For each Smart Interop Publisher project, you can modify the Default settings group or create your own groups to monitor different folder locations or different source file formats.
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Use your Smart 3D or third-party authoring tools to create your source files for translation. For Smart 3D, use the Save As SmartPlant Review command to export 3D Model data to .vue and .xml files or use SPRDirect to create .vue and .mdb2 files. See Save 3D model data for Smart Review.
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Create any required folders to use for the source file and Smart Model locations.
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You must be an administrator on the computer running Smart Interop Publisher. Also, if the User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, you must run Smart Interop Publisher as an administrator to work with folder settings (from the Start menu, right-click on Smart Interop Publisher to select Run as administrator).
Folder Settings Options
Automate Settings
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If you have not specified a shared folder or a location for the translated Smart Models or Drawings for your project:
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Go to the Projects View, select a project, and then right-click to open Settings Menu > Project Settings Command.
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On the General tab, type or browse to a Smart File Location folder and a Shared Content Location folder.
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Select a default Translation Settings Group if you have created any additional groups. See Define Translation Settings.
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Save your changes and exit.
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From the Projects View, select the project to use, and then right-click to select Settings Menu > Folder Settings Command.
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Click the IOP Home Menu, and then click Options Menu > Settings Menu > Folder Settings Command. The settings for the active project display in the Folder Settings Dialog. -
Click New on the Folder Settings menu list.
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Type the name for the folder Settings Group, and then click Create.
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Click Source File Locations, and then click Add
to select your source folders. Make sure the folder contains your required source
files. The settings you define get applied to all source files that get placed in
the designated folders and sub-folders.
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Click Translation to set up basic options such as the target applications, mapping information, and file locations. Advanced options are provided for specific file types and performance.
The Replicate source folder structure option is on by default. Use this advanced option to save time and allow the software
to automatically create the folder structure you have for the original source files
under your designated Smart Model location. Otherwise, clear the option for the software
to place all generated Smart Models and associated files into the Smart Model location.
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Click Scheduling, and then click either Run Job Immediately or set up scheduling for translating, updating, and publishing.
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To set up a schedule for publishing to SmartPlant Foundation, click Schedule Publishes > Schedule. See Schedule a publish to SmartPlant Foundation job.
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Click SmartPlant Foundation to define settings for publishing to SmartPlant Foundation.
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Click Save.
Smart Interop Publisher adds your folder settings group to the menu list.
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You can close Smart Interop Publisher and then periodically open it to check the translated files in the Source Files Grid and in the Job Manager View.
For .dri source projects containing other source files, Smart Interop Publisher only adds the .dri files to the Source Files Grid.