Working with the software in an integrated environment allows you to standardize and improve the communication among the various authoring tools you use in the course of designing, constructing, and operating a plant, ship, or offshore rig. SmartPlant Foundation acts as a central repository for data and a medium through which information is shared among other tools, such as SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Electrical, and Smart 3D.
The following graphic displays what Smart 3D publishes and retrieves and additional information about what data is exchanged.
Most of the commands that provide access to SmartPlant integration functionality exist on the SmartPlant menu in the various Smart 3D task environments. For example, in the Drawings and Reports task, you can use Find Documents to Publish to publish orthographic drawings, Isometric drawings, 3D model data, and report documents that either have not been published, have been modified and need to be published again, or have been deleted since the last publish. In other Smart 3D tasks, you can use the SmartPlant menu commands to correlate items between the model and the SmartPlant Foundation database and retrieve P&IDs, DDP files, Cable Schedules, and Plant Breakdown Structure.
For detailed information about using the SmartPlant integration commands found in Smart 3D, see Common and Orthographic Drawings.
For more information about configuring Smart 3D to work in an integrated environment, see Configure for an Integrated Environment.
Hexagon Work Process Guides
Hexagon Work Process guides map the process, power, and marine industries' basic work processes to SmartPlant Enterprise solutions. This documentation helps your organization transition from previous work practices to using Hexagon tools as the new way of executing projects.
Enterprise Work Processes describe an entire engineering discipline or process at two different levels, including:
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Providing a swim lane diagram to define the typical roles and high-level processes involved in a project
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Showing how Hexagon tools are used to produce required deliverables
Integration Capability Statements describe a specific work process among a set of Hexagon tools, including:
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Explaining the out-of-the-box capabilities of the tools and their recommended use
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Providing a swim lane diagram to show how the tools interact in the work process
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Stating critical requirements and precautions
Enterprise Work Processes and Integration Capability Statements offer a better understanding of how Hexagon tools work together and how to adapt the tools to improve existing work processes.