All publishes in Smart 3D are performed from the Drawings and Reports task. Drawing types that the Smart 3D Publish adapter supports are: Isometric, Orthographic, Reports, and 3D Model data. Documents can be published either "in process" or "out of process" using the Publish Now or Background Publish options on the Publish dialog box. All documents should be revised and updated before being published to SmartPlant Foundation. Documents can now be updated and published in one step using the Publish > Update and Publish command.
A workflow is now available to make publishing large 3D models more efficient. You can publish these object sets using a workflow based on the AutoLoadPublishWithMerge workflow. This workflow has MergePublishedFile process step configured, which creates the published 3D document, loads the 3D data in SmartPlant Foundation, then merges these object sets into a new composite document that represents the entire 3D model. The name of the composite document created is the same as the name of the workflow, for example, AutoLoadPublishWithMerge, to which the published 3D model is submitted. To publish to different 3D model composite documents, you can copy the AutoLoadPublishWithMerge workflow to a different document name.
Using SmartPlant Foundation, you can configure the workflow with additional steps, to be used by specific users, and to be the default publish workflow for 3D users. In SmartPlant Foundation 2007, workflow administration functions are performed in the Change Management Administration. In SmartPlant Foundation 2008 and higher, all administrative functions are performed in the Desktop Client.