SP3DReleaseBulletin.pdf

SmartPlant 3D Release Bulletin

Version 2009.1

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

DSP3D-PE-200062E-UPDATED

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SmartPlant 3D Release Bulletin 3

Contents Preface .......................................................................................................................................................... 5

SmartPlant 3D Documentation Set ............................................................................................................ 7

eCustomer Web Support .......................................................................................................................... 11

Modeling Features ..................................................................................................................................... 13

What's New in Piping ............................................................................................................................ 13 What's New in Equipment and Furnishings .......................................................................................... 13 What's New in Structure ........................................................................................................................ 14 What's New in Electrical ........................................................................................................................ 15 What's New in Hangers and Supports .................................................................................................. 16 What's New in HVAC ............................................................................................................................ 18 What's New in Structural Analysis ........................................................................................................ 19

Software Infrastructure Features ............................................................................................................. 21

What's New in Project Management ..................................................................................................... 21 What's New in Global Workshare ......................................................................................................... 22 What's New in Common ........................................................................................................................ 22 What's New in Grids .............................................................................................................................. 26 What's New in Space Management ...................................................................................................... 26 What's New in Interference Checking ................................................................................................... 26 What's New in Database Integrity ......................................................................................................... 27

Drawings and Reports Features .............................................................................................................. 29

What's New in Drawings and Reports .................................................................................................. 29 What's New in 2D Drawing Editor ......................................................................................................... 30

Catalog and Specification Features ........................................................................................................ 33

What's New in Catalog .......................................................................................................................... 33 What's New in Systems and Specifications .......................................................................................... 34 What's New in Interpreting Human Piping Specifications ..................................................................... 34 What's New in 2D Symbols ................................................................................................................... 35 What's New in 2D Symbols Reference Data ........................................................................................ 35 What's New in 3D Symbols ................................................................................................................... 35

Reference Data Features .......................................................................................................................... 41

What's New in Reference Data ............................................................................................................. 41 What's New in Drawings and Reports Reference Data ........................................................................ 41 What's New in Electrical Reference Data ............................................................................................. 45 What's New in Equipment and Furnishings Reference Data ................................................................ 45 What's New in Hangers and Supports Reference Data ........................................................................ 45 What's New in HVAC Reference Data .................................................................................................. 47 What's New in Piping Reference Data .................................................................................................. 47 What's New in Space Management Reference Data ........................................................................... 47

Contents

4 SmartPlant 3D Release Bulletin

What's New in Structure Reference Data ............................................................................................. 48

General and Integration ............................................................................................................................ 49

What's New in the Installation Guide .................................................................................................... 49 What's New with Plant Design System (PDS) Integration .................................................................... 49 What's New with Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................... 50 What's New in SmartPlant 3D and Integration ..................................................................................... 50

Internationalization .................................................................................................................................... 51

Training....................................................................................................................................................... 53

SmartPlant 3D Hardware and Software Recommendations ................................................................. 55

SmartPlant 3D Database Server Recommendations ........................................................................... 56 SmartPlant 3D Workstation Recommendations ................................................................................... 57 Software Loading Order ........................................................................................................................ 60 Disk Partitioning Guidelines .................................................................................................................. 61 SmartPlant 3D Project Hardware Sizing Recommendations ................................................................ 62

Concurrent Users ........................................................................................................................... 63 Project Size Estimates.................................................................................................................... 63 Modeling (Detail Design) Workstation Sizing ................................................................................. 64 System Administrator Workstation Sizing ...................................................................................... 65 Database Server Sizing .................................................................................................................. 65 Global Workshare Configuration Distribution Server Sizing........................................................... 67 Interference Checking (IFC) Server Sizing..................................................................................... 67 Batch Server Sizing ........................................................................................................................ 67 File Server Sizing ........................................................................................................................... 68 License Server and Name Generator Server Sizing ...................................................................... 68 License Server ................................................................................................................................ 68

Upgrading from a Previous Version ........................................................................................................ 69

Index ........................................................................................................................................................... 71


This Release Bulletin is a high-level description of new features for users who are familiar with SmartPlant 3D.

SmartPlant 3D continues to set new standards as Intergraph’s latest next-generation, data-centric, rule-driven solution for Plant design today. SmartPlant 3D also coincides and synchronizes with the release of other Intergraph Plant design and Plant data management solutions as part of a broader SmartPlant Enterprise release update. The result is an integrated, binary-compatible suite of SmartPlant Enterprise applications offering even greater levels of data integrity and application integration across Intergraph's plant design software family.

The latest SmartPlant 3D release delivers a number of significant new and extended capabilities across the entire SmartPlant 3D environment. These new capabilities and enhancements have been developed in response to current market requirements as well as direct feedback from the growing SmartPlant 3D user community.

For more detailed information about these features, see the product documentation. User documentation is available on the Help menu in any of the SmartPlant 3D task and guides are available on the Help > Printable Guides menu. Intergraph Process, Power & Marine product documentation is also available on the eCustomer Web site: https://crmweb.intergraph.com/ecustomer_enu/.

Preface

Preface



SmartPlant 3D documentation is available as Adobe PDF files. The content is the same as online Help. To access these PDF documents, click Help > Printable Guides in the software.

The documentation set is divided into four categories:

Administrative guides contain information about installing, configuring, customizing, and troubleshooting SmartPlant 3D.

User's guides provide command reference and how-to information for working in each SmartPlant 3D task.

Reference data guides define the reference data workbooks. Not all tasks have reference data.

ISOGEN guides

Administrative Guides

SmartPlant 3D Installation Guide - Provides instructions on installing and configuring the software.

Project Management User's Guide - Provides instructions for setting up the databases, creating permission groups, backing up and restoring project data, assigning access permissions to the model, defining and managing locations for Global Workshare, and version migration.

SmartPlant 3D Global Workshare Guide - Provides instructions for setting up the software and the databases to work in a workshare environment.

SmartPlant 3D Interference Checking Guide - Provides information on installing, configuring, and using the interference detection service.

SmartPlant 3D Integration Reference Guide - Provides information about installing, configuring, and using SmartPlant 3D in an integrated environment.

SmartPlant 3D Interpreting Human Piping Specifications - Provides information about how to interpret human piping specifications so that you can create the corresponding piping specification in the software.

SmartPlant 3D Export to PDMS - Provides information about how to export model data from SmartPlant 3D to PDMS. Specific guidelines relating to best practices and known limitations of the export functionality are also included.

SmartPlant 3D Point Cloud Reference - Provides information for referencing point cloud files provided by point cloud vendors in SmartPlant 3D.

SmartPlant 3D Troubleshooting Guide - Provides information on how to resolve errors that you may encounter in the software by documenting troubleshooting tips, error messages, and to do list messages.

SmartPlant 3D Plant Design System (PDS) Guide - Provides all information needed to use PDS with SmartPlant 3D. Topics include referencing active PDS projects in SmartPlant 3D, exporting PDS data and importing that data into SmartPlant 3D, and converting PDS reference data to SmartPlant 3D reference data.

SmartPlant 3D/SmartMarine 3D Programmer's Guide - Provides information about custom commands, naming rules, and symbol programming.

User's Guides

Catalog User's Guide - Provides information about viewing, editing, and creating reference data and select lists (codelists).

SmartPlant 3D Documentation Set



Common User's Guide - Provides information about defining workspaces, manipulating views, and running reports.

Electrical User's Guide - Provides information about routing electrical cable, cableway, cable tray, and conduit.

Equipment and Furnishings User's Guide - Provides information about placing equipment.

Grids User's Guide - Provides instructions for creating coordinate systems, elevation grid planes, vertical grid planes, radial cylinders, radial planes, grid arcs, and grid lines.

Hangers and Supports User's Guide - Provides instructions on placing piping, duct, and cableway supports in the model.

HVAC User's Guide - Provides instructions for routing HVAC duct.

Orthographic Drawings User's Guide - Provides information about creating and managing orthographic drawings.

Piping Isometric Drawings User's Guide - Provides information about creating and managing piping isometric drawings.

Piping User's Guide - Provides instructions for routing pipe and placing valves, taps, and pipe joints.

Reports User's Guide - Provides information about creating and managing spreadsheet reports.

Space Management User's Guide - Provides instructions for placing space objects such as areas, zones, interference volumes, and drawing volumes in the model.

Structural Analysis User's Guide - Provides instructions for defining loads, load cases, load combinations, and the importing and exporting of analytical data.

Structure User's Guide - Provides instructions for placing structural members such as: beams, columns, slabs, openings, stairs, ladders, equipment foundations, and handrails.

Systems and Specifications User's Guide - Provides instructions for creating systems and selecting which specifications are available for each system type.

Reference Data Guides

SmartPlant 3D 2D Symbols User's Guide - Provides command reference information and procedural instructions for creating 2D symbols used to represent collars, clips, profiles, brackets, and other items.

SmartPlant 3D 2D Symbols Reference Data Guide - Provides information about the two-dimensional symbols used in all tasks.

Drawings and Reports Reference Data Guide - Provides information about reports reference data.

Electrical Reference Data Guide - Provides information about electrical cable, cableway, cable tray, and conduit reference data.

Electrical 3D Symbols Reference - Provides information about the cable tray and conduit 3D symbols that are available.

Equipment and Furnishings Reference Data Guide - Provides information about equipment reference data.

Equipment 3D Symbols Reference - Provides information about the equipment, equipment component, design shapes, and design aides 3D symbols that are available.

Hangers and Supports Reference Data Guide - Provides information about hangers and supports reference data.

Hangers and Supports 3D Symbols Reference - Provides information about the hanger and support 3D symbols that are available.

HVAC Reference Data Guide - Provides information about HVAC reference data.



HVAC 3D Symbols Reference - Provides information about the HVAC 3D symbols that are available.

SmartPlant 3D Reference Data Guide - Provides instructions about the Bulkload utility, codelists, and the reference data common to several disciplines.

Piping Reference Data Guide - Provides information about piping reference data including piping specifications, piping specification rules, piping parts, and piping symbols.

Piping 3D Symbols Reference - Provides information about the piping 3D symbols that are available.

Space Management Reference Data Guide - Provides information about space management reference data.

Structure Reference Data Guide - Provides information about structural reference data.

Structure 3D Symbols Reference - Provides information about the stair, ladder, footings, and equipment foundation 3D symbols that are available.

ISOGEN Guides

Symbol Keys Reference Guide - Provides information about the symbol keys for isometric drawings. This guide is from Alias, the makers of ISOGEN.




Access the eCustomer Web site for the most up-to-date information about all Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine (PPM) products. To access the eCustomer Web site, browse to to the following site and type your eCustomer user name and password:

http://crmweb.intergraph.com

Customers with appropriate eCustomer privileges can perform the following actions:

See What’s New

Search the knowledge base for answers to support questions

Log and check on service requests

Check product release and support end dates

Find and download solutions, fixes, and service packs

Download product documentation or read it online

View the compatibility matrix of products, databases, and operating systems

Software Compatibility Matrix

To view the compatibility matrix of supported software versions, click Download Software Updates > Products, and then click the PPM Compatibility Matrices link.

Knowledge Base

In search the knowledge base, type SmartPlant 3D and a topic name in the Search box. For example, type SmartPlant 3D piping to display all topics about SmartPlant 3D Piping task.

eCustomer Web Support

eCustomer Web Support



S E C T I O N 1

New features in the SmartPlant 3D modeling tasks (Piping, Equipment, Structure, Electrical, Hangers and Supports, HVAC, and Structural Analysis) provide new levels of design productivity.

What's New in Piping The following changes have been made to the Piping task.

Version 2009.1

You can now key-in the bend radius multiplier for bends while routing. This overrides the default bend radius multipler defined in the piping specification. To allow this, the Pipe Bend Radius By User Option must be set to Pipe bend radius by user is enabled in the Catalog task. You can find the option in Catalog under the Piping > Piping Specifications > Plant Options node in the tree view. A new Bend Radius Multiplier box for keying in the bend multiplier value has been added to the Defaults tab of the Route Pipe Settings dialog box and to the General tab of the Piping Turn Features Properties Dialog Box. (P3 CP:47794)

You can now route flexible pipe in the model. For more information, see Route Flex Pipe. (P3 CP:4006)

Version 2009

You can now place the default branch as defined in the branch table, or the default turn or default reducer as defined in the pipe specification using the Insert Component. (P2 CP:129268)

What's New in Equipment and Furnishings Version 2009.1

No changes were made to the Equipment and Furnishings task for this release.

Version 2009

Place Designed Solid lets you create highly customize solids and equipment shapes by allowing you to add and subtract shapes from the solid. (P2 CP:129838)

You can now use the down arrow to cycle through the available datum points when placing equipment and equipment components. See Place Equipment from the Catalog and Place Equipment Component from the Catalog. (P3 CP:127695)

Added User-defined Equipment Forms. Use these forms to create forms that hold a picture of the equipment and attribute fields that you use to update your model. As you update the form, the Properties page is updated, as well. One advantage of using this form is that you can see the changes made to the model as you change the form. You do not have to open and close the Properties page. Refer to the Equipment and Furnishings Reference Data Guide available from the Help > Printable Guides command within the software. (P3 CR: 128029)

Can be Deleted property of the equipment member (like nozzle) is changed to Behavior Controlled by User. When its value is set to true, the user not only can delete the member but also can modify the location of the member. For more information, see Place Equipment Component from the Catalog. (P2 CP:125213)

Modeling Features

Modeling Features


What's New in Structure The following changes have been made to the Structure task.

