Configure batch processing - Intergraph Smart 3D - Help

The computer on which the batch process runs is called the batch server. The batch server is compatible with the same operating systems that are compatible with Smart 3D Workstation. You can have one or more batch server computers per site database. For more information, see Batch Server Sizing in the Smart 3D Installation Guide.

The user who initially configures the batch server must have write permissions or better on the model, the SharedContent folder, and any permission groups that access drawings.

1. Run the Batch Server Setup utility by double-clicking the SetupBatchServer.exe file, located in the [Product Folder]\Drawings\Middle\bin folder.

2. From the list in the Setup SP3D Batch Server dialog box, select all models that may use this server to process batch processing, and click OK.

   

   • Use the Select all option to select all available servers.

   • Clicking the Select All option when it is gray-filled clears all selections from the list.

   

   Type the appropriate user and password information. The user account information must be the same as the account currently logged into the computer.

   

3. Click Apply to update the batch server list and verify the batch server assignments to the model. The assigned batch server should be shown in the Batch Server(s) column.

4. To configure printers for a batch server, select a batch server in the list and click .

   

   • If no printers are installed on the batch server, or if you do not associate a printer with a batch server, the batch server is not available for batch printing.

   • Printers used by the batch server must also be installed on the client machine.

   • The printer name on the client machine must match the printer name on the batch server.

5. On the Select Printers dialog box, check the printers you want associated to the batch server and click OK.

   

   • Use the Select all option to select all available printers.

   • Clicking the Select All option when it is gray-filled clears all selections from the list.

   

• You can view all running batch processes and batch servers that are handling the processes by clicking Tools > Batch Management to display the Batch Management Dialog Box (Batch Management Command). SmartPlant 3D Batch Management also contains the status of all batch processes.

• After models have been assigned to the Batch Server, new processes display in the Processes tab of the Task Manager dialog box on that computer. SmartPlant 3D Batch Management process indicates that at least one model can use this computer as a Batch Server. For each model selected on the Setup 3D Drawings Batch Server dialog box, one Batch Server process displays in the list. If the SmartPlant 3D Batch Management or Batch Server processes are stopped, the computer does not process batch updates.

• You can also have a Batch Tier process running for each of the selected models. This process is created when the Batch Server process finds a batch job and terminates automatically after the Batch Server has been inactive for a while.

• A user must be logged onto the Batch Server for it to be available to process batch updates. The SmartPlant 3D Batch Management process starts automatically whenever any user is logged onto the Batch Server computer but is not available when no users are logged on.

• You should set up batch processing to run as a user that has write permissions to any permission group from which a batch process can be submitted. If the write permissions do not exist, the software cannot run the batch process.

• If you remove a batch server/model assignment (uncheck it on the Setup SP3D Drawings Batch Server dialog box), the software also removes the batch printer associations.

• If you have more than one batch server configured, you cannot assign certain drawings to a particular batch server. The batch servers listen for new batch drawing jobs from the clients to which they are configured. New batch jobs are picked up by open batch servers arbitrarily.

• A batch job that contains several individual drawings is automatically split into several individual batch jobs. The original batch job is completed as soon as the new batch jobs are created for each drawing under the batch job assignment.

• Drawings batch process log files are stored on the batch servers. The log files created are Drawings-Batch.log, DwgBatchServer.log, and DwgBatchTier.log. There is no consolidated log file for a batch process that uses more than one drawings batch server. You must inspect the log files from all drawings batch servers to locate a file that is related to a particular drawing.

• In Drawings, he default timeout value for updating documents through the Batch Server is 40 minutes. For more information on setting the Batch timeout (in minutes) property on a drawing document, see Style Tab (Properties Dialog Box).