ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D

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Introduc on

Contents
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Introduc on................................................................................................................. 4
1.1

Installa on................................................................................................................... 4

2.1

Uninstall ..................................................................................................................... 5
Setup command line (for administrators) ................................................................. 5
Licence ....................................................................................................................... 5
Site licence (local) ...................................................................................................... 5
Floa;ng (server) licence ............................................................................................ 6

ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D ............................................................................... 8

3.1

3.2

3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6

3.7

3.8
4

General conven;ons .................................................................................................. 4

Typefaces ................................................................................................................... 4
Symbols ..................................................................................................................... 4

SeOng up ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D .......................................................... 8

Select plant ................................................................................................................ 8
Select lter................................................................................................................. 8
Select output ............................................................................................................. 9
Congure aQributes................................................................................................... 9
Add new table..........................................................................................................10
AQribute set.............................................................................................................11
Add new aQribute set ..............................................................................................11
Add new aQribute....................................................................................................11
Edit aQribute set proper;es ....................................................................................11
Extended aQribute seOngs .....................................................................................12
Find ..........................................................................................................................13
Extrac;on Geometry ...............................................................................................14
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................14
Generate VUE le ....................................................................................................15
Extrac;on.................................................................................................................15
Addi;onal SQL statements ......................................................................................15
Create addi;onal SQL statements ...........................................................................15
Use query builder ....................................................................................................16
Create new SQL query template..............................................................................17
SeOngs ....................................................................................................................17
General ....................................................................................................................18
Surface style rules....................................................................................................19
Drawings ..................................................................................................................19
Load seOngs from le .............................................................................................20
Save seOngs to le ..................................................................................................20
Command line mode ...............................................................................................21

Technical support ....................................................................................................... 21

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Introduc on
ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D is designed to export a SmartPlant 3D aQributes and grac
into a SQL Lite database, containing one table per task. The resul;ng records are compressed
and internally resolved by code lists.

1.1

General conven ons

This document contains many visual cues to help you understand the meaning of certain words
or phrases. The use of dierent fonts for dierent types of informa;on allows you to scan the
document for key concepts or commands. Symbols help abbreviate and iden;fy commonly used
words, phrases, or groups of related informa;on

Typefaces
Italic

Indicates a system response, which is an explana;on

of what the so6ware is doing. For example,
The text is placed in the viewing plane.

Bold

Indicates a command name, parameter name, or dialog box ;tle. Command paths are shown using an arrow between command names. For example,
Choose File Open to load a new le.

Normal
typewriter

Indicates an actual le or directory name. For example,

The ASCII report is stored in the layout.rpt le.

Bold typewriter

Indicates what you literally type in. For example,

Key in original.dat to load the ASCII le.

Symbols
This document uses the following symbols to iden;fy special informa;on:
Note important supplemental informa;on.
Map or path shows you how to get to a specic command or form.
More informa;on indicates there is addi;onal or related informa;on.

Installa on
Requirements:

Supported opera;ng systems:

Microso6 Windows Server 2008, 2012

Installa on

Microso6 Windows 7, 8
Intergraph SmartPlant 3D 2009 SP5 or later

Administrator rights are required on each computer to install CAXperts ReportAdapter for
SmartPlant 3D. Run as is not supported.

Uninstall
To uninstall the so6ware, select Control panel from the start menu. Then on in large or small
icon view, click Programs and features. If you're using category view, under Programs, click Uninstall a program.
Select the program you want to remove, and click Uninstall/Remove. Alterna;vely, right-click the
program and select Uninstall.

Setup command line (for administrators)

The following command line op;ons are supported by the installer:
/S:<<op onal ini le>>
Allow an install to be run in silent mode. As a result, no screens or dialogs will be shown.
This command line op;on also has an op;onal INI le that can be passed containing session
variable values. For example:
"C:\output\setup.exe" "/S:C:\setupvars.ini"

This will cause the session variables in the INI le to be used for the setup. The INI le should be
in the format:
[SetupValues]
%AppFolder%=C:\Program Files\MyProduct

/U:<<XML cong le>>

This command line op;on must be used when calling the uninstall program from the command
line. This command also has an op;onal XML le that can be passed containing session variable
values. For example:
"C:\Program
Files\MyProduct\uninstall.exe"
uct\irunin.xml"

2.1

"/U:C:\Program

Files\MyProd-

Licence
CAXperts so6ware supports two types of licences:

Site licence (local)

Domain based licences are restricted to machines within a 5 miles (8 kilometres) radius at a specic geographic loca;on (building) for which the licence key le was issued for. There is no limita;on regarding the number of users or machines.
CAXperts will need your Current domain name to issue a licence le (.lic).

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The licence le has to be stored on a local or network loca;on accessible by the machine running
the CAXperts product; a licence server is not required.
The loca;on of the licence le should be dened on every machine with the CAXperts product
installed, which can be done

Either by setting the environment variable

CAXPERTS_LICENSE_FILE=C:\Program Files (x86)\CAXperts\Licensing\

Or by setting the registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FLEXlm License
Manager\CAXPERTS_LICENSE_FILE=C:\Program Files
(x86)\CAXperts\Licensing\

Mul;ple licence key le loca;ons should be separated by semicolons (;).

