AutoPLANT vs. JavaScript vs. Raindrop vs. SmartPlant Comparison Chart

Industry-proven software for modern plant design. Quickly create intelligent, 3D process plant designs and models with AutoPLANT Modeler. Save time with a tightly integrated, AutoCAD-based application for designing piping, equipment, and raceways. Improve your plant design process with the advanced 3D design and modeling of AutoPLANT Modeler. Increase efficiency with a tightly integrated set of tools to design intelligent piping, equipment, and raceways. Save time and money with industry proven software that increases collaboration across your project design team. Save time with a single streamlined application with comprehensive functionality including building models and creating accurate isometrics. Reduce the cost of project collaboration by integrating with other Bentley plant design and data management applications via shared plant project databases. Ensure information mobility with integrity through ProjectWise integration, which supports data sharing among stakeholders.

With tools to help with sprinkler layout, pipe input, and zone sizing, Raindrop’s workflow will save you time and frustration. Place sprinklers along polylines and manually with our dynamic sprinkler tool. Meet Raindrop, our plugin for AutoCAD that helps you create efficient irrigation systems for your landscape planting plans. The planting tool is a new feature, designed to help you produce organized planting plan CDs that are well-labeled and easy to quantify. Hydraulic calculations for pressure and pipe velocities are a snap with Raindrop’s tools. Size and calculate both zone sizing and looped mainline hydraulics with ease. The equipment database includes major manufacturers and is frequently updated with the latest model and nozzle information. We are working on adding other manufacturers constantly. Updates to the database are included in the subscription. Irrigation schedule tables are quickly generated when required for your submittals.