Version 2009.1

Gap frame connections now support gaps by overlap and centerline distance by setting the Offset Type property on the gap frame connection. (P3 CP:140575)

For gap frame connections, you can now specify which member is the supporting member for the connection. (P2 CP:153111)

Slab assembly connections that belong to a deleted boundary are now kept to support copy and Model Data Reuse operations. (P2 CP:151662)

The Centerline representation is now available for ladders and hoops. (P3 CP:154170)

Examples of .NET traffic items, such as stairs, ladders and handrails, have been added. (P2 CP:157304)

You can now import and export models to CIS/2 files using Intergraph Batch Services. (P3 CP:178124)

The Place Bracing command can now place cross bracing and chevron bracing in any plane.

You can now reference and make constraints to objects on the No_Constrained_Elements layer when using the 2-D environment to place openings. Objects on this layer can include geometry generated by end cut operations, geometry that represents hidden lines from intersecting objects projected to the sketching plane, or objects that intersect the sketching plane. These objects, which display as fine grey lines in the 2-D environment, are temporary. When you exit the 2-D environment, the software deletes those graphics. Any relationships or constraints to the temporary graphics are also deleted when you exit the 2-D environment. For more information, see Place an opening by drawing and Place an opening on a sloped wall. (P2 CP:181626)

Version 2009

The new command Place Designed Solid lets you create highly customize concrete shapes by allowing you to add and subtract shapes from the solid. (P2 CP:17860)

The new command Place Fireproofing places fireproofing on selected members. Fireproofing is rule driven by a specification and is customizable without additional programming.

The Place Designed Equipment, Place Designed Equipment Component, Place Shape, and Place Imported Shape from File commands from the Equipment and Furnishings task are now also available in the Structure task.

You can modify multiple wall parts and wall systems as a group. (P2 CP:119188)

Designed Member filter is available. (P2 CP:139566)

A new gap frame connection is available. (P2 CP:70100)

Wall Assembly Connections have been added and can be selected from the Workspace Explorer using locate filters. (P2 CP:131504)

The Split turn type option can be used to create multiple wall systems using 3-D sketch. In addition, you can use this option to split an existing wall into multiple wall systems. (P2 CP:110171)

Multiple 2D sketched slabs can be placed on multiple elevations from a single sketch in one operation now. All slabs can then be modified individually without affecting the other slabs. (P2 CP:50747 and CP:135225)

Modeling Features


A handrail's path can now be selected graphically so additional handrails can be sketched in reference to an existing handrail. (P2 CP:38818)

A Centerline aspect has been added for stairs and handrails. You must set this aspect using the Format > View command.

Added information on the Toggle Wall Corner Command. For more information, see Toggle Wall Corners.(P2 CP:126563)

What's New in Electrical The following changes have been made to the Electrical task.

Version 2009.1

The documentation now includes conceptual information about the process the software uses when autorouting cable in the model. For more information, see Appendix: Cable Autorouting.

Cross-section restriction of width being greater than or equal to depth is removed.

You can now modify the route of a cable through an area without changing the route the in another area using the new features on the Edit Cable Path Ribbon Bar. (P3 CP:160236)

You can now place cable trays with barriers or dividers. Barriers Tab (New Cableway Dialog Box) (P3 CP:17571)

A Sequence command has been added to order the segments (parts) of conduits or cable trays. (P3 CP:160840)

Version 2009

You now have the option to allow auto-routing of Cables through a turn or a branch feature whose throat radius value is less than the Cable's minimum bend radius value. (P2 CP: 70035)

You can now locate the entry and exit points on the cable tray turn and branch features.

You can route zero specification cableways from conduit end features. See Branch Cableway from a Conduit End Feature and Connect Conduit End Features. (P2 CP: 139694)

Routing for duct banks has been added to the cableway command. You can route duct bank encasement and conduits at the same time. You can also branch the duct bank and route some or all of the conduits. After the duct bank is routed, you can modify it using many of the common applications such as move and copy. (P2 CP: 17587)

You can set way points and set avoidance zones to ensure that cables are auto-routed the way you want. (P3 CP: 123834)

For clarity, the Vertical and Horizontal stacking modes have been renamed to Along Depth mode and Along Width mode, respectively. (P3 CP: 144551)

You can now set signal type and voltage grade values to "undefined" in the Cable Properties dialog box. (P3 CP: 127639)

Modeling Features


What's New in Hangers and Supports Version 2009.1

You can now place a drawing note anywhere on a support using the Assembly Information Rule. Previous to this release, notes had to be placed at key-point locations. Now you can place control points anywhere along the support and then place the note associated with the control point. A sample support is provided: HS Assembly > L/T Shaped Frames > Inverted T-Shaped Frame LS. (P1 CP:127812)

Third-party assembly definition software can now be used with SmartPlant 3D to place parts on a designed support. (P2 CP:125874)

Integration with the Lisega interface allows you to design a support in LICAD and then automatically instance all parts in SmartPlant 3D. (P3 CP:101537)

Cutback steel sections are now recognized by the Place by Point and Place by Structure commands making it easier to place supports onto frames made with cutback steel. (P2 CP:152752)

You can define point welds or weld paths to an existing designed support using the Place Part command, or you can define supports with welds. A sample support with welds is provided: HS Assembly > L/T Shaped Frames > Inverted T-Shaped Frame LS > Assy_FR_IT_LS_Weld. (P2 CP:37046)

Supports will now automatically attach to the structure face nearest the support. (P2 CP:88273)

Top of steel elevations of hanger beams are now labeled in hanger drawings. (P3 CP:157056)

You can now place supports on a pipe end caps. A sample support is provided: HS Assembly > Leg Extensions > Dummy Leg. (P2 CP:142650)

All supports along a pipe run are automatically deleted when the pipe run is deleted. (P3 CP:154290)

Rigid joints can now have an angular offsets other than 90 degrees. A sample support using the new AngularRigidJoint joint is provided: HS Assembly > Rigid Rods > Rigid Rod with Riser Clamp. (P2 CP:118354)

Documented new workbook for Hanger Steel parts and Hanger Cutback Steel parts. Provides a new Part Class Name and Part Class Type: ConnectionSupportComponentClass. See Hangers and Supports Reference Data. (P3 CP:156834)

New sample HVAC Assemblies have been added to the HS_HVAC library. (P3 CP: 164135)

New Hangers and Support point and rectangle part, Marine Support, TrayShip Cable Tray and Rich Steel libraries are provided. The following workbooks are delivered in the [Product Folder]\CatalogData\BulkLoad\DataFiles directory. For more information, see Hangers and Supports Reference Data.

HS_S3DParts.xls

HS_S3DParts_Codelist.xls

HS_Str-AISC-LRFD-3.1.xls

Workbooks delivered in [Product Folder]\CatalogData\BulkLoad\AdditionalDataFiles directory:

HS_Marine.xls

HS_Marine_Assy.xls

HS_Marine_Assy_Codelist.xls


HS_Str-AISC-Metric.xls

Modeling Features


HS_Str_AISC_SHAPES-3.1.xls

HS_Str_AUST.xls

HS_Str-AUST-05.xls

HS_Str-BS.xls

HS_Str-Chile-2000.xls

HS_Str-China-2006.xls

HS_Str-CISC-7-2.xls

HS_Str-CISC-8.1.xls

HS_Str-Euro.xls

HS_Str-EURO-OTUA-2002.xls

HS_Str-Japan.xls

HS_Str-Japan-2005.xls

HS_Str-Russia.xls

HS_Str-SAISC-2002.xls

HS_TrayShip.xls

HS_TrayShip_Codelist.xls

Version 2009

A vessel guide for 4-inch to 8-inch vertical pipe, and a generic guide for 4-inch to 8-inch vertical pipe has been added to the HS_Assembly catalog.

A new cable tray support has been added to the support library, providing an Angle Bar type support. The workbooks are delivered in [Product Folder]\3D\CatalogData\BulkLoad\AdditionalDataFiles directory. These include HS_TrayShip_Assy.xls and HS_TrayShip_Assy_Codelist.xls. When bulkloading these files for the TrayShip supports, it is also necessary to bulkload the HS_ShipSteel.xls and HS_Correspondence.xls workbooks.

Support component edges can be selected for measuring and positioning reference.

Added a description of the Naming Rules for Hangers and Supports. For more information, see Hangers and Supports Naming Rules. (P3 CP:114997)

For Power1 Assemblies CS1_V CS1 and CS2 type supports:

A new attribute called "angle of rotation" is provided for rotating the assembly.

The supports can be placed with springs in the rods and the spring positions, top, middle or bottom. The support values can be modified independently.

Load type is based on the maximum temperature at maximum load. The part selection is used on the load type and the pipe outside diameter.

Power1 Assemblies SS3_V and SS4_V type supports can be placed for multiple pipes.

The generic penetration plate placement on multiple pipe arrangements has been enhanced.

New Hangers and Support steel part and Smart Cutback Steel libraries are provided. The primary benefit of the new Hangers and Support steel part is in assembly creation. Another benefit is the ability, at the time of placement, to change the cardinal point with which you are placing the New Hangers and Support steel part component. Previously-delivered workbooks are renamed and a new set of steel files are delivered. These files are named to match the structural workbooks upon which they are dependent. They are delivered in the [Product Folder]\3D\CatalogData\BulkLoad\DataFiles directory:

HS_Struct-AISC-LRFD-3.1.xls

HS_System_Codelist.xls

HS_HgrAisc- LRFD-3.1_Deprecated.xls

Modeling Features


Workbooks delivered in [Product Folder]\3D\CatalogData\BulkLoad\AdditionalDataFiles directory:


HS_Struct-AISC-Metric.xls

HS_Struct-AISC-SHAPES-3.1.xls

HS_Struct-AUST.xls

HS_Struct-AUST-05.xls

HS_Struct-BS.xls

HS_Struct-Chile-2000.xls

HS_Struct-China-2006.xls

HS_Struct-CISC-7.2.xls


HS_Struct-Euro.xls

HS_Struct-EURO-OTUA-2002.xls

HS_Struct-Japan.xls

HS_Struct-Japan-2005.xls

HS_Struct-Russia.xls

HS_Struct-SAISC-2002.xls

HS_HgrAisc_Deprecated.xls

HS_HgrAust-05_Deprecated.xls

HS_HgrCisc_Deprecated.xls

HS_HgrEuro_Deprecated.xls

HS_HgrEuro_OTUA-2002_Deprecated.xls

HS_HgrEuro_OTUA_Deprecated.xls

HS_HgrJapan_Deprecated.xls

What's New in HVAC Version 2009.1

Cross-section restriction of width being greater than or equal to depth is removed.

A spooling command has been added for duct objects. (P2 CP: 115528)

Spooling Duct Objects

The Insert Split command is enhanced to insert multiple splits on duct straight features at uniform lengths. (P2 CP:109742)

Version 2009

You can now edit weights of HVAC components. (P3 CP: 131679)

Editing HVAC Component Weight Attributes

Occurrence tab

You can now insert a flange between two non-straight duct features. (P3 CP: 103973)

Insert a Split

Insert Split Ribbon

Insert Split Command

Modeling Features


What's New in Structural Analysis The following changes have been made to the Structural Analysis task.

Version 2009.1

No changes were made to the Structural Analysis task for this release.

Version 2009

You can now specify the units of measure to use when exporting the analysis model to a CIS file. (P2 CP:147813)

Documented the resulting names for the delivered naming rules for the following items: load cases, load combinations, loads, and boundary conditions. (P3 CP:115002)

Modeling Features



S E C T I O N 2

New features in the infrastructure tasks (Project Management, Global Workshare, Common, Grids, Compartmentation, Interference Checking, and Space Management) help you to organize and your models.

What's New in Project Management The following changes have been made to the Project Management task:

Version 2009.1

Added new Reference 3D Model (R3D) functionality to facilitate referencing of external 3D models. This functionality allows you to attach and position external 3D Models as reference models so that modeling with reference to, interference checking against, and basic reporting may be performed on these models. External reference models can be of the following nature:

Smart 3D models published in ZVF and XML format..

PDMS models published to RVM and ATT format.

Plain graphic file formats from other tools such as .dgn files.

Added updated information to Model Data Reuse:

The Source Plant page was modified so that users can choose from two different source object selection methods, either Source Systems or Source Objects by Filter. Separate pages were added to the wizard for these selection methods.

A new Copy option call Transform by Coordinate System was added on the Disciplines page. This copy option supports a move and a rotate all in one transaction.

The controls on the Destination page are modified to support a Lowest Common Parent query, which is used when a user chooses a Volume, Permission Group, Object Type, or Properties filter.

Small changes are made to the Welcome page and the Transformation page.

A new results command was added to the Common task. Use the Tools command to run reports on the MDR results.

Support for Batch Services has been added to SmartPlant 3D. This functionality allows scheduling of regular, time consuming tasks through the Intergraph Batch Services application. In this release Database Integrity Command, Backup Command, and Restore Command may be scheduled through batch services.. (P3: CP 16755)

Version 2009

Version 2009 introduces a new command called Model Data Reuse. With the Model Data Reuse command, you can copy large amounts of data and use the data again within a Plant or across two separate Plants. For example, the Model Data Reuse command is useful when new Plant systems or sections can be based on existing models.

Version 2009 introduces a new command called Update Custom Symbol Configuration. Use this command to update the custom symbol mapping file. The custom symbol mapping file holds data for your company's unique symbols.

Version 2009 introduces a new command called Point Cloud Model Reference which uses data from third-party vendors. You can reference or attach point cloud data to your model. You can also remove the point cloud reference from your model.

