Plant connection
Connect Codaform to Plant 3D™
Install the matching bridge, open the intended Plant project drawing, then verify the connection before exporting.
- Where to find it
- Live > Install / repair; Export component > Advanced > Copy connection details
- When to use it
- First connection, repair and host-version checks
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Step by step
- Save work and close all AutoCAD/Plant host processes before replacing an installed bridge.
- Use the supplied Install / repair workflow. If the in-app route is unavailable, use the supplied Plant3DBridge/Install-or-repair.cmd launcher from the application/support package. No typed shell commands are needed.
- Wait for successful installation. Keep the fresh repair log if installation fails.
- Start Plant 3D™, open the intended project and a drawing belonging to that project, then open Codaform.
- Refresh the export connection and use Advanced > Copy connection details to confirm the loaded host, project, destination folders and bridge version.
- Keep Plant open for normal exports after setup; replacing a loaded bridge requires a host restart.
Installed versus loaded
Replacing source files or installing a bundle does not change a DLL already loaded by Plant. Check the loaded bridge reported by the connection, not only a version marker in a folder.
Repair diagnostics
The supplied launcher writes last-repair.log beside itself. Read the actual result; a successful desktop build alone does not prove that the native bridge is installed.
Compatibility
Check the compatibility matrix supplied with your Codaform release before installing the bridge. The bridge must match your Plant 3D™ host release.
Keep in mind
- Never edit a version marker to make an older bridge appear current.
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