Octave Facets P&IDWorx
by Octave
DWG-based intelligent P&ID tool aimed at small and mid-sized projects, formerly sold by Hexagon as CADWorx P&ID Professional. It links drawings to a project database and can exchange data with Octave's electrical and instrumentation products.
Specification
- Vendor
- Octave
- Categories
- P&ID & Schematics
- Phase
- EEngineering
- Status
- Active
- Deployment
- Desktop
- Licensing
- Commercial licence
- Standards
- None documented
- Former names
- CADWorx P&ID Professional, CADWorx P&ID
- Official site
- octave.com
Capabilities
- aIntelligent P&IDs with pre-defined symbol libraries
- bProject database linked to drawings
- cSpec-driven piping checks
- dAutomatic database updates and reporting
- eDWG, DXF and MDB file support
Assessment
A light, DWG-native P&ID tool for smaller projects, formerly CADWorx P&ID. Good value where an enterprise P&ID system would be overkill.
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Capability25%6/10
Intelligent DWG-based P&IDs linked to a project database with spec-driven checks and reporting.
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Interoperability20%6/10
Exchanges data with Octave's electrical and instrumentation products and common CAD formats.
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Scale15%5/10
Aimed at small and mid-sized projects.
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Usability15%8/10
Quick to learn for CAD users.
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Deployment10%6/10
Desktop CAD-based software.
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Ecosystem15%6/10
Established among smaller EPCs and fabricators as CADWorx P&ID.
Strengths
- DWG-native and quick to adopt
- Database-linked drawings
- Pairs with Forte 3DWorx
Considerations
- Not designed for global work-share
- Limited rule depth compared with Facets P&ID
- CAD host required
Editorial assessment from public documentation, 23 October 2026. Not a hands-on benchmark. Methodology
In the same circuit · P&ID & Schematics
- 01 81
- 02 78
- 03 75
- 04 71
- 05 65
- 06 62
Connected to
Documented integrations and data exchange, in either direction.
Sources
- Octave Facets P&IDWorxOctave · accessed 22 October 2026
- Product namingOctave · 8 April 2026 · accessed 22 October 2026
Plate updated 22 October 2026 · revision 1