7. Publishing the CAESAR II Output File - Intergraph Smart 3D - Help

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Use SmartPlant Review Publisher to publish the CAESAR II output (MDB) file to a VUE file that can be opened by SmartPlant Review. Then, use the VUE file in SmartPlant Review Publisher to generate a ZVF file. The ZVF file can be opened by Smart 3D and used to attach additional graphics as reference 3D data.

Editing Translator.ini:

Before you use SmartPlant Review Publisher, update the Translator.ini file, located in the SmartPlant Review Publisher installation folder, to set the correct units for length (which can be found in the MDB file output from CAESAR II).

  1. Open the MDB file, and then look at the INPUT_UNITS table under the LENGTH column.

  2. Open the Translator.ini file and go to the Help section for Master Units. The numbers corresponding to units are listed.

  3. Go to the C2 Options section, and change the value to that which represents the unit of measurement in your CAESAR II file. The example below shows the units being set to inches.

  4. Save your edits and close the Translator.ini file.

Using SmartPlant Review Publisher:

  1. Open SmartPlant Review Publisher.

  2. Click Publish now for the action.

  3. Click Add, and then browse to the folder containing the exported CAESAR II MDB file.

  4. Under Files of type, select CAESAR II Database Files (*.mdb).

  5. Select the exported MDB file, and then click Open.

  6. Click Publish to generate DRV, MDB, MDB2 and VUE files. The software places these files in the same folder location as the MDB file. You can open the VUE file with SmartPlant Review. The example below shows the files generated from a CAESAR II MDB file named CII_ANALYSIS.

    . The generated MDB file is not the same file as the exported CAESAR II file.

Creating a ZVF File:

To be able to reference graphics as Reference 3D data in Smart 3D, you must generate a ZVF file from the VUE file using SmartPlant Review Publisher.

  1. On the SmartPlant Review Publisher dialog, click Publish Now.

  2. Click Add, and then select the VUE file you just generated.

  3. In the Select Files dialog, select SmartPlant Review VUE Files as ZVF Files in the Files of type list.

  4. Select the DRV and VUE files you just generated, and then click Open.

  5. Click Publish to generate the ZVF file. The software retains the filename of the input file but replaces the file extension with ZVF. For example, if the input VUE file is named CII_ANALYSIS.vue, then the converted output graphics file is named CII_ANALYSIS.zvf.