You can show the hierarchy of objects in each Reference 3D model that you have attached in Project Management of the type SmartPlant Interop Publisher or S3D. The Reference 3D model objects contain relationships such as pipeline systems and related pipe runs, pipe runs and related pipe parts, and so forth. When you select a 3D model to view its object hierarchy, the hierarchy content is saved when you save the session file.
To support Reference 3D hierarchy functionality, you must attach Smart Models generated
from SmartPlant Interop Publisher version 2017 R1 or Intergraph Smart® Interop Publisher
version 2017 R2 and later.
Workflow
To display the Reference 3D object hierarchy:
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Select the Reference 3D tab in the Workspace Explorer.
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Select the Reference 3D model for hierarchy display, and then right-click to select Load Hierarchy.
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The Load Hierarchy command displays only for Reference 3D models attached in Project Management with either the SmartPlant Interop Publisher or S3D model type. For more information, refer to the Attach Reference 3D Model section in the Project Management User's Guide.
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Each Reference 3D model can contain multiple files. If one of the files under the selected reference 3D model is not loaded into the current session, the software does not load the hierarchy for that file. When you load the missing file into the session, the software automatically loads and displays the object hierarchy.
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If you exclude all the children Reference 3D physical objects, the software removes the corresponding child and parent nodes from the Reference 3D hierarchy upon a refresh.
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Icons display for all Reference 3D objects in the Workspace Explorer. For some objects types, the same icon is used to represent the same object types. For example, equipment and designed equipment have the same icon.
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Click each file node to show the available object hierarchy.
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You can perform operations in the graphical view such as Show, Hide, and view Properties for objects that you select in the hierarchy.
Limitations
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Equipment components without any nozzle children are not displayed in the hierarchy. The example below shows a native object hierarchy in Smart 3D with EquipmentComponentwithoutNozzle under Design Equipment2.
The next image shows that same hierarchy as Reference 3D data. EquipmentComponentwithoutNozzle does not display under Design Equipment2.
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Systems, other than pipeline systems, placed under equipment do not display the correct hierarchy for dataset attachments generated from SPRDirect. The systems are instead placed under the root node. 3D Model Data attachments display the correct hierarchy.
The example below shows how a native object hierarchy displays in Smart 3D with Pipeline System1 and Structure System1 under Equipment1.
The next image shows the same hierarchy in Reference 3D. Note that Structure System1 is not grouped under Equipment1, but under the root node.
