5 Benefits of Upgrading to Smart 3D version 14

Rahul Shinde

Intergraph Smart® 3D is the world’s first and only next-generation engineering design application designed to deliver mission-critical project requirements. It breaks through barriers imposed by traditional technologies to enable a truly iterative engineering design environment with an industry first Project / As-Built capability. Smart 3D provides all capabilities needed to design facilities and then maintain their 3D “As-Built” representations for downstream uses in the lifecycle. The release of Smart 3D version 14 provides a competitive edge to EPCs (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) and owner operators.

Features and Benefits

Infrastructure Flexibility

- With Smart 3D 14 comes a new modern user interface that is 64-bit and offers the advantage of using more random-access memory and the ability to process substantial amounts of data compared to 32-bit systems.

- Infrastructure flexibility provides additional benefits such Smart 3D is offered as SaaS in Intergraph Smart® Cloud, public cloud hosting and on-premises. This includes standalone environment and global workshare environment. Smart 3D supports integration with HxGN SDx2.

Digital Twin

- Smart 3D now supports integration with HxGN SDx2 and Hexagon’s Digital Backbone. Integration Service within Smart 3D now allows sharing of notes, control points and clashes with HxGN SDx2.

- Smart 3D is compatible with both PDS® and PDMS data, which can subsequently be synchronized with a centralized HxGN SDx2 repository. This data is first converted into Smart Models, then further transformed into Smart Interop Objects (SIOs). These SIOs are lightweight, purpose-specific objects conforming to a common schema, designed specifically to integrate seamlessly with HxGN SDx2.

- Hexagon’s Smart 3D supports the integration and consolidation of various 3D model file formats, enabling seamless import/export and direct integration with other engineering design applications and authoring tools.

3D Modeling with Rules and Relationships

- Smart 3D classic user interface and the modern user interface deliver opportunities to improve value to the customers such as:

- - Enhanced User Experience leading to improved productivity

- - Protect investment by upgrading platform (retiring VB6)

- - Add custom commands to the modern user interface

- - Modify Smart Interop Objects (SIOs) using the Modify Interop Controls

- - Enhancements to Ducting, Electrical, Equipment, Hanger & Supports, Piping, Structural and Space Management tasks

Deliverables

- Smart 3D drawings are one of the deliverables used in multiple industries. New enhancements include:

- - Ability to generate drawings on a batch queue. Updates drawings with 64-bit processes.

- - Revise dialog option allows the user to revise the document without sharing it to HxGN SDx2. The ability for a super user to restrict user access to orthographic and isometric drawings documents and data using the security code (for example, proprietary, restricted, and unclassified). The security codes can be changed.

- - Drawings can now be generated on a batch server. Also, it enables users to generate the drawings that have not previously been created on a bBatch Sserver while users continue to work on other tasks.

- - Smart 3D now generates a tombstone .xml file in the data file path containing the graphic (.vue or .zvf) and data (.xml) files when any object is deleted from a previously updated 3D Model Data document.

- - Users can now switch multiple borders at the folder level and at the component level.

APIs- Web APIs

- Smart 3D includes Plant API and Admin API that provide web access to data and ability to administer Smart 3D, respectively.

- Smart 3D Plant and Admin APIs share the same configuration for database connection, setup/configuration credentials, messaging, enablement with improved logging and load balancing.