Note: If the licence key le loca;on is not dened, C:\Program Files (x86)\CAXperts\Licensing\ is used
Note: The licence key le may be renamed (including the extension). The CAXperts product will check the content of all les in the licence folder(s) for valid keys.
Note: Changes to the key path (in the environment variable or registry key) are read during the next start of the CAXperts product.

Floa ng (server) licence

Floa;ng licences require a FlexNET server (lmadmin or lmgrd) accessible by the machine running
the CAXperts product. The licence key le is typically located on the FlexNET server machine. The
licence key le denes the maximum number of seats which can be used at the same ;me.
Note: Every running instance of the CAXperts so6ware product will require one seat, no
maQer if the applica;on is running mul;ple ;mes on the same or dierent machine(s).
New instances can only be started as long as seats are available and the FlexNET server is accessible.
The loca;on of the licence server must be dened on every machine with the CAXperts product
installed, which can be done

Either by setting the environment variable

CAXPERTS_LICENSE_FILE=@YourServerName

Or by setting the registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FLEXlm License Manager\CAXPERTS_LICENSE_FILE=@YourServerName

Every computer name must be preceded by the @ symbol. Mul;ple licence server loca;ons
should be separated by semicolons (;).
YourServerName is the Windows computer name of the machine running lmadmin (FlexNET

server). If lmadmin is running on a non-default port, the port number should be dened like this:
port@ YourServerName.
Note: Changes to the server path (in the environment variable or registry key) are read
during the next start of the CAXperts product.

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Borrowed licences
Licence seats can be borrowed for a period of ;me from the server and saved to the local machine. Once the seat has been borrowed the CAXperts applica;on can be used without any connec;on to the FlexNET server.

To borrow a licence seat press the Borrow seat buQon, dene the loan period (up to 7 days) and
press OK. When the borrowed seat expires it gets automa;cally returned back to the FlexNET
server.

The seat can be returned earlier by pressing the Return borrowed seat buQon.

Note: Without a valid licence le the so6ware will run in demo mode.

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ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D

The ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D is used to extract SmartPlant 3D data out of an exis;ng
project like Material-Take-O (MTO) of all SmartPlant 3D. The extrac;on of all data can be done
without any knowledge of SP3D specic Report Crea;on. The philosophy is to use the
SmartPlant 3D Workspace Filters for crea;on of discipline specic reports.
Note: ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D requires SmartPlant 3D and a SmartPlant 3D
(S3D) licence seat on a SmartPlant Licence Server.

3.1

Se;ng up ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D

Select plant
Start ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D and select your Model Plant from the Plant Combo Box:

Note: Only plants of the current site are displayed.

Select lter
To select a lter, click on the Filter Combo Box and select More lters.

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A window will open where all lters are listed, please select lter and click OK.

Select output
Browse with the Browse buQon to select a loca;on to create a Microso6 Access Database le
in which the results will be shown.

All the seOngs are stored automa;cally in the congura;on le which is found under Tools
Se;ngs.

3.2

Congure a>ributes
ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D contains a predened set of aQributes which are reported
by default. Addi;onally customer can dene and congure own aQributes. No database specic
or programming knowledge is required for customiza;on of reportable Smart Plant 3D aQributes. A table is a combina;on of aQribute sets, columns with iden;cal names will be ver;cally
aligned.

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From here user can access all aQributes from

Smart Plant 3D

Right side contains the already predened aQributes

per discipline

Add new table

To add a new table, right click in right panel and click New table

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A>ribute set
Each table consists of one or more aQribute sets. Each aQribute set holds the data for a specic
top node. The result of one or more aQribute sets is grouped together in the table they belong
to in the output database.

Add new a>ribute set

To add a new table, right click on a table and click New a>ribute set

Add new a>ribute

Drag and drop an aQribute to the table on the right side. The aQribute will then appear under
the AQribute set.

Edit a>ribute set proper es

To set the proper;es of a table, right click on the aQribute set and select Proper es.

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The type selected here denes the main item used for repor;ng, e.g. pipe component run:
pipe component selected only runs that belong to the component are listed; run selected
also empty runs get listed.
Press OK to nish the congura;on.
Note: The changes will be applied on the next extrac;on
Note: SmartPlant 3D labels can be used similar to the direct object aQributes.

Extended a>ribute se;ngs

Click with the right mouse buQon on a code listed aQribute to open extended aQribute congura;on form:

Code listed aQributes can be extracted as:

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Numeric values

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Values decoded by short descrip;on

Values decoded by long descrip;on (default)

For Values with Units, the Units can be chosen:

Note: The changes will be applied on the next extrac;on.

Find
Select Find from the Edit menu to search for the available aQributes:

Enter the search text in Find what and dene the task name in Look in to search for the aQribute
in the given task:

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3.3

Extrac on Geometry
ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D allows extrac;on of geometry from Smart 3D, which is used
by CAXperts Universal Plant Viewer and CAXperts S3D2PDS so6ware.
Tick on Extract Geometry op;on and select exis;ng 3D DGN drawing.

