What I do is I have a template, then I have "Test" projects.
This will be where you compile all the symbols you want, layer setups, DWG templates etc. You may be able to find a library of symbols on the various free CAD webpages such as GrabCAD but you still will have to program them into master template will be your "perfect" project, setup just the way your company/you like. if you do not want to use the built in symbols. A part of this customization will be building a library of your own company's standard blocks for valves etc. IMO this process could be more intuitive but it is what it is. With the P&IDs in P3D there is absolutely no "easy button" and it will require extensive setup and customization to fully take advantage of its benefits. I personally use this method for tanks and pressure vessels as it is easier to draft them this way.
This is very useful if you have a one-off symbol, a specialty pump for example, that does not need to be fully programmed into the palette. and right clicking and selecting "Convert to P&ID Object", then selecting the appropriate category, Equipment, Pump for example. This can be accomplished by selecting that symbology, be it a block or just a collection of lines etc. There may be a time where you want to use symbology that is not on the tool palette or represented in the project database and you want that symbol to be smart. You can still insert AutoCAD blocks using the INSERT command but they are not automatically tied to anything in the P3D database. The way P3D handles the tool palettes with the P&IDs is that any symbol coming off the palette must be associated with an object in the project database, so any instrument symbol, pump symbol, valve symbol etc. Your second question ties into your other statements: As you progress through the dialog boxes there is a point where you can select PIP or ISA standard for P&ID drawings.
This is accomplished during the P3D Project Setup Wizard. Question how do I set the project up so that one of the other tool palettes such as PID ISA is used instead of PID PIP?"
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