Software Infrastructure Features



What's New in Global Workshare The following changes have been made to the Global Workshare Configuration:

Version 2009.1

When configuring Oracle databases for Global Workshare, and setting up Oracle Net Services, the Service Name cannot use a period. (P3 CP:163016)

Oracle Setup for Global Workshare

Configure Oracle Net Services

Version 2009

Added instructions for regenerating the reports database after workshare configuration has been completed. (P3 CP: 154779)

Regenerate the Reports Database

Disaster recovery information for Host or Satellite failure has been added to the documentation.

The host administrator can grant interference checking permissions to users at satellite locations (P3 CP.130136)

An appendix is added to the Global Workshare document that provides a recommendation for a baseline Oracle instance.

What's New in Common The following changes have been made to the Common task.

Version 2009.1

You can now navigate through up to 10 previous and next views with the updated Previous View command and new Next View command. For more information, see Previous View and Next View. (P2 CP:180673)

Added permission group settings to the Format > Style command. Use this dropdown menu to apply a permission group to the list of styles. For more information, see Apply a Permission Group to Styles. (P4 CP:174404)

Added a Review MDR Results command to the Tools > Utilities menu. Use this command to review the results of a Project Management Material Data Reuse operation.

Added functionality to copy/paste multiple filters in Select Filters dialog box. For more information, see Select Filter Dialog Box (P4 CP: 170331)

Added information about importing data for Electrical, Equipment, HVAC, and Piping using XMpLant. See Importing and Exporting Data. Also added XMPlant to bring PDMS data into SmartPlant 3D. (P2 CP:163603).

Added a Reference 3D tab to Workspace Explorer and a Reference 3D filter.

A gaming-style navigation method has been implemented to make it easier for users to move through the 3D model. When you open a 3D model, you can use mouse and/or keyboard actions that simulate walking through the model. A 3D Navigator tool is also provided as another navigation alternative with controls that support the new move and look motion. To start 3D Navigation, a Navigate View command has been added to the main toolbar. (P2 CP:163139)



3D Navigator

The following diagram shows the 3D Navigator controls and explains their functions. To start navigation click Navigate View on the main toolbar.

The 3D Navigator supports the look and move actions you can perform with the mouse and keyboard. Once you move your cursor off of the 3D Navigator, it fades into a transparent shadow.

Click Close to exit 3D navigation.

Use the Home control if you are lost within the model and you want to return to the opening model view.

The Fly Mode disables the 3D Navigator. Use your mouse and keyboard controls for navigation.

The Move In/Out controls walk you closer or further away from your target point.

Selecting Fit automatically takes you to a fitted view of the selected objects in the view, if any. If no objects are selected, Fit takes you to a fitted view of the active clip volume. If there is no active clip volume, Fit takes you to a fitted view of the entire model.

You can press and hold the 3D Navigator Look and Move controls for continuous motion.

Press and hold the center Move control to drag the 3D Navigator to a different location on/off the view window.

Keyboard Controls



Arrow keys as well as the gaming standard W (Move In), A (Left), S (Move Out) and D (Right) are supported.

Mouse Controls (Fly Mode)

Press F to enable Fly mode. You have the option to use just your mouse for navigation or use keyboard + mouse combinations. The keyboard + mouse combination controls enable you to change the viewing direction with the mouse and move around with the keyboard. You can right-click, press ESC or press F again to exit Fly mode.



When you exit Fly mode, you can press ESC or right-click again to exit 3D navigation altogether.

Version 2009

The Insert > File command now supports AutoCAD 3D files.

When copying and pasting large data sets, you can decide whether to clear the Clipboard after a single paste, or to keep the Clipboard contents for multiple paste operations. Also during this process, the progress bars are now displayed. You can cancel a copy or paste from the progress bars if your computer is running low on virtual memory. A warning message now appears if the clipboard contains a large data set that may use up too much memory. (P2 CP:120812 and P2 CP: 113680)

You can now synchronize selected model items with changes in the catalog. For more information, see Synchronize with Catalog Command. (P2 CP:153177)

You can now use the Tools > Get Point command to locate the centroid of planar faces. (P2 CP:114271)

A new Centerline aspect has been added to the Format Views dialog box.

You can now view and correlate P&ID typical components.

You can now measure the distance between Point Cloud and SmartPlant 3D objects. (P2 CP:133288)

The rendering option, Shaded with Hardware Enhanced Edges, has been added. This option provides a faster solution for displaying enhanced edges. This option is an alternate display option to Shaded with Enhanced Edges in that it uses the software running on your system's video card.

This option may not be supported by your graphics driver and/or graphics card. SmartPlant 3D checks your system information and does not display this option if it is not supported. Loading a new graphics driver could make this option available.

You can export SmartPlant 3D model data to PDMS. For more information, see Export Model. (P2 CP:134696)



What's New in Grids Version 2009.1

You can now rotate a grid plane from any elevation plane in the coordinate system, or by a user specified offset from the base elevation plane. In previous software versions, you could only rotate a grid plane about the base elevation plane. For more information on the options, see General Tab (Grid Plane Properties Dialog Box) (P2 CP:153262)

In addition to specifying a grid plane by an angle, you can now rotate a grid place by defining the slope that you want. (P2 CP:153269)

You can now redefine the coordinate system origin relative to the grid planes. (P3 CR: 72055)

Version 2009

No changes have been made to the Grids task in Version 2009.

What's New in Space Management The following changes have been made to the Space Management task.

Version 2009.1

You can now break associations between a volume and an object that has been associated with that volume. (P3 CP:79116)

Version 2009

The Enable Assoc Point Creation and Disable Assoc Point Creation toolbar buttons provide visual cues to indicate whether any selected volumes have associative points. The associative points must be removed from a volume before it can be moved. (P3 CP: 115569)

What's New in Interference Checking The following changes have been made to interference checking.

Version 2009.1

The interference checker has been enhanced to check interferences with objects in referenced SmartPlant 3D models against objects in the active model. (P1 CP:157226)

Added information on Using IFC Rules to Assign Permission Groups.(P3 CP:160742)

The Interference checker now provides the Warm Reboot option to preserve the approved fouls information when the user restarts IFC with a change in IFC Rule and/or changes the aspects considered for IFC processing.

A pre-processor rule has been added that enables you to avoid any known foreign objects (PDS) or files (PDS, MSTN, Reference3D, or ACAD) from the foul checking process. (P2 CP:158160)

You can now optionally place the IFC Rule.dll in the Symbol share and enter the file information in the \\Symbols\Xml\SystemSymbolConfig.xml file. This rule will be used by IFC Database detect whenever it is started. (P2 CP:140018)

Version 2009



The host administrator can grant interference checking permissions to users at IFC Permissions at Satellite Locations. The Satellite users who have write permissions on both the Plant database and the Interference Permission group can now approve the Database detect interferences and Add or Edit notes. (P3 CP: 130136)

Changes made to IFC to include Point Cloud support with Interactive Interference Checking (Local Detect) and Server-based Interference Checking (Database Detect). (P2 CP:135777)

The software now has the ability to reference 3D AutoCAD files and support interference checking against the 3DAutoCAD files. (CR 18095)

Added information on the Update Object Type Hierarchy & Catalog Views toggle on the Bulkload dialog box. (P3 CP:145259)

What's New in Database Integrity The following items have changed in the Database Integrity Guide:

Version 2009.1

Common Route

Added Connection has relation to Specification. (P2 CR:162857)

Drawings and Reports

Added Error code 45 - unspecified error description. (P2 CP:189686)

Project Management

Added A 3D Reference object has an incorrect parent in the hierarchy.

Added A 3D Reference object has more than one parent in the hierarchy.

Added A 3D Reference object has no parent in the hierarchy.

Added The database contains more than one occurrence of the Reference Root class.

Version 2009

No changes have been made to this document for this release.




S E C T I O N 3

What's New in Drawings and Reports The following changes have been made to the Drawings and Reports task.

Version 2009.1

Orthographic Drawings

The software supports the generation of expansion views. For more information, see Associate Objects to Views. (P1 CP:184150)

Removed all references to the Create Drawing Expansion Mesh command in Molded Forms. Expansions of shell, internal knuckled, and internal curved plate systems are now performed directly in the Drawings task.

Piping Isometric Drawings

Alternative Text (AText) reference data is now delivered as part of the online documentation. For more information, see Appendix: AText Reference Data.

Version 2009

Drawings (General)

Clarified the ability to create more than one Drawing Batch Server for a site database. For more information, see Batch Processing. (P2 CP:158208)

Added clarification about saving a drawing to Microstation or AutoCAD format. For more information, see Save As MicroStation or AutoCAD Format. (P2 CP:137251)

The new Dimensioned Label command available in the Manual Place Labels command allows you to place a dimension that displays a label instead of a dimension value. For more information, see Dimensioned Label Command. (P2 CP:150173)

Drawings are checked for errors before the update process begins. For more information, see Conditional Drawing Update. (P2 CP:182209)

Orthographic Drawings

VHL Precision and Geometry Validation options, previously available for composed drawing views, are now also available for marine structure drawing by rule views. For more information, see View Definition Dialog Box and View Tab (Drawing View Properties Dialog Box). (P2 CP:184865)

The update commands for marine drawings have changed. Update now performs smart updates, determining whether full or incremental updates are needed. For more information, see Update. (P2 CP:174198)

CollateForSteelOrder collation rule and Name by Grid Plane view naming rule have been updated to handle inclined plates. For more information, see Collation Rules in Marine Structure Drawings and View Naming Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. (P2 CP:165252)

Added a workflow for creating a Steel Order (Shell Profiles) Scantling Drawing. For more information, see Create a Steel Order (Shell Profiles) Scantling Drawing. (P2 CP:155905)

Drawings and Reports Features



Added a workflow example for placing a dimension-like label. For more information, see Place a Dimensioned Label. (P3 CP:152913)

Added example of GetActual3DGeometry.dll in Custom Graphic Rule Examples Appendix. (P3 CP:132325)

Added example of PlaneGeometryDrawingWrapperEntity.dll in Custom Graphic Rule Examples Appendix. (P3 CP:132324)

Piping Isometric Drawings

Added a workflow for placing labels on surface-mounted components and instruments. For more information, see Piping Isometric Drawings Surface-mounted Components Label. (P2 CP:133668)

Reports

Added several report descriptions. For more information, see Appendix: Report Descriptions. (P3 CP:128288)

Updated the MfgTemplate - Split Row (ShipDrawings\Dependent View Reports\Manufacturing Template Sets) report description. For more information, see MfgTemplate - Split Row (ShipDrawings\Dependent View Reports\Manufacturing Template Sets).

What's New in 2D Drawing Editor The following changes have been made to the 2D Drawing Editor:

Version 2009

Use the Scaled Sketching command to draw all graphics at a consistent scale factor. The scale factor used is based on a user-selected SmartFrame. See Using Scaled Sketching. (P2 CP:158595)

The new leader tolerance and leader color options allow you to change the leader tolerance value and change the color of the leader. For more information, see Manual Place Labels Ribbon.

The new Full Update and Shallow Update commands in the SmartMarine 3D Drawings View Explorer allow you to perform a full or shallow update from the right-click menu. (P2 CP:145918)

Added notes on how the UnAssigned Folder functions in the SmartMarine 3D Drawings View Explorer. For more information, see SmartMarine 3D Drawings View Explorer.

Manual dimensions are now remembered after a drawing update. Notes were added to the Dimension Paper Space Objects for 3D Drawings topic. For more information, see Dimension Paper Space Objects for 3D Drawings.

Navigation Rule Properties were added to the Drawing View Properties Dialog Box. For more information, see Drawing View Properties Dialog Box (Place View Command). (P2 CP:134115)

The Highlight custom command tests labels and dimensions on a drawing. For more information, see Highlight Command. (P2 CP:130741)

Added notes on how the Exclude Objects option finds child objects. For more information, see Associate Objects to View Ribbon. (P2 CP:132482)

Added functionality for adding or removing graphics from a Group. For more information, see Add to or remove graphics from a Group. (P3 CP: 126332)



The Place Cutting Plane/Section View command has been reworked, providing more functionality and usability. For more information, see Place a Cutting Plane/Section View. (P3 CP: 148290)

The Save As command is modified to protect document integrity between the 2D Drawing Editor and SmartSketch applications. This modification applies to .sha and .igr files. The Save As command will process both embedded and linked information in the files in both applications. In addition, when opening .sha files in SmartSketch or when you open .igr files in the 2D Drawing Editor, you cannot save as previous version. (P1 CP:124141)

Line terminators are now displayed even with the Display as Printed option turned off. This option is available on the View tab of the Tools > Options dialog box. (P2 CP:123854)

The 2D/3D Selection command has been enhanced for better performance. For more information, see Considerations for Using the 2D/3D Selection Command in 2D/3D Selection Command. (P2 CP:112893)

There are three new properties available on drawings views in 3D composed drawings to improve drawing performance and update - Flush Threshold, VHL Tolerance, and Geometry Validation. For more information, see Drawing View Properties Dialog Box (Place View Command). (P2 CP:126899)

The Display Manager command is now available on the shortcut menu when you right-click a selected SmartFrame. (P2 CP:124354)

The new Update View command allows you to update the contents for a selected view - drawing, report, key plan, snapshot, or detail/section. For more information, see Update View Command. (P3 CP:89948)

The workflow for moving a drawing view has been modified. For more information, see Move a Drawing View. (P2 CP: 184185)




S E C T I O N 4

What's New in Catalog The following changes have been made to the Catalog task:

Version 2009.1

A new piping specification rule is available for defining the expansion gap for female ends. For more information, see Socket Offset Rule. (P2 CP:157455)

The Verify Consistency Report Command now makes these additional checks:

Report missing nut when Machine Bolt Substituted for Cap Screw

Verify Weld Clearance Rule

Validate Takedown Rule against Piping Commodity Filter

Remove Pipe Bend Check from Material Control Data

Inclusion of Valve Operators and Actuators in Symbol Summary

Validate Joint Quality Factor Rule

Handling of False Positive Records in Check Data Command

Reporting of Duplicates in Special Bolt Selection Filter

Reporting of Duplicates in Special Gasket Selection Filter (P2 CP:122218)

The Check Data Command has been enhanced to ignore false-positive inconsistencies. In addition, a new command Check Data Ignored Inconsistencies has been added so that previously ignored inconsistencies can be restored. (P2 CP:136029)

You can copy and paste selected modules (created using the Copy to Catalog command) from one catalog to another catalog that has the same schema. (P2 CP:87342)

Dry Weight for End 1 and End 2 have been added to Pipe Stock. For more information, see Pipe Stock.

