The process of creating Smart Models involves opening a project, adding source files, and then translating them. You can create Smart Models for:
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Viewing in Smart Review and Smart 3D.
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Publishing the Smart Model as a document and then using SmartPlant Markup Plus or SmartPlant Construction to view the model.
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Viewing in SmartPlant Enterprise
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Converting Smart Models from IFC, PDS, PDMS, and Smart 3D source files to Smart Interop Objects (SIOs) to support As-Built and Greenfield workflows to HxGN SDx.
The steps below show you how to translate source files into Smart Models. You can choose to translate your source files now, or you can schedule the translation for a later time.
When you translate files, Smart Interop Publisher establishes a relationship between the Smart Model in the Smart Models Grid and the files making up the Smart Model in the generated .vue and .zvf subfolders.
If any of the Smart Model files are deleted or moved, the Smart Model cannot be edited,
updated, or revised. Delete the Smart Model and translate the source files again,
or restore the files back to their translated folder locations.
Translate
If the Translate to Smart Model Command is not available, make sure you have the Intergraph Smart Licensing client installed
on the same computer on which Smart Interop Publisher is installed.
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Use the default project ([site database name]_General) provided with Smart Interop Publisher. This project is available only if you selected the configure option to create a default project the first time you opened Smart Interop Publisher or created a new site database. See Configure a site database.
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Select an existing project from the Projects list.
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Select the targets to use for the translation with the Project Settings Command. See Organize Your Work with Projects.
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If you are not in the Models View, click Models.
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Select each source file to use in creating the Smart Model, and then click Translate
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Use SHIFT+ or CTRL+ key combinations to select multiple source files.
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Multiple .dgn, .dtm, .prp, and .rvm, or .pcf, .idf, and .pod files can translate into a single Smart Model. To do this, place the source files in the same folder.
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Smart Interop Publisher can translate source files that are in a read-only folder.
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PDS-published source files (.zvf + .xml + .xrg) are translated as a Smart Model .zvf project. All PDS 3D source file types must be in the input location. Also, an .xrg file must be provided for a Smart Model .zvf project that is going to be opened in SmartPlant Foundation. Without an .xrg source file, the generated Smart Model .zvf project cannot be published to SmartPlant Foundation.
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On the Translate Source File Dialog, type a name and location for the Smart Model.
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If you selected multiple files to create one Smart Model, click Yes.
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Define the remaining translation options as required.
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For MCAD assemblies, click the Part Assembly Tab and select the required assembly sub files. See Translate MCAD assembly files. -
Select Apply materials in Common options to define the color and material display of objects in the resulting Smart Model. See Change model material display styles.
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To convert graphics more efficiently in the translation, see Reduce the translated file size.
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Click Translate.
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To schedule the translation for a later time, click Schedule to open the Schedule Translate Dialog.The figure below shows a MonroviaPlant.vue Smart 3D source file being translated to the MonroviaPlant Smart Model.
In the Smart Models grid, the created Smart Model displays with its Translation Status set to Complete. If problems are encountered, an ERROR status displays in the column. The software automatically creates a [source file name_file type].log file each time you translate source files. This log file is created in the .vue or .zvf subfolder of the designated translation folder.
When a translated Smart Model does not contain any graphics, the software sets the
status to Complete - No graphics. See Complete - No Graphics Status.
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Click the link provided in the Status column to view generated log files. The log files open using your system's default text editor.
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Open the Smart Models you created in the Intergraph target applications:
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Convert to Smart Interop Objects for Smart Models from IFC, PDS, PDMS, and Smart 3D source files to support As-Built and Greenfield workflows to SDx.