Offline Projects - Step by Step - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

The following is a step by step description of the workflow for offline projects.

Owner Operator

1. In the Administration module Project Activities dialog, create a new project. For this example we will call it Project A.

2. Select Apply.

   

   The Admin automatically creates the project schema.

3. In the Scope Definition dialog, scope the units you need in the project. In this example scope Crude unit 1.

   

4. In Smart Instrumentation claim your items to the project. For this example claim loop 101-f-102. Use which ever method you want,Claim or Copy to Claim Buffer. In our example we selected Claim.

   

5. Select target project.

   

6. In the Administration module Project Activities dialog, select Project A and select Export.

   

7. Select where you want to save the .ddti file (exported project) and select OK.

   

   The .ddti file name consists of the project name, time stamp, and suffix .ddti.

   The Owner Operator can now start work on their assigned project items, for example Wiring.

8. Send the .ddti file to the EPC.

EPC

1. In Smart Instrumentation Administration module, create a new domain. Use Engineering Company - Project Mode.

   This is not mandatory but highly recommended.

   

2. In the Administration module, log on as the Domain Administrator to your new EPC domain.

3. In the Access Rights dialog > Domain Level select the required access rights and select Save.

   Select Save even if you have made no changes to the default access rights as this creates the access rights in the database.

   

4. In the Project Activities dialog, create a new project and select Apply.

   

5. When the creation of the project is complete,select Import and select the .ddti file you require to import.

   

6. After selecting the .ddti file you require, you must select a Merge Option. In this example we are merging to a new and empty project so use the All Data option.

   

7. When the import is completed set the project access rights in the same way you did for the domain access rights.

   Even if no changes were made to the default project access right still select Save.

   The EPC engineers can now start work on there tasks, in our example this would be process data and specifications.

   If there is a need to update the EPC's reference data, the Owner Operator creates a new empty project and exports it to a .dti file (the empty .ddti file contains only reference data).

   

   The empty .ddti file is then transfered to the EPC who can load it to any project from the same Domain. It is merged to the project using the All Data option it contains no plant data.

8. When the work is completed or a review is required by the owner operator of the work done by the EPC. The EPC exports the project to a .ddti file and transfers it to the Owner Operator.

   

Owner Operator

When the Owner Operator receives the project (.ddti file) from the EPC whether for review or on completion of the work, the Owner Operator creates a temporary project that is a copy of the original project.

1. Create a temporary project (PTemp) with the scope of Crude Unit 1 and create its schema.

   

2. Claim the contents of Project A to the temporary project.

   

3. In the Administration module > Project Activities dialog, import the EPC .ddti file to the temporary project.

   

4. In the Merge Options, select Specifications and Process Data Only.

   

5. When the merger is complete open Smart Instrumentation to review the changes made.

   This can be repeated as many times as required until the work is completed to the Owner Operators satisfaction.

6. When the Owner Operator is satisfied that all the data has been updated as required the temporary project is merged to the As-Built.