The Structure Gap frame connection has new input properties: Offset Along, Offset Type, Overlap Ratio Min, and Overlap Ratio Max. For more information about these properties, see Gap Frame Connections.

Documented the logic used for creating the Catalog Hierarchy folders for on-the-fly instruments. For more information, see On-the-fly Instrument Folders.

Version 2009

You can now modify all the attributes of an Interface property in the Catalog task. (P1 CP:129368)

The Lap Thickness property has been added to the Bolted End Data node for use with bolt length calculations. (P2 CP:127947)

The Groove Pitch Diameter property has been added to the Bolted End Data node and is used to determine the compatibility of two dissimilar ring type joint flanged ends at a crossover connection.(P2 CP:95262)

A new piping specification rule has been added to define the calculation tolerance for tap end stud bolts. For more information, see Tap End Stud Bolt Calculation Tolerance Rule. (P2 CP:94778)

Catalog and Specification Features



Socket Wall Thickness has been added to Female End Generic Data. For more information, see Female End Data. (P2 CP:133522)

Pressure Rating and Rating Practice properties have been added to the Nut Selection Filter. For more information, see Nut Selection Filter. (P2 CP:138716)

Pressure Rating and Rating Practice properties have been added to the Washer Selection Filter. For more information, see Washer Selection Filter. (P2 CP:138716)

The Gasket Select Filter now has for the reportable piping commodity properties: Reportable Commodity Code, Alternate Reportable Commodity Code, Quantity of Reportable Parts, and Quantity of Alternate Reportable Parts. For more information, see Gasket Selection Filter. (P2 CP:138716)

The Option Category and Commodity Option properties have been added to the Joint Quality Factor rule. For more information, see Joint Quality Factor. (P2 CP:138716)

Fluid Code and Fluid System properties have been added to the Piping Commodity Filter. For more information, see Piping Commodity Filter.

Temperature and pressures in the Service Limit rule can now be specified by NPD size range. For more information, see Service Limits. (P3 CP:138067)

You can now reuse an interface name if the interface is deleted. (P3 CP:101044)

You can define fireproofing insulation specifications and encasement rules in the Catalog task.

What's New in Systems and Specifications The following changes have been made to the Systems and Specifications task.

Version 2009.1

No changes were made for this release.

Version 2009

Added a description of the Naming Rules for the Systems and Specifications task. For more information, see Systems and Specifications Naming Rules. (P3 CP: 114988)

What's New in Interpreting Human Piping Specifications

The following changes have been made to this document.

Version 2009.1

No changes were made to this document for Version 2009.1.



What's New in 2D Symbols The following changes were made to 2D Symbols:

Version 2009.1

No changes for this release.

Version 2009

Added inner edge names to the pipe and rectangular tube examples. For more information, see Edge Names. (CP:142717 P2)

Added information on creating fireproofing symbols. For more information, see Creating Fireproofing. (CP:157396 P3)

What's New in 2D Symbols Reference Data Version 2009.1

No changes for this release.

Version 2009

Documented the new designed (built-up) member cross-section types.

What's New in 3D Symbols In addition to this What's New listing, each grouping of symbols has a What's New listing for that grouping. Refer to the main overview topic of each grouping. The following changes have been made to this document:

Cable Trays

Version 2009.1

The following cable tray symbols have been added: CTHorAdjSplicePlate

The SP3DCableRiserTray symbol has two new inputs: HorizontalOffset and VerticalOffset.

The SP3DCT15DegVerInside symbol has a new part design basis 146.

Version 2009

The following cable tray symbols have been added: SP3D75HCableTray, SP3D75VCTrayInside, SP3D75VCTrayOutside, SP3DRedHBTeeCableTray, SP3DMultiCableTransit.

Conduit

Version 2009.1

The following new symbols have been added: CDTUTypeBody, CondOutletBody

The SP3DConduitCross symbol has been reworked. The symbol now has six inputs and six outputs.

The SP3DConduitTee symbol has five new inputs: Height1, Length1, Length2, Width1, and Width2.

The SP3D90ConduitElbow has seven new inputs: CoverDiameter, Face1toCenter, Face2toCenter, HubLength, Hub2Length, PortOffset, and DiagonalLength.

Version 2009



The SP3DConduitCap symbol has been completely redone.

The SP3DConduitTanElbow symbol is new.

Hangers and Supports

Version 2009.1

Smart Part symbols WBA Hole, Yoke Clamp, Variable Spring, Protection Saddle, Pin, and Slide Plate have been added.

Version 2009

Special Sizes have been added for the following Lisega parts: 49B, 49A, 48, 46, 45, 44B, 44A, 43, 42B, 42A, 41B, 41A, 40, 37_SML, 37_LRG, 36

Added new symbols for HgrBeams. These new symbols have more ports and are easier to use in assemblies. All of these steel sections also have cutback section counterparts so that each end can be angled for us in a mitered connection for example. Delivered steel standards are:

HS_Struct-SAISC-2002.xls


HS_Struct-AISC-Metric.xls

HS_Struct-AISC-SHAPES-3.1.xls

HS_Struct-AUST.xls

HS_Struct-AUST-05.xls

HS_Struct-BS.xls

HS_Struct-Chile-2000.xls

HS_Struct-China-2006.xls



HS_Struct-Euro.xls

HS_Struct-EURO-OTUA-2002.xls

HS_Struct-Japan.xls

HS_Struct-Japan-2005.xls

HS_Struct-Russia.xls

The older HgrBeam steel sections have been moved to a folder named Deprecated in the Catalog Browser tree.

HVAC

Version 2009.1

The following symbols have been added: HWye

The SP3DHTaperBodyLateral symbol has five new inputs: TaperLength, BLength, Length1, Length2, CentertoPort1.

Version 2009

The following symbols have been added: SP3DHControlDamper

The SP3DHRecDiffuserRnd symbol has been modified to support part design basis. It now has 11 inputs and 2 outputs.

The SP3DHWRLouvres symbol has been modified to support part design basis. All the inputs have changed.

The SP3DBackDraftDamper symbol has been modified to support part design basis. It now has 13 inputs and 8 outputs.



The SP3DHRecDiffuserRectN symbol has been modified to support part design basis. It now has 6 inputs and 2 outputs.

The SP3DHRectGrille symbol has 3 new inputs: FrameThickness, OverallLength, and BladeSpacing

Piping

Version 2009.1

The following symbols have been added: PressVacReliefValve, SlurryAngleValve, LineBlindValve, DrillingSpool, SP3D88Elbow

Indicated which are the required dimensions for Dimensional Data for Piping (DDP) symbols: SP3DCIReliefValve, SP3DCIDACTGlobeVPosHWh, SP3DCIRegulator, SP3DCIPistonRotValve, SP3DCIPisGloRotValve, SP3DCiOrificePlate, SP3DCIMetrunOriFlangePlate, SP3DCIMiscInlineIns, and SP3DCIDiaRotaryValve. (P3 CP:143434)

The SP3DCSPFlexHose symbol now has just two outputs: VNoz1 and VNoz2.

The SP3DDoubleY symbol has three new inputs: SeattoCenter, OffsettoBranch, BrSeattoCenter.

The SP3DCrossGeneric symbol has four new inputs: FacetoCenter, BranchFacetoCenter, BodyOutsideDia, Radius.

The SP3DLateral symbol has four new inputs: BodyOutsideDia, PorttoPortOffset, Radius, A.

The SP3DTee symbol has two new inputs: BodyOutsideDia, BranchFacetoCenter.

The SP3DTrueY symbol has two new inputs: Angle1, Angle2.

The SP3DWye symbol has three new inputs: Length, ElbowRadius, BodyOutsideDia.

The SP3DNROletG symbol has four new inputs: A, HoleDia, B, Offset.

The SP3DOletG symbol has six new inputs: Angle, B, HoleDia, C, Length, ReinforcedBranchOutsideDia.

The SP3DSweepolet symbol has two new inputs: A, BranchOutsideDia.

The SP3DTeeRRB symbol has five new inputs: SeattoCenter1, EndtoCenter2, EndtoCenter3, SeattoCenter, FacetoCenter.

The SP3D45Elbow symbol has two new inputs: Length, BodyOutsideDiameter.

The SP3D5Elbow symbol has one new input: TangentLength.

The SP3D90Elbow symbol has three new inputs: BodyOutsideDia, Length, Offset.

The SP3DOffset symbol has two new inputs: Length, SBendRadius.

The SP3DReturn symbol has three new inputs: BodyOutsideDia, PorttoPortOffset, Radius.

The SP3DPlug symbol has two new inputs: Length, BodyOutsideDia; and now has only three outputs: Body, InsulatedBody, PNoz1.

Version 2009

The following symbols have been added: SP3D30Lateral, SP3D60Lateral, SP3DAngleValvewtPiston, SP3DOPHandWhwtJointRing, SP3DOPHandwhwtHandle, SP3DDoubleBasketStrainer, SP3DCIGloVwtDiaAct, SP3DCIGloVwtDiaActPos, SP3DCSTrueWye, SP3DInlineSilencer; SP3DMoistureSeparator, SP3DNeedleValve, SP3DOPGearSideHandwheel, SP3DOPGearTopHandwheel, SP3DOPHandwheelD, SP3DOPLever, SP3DPressureControlValve, SP3DRuptureDiscWHolder, SP3DSteamTrapAssembly, SP3DVBoltEarCoupling, VacuumReliefValve, SP3D3WayDiverterVal, PneumaticActuator, OPTHandle, OPGearBox

The SP3DLatrolet symbol has one new input: Angle.

The part design basis 479 of the SP3DSightFlowIndicator symbol has been modified to allow instrument width to be an optional input.



The SP3DTee symbols has one new input: SeatToSeat.

The SP3D45Elbow has a new 182 part design basis.

The SP3D90Elbow has a new 182 part design basis.

The SP3DAdapterFlange symbols has one new input: SeattoSeat.

The SP3DAngleCheckValve symbol has two new inputs: Face1ToCenter, Face2ToCenter.

The SP3DBallValve symbol has 7 new inputs: ValCenLineToBot, OffsetFrmValCen, OperatorHeight, HwOffsetFrmValCen, ValCenToHWTop, ValCenToHWCen, ExStemLenFrmValCen.

The SP3DEccReducingTee symbol has 2 new inputs: Seat1toCenter, Seat2toCenter.

The SP3DFlange symbol has been rewritten and now has 4 inputs and 4 outputs.

The SP3DOPHandwheel symbol has been rewritten and now has 5 inputs and 3 outputs.

The SP3DPlug symbol has been rewritten and now has 5 inputs and 5 outputs.

The SP3DReducingInsert symbol has been rewritten and now has 5 inputs and 7 outputs.

The SP3DReturn symbols has been rewritten and now has 7 inputs and 6 outputs.

The SP3DSingleBasketStrainer symbol has two new inputs: DrainOffset, Diameter.

The SP3DSpectacleBlind symbol has been rewritten and now has 13 inputs and 4 outputs.

The SP3DSMPipeSleeve symbol has three new inputs: Thickness, HoleDia, Length.

The SP3DUnionHead symbol has four new inputs: Length1, Lenght2, HalfNutThickness, NutWidth.

The SP3DUnionTail symbol has four new inputs: Length1, Lenght2, HalfNutThickness, NutWidth.

The SP3DPAngPressReliefV symbol has seven new inputs: Diameter, Height, Face2toCenter, Length, Width, A, B.

The SP3DMoistureSeparator symbol has been rewritten and now has 8 inputs and 6 outputs.

The SP3DTankDrainValve symbol has been rewritten. While is still has 8 inputs, the inputs are different.

The SP3DButterflyValveSym symbol has been rewritten and now has 14 inputs.

The SP3DCheckValve symbol has four new inputs: B, OffsetFrmValCen, Length2, and OffsetfromPort1.

The SP3DGateValve symbol has five new inputs: ValCenLinetoTop, PlateDiameter, OffsetFrmValCen, TrenchDepth, ExtLength.

The SP3DAngleCheckValve symbol has five new inputs: OffsetFrmValCen, YOffset, Length2, HandwheelAngle, ValveHeight.

The SP3D11Elbow symbol has one new input called TangentLength.

The SP3DVAIndicatorPost symbol has been rewritten and now has 13 inputs and 4 outputs.

The SP3DOPHandwheelatTop symbol has been rewritten and now has 4 inputs and 4 outputs.

The SP3DOPHandwheel symbol has been rewritten and now has 9 inputs.

The SP3DVAWallPost symbol has been rewritten and now has 10 inputs.

The SP3DOPExtnStem symbol has been rewrtten and now has 4 inputs and 4 outputs.

