Best Practices for Model Data Reuse operations - Intergraph Smart 3D - Administration & Configuration

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To achieve the highest rate of success when copying objects, you should maintain the integrity of the data. Run the following tasks before you begin copying to help ensure the database integrity:

  1. Run the Synchronize Model with Catalog Command.

  2. Run the Database Integrity.

  3. Run the Clean Database Command.

  4. Fix as many issues as possible listed in the To Do List.

  5. If you are in a Global Workshare environment, make sure the data replication is working at all Host and Satellite locations and that the data replication is complete.

  6. If you are using different catalogs, run Compare Catalogs to ensure that the catalog data for the copied objects is the same.

  7. Save all changes made to catalogs and workbooks.

If the source specs and destination specs are in different units, computing errors may occur. Make sure that the units are the same to ensure best results.

Model Data Reuse and Model Data Transform workflow using Delete Optional

Delete Optional is available in the Paste Dialog. See the Common Help.

Model Data Reuse and Model Data Transform Workflow using Delete Optional

Smart 3D can delete optional inputs of the marine objects (plates, profiles, and so forth) including detailing objects during copy paste, Model Data Reuse (MDR), and Model Data Transform (MDT) processes so that objects can be copied and moved without having to select all the inputs at the new location.

For example, plate system boundaries are inputs that should be redefined at the new plate location. However, by selecting Delete Optional, you can replace all the optional inputs (including boundaries, coordinate system, and so forth) with dummy objects (Dummy Plane, Dummy Surface, and so forth). After the copy is complete, you can then go back and replace the plate's dummy objects with real objects. However, in a large model, it is sometimes difficult to identify the plates that have dummy optional inputs.

How to Identify Objects with Dummy Inputs

Smart 3D provides filters to identify objects with dummy inputs. You can access the Select Filter dialog box using:

  • File > Define Workspace > Properties

  • Tools > Select by Filter

For example, to find all the standalone and the lapped plate parts whose boundaries are replaced by dummy objects, define the workspace using the Standalone and Lapped Plates with Substituted Boundary catalog filter.

Similarly, if these plates whose definition objects are replaced by dummy objects, define the workspace with the filter Standalone and Lapped Plates with Definition Object.

You can define your own filters to find specific detailing objects in the workspace that have dummy boundaries or definition-objects by defining the property Has Substituted Boundary or Has Substituted definition object. To create a new filter:

  1. Click File > Define Workspace.

  2. In the Model list, select the model.

  3. In the Filters list, click Create New Filter.

  4. On the Properties tab, select the object properties to restrict your search.

  5. Click More… and select the object type used and the property name Has Substituted Boundary, and click OK.

  6. On the Object Type tab, select the object type to highlight. If you do not select any objects, the filter includes all objects in the list. To include one or more object types in your filter, press CTRL and click the name of each object type that you want to include. Click OK.