) developed the following documents to guide you through weekly maintenance activities to prevent issues, as well as what to do to recover corrupted Plant 3D projects.

Plant 3D Project Maintenance

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Regular scheduled maintenance is the best way to keep your Plant 3D project running properly.

To keep our projects running efficiently, follow this 7 step process:

1. Clean your project

2. Repair orphaned fasteners

3. Run a project audit

4. Compress project data

5. Run an AutoCAD audit

6. Turn off AutoCAD recovery

7. Clean out temporary files

CLICK HERE to view the detailed 7 step process.

We recommend you run these steps weekly to maintain your project health.

Repairing a Corrupt Project Encountering Plant 3D errors and warnings can be disturbing, however when you open your project and witness corrupted geometry, it ’ s even worse! If your Plant 3D model is corrupted, it ’ s important to follow the proper steps to recover the model. Good News! The Plant 3D TAC has developed a workflow for Repairing Corrupt Project. Before attempting to fix the project yourself, read through the workflow (in the link below) to easily guide you through recovering your broken project and get it back up and running.

To view the workflow: Click Here

If you have any questions pertaining to the content within this article, please contact: Stuart Miller, Plant 3DChampion