Structure

Version 2009.1

The following new symbols are available: SPSHandrail.ChainRailing, SPSHandrail.FixedHandrail, SPSHandrail.RemovableHandrail, SPSInclinedLadderMacros.IncLadderTypeA, SPSLadderOpeningHR.LadderOpeningHR, SPSLadderWithCage.LAdderCageTypeA, SPSLadderWithCage.LadderCageTypeB,



SPSRemovableHR.RemovableHRTypeA, SPSRemovableHR.RemovableHRTypeB, SPSStormRail.




S E C T I O N 5

What's New in Reference Data The following changes have been made to reference data.

Version 2009.1

Added a new optional rule called Schedule Thickness to the Spec Translator Utility. This rule maps the PDS schedule/thickness text value to the SmartPlant 3D schedule/thickness text value. (P3 CP: 159906)

New select lists have been added: Struct Can Type, Struct Can Diameter Rule, Struct Cone Length Compute Method, Struct Can Lenght Compute Method, and Rotation Offset Type. (P3 CP: 164231)

You must follow a specific order when you bulkload Hangers and Supports reference data. For more information, see Minimum Reference Data. (P3 CP: 190442)

Version 2009

New select list has been added: Clamp Requirement. (P3 CP:144554)

New select list has been added: Welding Procedure Specification. (P3 CP:143331)

New select lists have been added: Align Component, Flip Component, and Plane Of Flip. (P3 CP:139444)

New select list has been added: Tray Specification Type. (P3 CP:139298)

New select list has been added: Struct Compute Rule. (P3 CP:139297)

A warning about sequence of piping commodity data was added to the Using the Piping Commodity Filter Cleanup Utility topic. (P3 CP:129254)

Name length character limits clarified in Appendix. See Appendix: Name Limitations in Reference Data. (P4 CP:135996)

What's New in Drawings and Reports Reference Data The following changes have been made to the Drawings and Reports reference data.

Version 2009.1

Removed all references to the Create Drawing Expansion Mesh command in Molded Forms. Expansions of shell, internal knuckled, and internal curved plate systems are now performed directly in the Drawings task.

A new leader annotation module is available that places an offset between the leader and the drawing matchline. For more information, see DwgMarginLeaderControl. (P3 CP:169005)

Added the MFG_PinJig SideView_SeamOffsetfromChord-Right and MFG_PinJig SideView_SeamOffsetfromChord-Left label templates for the Manufacturing PinJig Side View view style. For more information, see Label Templates in Marine Structure Drawings .

Added the Seam Intersection Point and Chord Line actions for Manufacturing PinJig Side View drawings. For more information, see Seam Source and Chord Line Source.

Reference Data Features



Embedded Feature symbols for profile sketch drawings are described. For more information, see Embedded Feature Symbol Rules.

Embedded Marking Lines symbols for profile sketch drawings are described. For more information, see Marking Line Embedded Symbol Rules.

New label rules StrMfg ProfileSketch Detail Name_V, StrMfg ProfileSketch Feature Name and StrMfg ProfileSketch Seam Label have been added. For more information, see Label Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. Also, new label templates for the respective label rules have been added. For more information, see Label Templates in Marine Structure Drawings. (P2 CP: 177105)

The conditional Marking Line Type has been updated with Rend, Ara Margin and Seam values for Manufacturing Profile Sketch view style. For more information, see Marking Lines Source. (P2 CP: 177105)

The update commands for marine drawings have changed. Update now performs smart updates, determining whether full or incremental updates are needed. For more information, see Update. (P2 CP:174198)

Added description of a geometric analyzer that groups consecutive key points for dimensions to coordinate system reference plane into consecutive key points of the dimensions. For more information, see SMDwgConvertToCoordDimGA. (P2 CP: 177105)

Added description of a content module that places appropriate feature symbol for a given feature type in the drawing. For more information, see ProfileSketchFeatureSymbol. (P2 CP: 177105)

New label rules IS_ProfileSketch_FeatureDistance_Top,StrMfg Profile Direction Right Up, StrMfg ProfileSketch Knuckle Label and StrMfg ProfileSketch Detail Name have been added. For more information, see Marine Structure Drawing Labels, Symbols, and Dimensions and Label Rules in Marine Structure Drawings . Also, new label templates for the respective label rules have been added. For more information, see Label Templates in Marine Structure Drawings. (P2 CP: 177105)

A new conditional Edge Feature Type has been added to the Edge Feature action for Manufacturing Profile Sketch view style. For more information see Edge Feature Source. (P2 CP: 177105)

The conditional Marking Line Type has been updated with Reference Plane and Knuckle values for Manufacturing Profile Sketch view style. For more information, see Marking Lines Source. (P2 CP: 177105)

A new ruleset view style, label rule, layout source and orientation rule have been added for Manufacturing PinJig Side View drawing. For more information, see Marine Structure Drawing View Styles, Mfg PinJig Side View View Style, Manufacturing PinJig SideView Ruleset, Layout Style Rules in Marine Structure Drawings and Orientation Rules in Marine Structure Drawings.

A new view label rule ShipParentBlockAndPartNameRule and view label template ShipParentBlockAndPartName have been added for Mfg TemplateSet - Full Scale view style. For more information, see Mfg TemplateSet - Full Scale View Style, View Label Rules in Marine Structure Drawings, ShipParentBlockAndPartName ViewLabel Template and Label Templates in Marine Structure Drawings.

New Stiffened Plates custom test has been added to the Profile Part Action in Scantling view styles. For more information, see Stiffened Plates Custom Test. ( P3 CP: 174946)

A new conditional Marking Line Type and a new custom value Marking Symbol have been added to the Marking Lines action for Manufacturing Profile Sketch view style. For more information, see Manufacturing Profile Sketch Rulesets and Marine Structure Drawing Labels, Symbols, and Dimensions.



A new content module ProfileSketchMarkingLineSymbol is developed for placing appropriate Marking Line symbols. For more information, see ProfileSketchMarkingLineSymbol .

A new view style, label rules, description of the delivered Manufacturing Drawings Package have been added for Manufacturing Templateset Full Scale Drawing. For more information, see Mfg TemplateSet - Full Scale View Style, Manufacturing Templateset Full Scale Drawing Ruleset, Label Rules in Marine Structure Drawings and Marine Structure Drawing Packages.

Added description of a point generator module that places an annotation point for each 2D point in the group and orients the label with respect to 2D representation of another object in the drawing. For more information, see SMPointsByAssociateObjectsID.

Added new option Not Applicable to the existing list of orientation rules. You can use this option when you know that a particular drawing does not need an orientation rule. For more information, see Orientation Rules in Marine Structure Drawings.

Added a workflow description for assigning drawing objects to specific layers in the drawing view. For more information, see Assign Drawing Objects to Specific Layers. (P2 CP:167664)

Descriptions of commonly-used actions have been added for marine structure rule set view styles. Expanded view style descriptions have also been added. For more information, see Examples of Actions in Scantling Drawing View Styles and Marine Structure Drawing View Styles. (P2 CP:159667)

For marine structure rule set view styles, the VHL graphic rule can now use transparency for member aspects, such as insulation. For more information, see Visible/Hidden Edges (VHL) Graphic Rule and Apply Transparency to Members in a Ruleset View Style. (P2 CP:169320)

For marine structure rule set view styles, two new graphic modules are available. For more information, see GenericLineWrapperEntity and MemberCenterLineWrapperEntity. (P2 CP:169910)

For marine structure rule set view styles, the Replace Objects with Line graphic rule for members has been added. The user interface of the Graphic Style dialog box has also been updated to be consistent with orthographic drawings. For more information, see Graphic Tab (Graphic Style Dialog Box) and Graphic Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. (P2 CP:165251)

New Member Part source, Primary Orientation custom test, and Secondary Orientation custom test added for marine structure view styles to support members in offshore drawings. For more information, see Member Part Source (ISSteelOrderRuleSet.Default) and Primary and Secondary Orientation Custom Tests. (P2 CP:163060)

You can now add a tooltip to each action on the Actions tab of the Edit Ruleset View Style dialog box by using the Edit action description for selected row command. For more information, see Actions Tab (Edit Ruleset View Style Dialog Box) and Edit Action Description Dialog Box. (P2 CP:165251)

Added new label templates Scantling NS or FS Symbol and Scantling NS or FS Direction that will be used for placing near side and far side labels. For more information, see Label Templates in Marine Structure Drawings. ( P2 CP: 129233)

Added new annotation content modules ScantlingNSorFSContent and ScantlingNSorFSDirectionContent that place near side and far side labels. For more information, see ScantlingNSorFSContent and ScantlingNSorFSDirectionContent. ( P2 CP: 129233)

A new component, naming rules, view style, and label rules have been added for shell profile drawings. For more information, see Marine Structure Drawing Packages, Document and Sheet Naming Rules in Marine Structure Drawings, View Naming Rules in Marine Structure Drawings, Marine Structure Drawing View Style Rulesets,and Label Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. (P2 CP: 153896)



Added new rules, labels,and filters for shell expansion drawings. For more information, see Part Filters, View Label Rules in Marine Structure Drawings, View Naming Rules in Marine Structure Drawings, and Document and Sheet Naming Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. (P3 CP:152084)

For marine structure drawings, orientation rules (View Coordinate System and Scantling By Plate Normal) have been added. For more information, see Orientation Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. (P2 CP: 165864)

The Scantling for Plate/Profile orientation rule now supports Shell Profiles. For more information, see Orientation Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. (P2 CP:155905)

The Scantlings for Plate/Profile orientation rule will now orient the view direction along the X, Y and Z - axes of the view coordinate system. For more information, see Orientation Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. ( P3 CP:154807)

Added descriptions of the annotation modules. For more information, see Annotation Modules. (P2 CP:159948)

New custom values have been added to Plate Part source. For more information, see Plate Part Source (ISSteelOrderRuleSet.Default). (P2 CP:163060)

You can now add a tooltip to each action on the Actions tab of the Edit Ruleset View Style dialog box by using the Edit action description for selected row command. For more information, see Actions Tab (Edit Ruleset View Style Dialog Box) and Edit Action Description Dialog Box. (P2 CP:165251)

Descriptions of the custom graphic rule modules have been updated and relevant workflows have been added. For more information, see Custom Graphic Modules. (P3 CP:158741)

Added descriptions of the delivered Orthographic Drawings Packages and Components. For more information, see Orthographic Drawing Packages. (P2 CP:159955)

Added descriptions of marine structure drawings view styles. For more information, see Marine Structure Drawing View Styles. (P2 CP:127566)

Added descriptions of the delivered dimension rules and templates. For more information, see Dimension Rules. (P2 CP:159944)

You can specifiy which ribbon the software displays when you associate objects to a view. For more information, see General Tab (Edit Ruleset View Style Dialog Box).

Version 2009

Added descriptions of the delivered Orthographic View Styles. For more information, see Orthographic Drawings View Styles. (P2 CP:126931)

Descriptions for creating custom labels have been added. For more information, see Creating Labels. (P3 CP:148254).

Descriptions of the delivered View Rules have been added. For more information, see View Naming Rules in Marine Structure Drawings. (P3 CP:152346)



What's New in Electrical Reference Data The following changes have been made to the Electrical reference data.

Version 2009.1

No changes have been made for this release.

Version 2009

Routing of duct banks has been added. New workbook includes Ductbank.xls. (P2 CR:17587)

You can use a delivered Visual Basic Project (VBP) to customize the rules for the cable filling. Topics include the following: (P3 CR:134791)

Customize Cable Fill

Cable Fill Example

Cable Fill Calculations

Delivered naming rules have been added. (P3 CR:114989)

What's New in Equipment and Furnishings Reference Data

Version 2009.1


Version 2009

Added to Equipment.xls a new part sheet for designed equipment called CivilMiscASm.xls. (P3 CR: 125302)

Added User-defined Equipment Forms. Use these forms to create forms that hold a picture of the equipment and attribute fields that you use to update your model. As you update the form, the Properties page is updated, as well. One advantage of using this form is that you can see the changes made to the model as you change the form. You do not have to open and close the Properties page. (P3 CR: 128029)

What's New in Hangers and Supports Reference Data Version 2009.1

Additional types of bounding boxes are now available through support assembly definitions programming. (P2 CP:147985)

Rigid joints can now have an angular offsets other than 90 degrees. A sample support using the new AngularRigidJoint joint is provided: HS Assembly > Rigid Rods > Rigid Rod with Riser Clamp. (P2 CP:118354)

Additional reference ports have been added to both route and structure objects. See Reference Ports for more information. (P2 CP:110774)

The number of decimal places reported in steel BOM can now be controlled using the HGrStructuralBOMUnits and HgrStructuralBOMDecimals in the HS_System.xls workbook on the HgrRules sheet. (P3 CP:164072)

Added detailed explanation of Assembly Selection Rules. (P3 CP:155639)



Documented new workbook for Hanger Steel parts and Hanger Cutback Steel parts. Provides a new Part Class Name and Part Class Type: ConnectionSupportComponentClass. See Hangers and Supports Reference Data. (P3 CP:156834)

Removed references to Smart steel and replaced with Hanger steel. (P2 CP:159998)

Integration with the Lisega interface allows you to design a support in LICAD and then automatically instance all parts in SmartPlant 3D. (P3 CP:101537)

Top of steel elevations of hanger beams are now labeled in hanger drawings. (P3 CP:157056)

New sample HVAC Assemblies have been added to the HS_HVAC library. (P3 CP: 164135)

New Hangers and Support point and rectangle part, Marine Support, TrayShip Cable Tray and Rich Steel libraries are provided. The following workbooks are delivered in the [Product Folder]\3D\CatalogData\BulkLoad\DataFiles directory. For more information, see Hangers and Supports Reference Data.

