You can view your 3D Model Data in SmartPlant Review (SPR) even if your model has not been registered using the SmartPlant Registration Wizard. When you create a 3D Model Data component, you set it up to save as a SmartPlant Review file. This enables the Save As SmartPlant Review command on the right-click menu for the 3D Model Data documents after they are created and up-to-date.
The Save As SmartPlant Review command is not available if you set up the 3D Model Data component to save to Disk Only or if you selected the Generate CAD output (.sat file) option on the Setup Dialog.
Before you can use the Save As SmartPlant Review command, you must install the SmartPlant Schema Component on the local client machine. See the Intergraph Smart 3D Installation Help.
SPR shows the objects from the .vue file using global coordinates. Before you save the 3D Model Data component documents as SmartPlant Review (SPR files, right-click the component and select Properties to check the Style tab Coordinate System property setting. You want to make sure the Plant Monument Coordinate Offset is passed correctly to SPR when creating the .vue file. The offset value allows you to see the original coordinates relative to the new SPR coordinate system.
The 3D Model Data documents use surface styles and aspects as part of their property definition so that they can be used in SPR. You set the properties at the 3D Model Data document level. See Set surface styles and aspects for 3D model data documents.
The Save as SmartPlant Review command saves a 3D Model Data document as a SmartPlant Review file. The file can then be viewed in SmartPlant Review. This command is available when you right-click an up-to-date 3D Model Data document if it was setup to save as a SmartPlant Review file. See Set up a 3D Model Data component. The Save As SmartPlant Review command is not available if you set up the 3D Model Data component to save to Disk Only or if you selected the Generate CAD output (.sat file) option on the Setup Dialog.
The command creates both a property data file in .xml format and a graphics file in .vue format.
See Save as SmartPlant Review Dialog.
Recommendations for Exporting to SmartPlant Review
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The number of objects generated by a 3D Model Data component and exported successfully to a SmartPlant Review file depends largely on the type of objects and your hardware resources. The more objects in your file, the more processing time the software requires. It is possible to have so many objects in the file that the software uses up all of the available memory. Larger models can take hours to process, so batch updating is recommended.
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Monitor the error logs regularly for resource issues, even if the specified filter worked initially. You can add more objects to the model meeting the filter criteria.
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SmartPlant Review (SPR) version 6.1.0.15 (or higher) allows you to open multiple VUE files simultaneously. Refer to your SmartPlant Review documentation for more information. When you open VUE and XML files in SPR for the first time, SPR builds a database containing the tag information for the files. This process may take a significant amount of time. After the multiple VUE files are opened in SPR, you can create SVF files for future loading of VUE files.
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SmartPlant Review (SPR) version 6.2.0.29 (or higher) supports turning Smart 3D aspects on and off. All aspects are turned on by default in SPR. The SPRSchema.txt file can be customized to add aspects.
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You can use SmartPlant Review to review each resulting model of Save as SmartPlant Review action. However, you cannot review multiple models.
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Before you can use the Save as SmartPlant Review command, you must install SmartPlant Schema Component on the local client machine. See the Intergraph Smart 3D Installation Help.
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The Save as SmartPlant Review command also looks for the EFSchema file (P3DComponent.xml). If your model has been registered using the SmartPlant Registration Wizard, the software retrieves the file from the integrated environment. If your model has not been registered using the SmartPlant Registration Wizard, the software looks for the file in the SharedContent share.
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You can publish .zvf files and launch SmartPlant Review to view the .zvf files. You can also view the .zvf file using View and Markup if you have SmartPlant Markup Plus installed. You do not have to use the Save as SmartPlant Review command to use the SmartPlant Review features.
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The 3D View Control used for viewing the published graphics in SmartPlant Markup Plus does not currently support turning aspects on and off.