Creating a new pseudo file in the Schema Editor - SmartPlant Foundation - IM Update 48 - Help - Hexagon

Creating a new pseudo file is done by creating a new configuration.

1. Click Tools > Schema > Advanced > Create Configuration.

   

   

   • Enter a new file name in the Name field. This must end in .xml in order to create the configuration as a physical file.

   • Enter a description.

   • Do not select a starting configuration; this will make the configuration a primary configuration rather than a pseudo-file.

   • Select the Configuration is pseudo file option.

   • Do not enter a path, and the pseudo file will be created in the same folder as the CMF file.

   • Change the automatically generated ContainerID to one that reflects the file's usage. See notes on ContainerID usage above.

   • Click OK.

2. Click Tools > Schema > Set Active Configuration to set up the correct configurations for new objects, making sure the newly created pseudo file is selected.

3. Click File > Save > Schema File to save the schema files. This saves both the CMF file with its new configuration header and the newly created physical pseudo file.

An alternative process to set the ContainerID for a newly created pseudo file:

1. Exit the Schema Editor.

2. Edit the newly created file in a text editor and manually set the ContainerID to something that represents the schema usage (it defaults to a numeric value). This ContainerID is used to identify schema previously loaded into the SmartPlant Foundation database when performing the compare during load.

   The next time the CMF file is opened, the ContainerID in the header is updated to match the pseudo file.

The new schema can now be modeled in the Schema Editor, or pasted in to the physical pseudo file.

Remember to attach the new pseudo file to the CMF_ver document in SmartPlant Foundation.