The software works in a project environment. As such, you must log in to a project before you can begin working with any design files. Logging in to a project is a one-time operation. The software continues to use the project that you select in subsequent sessions until you log in to a different project.
Smart Isometrics supports two types of projects: the legacy Smart Isometrics project and the IsogenDB project. The IsogenDB project relies on a relational database back-end, so you must have access to a SQL database. When you are logged in to an IsogenDB project, you can view details about all the pipelines that belong to the project. This enables you to keep track of the pipelines as they are processed through Smart Isometrics. Unlike working with the legacy Smart Isometrics project, working with an IsogenDB project also supports version control and the check in and check out of files for multi-user projects.
For more information about the computer configuration required for working with an
IsogenDB project and the cloud-ready SQL database, see the Isogen Web API Installation Guide delivered on the Isogen Web API product media.
Typically, the project administrator creates the project structure and defines the drawing styles required so that the isometric drawings that you produce conform to your own company standards and working practices. The project hierarchy consists of the three components listed below.
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Isometric Directory represents any folder designated to contain one or more projects. You can have any number of isometric directories on your computer.
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Project represents a set of styles and associated data used by Isogen to create specific types of drawings. Each time that you open the software, you must connect to a project. The software remembers the project from one session to another until you connect to a different project.
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Style represents a group of properties that control the isometric drawings that Isogen creates. Style properties are stored in an XML file.
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You use Intergraph I-Configure to create and configure the Smart Isometrics project hierarchy. See Isometric Projects in the I-Configure Help.
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You use ISOGEN Configuration, which is integrated with I-Configure, to manage the properties that define the isometric styles Isogen uses for drawing and report production. See the ISOGEN Configuration Help.
Project defaults
In many cases, it is useful to have a common set of standard settings applied to a project that are subsequently applied to each new pipeline. These standard settings are called project defaults and define specific values for the pipeline attributes.
Generally, if project attribute defaults exist, the software uses them. If no defaults exist, the software stores pipeline properties between sessions. For example, if you create one model using units in feet/inches (ft/in), the next time that you create a model, ft/in is the initial setting in the Properties window. However, if the project default units are set to millimeters (mm), the mm units are used instead.
You define project defaults using I-Configure. For more information about the project
defaults that are available for Smart Isometrics, see Project Defaults and Attributes in the I-Configure Help.
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