HS_S3DParts.xls

HS_3DParts_Codelist.xls


Workbooks delivered in [Product Folder]\3D\CatalogData\BulkLoad\AdditionalDataFiles directory:

HS_Marine.xls

HS_Marine_Assy.xls

HS_Marine_Assy_Codelist.xls


HS_Str-AISC-Metric.xls

HS_Str_AISC_SHAPES-3.1.xls

HS_Str_AUST.xls

HS_Str-AUST-05.xls

HS_Str-BS.xls

HS_Str-Chile-2000.xls

HS_Str-China-2006.xls

HS_Str-CISC-7-2.xls

HS_Str-CISC-8.1.xls

HS_Str-Euro.xls

HS_Str-EURO-OTUA-2002.xls

HS_Str-Japan.xls

HS_Str-Japan-2005.xls

HS_Str-Russia.xls

HS_Str-SAISC-2002.xls

HS_TrayShip.xls

HS_TrayShip_Codelist.xls



What's New in HVAC Reference Data Version 2009.1

No changes were made to this document in Version 2009.1.

Version 2009

No changes were made to this document in Version 2009.

What's New in Piping Reference Data The following changes have been made to this document.

Version 2009.1

Documented the new Socket Offset Rule. For more information, see Socket Offset Rule. (P2 CP:157455)

Version 2009

The Lap Thickness property has been added to the Bolted End Data sheet for use with bolt length calculations. (CP:127947 P2)

The Groove Pitch Diameter property has been added to the Bolted End Data sheet and is used to determine the compatibility of two dissimilar ring type joint flanged ends at a crossover connection.

A new piping specification rule called Tap End Stud Bolt Length Calculation Tolerance has been added. For more information, see Tap End Stud Bolt Calculation Tolerance Rule. (P2 CP:94778)

Socket Wall Thickness has been added to Female End Generic Data. For more information, see Female End Data. (P2 CP:133522)

Delivered naming rules have been described, including some examples. (P3 CP: 114993)

Clarified in the documentation that if you are going to use the piping material class revision number feature that you must add manually add a RevisionNumber column to each and every worksheet that contains a SpecName column that the piping material class uses.

What's New in Space Management Reference Data The following changes have been made to the Space Management reference data.

Version 2009.1

No changes have been made to the reference data for Space Management.

Version 2009

No changes have been made to the reference data for Space Management.



What's New in Structure Reference Data The following changes have been made to the Structure task reference data.

Version 2009.1

The Gap frame connection has new input properties: Offset Along, Offset Type, Overlap Ratio Min, Overlap Ratio Max, Flush Direction, and Flush Offset. For more information about these properties, see Gap Frame Connections.

The StructWallAssemblyConnections.xls workbook has been documented.

Version 2009

A new workbook, Struct CrossSections-AISC-METRIC.xls, that contains sections for metric values from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) - Manual of Steel Construction (LRFD) is now delivered with the software in the [Product Directory]\CatalogData\Bulkload\AdditionalDataFiles folder, but is not bulk loaded. If you want to use these sections, you will need to bulk load the workbook into your catalog database. (P3 CP:139436)

A new workbook, StructCrossSections-BS.xls, that contains British Steel Table sections is now delivered with the software in the [Product Directory]\CatalogData\Bulkload\AdditionalDataFiles folder, but is not bulk loaded. If you want to use these sections, you will need to bulk load the workbook into your catalog database. (P3 CP:139431)

A new workbook, StructCrossSections-Russia.xls, that contains Russian Steel Table sections is now delivered with the software in the [Product Directory]\CatalogData\Bulkload\AdditionalDataFiles folder, but is not bulk loaded. If you want to use these sections, you will need to bulk load the workbook into your catalog database. (P3 CP:139432)

A new workbook, StructCrossSections-Chile-2000.xls that contains the Chilean Steel Table - 2000 is delivered with the software in the [Product Directory]\CatalogData\Bulkload\AdditionalDataFiles folder, but is not bulk loaded. If you want to use these sections, you will need to bulk load the workbook into your catalog database. (P3 CP: 139433)

A new workbook, StructCrossSections-Japan-2005.xls that contains Japanese cross-sections based on JIS G 3194. This workbook is delivered with the software in the [Product Directory]\CatalogData\Bulkload\AdditionalDataFiles folder, but is not bulk loaded. If you want to use these sections, you will need to bulk load the workbook into your catalog database.

A new workbook, StructCrossSections-Mexico-2000.xls that contains Mexican IMCA cross-sections. This workbook is delivered with the software in the [Product Directory]\CatalogData\Bulkload\AdditionalDataFiles folder, but is not bulk loaded. If you want to use these sections, you will need to bulk load the workbook into your catalog database.

Documented the new Gap frame connection sheet in the StructFrameConnections.xls workbook.

Two new workbooks, StructMemberFireproofing and StructInsulationSpec, define the insulation specifications and encasement rules for the new Place Fireproofing command.


S E C T I O N 6

What's New in the Installation Guide The following changes have been made to the installation guide.

Version 2009.1

Updated the hardware and software requirements.

Added information for configuring MSDTC and Windows Firewall on a Windows 7-based computer. For more information, see Instructions for Windows 7.

Information about video cards has been updated (SmartPlant 3D Workstation (see "SmartPlant 3D Workstation Recommendations" on page 57)). (P2 CR:163681)

Added clarification that when installing the Piping Specification Remote Access Server component, you must also install the Bulkload Reference Data and the SmartPlant 3D Server Connectivity components as they are required for the Piping Specifications Remote Access Server to work.

Version 2009

Updated the hardware and software requirements.

Added a procedure for setting up batch servers. For more information, see Batch Server. (P2 CP:111376, P2 CP:149210, P2 CP:149211)

Clarified the ability to create more than one batch server for a site database. For more information, see Batch Server Sizing (on page 67). (P2 CP:158208)

Added information for configuring MSTDC on a Vista-based computer.

Added an appendix for installing Oracle software. For more information, see Appendix: Install and Configure Oracle Software. (P2 CP: 145737)

Documented the Silent Install /x option used to uninstall SmartPlant 3D.

What's New with Plant Design System (PDS) Integration

The following changes have been made to the PDS® integration with SmartPlant 3D guide.

Version 2009.1

No changes were made to this document for this release.

Version 2009

No changes were made to this document for this release.

General and Integration

General and Integration


What's New with Troubleshooting The following changes have been made to the Troubleshooting guide.

Version 2009.1

Added new To Do List messages for fireproofing.

Added several Error Messages for Reference 3D.

Version 2009

Added new To Do List messages for built-up custom assembly definitions generated in the Structure task. (P2 CP: 139442)

Added new To Do List messages for solids generated in the Equipment task. (P2 CP: 138047)

Added new To Do List messages for gap frame connections generated in the Structure task. (P2 CR: 135586)

Added information on the Repository Browser Tool to the Troubleshooting Guide. (P3 CP:138295)

What's New in SmartPlant 3D and Integration The following changes have been made to SmartPlant 3D regarding integration with SmartPlant.

Version 2009.1


Version 2009

You can add conditions to the Xml\ExemptCorrelateClasses.xml file that cause the Correlation Basis of an object to be set to 'Ignored' when that object meets the conditions defined in the .xml file. (P2 CP:148590)

You can now view and correlate P&ID typical components.


S E C T I O N 7

Supporting internationalization in a homogeneous environment is one of the enhancements available in SmartPlant Enterprise. A homogeneous environment uses elements from only a single locale. For example, a German customer running on a German operating system using only German characters and German cultural conventions is a fully supported homogeneous environment configuration.

Homogeneous Environments

When starting a new project, use extra care during installation and configuration to ensure the proper creation and maintenance of homogeneous environments:

All the computers (servers and clients) within an integrated SmartPlant Enterprise implementation must have the same regional settings, and no one should change the regional settings after the project has started.

Do not cross the decimal locale boundary. This is the most common cause of numeric data corruption and calculation errors. Having users with different regional settings (like with a period versus a comma for the decimal point) causes the software to interpret values unpredictably. For example, a pipe run with a pressure of 35.3 psi can be read by the software as 353 psi to the user with different regional settings. A cable length defined as 39 ft 11,21 inches has been interpreted as 121718910971323 meters when published to an XML file. These incorrect interpretations may be used in internal software calculations and can be impossible to backtrack or correct. Do not change the decimal point character to try to solve an issue. Doing so will only corrupt values in the database or in text files.

Do not cross the character-set locale boundary. For example, the character set boundary between Western (Latin-based) and Eastern Europe (Cyrillic-based), or between Eastern Europe and Japan.

Create Oracle databases using AL32UTF8 for the database character set and AL16UTF16 for the NLS character set.

Never modify the NLS_LANG registry entry on an Oracle client. Doing so causes the character data not to convert to Unicode.

Create Microsoft SQL Server databases with locale-specific collation settings and ensure that all databases have the same setting.

Heterogeneous Environments

In contrast, a heterogeneous environment using elements from different, or even multiple locales, is not supported. Many customers are currently operating in unsupported heterogeneous environments and are often not aware of that fact. Examples of heterogeneous environments:

Entering or viewing Japanese data on an US/English operating system

Using German Regional Settings (where the decimal point is a comma) on a US/English operating system

Using databases with different character encodings such as CL8MSWIN1251 or JA16SJIS

Using multiple languages in a project, especially when crossing language-group boundaries

Using an English server with different local language clients

Internationalization

Internationalization


International / Bi-lingual Projects

International bi-lingual projects are possible; however, great care must be used when configuring these environments. Limitations exist and must be properly understood:

Oracle and MS SQL Server databases can reside on any language operating system, as long as the databases have been created and configured with proper Unicode and collation settings.

All Microsoft operating systems (Japanese, Russian, German, and so forth) can enter English characters. The reverse, however, is not true in most cases.

Keyboard-locale can be changed as long as a character-set and code-page boundary is not crossed. For example, English, German, French, and Spanish characters can all be used in the same project because the same Windows code-page (1252) is used. However, Russian characters (code-page 1251) cannot be used in a US/English environment.

You must decide which language operating system will be the master for bi- lingual projects.

The following is an example of a Russian-based project:

Companies in the United States and the United Kingdom are working a project with a Russian company and the deliverables (drawings, reports, and so forth) must ultimately be provided in Russian. The companies in the U.S. and the U.K. are working the project using the "master" Russian operating systems (possibly using virtual Russian operating systems running on VMware Workstation). The U.S. and U.K. companies can install and use English Microsoft Office products on the Russian operating system because Office products are globally enabled. If a Russian interface exists for the SmartPlant Enterprise application, then Russian users can use the Russian interface while the English-speaking users would continue to use the US/English interface. English-speaking engineers can enter English characters. Russian-speaking engineers can enter Russian characters.

However, because the Russian locale uses different decimal and character-set locales, everyone (English and Russian engineers) must use the Russian decimal symbol which is a comma. For customization purposes, databases can be modified to accommodate new Russian-specific requirements (fields, properties, and so forth.) Using filters, display sets, and other software features, bi-lingual projects can be further customized. Graphic data, reports, and so forth can be created in either or both languages.

Do not change regional settings to reflect a U.S. environment in order to resolve problems in a non-US/English homogeneous configuration. Doing this creates a heterogeneous configuration that will cause other possibly hidden problems that cannot be corrected. Everyone working on a project must use the same regional settings and character set throughout the life of the project.

Questions and Assistance

Please contact your support representative for assistance and answers to your questions: Intergraph Customer Support (http://support.intergraph.com (http://support.intergraph.com)).

http://support.intergraph.com/


S E C T I O N 8

Intergraph Process, Power & Marine training services include a combination of standard and advanced courses designed to meet your specific needs. These range from IT to management – including application, customization, and product updates. High-technology training centers provide a first-class environment for structured training. Programs can be customized to provide cost-effective workshops to train teams and large numbers of employees at your facility. Tutorials can also be arranged at your site using remote access software. Students are provided comprehensive documentation for future reference and guidance.

As staff, technology, and the project life cycle progress, our objective is to satisfy all your training requirements. We deliver the flexible, practical course content and comprehensive hands-on training that are key to successful implementation of any system or product.

Features:

Standard, advanced, and client-specific programs

Training at Intergraph technology training centers or at your facility

Customized workshops at your facility

Practical course content and hands-on training

Comprehensive documentation

Structured on-line tutoring facilities to help increase awareness of product features

Register online at http://www.intergraph.com/training, or call 1-800-766-7701 and breeze through the registration process with our knowledgeable training sales team. They can provide you with course descriptions, up-to-date schedules, and price information as well as the most current course offerings.

Training

Training



S E C T I O N 9

A typical data flow between client and server computers is shown below. Before beginning an installation of SmartPlant 3D, verify that your computers meet the hardware recommendations and software requirements.

Multiple services can be installed on the same physical computer for small projects.

SmartPlant 3D Hardware and Software Recommendations



In This Section SmartPlant 3D Database Server Recommendations .................... 56 SmartPlant 3D Workstation Recommendations ............................ 57 Software Loading Order ................................................................. 60 Disk Partitioning Guidelines ........................................................... 61 SmartPlant 3D Project Hardware Sizing Recommendations ........ 62

SmartPlant 3D Database Server Recommendations Before beginning an installation of SmartPlant 3D, verify that your servers meet the following hardware recommendations and software requirements.

