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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10
SmartPlant Markup Plus Version
10.0 (2019)
Smart Review Version
2020 (15.0)

The following graphic describes the architecture for viewing and downloading files in SmartPlant Foundation.

1

The SmartPlant Foundation client sends a request to the SmartPlant Foundation Server to initiate transfer of a file for viewing or downloading.

2

The server sends the request to the file server to copy the file to the SPFViewDir on the file server.

3

The file server responds to the SmartPlant Foundation server when the file has been copied to the SPFViewDir.

4

The SmartPlant Foundation server returns the URL of the file on the file server to the client.

5

The client opens the specified URL on the file server.

  • When a user selects the Check Out command, a subdirectory is created under the temporary file location for the Session ID of the client transferring the file.

  • When a client wants to view these files, an additional VIEW directory is created below the user's session subdirectory. This subdirectory stores the files so that they can be directly accessed via a URL rather than being transferred to the client computer.