Welcome to CADMATIC Plant/Outfitting

This online help is for administrators and users of CADMATIC Plant/Outfitting version 2024T3.

More CADMATIC product documentation can be found at docs.cadmatic.com.

Release information

There are three main software releases every year. Additional update versions that improve features and fix software bugs are released as needed.

The release identifier 2024T3 shows the publishing year (2025), tertial (T1–T3), and possible update version (R2 or higher).

The release notes can be found at docs.cadmatic.com/releasenotes.

System requirements

The system requirements can be found at docs.cadmatic.com/systemrequirements.

Licensing

The software must be able to access a compatible CADMATIC license server program that includes licenses for the applications and features that your organization wants to use.

For more information on licensing, see the CADMATIC License Server manual in docs.cadmatic.com.

Program directories

CADMATIC products are typically installed under C:\Cadmatic, and in that folder there might be several subfolders for different releases.

When running a design application, you can refer to specific folders in the installation directory with the following environment variables:

Environment variable	Directory, Plant	Directory, Outfitting
%PMS_ROOT_DIR%	C:\Cadmatic\c243	C:\Cadmatic\co243
%PMS_HOME%	C:\Cadmatic\c243\pms2430	C:\Cadmatic\co243\pms2430
%PMS_RUNDIR%	C:\Cadmatic\c243\pms2430.nt	C:\Cadmatic\co243\pms2430.nt
%PMS_CONFDIR%	C:\Cadmatic\c243\<computerName>.stc	C:\Cadmatic\co243\<computerName>.stc

There are also many other run-time variables which you can list by opening a command prompt from the application and entering the "set" command.

Online help

This online help provides information on the CADMATIC Plant/Outfitting applications.

Accessing help | Help menus | Searching the help | Conventions

Accessing help

You can open the online help by clicking a Help button in the application or by navigating to the help in https://docs.cadmatic.com with a web browser. The help buttons are often context-sensitive: they open a help topic that corresponds to the specific user interface and its associated tasks.

By default, help calls from CADMATIC Plant/Outfitting are directed to docs.cadmatic.com. If you prefer to use local help exclusively, add the following environment variable to your %PMS_CONFDIR%/wsprofile/cadm_nt.prf file:

USE_LOCAL_HELP;1;

If you decide to start using online help again later, remove the environment variable from the cadm_nt.prf file.

Help menus

You can navigate from one topic to another using the main menu of the help system. On larger screens, the menu is always visible and located on the left. However, on smaller screens like those of a tablet device or mobile phone, the menu is hidden by default and positioned on the right; you can access it by clicking the menu button .

Searching the help

You can search for specific topics using the search function of the help system.

The search uses partial word searching by default:

search string	search results
pipe	pipe, pipes, piped…

Put double-quotes around the search phrase to find only exact matches:

search string	search results
"pipe"	pipe

You can filter the search results by selecting a filter from the filter menu:

Conventions

CADMATIC documentation uses the following conventions.

Filenames, pathnames, and environment variables are in italics.
Commands, options, dialog names, and menu choices shown in the user interface are in bold.
Keyboard shortcuts are in normal text.

Examples:

"CADMATIC products are typically installed under C:\Cadmatic."
"On the Home tab, in the Show group, select Panes > Model Tree. The Model Tree pane opens."
"Press Alt+P."

Copyright information

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