Accessing the SmartPlant Foundation Desktop Client from the SmartPlant Test Tool - Integration - Update 44 - Help - Hexagon

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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10
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9 (2019)
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10 (2019)
  1. In the SmartPlant Test Tool, click SmartPlant > Browser.

  2. Click a row in the table.

  3. Click OK.

    The Browse Publish Version for Compare dialog box appears.

  4. Type the name of the document you want to compare in the Document Name box.

  5. Click Browse Document.

  6. Select the version of the document you want to compare in the Revision and version box.

  7. Click Compare with Tool.

    The SmartPlant Foundation Desktop Client opens and loads the selected document for comparison.

View and Compare Document Revisions

  • The two documents you selected to compare display in side-by-side graphical views.

  • A list of differences between the two documents displays in a comparison results table under the graphical views.

  • Differences between the two documents appear in different colors. By default, new items appear in red, deleted items appear in green, modified items appear in blue, and items that are the same appear in black. You can change these default colors by clicking Set View Options .

  • When you click an item in the view or in the table, the software also displays properties for the selected item in a properties window to the right of the view panes. The properties are color coded to show whether they are new, deleted, modified, or the same. If the properties window contains identical properties, you can click Show Modified SPF DTC BTN CShowModifiedPropertiesViewAndCompare to show only modified properties.

  • By default, the software centers on an object in the drawings when you click the object in the comparison results table. You can change the default auto-focus behavior by clicking Set View Options , and then changing the options on the Auto-focus tab.

  • If you right-click a navigable object, a menu for that object displays. If you right-click elsewhere in the drawing, a menu for the document displays. In some cases, the menu is not available. For example, if a deleted item is selected, the shortcut menu is not available unless the effective date is set back to a time when the item existed.

  • To display the changes for a particular item in the properties grid, click the item in the appropriate graphical view.

  • To automatically find an object in the comparison results table, click an object in the graphical view. This behavior is automatic if you have selected Yes for the When selecting an item in the drawing, do you want to automatically find it in the list of changes? option on the Auto-focus tab of the Set Display Preferences dialog box.

  1. To center the display on a particular item in both views, click the item in the table.

  2. To sort the properties alphabetically, click SPF DTC BTN AlphPropertiesViewAndCompare, or to sort the properties by category, by clicking SPF DTC BTN CategorizePropertiesViewAndCompare.

  3. To filter a column in the comparison results table, right-click the column header, point to Filter, and then click the type of information by which you want to filter the column.

    SHARED Tip To define a custom filter, click Filter > (Custom). Then define your filter criteria in the Custom Filter dialog box and click OK.

  4. To move through the changes in the comparison results table, use the Next Change and Previous Change buttons on the toolbar.

  5. To print the views, click Print in the View and Compare window.

    • To print only the view on the left, click the down arrow beside Print, and select Left View.

    • To print only the view on the right, click the down arrow beside Print, and select Right View.