Map cross-section and orientation mismatches - Intergraph Smart 3D - 2018 - Administration

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The steps below illustrate how to map Smart 3D cross-sections to corresponding PDMS SpecRef values. This mapping is required prior to exporting structural data from Smart 3D to PDMS.

  1. Identify the PDMS and Smart 3D cross-sections to map.

  2. Navigate to the [Product Folder]\3DRefData\SharedContent\Data\Translators\S3DPDMSExport folder, and open the S3DPDMSExportMapping.xls workbook.

  3. Locate the StructClassAdditionalAttributes translation mapping sheet.

  4. In Smart 3D, the cross-section is usually swept into the plane of paper. In PDMS, the reverse is true: the cross-section is swept out of the plane of paper. To accommodate this system-level difference, you must view the PDMS cross-section from behind the plane of paper. The examples below illustrate how map cross-section orientation mismatches per cross-section type between Smart 3D and PDMS:

    • Mapping Smart 3D L section (1) to PDMS angle section (2):

      When you view the PDMS cross-section from behind the plane of paper, the PDMS cross-section resembles the example below:

      To map these two cross-sections between Smart 3D (1) and PDMS (2), use the BANG and Flip properties on the StructClassAdditionalAttributes sheet.

      In the above example, if you rotate the PDMS cross-section 180-degrees clockwise (looking in to the plane of the cross-section), the two cross-section orientations match exactly. To achieve this, set BANG to 180 degrees, and set Flip to 0 (False).

    • Mapping Smart 3D C section (1) to PDMS C Section (2)

      When you view the PDMS cross-section from behind the plane of paper, the PDMS cross-section resembles the example below:

      To map these two cross-sections between Smart 3D (1) and PDMS (2), use the BANG and Flip properties on the StructClassAdditionalAttributes sheet.

      In the above example, if you flip the PDMS cross-section, the two cross-section orientations match exactly. To achieve this, set BANG to 0 degrees, and set Flip to 1 (True).

Make sure that both cross-sections look similar after applying the BANG and Flip settings. Then, map the Smart 3D cardinal points to the PDMS PLines using the DINU_PLine and ANG_PLine sheets, respectively. You must do this mapping for each type of cross-section.