Applicable Hardware

Database server

File server

Hardware Recommendations

3 GHz Pentium 4 or multi-core processor (64-bit for medium and large projects)

4 GB to 32 GB RAM depending on project size

Digital tape or DVD backup system for server

Access to DVD drive, either locally or through a network connection

100 BaseT or higher network interface

Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Standard/Enterprise Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (32-bit)

Microsoft Windows Standard/Enterprise Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Supported Database Servers

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 or higher (Standard edition for stand-alone environments; Enterprise edition for Global Workshare environments; 32-bit and 64-bit)

Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.4) (Standard edition for stand-alone environments; Enterprise edition for Global Workshare environments; 32-bit and 64-bit)

There are internationalization considerations concerning the SQL Server collation settings you specify that relate to reference data, using SmartPlant Enterprise integrated systems, Global Workshare Configuration, multiple locales, backup/restore, reports, and upgrading to future releases. Please contact Intergraph Customer Support for specific configuration questions.

With SmartPlant 3D, 64-bit servers can be used with 32-bit operating systems, databases, and workstations. For increased performance, Intergraph recommends a 64-bit server, operating system, and database, especially for medium and large projects. The 64-bit versions of SQL Server 2005 and Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.4) run on the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Software Prerequisites

Adobe Reader (required to view the Software License Agreement and Printable Guides.You can download Acrobat Reader from the Adobe web site.)



Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 6.0 (Database server only)

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 SP1 (Database server only)

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8.1 (Database server only)

Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Office 2007 (Database server only)

For more information on hardware requirements, see SmartPlant 3D Project Hardware Sizing Recommendations (on page 62).

For information on disk space usage and determining RAID configuration, see Disk Usage.

For specifications regarding minimum hard drive disk space requirements by the product setup, see Disk Partitioning Guidelines (on page 61).

On the server, distribute files across several disk drives with the following minimum distribution: operating system and database software on one drive, database data files on another drive, and the database log file on the third drive.

See Also SmartPlant 3D Hardware and Software Recommendations (on page 55)

SmartPlant 3D Workstation Recommendations Before beginning an installation of SmartPlant 3D, verify that your end-user workstation computers meet the following hardware recommendations and software requirements.

Applicable Hardware

Administrative client

Modeling client

Interference detection server

Drawing batch server

Name generator server

Hardware Recommendations

3 GHz Pentium 4 processor or Core 2 Duo

4 GB RAM

Access to a DVD drive, either locally or through a network connection

21" color monitor (capable of a minimum of 1024 x 768)

Graphics cards designed for 3D intensive applications that meet the following requirements:

Color depth of 65,536 colors or higher

32-bit main RGBA pixel buffer

Hardware OpenGL 1.1 support

Hardware Z buffer: 32 bit

128 MB RAM for single screens, 256 MB RAM for dual screens

4-bit minimum overlay buffer support

8-bit stencil buffer

Hardware Alpha blending support

Graphics acceleration set to full

Hardware Anti-aliasing support recommended



Latest available drivers should be installed

100 BaseT network interface

Video Cards

Many enhancements to the graphic engine allow you to resolve most issues by either loading the most current display driver or by rolling your current display driver back one version. If the current driver does not fix your particular card's problem, then copy the CoreDisplaySettings.ini file from [Product Directory]/Core/Tools/Administrator/Bin to [Product Directory]/Core/Shared/bin, and contact your SmartPlant 3D support representative.

All clients referencing Z+F Point Cloud data need to turn off the SmartPlant 3D hardware with the CoreDisplaySettings.ini file.

The following graphics cards have been tested and support the display enhancements:

ATI Fire GL V3600

To obtain better graphic performance with SmartPlant 3D, enter the following settings:

On ATI FireGL video cards, right-click on the desktop and select Properties > Settings > Advanced. On the Configuration tab, create a new configuration profile called SmartPlant 3D. After this configuration profile is created, select the SmartPlant 3D profile, select Modify, and then check Force copy swap.

ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro

Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT

To obtain better graphic performance with SmartPlant 3D, enter the following settings:

On Nvidia GeForce cards, right-click on the desktop and select Properties > Settings > Advanced. On the NVIDIA Card tab, select OpenGL Settings in the Performance and Quality Settings section. In the dialog box that opens, change the Buffer-Flipping Mode selection to Use block transfer, and then click OK.

Nvidia Quadro FX 360M

Nvidia Quadro FX 570

Nvidia Quadro FX 1700

The following graphics cards do not support the display enhancements:

ATI Fire GL V3100

ATI Radeon x1300/1500

Intel 82945G Express

Nvidia GeForce FX 5200

Nvidia Quadro FX 3450/4000

Nvidia Quadro NVS 120M

Neither of the previous lists is comprehensive. In some cases, the SmartPlant 3D middle tier error log (with the error logging level set to at least "2-Detailed") will provide more information.

The following list provides samples of error log messages:

The graphics card or graphics card driver does not support Textures/Shaders. An updated graphics driver could improve performance.

This indicates that the graphics adapter, driver or display settings do not support the "Shaded with Hardware Enhanced Edges" Render Mode on the Format View dialog box. In addition, the graphics adapter, driver or display settings do not support textures.

The graphics card or graphics card driver does not support Shaders. An updated graphics driver could improve performance.



This indicates that the graphics adapter, driver or display settings do not support the "Shaded with Hardware Enhanced Edges" Render Mode on the Format View dialog box. However, textures are supported.

The graphics card or graphics card driver does not support Textures. An updated graphics driver could improve performance.

This indicates that the graphics adapter, driver or display settings do not support textures. However, the "Shaded with Hardware Enhanced Edges" Render Mode on the Format View dialog box is supported. Please note that the performance may be slow on an ATI card.

Hardware Acceleration is Turned off VBO Texture and Hardware edges will not be supported.

This message indicates that Hardware Acceleration in Display Settings is disabled or the client is being accessed via Remote Desktop or Citrix Client. If Hardware Acceleration in Display Settings is disabled, it should be enabled by selecting the "Advanced" button on the Settings tab of the Display Properties dialog. Then, the Hardware Acceleration can be modified from the Troubleshoot tab.

Due to the 32-bit precision limitations of graphic cards, you may need to create several design coordinate systems so that the objects being modeled are within 10,000 meters (6.2 miles) of the global coordinate system. Objects modeled outside this limit will not display correctly. If your model coordinate values are larger that this limit (for example, E = 20,000, N = 30,000), to get the coordinate readout that you want, you should define a coordinate system at correspondingly large negative values (example, E = -20,000, N = -30,000). Then, use the coordinate system you created as your active coordinate system for modeling and output. Do not bring this new coordinate system into your workspace or you will have the display problems that you are trying to avoid.

Supported Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise with UAC 'On' at Level 3 (Default) (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Vista Business Client 1.0 with Service Pack 1 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Supported Database Clients

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Service Pack 2 or higher (Optional)

Oracle Database 10g Client Release 2 (10.2.0.4); 32-bit (Required for name generator server. Optional for other workstation hardware)

Software Prerequisites

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 (required for viewing the online documentation delivered with the software)

Adobe Reader (required to view the Software License Agreement and Printable Guides. You can download Acrobat Reader from the Adobe web site.)

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 6.0

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 SP1

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8.1 (MDAC 2.8.1 is delivered as part of Microsoft XP Service Pack 2.)

Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Office 2007



Intergraph Batch Services 6.0.0.3 or later if you plan to use the computer for remote batch processing

For specifications regarding minimum hard drive disk space requirements by the product setup, refer to Disk Partitioning Guidelines (on page 61).

Dual screen configurations should have either a single graphics card with two VGA outputs or two identical graphics cards. The graphics cards should otherwise meet the requirements of the specified graphics card recommendations.

Use thread safe video drivers and CAD application certified video cards when using multiple processor systems.

See Also

SmartPlant 3D Hardware and Software Recommendations (on page 55)

Software Loading Order The ability to run the software successfully is greatly affected by the order in which all the necessary and underlying products are loaded. Follow the loading order below to prevent components being out-of-sync. Following this loading order also helps with analysis of any post-installation problems you might encounter.

The following table outlines the established load order for the prerequisites associated with each of the SmartPlant 3D installations:

Database Server Installation Workstation Installation

Windows Server 2003 SP2 or Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (64-bit)

Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise with UAC 'On' at Level 3 (Default) (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista Business (32-bit and 64-bit), or Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 SP1

Internet Explorer 7.0

Microsoft XML 6.0

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 requires XML 6.0 and will automatically install it as part of the SQL Server 2005 Prerequisite installation.

Adobe Reader Adobe Reader

Microsoft Office 20032

or Microsoft Office 20072

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8.1 or higher

Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.4) (Standard Edition for stand-alone environments; Enterprise Edition for Global Workshare environments; 32-bit and 64-bit) or

Oracle Database 10g Client Release 2 (10.2.0.4); (32-bit only) (Do not use the Oracle "light client" as it does not include some DLLs required by SmartPlant 3D.) or



Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 or higher (Standard Edition for stand-alone environments; Enterprise Edition for Global Workshare environments; 32-bit and 64-bit)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Client plus SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 or higher

1; (32-bit and 64-bit)

SmartPlant License Manager 2010 (11.0)

1 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Client (with SQL Server 2005 SP2 or higher) is required only for the

client software installation if the Project Management option is installed; otherwise, they are not integral to the default workstation software installation. 2 When creating drawing borders or embedded reports within the Drawings and Reports task on

computers with Microsoft Office 2003 or Office 2007, you must modify the security settings in Excel to allow Visual Basic projects to run. For more information about Office 2003, Office 2007, and service packs, refer to the Microsoft web site (http://www.microsoft.com/).

Do not skip any restarts recommended by the system. Doing so can have unintended consequences.

Other users who want to perform different tasks in the overall design workflow might need additional software, such as Visual Basic 6.0 and Unigraphics Solid Edge Version 20. Additionally, if you intend to reference or export PDS projects, you must install the appropriate PDS add-in. The PDS data reference and export add-ins are delivered on the product CD.

This version of the software supports PDS v8.0, PDS 2008 SE, PDS 2009 SE, and PDS 2010 SE.

PDS software and all of its prerequisite software are also required in order to use the PDS integration functionality. For more information, see Integrating with PDS.

When installing SP3D Reference Data on a 64-bit server with 64-bit Oracle installed, it is recommended to install Name Generator on another system with 32-bit Oracle Client installed. SP3D Name Generator does not work with 64-bit Oracle, and installing 32-bit Oracle client on the same system with 64-bit Oracle server may cause performance degradation of server.

Special Consideration for Non-English Locales

The system language specified for Microsoft Office must be the same as the system language specified by the operating system. For example, if your operating system language is English, Microsoft Office must also be set to English. For overall assistance with installing the software in a non-US English environment, visit the Intergraph Support web site at http://www.intergraph.com/support.

See Also SmartPlant 3D Hardware and Software Recommendations (on page 55)

Disk Partitioning Guidelines For best performance when loading and running the software, partition the hard drive according to the following guidelines:

Format all partitions as NTFS file systems (FAT is not supported).

By default, the software is installed to C:\Program Files\SmartPlant\3D. Verify that you have sufficient free space on your C:\ partition (or another partition if you want to install there).



Recommended Disk Space for Software Setup

SmartPlant 3D Installation - Default setup for a workstation computer

1 1.8 GB

SmartPlant 3D Installation - Complete setup for a workstation computer2 1.9 GB

SmartPlant 3D Reference Data - Default setup for database server 1.1 GB

1 The default setup for a SmartPlant 3D workstation computer provides all the environments

necessary for general SmartPlant 3D modeling. 2 The complete setup for a SmartPlant 3D workstation computer includes all features and adds the

administrative functionality: plant creation, database migration, access management, database interference detection, and includes the following options only: Catalog, Project Management, SmartPlant 3D Server Connectivity, Bulkload Reference Data, and Database Interference Detection Service. Additionally, a complete setup includes the 3D Model Import and Piping Specification Remote Access Server options, which installs the required components for importing model data into SmartPlant 3D and the necessary software for correlating piping specification data between SmartPlant 3D and SmartPlant P&ID, respectively.

You also will need additional disk space if you intend to use other products, such as Visual Studio or Solid Edge. Please consult your system administrator for this and additional software not provided by Intergraph.

Do not continue with installation until enough disk space is free on the computer acting as the database server and each workstation computer as stated in the aforementioned guidelines.

SmartPlant 3D Project Hardware Sizing Recommendations

Use these guidelines and examples in sizing SmartPlant 3D hardware configurations, including those that include Global Workshare Configuration (GWC). The recommendations are based SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (or higher) and Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.4).

Hardware sizing, especially for servers, depends on many factors such as:

The number of concurrent users per site

The number of sites (Global workshare)

The size of the project (which translates into the size of the databases)

Other software that is running on the machine

For best performance in medium to large Global Workshare Configurations, Intergraph recommends using 64-bit hardware and operating system. It is possible to use 64-bit hardware and a 32-bit operating system.

With a Microsoft SQL database on 64-bit hardware and operating system, SmartPlant 3D was tested with 11 Global Workshare sites. The 64-bit version of Oracle can support a few more sites. It is possible to combine 64-bit hardware and operating systems on servers with 64-bit or 32-bit client workstations running 32-bit operating systems.



Concurrent Users The size of the system depends partly on the number of concurrent users, that is, users actively working at the same time. In a Global Workshare Configuration (GWC), it is probable that work will be done at several sites in a non-concurrent way. In this case, there is less impact on performance. For example, if you have two sites with 60 users at each site but the users at the two sites do not work at the same time, you could consider the user load to be 60 users.

In a Global Workshare Configuration when users are working concurrently at several sites, the work done at one site will impact each site as the data is pushed to the other sites. In a hub and spokes configuration, the data is first pushed to the hub then the hub pushes it to the other sites. We estimate that the equivalent user load (the number of effective users) for each server to be the users on that server plus 25% of the total concurrent users of all the other sites. For example, in a configuration with 6 sites and 40 users at 5 sites, and 5 users at 1 site:

When 3 sites are (with 40 users) are working concurrently, the equivalent number of users at each site is: 40 (concurrent users for this site) + (0.25 * (2 * 40)) (users for the 2 other sites) = 60 users.

