Full integration allows you to standardize data and improve communication among the authoring tools you use in the design, procurement, construction, and operation of a plant. A fully integrated environment consists of integrated authoring tools that have been configured to use the workflow management and integration features of SmartPlant Foundation.
SmartPlant Enterprise full integration provides the following features:
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User-controlled or manual workflows for managed data exchange, including To Do Lists, e-mail notifications, versioning, approval/release, and configuration control
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Transfer of engineering data from one tool to another, eliminating the need for manual re-entry of data
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Management of change resulting from ongoing engineering in upstream applications
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Accessibility of engineering information to other collaborators without requiring the original engineering tools
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Recording of change in data as it moves through the plant lifecycle
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Correlation of shared objects from multiple authoring tools. For example, the full definition of a pump may come from multiple disciplines (electrical, mechanical, and so forth), and the data may come from different authoring tools.
See Data Flow Between the Authoring Tools for a high-level diagram showing the types of data exchanged between tools using full integration.
SmartPlant Foundation acts as a repository for data and a medium through which information is shared among authoring tools. SmartPlant Foundation manages the availability, integrity, and accuracy of engineering information for engineering projects and operating plants. It builds a comprehensive electronic library about a plant – its structure, tags, equipment, and documents.
Many of the capabilities of full integration are also available for basic integration,
which uses the SmartPlant Basic Integrator without the repository functionality of
SmartPlant Foundation. See A Comparison of Full and Basic Integration for a feature comparison.
The following graphic shows the Hexagon and AspenTech authoring tools that are currently integrated using full integration. For high-level diagrams showing the default data exchanges between integrated authoring tools, see Data Exchange Examples for Integration.