When all 6 sites are working concurrently:

a. The equivalent number of users at each of the 40-user sites is: 40 + (0.25 * (165)) = 81 users

b. The equivalent number of users at the 5-user site is: 5 + (0.25 * (200)) = 55 users.

Project Size Estimates Use the following estimates to help define project size. The model database is an important factor in determining project size.

The number of users for each project size below (small, medium, and large) is the effective number connected to a single server. The effective number of users should be calculated by taking into consideration:

1. Global Workshare Setup - use the 25% formula above

2. Drawing Batch server - add 3 users

3. Remote IFC - add 1 user

One small project

1 to 15 effective users on one server

Model database up to 8 GB

Server is used for model and catalog databases and catalog file server

Separate interference checking (IFC) server (server or workstation)

Separate drawing batch server (server or workstation)

Name generator server and licensing server (server or workstation)

Modeling (detail design) and administrator workstations can be on separate workstations or on the same workstation

One medium project

16 to 50 effective users on one server

Model database 8 – 15 GB

Databases and catalog file server


One or more separate drawing batch servers (server or workstation)




Modeling (detail design) and administrator workstations can be on separate workstations or on the same workstation

Use a separate distribution server for Global Workshare Configuration

One large project

51 to 100 effective users on one server (contact Intergraph if you plan to have more than 100 effective users on one server)

Model database 15 GB or more

Databases and catalog file server (have a separate catalog file server for multiple large projects or plants sharing the same catalog)


Multiple separate drawing batch servers (server or workstation)


Modeling (detail design) workstations

Use a separate distribution server for Global Workshare Configuration

Administrator workstation

Modeling (Detail Design) Workstation Sizing The project size does not have a significant impact on the workstation because users will use filters to define the objects with which they will be working.

3 GHz Pentium 4 processor or (recommend Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or higher processor)

4 GB RAM

100 BaseT network interface

Open GL graphics card with 128 MB or more (256 MB for dual screens), and appropriate driver

OpenGL Graphics Cards

The following graphics card information is specific to 32-bit workstations. Intergraph is investigating graphics cards for 64-bit workstations.

Graphics cards designed for 3D intensive applications that generate low CPU overhead and meet the following requirements (AGP or better):

32-bit main RGBA pixel buffer

Hardware OpenGL 1.1 support

Hardware Z buffer: 32 bit

128 MB RAM, 256 MB RAM for dual screens, 4-bit minimum overlay buffer support, 8- bit stencil buffer

Hardware Alpha blending support recommended to improve speed of translucent object display

Hardware Anti-aliasing support recommended

Use latest available drivers

Not all OpenGL graphics cards provide satisfactory results. Many of the recent generation video cards provide some level of OpenGL acceleration. Some manufacturers provide poor OpenGL drivers that can cause artifacts. Testing has shown that NVIDIA provides good drivers for its Geforce2 and beyond Graphics Processing Units (GPU). Cards with double-buffered overlay planes (such as the Wildcat cards) have an advantage because highlighting can be done without having to do saves and restores, which may benefit performance in specific cases.



See Also SmartPlant 3D Workstation Recommendations (on page 57)

System Administrator Workstation Sizing The Administrator Server includes Project Management synchronization, a memory intensive process.

2.8 GHz (Use Dual Core 3GHz Pentium 4 or Dual Xeon processors for improved performance)

4 GB RAM

Database Server Sizing With SmartPlant 3D, 64-bit servers can be used with 32-bit operating systems, databases, and workstations. For increased performance, Intergraph recommends a 64-bit server, operating system and database, especially for medium and large projects. The 64-bit versions of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (or higher) and Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.4) run on the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.

For large projects, Intergraph recommends having a database server that is dedicated to SmartPlant 3D and runs only one project. For medium and small projects, several projects can be run on the same database server. However, having multiple projects on the same server increases the server requirements. When sharing several projects, add additional hard drives and increase the memory and CPUs. Also consider the impact of sharing on your network.

Server Specifications

Project size Small Medium Large

Number of 3.0 GHZ Pentium 4 or Xeon Processors (one core Duo counts as two)

2 2 – 4 4 – 8 or more

Memory for SQL Server 2008 and Oracle 11g 4 – 8 GB 8 – 16 GB 32+ GB

Bus Size, OS, and Database 32-bit or 64-bit

64-bit 64-bit

The type of memory has a limited impact on the overall performance.

Running a SQL Server or Oracle database on an Itanium processor-based server has not been certified and should not be done.

Hard Drives

Distribute files across several disk drives on the server. Each drive does not need a large capacity. The speed of the drive is important, so use 15K RPM or faster. Add disk arrays to maximize performance if you experience an I/O bottleneck.

Intergraph recommends RAID 10 for performance and redundancy.



Small Project with SQL Server

The following example shows a configuration for a small project using SQL Server 2005. The minimum distribution is three physical drives.

C: Drive Operating system and SQL Server software

E: Drive Database data files

F: Drive Database log files

Large Project with SQL Server

The following example shows a configuration for a large project using MS SQL Server 2005.

C: Drive RAID 1 2 hard drives internal to the server for the operating system and the Page File

E: Drive RAID 10 8-12 SAN drives for the data files for the SQL Server Master, Site, Site Schema, Catalog, Catalog Schema, Model, Report, and Report Schema databases.

F: Drive RAID 10 4-8 SAN drives for log files for the SQL Server Master, Site, Site Schema, Catalog, Catalog Schema, Model, Report, and Report Schema databases.

G: Drive RAID 0 or 1 hard drive

2 SAN drives for the SQL Server temp database and SmartPlant 3D backup files and the Page file

Large Project with Oracle

The general recommendation for a large project on an Oracle database are:

SAN Drive RAID Level

Physical Disks in Array

Disk Space Requirement Purpose or Contents

Optional 1 2 No Specific Requirement (N.S.R)

Operating System and Page File

Optional 1 2 250 GB Oracle Backups and the Page File

Optional 1 or 5 2 (if RAID 1) or 3+ (if RAID 5)

500 GB Oracle Archive Log

Required 10 4 N.S.R. / 146.6 GB* Oracle Redo Logs, StreamsTableSpace (Workshare - only)

Required 10 12 N.S.R. / 439.8 GB* Oracle .dat data files for Databases

Required 10 4 N.S.R. / 146.6 GB* Oracle .l index files for Databases

Required 10 4 N.S.R. / 146.6 GB* Oracle Undo Logs & Oracle System Files

* Assumes 73.3 GB disks



Be sure to spread the Oracle Control Files across separate arrays for added redundancy.

Global Workshare Configuration Distribution Server Sizing Global Workshare Configuration (GWC) on Microsoft SQL Server might require a separate server for distribution for large projects.

3 GHz Pentium 4 processor or Xeon processors, or Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or higher

4 – 8 GB RAM

Distribution database on a RAID 1 or RAID 10 disk array (RAID 5 is not ideal because of the many writes produced by replication.)

Distribution database log file on its own dedicated RAID 1 disk array

For small projects, a single server (the hub in a hub and spoke configuration) can act as a publisher, a distributor, and a subscriber all at the same time. For medium projects in a Global Workshare Configuration, the database server can also serve as the distribution server.

For large projects with many sites, use two different servers: one as publisher and subscriber and the other as the distributor. Using a separate server as the distributor helps to reduce the load on the publisher.

Interference Checking (IFC) Server Sizing You should have a remote project processing computer for interference checking (IFC) that is separate from the computer hosting the databases. The interference checking computer can process more than one Plant. This computer does not need to be a high-end server, but should meet the minimum hardware requirements for a client computer. See SmartPlant 3D Workstation recommendations (on page 57) for these requirements.

There is not a specific hard drive size requirement because the interference detection service does not store information locally.

Batch Server Sizing You can use remote project processing computers, or batch servers, to off-load compute intensive tasks such as updating drawings in the Drawings task or running database integrity checks in Project Management.

You should have at least one remote project processing computer for each site database. This remote computer does not have to be a high-end server, but should at least meet the minimum hardware requirements for a client computer. See SmartPlant 3D Workstation Recommendations (on page 57) for these requirements.

A batch server runs only one batch job at a time. The maximum number of batch jobs that can run in parallel for a site database is equal to the number of batch servers.

You can use one or more batch servers for a single site database containing multiple model databases.

You cannot use a single batch server for multiple site databases.



File Server Sizing You will need a computer to act as a file server with enough disk space for symbols and files. This computer does not need to be a high end-server, but should meet the minimum hardware requirements for a client computer. See SmartPlant 3D Workstation Recommendations (on page 57) for these requirements.

License Server and Name Generator Server Sizing The Name Generation Service can be installed on a stand-alone computer or can be installed on the same computer used for the file server, batch server, IFC server, or license server.

License Server SmartPlant License Manager (SPLM) uses server/client architecture to distribute licenses for SmartPlant 3D (and other SmartPlant Enterprise products.) SPLM requires very little system resources and so can be installed on the batch server, file server, IFC server, or database server as long as the hardware configurations below are observed.

Hardware Configurations

The SmartPlant License Manager licensing machine software should be installed on a stable, single node, hardware configuration (such as a simple PC), with a static IP address, because license key installation and license seat usage authentication depends on the information gathered from the physical hardware. Any automated changes that cause the hardware information not to match with the information used to generate the license key will result in a failure of the authentication process.

Virtual (including VMware®), shadowed, mirrored, dynamic, or distributed hardware configurations cannot be used as a SmartPlant License Manager licensing machine. This includes terminal (application) servers, networked and distributed storage management systems, and so forth. When these specialized systems occur in the user's network, the SmartPlant License Manager licensing machine should be installed on a separate dedicated hardware configuration system. The SmartPlant License Manager licensing machine should be situated on the user's network where it can be accessed by all systems that are running application software that relies on the SmartPlant License Manager licensing machine for license management.

Multiple SmartPlant License Manager licensing machines can be used in the user's network as long as each system is a unique hardware system/installation. If SmartPlant License Manager licensing machines are cloned after the license key has been installed, then the license management will fail on the cloned system. Each SmartPlant License Manager licensing machine requires it own unique license key.

The license machine must have the same version (or later) of SmartPlant License Manager installed as any client machines. In other words, you cannot use a newer version on a client machine to retrieve a license from an older version of SmartPlant License Manager on the licensing machine. The license machine must have the same version (or a newer version) installed than the clients.


S E C T I O N 1 0

If you are upgrading from a previous version, be sure to review the SmartPlant 3D readme.htm file for information about change requests and known problems. The readme.htm file is available on the SmartPlant 3D delivery media in the top folder.

In addition, the SmartPlant 3D Plant Upgrade - Version 2009 to Version 2009.1 contains important upgrade information. Look for the file named SP3DUpgradeGuide.pdf on the SmartPlant 3D delivery media in the top folder.

You can also find plant configuration version upgrade information in the Project Management User's Guide in the "Upgrading Project Databases" section.

Upgrading from a Previous Version

Upgrading from a Previous Version



B Batch Server Sizing • 67

C Catalog and Specification Features • 33 Concurrent Users • 63

D Database Server Sizing • 65 Disk Partitioning Guidelines • 61 Drawings and Reports Features • 29

E eCustomer Web Support • 11

F File Server Sizing • 68

G General and Integration • 49 Global Workshare Configuration Distribution

Server Sizing • 67

I Interference Checking (IFC) Server Sizing •

67 Internationalization • 51

L License Server • 68 License Server and Name Generator Server

Sizing • 68

M Modeling (Detail Design) Workstation Sizing •

64 Modeling Features • 13

P Preface • 5 Project Size Estimates • 63

R Reference Data Features • 41

S SmartPlant 3D Database Server

Recommendations • 56 SmartPlant 3D Documentation Set • 7 SmartPlant 3D Hardware and Software

Recommendations • 55 SmartPlant 3D Project Hardware Sizing

Recommendations • 62 SmartPlant 3D Workstation

Recommendations • 57 Software Infrastructure Features • 21 Software Loading Order • 60 System Administrator Workstation Sizing • 65

T Training • 53

U Upgrading from a Previous Version • 69

W What's New in 2D Drawing Editor • 30 What's New in 2D Symbols • 35 What's New in 2D Symbols Reference Data •

35 What's New in 3D Symbols • 35 What's New in Catalog • 33 What's New in Common • 22 What's New in Database Integrity • 27 What's New in Drawings and Reports • 29 What's New in Drawings and Reports

Reference Data • 41 What's New in Electrical • 15 What's New in Electrical Reference Data • 45 What's New in Equipment and Furnishings •

13 What's New in Equipment and Furnishings

Reference Data • 45 What's New in Global Workshare • 22 What's New in Grids • 26 What's New in Hangers and Supports • 16

Index

Index


What's New in Hangers and Supports Reference Data • 45

What's New in HVAC • 18 What's New in HVAC Reference Data • 47 What's New in Interference Checking • 26 What's New in Interpreting Human Piping

Specifications • 34 What's New in Piping • 13 What's New in Piping Reference Data • 47 What's New in Project Management • 21 What's New in Reference Data • 41 What's New in SmartPlant 3D and Integration

• 50 What's New in Space Management • 26 What's New in Space Management

Reference Data • 47 What's New in Structural Analysis • 19 What's New in Structure • 14 What's New in Structure Reference Data • 48 What's New in Systems and Specifications •

34 What's New in the Installation Guide • 49 What's New with Plant Design System (PDS)

Integration • 49 What's New with Troubleshooting • 50

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