Prerequisites
1. Bentley MicroSta;on J (V7) has to be installed on the Worksta;on.
2. Empty 3D DGN-drawing has to be created through the Smart 3D Drawing Console, e.g.
like this:

This 3D DGN Drawing is by ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D for the geometry extrac;on. The user needs the permission to update this drawing.
3.

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Permission to create new filter in the folder (Plant filters\3D ReportAdapter by default).

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4. Write permissions on Shared Content (Drawings\Catalog\Rules) to able create new

View/Style rules.

Technical Hint regarding MicroSta;on limita;on:

The extrac;on of geometry using ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D is based on Intergraph
Smart 3D export to 3D DGN le and has the same limita;ons: only graphical model data in a
range of -26843 m to 26843 m in XYZ direc;on (for M/MM dgn-seed-le) and from -88069 '
to 88069 ' in XYZ direc;on (for '/" dgn-seed.le) are exported into MicroSta;on-les. Model
data out of this range are not exported.

3.4

Generate VUE le
If enabled, ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D generates VUE le with aQributes as dened in
aQributes congurator.

Note: Intergraph Schema Component is required to generate VUE e.

3.5

Extrac on
To start extrac;on of aQributes and geometry if enabled click on Extract.

3.6

Addi onal SQL statements

Create addi onal SQL statements

SQL statements to extend standard output tables with user dened aQributes or to perform
some other tasks (like crea;ng addi;onal tables, queries) can be dened using Tools Addional SQL statements. They will be executed automa;cally a6er the extrac;on process has been
completed.
The addi;onal SQL statements can be typed in the Addi onal SQL statements to be processed
aGer extrac on eld. They have to look like the following examples
SQL1=ALTER TABLE Equipment ADD COLUMN [MyAttribute] VARCHAR(255)
SQL2=UPDATE [Equipment] SET [MyAttribute] = 'Test'

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Tables that can be used in the queries are those that will be created during extrac;on. Addi;onal
tables (if needed) have to be copied before extrac;on to the Template.mdb database which can
be found in the applica;on folder.

Use query builder

The included query builder can assist to create the SQL statements. Create a new statement with
the Add buQon and add one of the Available SQL query templates to it. Add query or doubleclick on a list item will add the query at the cursor posi;on or replace the selected text.
The Available SQL query templates look like:
UPDATE [%TABLE1%] SET [%TABLE1%].[%COLUMN1%]=

When the template is used, the %TABLE1% and %COLUMN1% elds will be lled with the table
name and column name selected in the %TABLE1% and %COLUMN1% elds.
Note: The %TABLE1% and %COLUMN1% elds are lled from the Access database dened for
extrac;on output, which also includes the tables from Template.mdb. This means, the elds
are only lled a6er the extrac;on was performed once.

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With the Show hidden tables eld checked, all tables of the database can be selected to build
the query. If it is not checked, only tables that will be displayed in UniversalReporter are available
and tables created for internal use are hidden.

Create new SQL query template

User dened SQL query templates can be created. To add a new template, click the Add buQon
and enter the template name.

Fill in the text of SQL statement and the Placeholders for Tables and columns to be used by
query textboxes by using the %TABLE"1% and %COLUMN1% buQons.
User dened templates can be deleted or modied using the Remove or Edit buQons.
Note: The SQL text boxes support syntax highligh;ng.

3.7

Se;ngs
All program seOngs (selected tasks and lters, aQributes, units of measure ) are stored automa;cally for each plant in the congura;on le located by default in the user prole folder. The
loca;on of the congura;on le can be changed by using menu Tools>Se;ngs.

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General

Add manual extract info: if enabled shows following dialog before extrac;on where the user can
provide addi;onal informa;on evaluated by CAXperts UniversalReporter.

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Clean-up style rules and lter before extrac on (dont use parallel extrac ons): if geometry
extrac;on is enabled this op;on removes all temporary style-rules and lters might le6 from last
run of the so6ware. In normal case You must not use this op;on when you run more the one
extrac;on of ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D on your project at the same ;me.

Surface style rules

The colour is set in a standard S3D Surface Rule Style that is precongured from S3D Surface Rule
Style seOngs. You can dene here for the dierent aspects of the par;cular object type the MicroSta;on levels.
Select the rules to apply from the list of available Surface Rule Style on le6 hand side and press
Add buQon.

The rules are executed top->boQom. If no Style rules dened standard colours and MicroSta;on levels are used.

Drawings
Denes Isometric and Composed drawings to extract.

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Load se;ngs from le

To import the seOngs into the plant congura;on le use menu File Load se;ngs from le.
Note: The loca;on of the plant congura;on le is not aected, only the content of the
le will be overwriQen

Save se;ngs to le
To export the seOngs from the plant congura;on le use menu File Save se;ngs to le.
Note: The loca;on of the plant congura;on le is not aected

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Technical support

3.8

Command line mode

The ReportAdapter for SmartPlant 3D can be used from the command line to automate the
exporta;on of a SmartPlant 3D data.
To then open the ReportAdapter batch mode help type in the installa;on path of ReportAdapter
followed by \3D ReportAdapter.exe /?
C:\ C:\Program Files\CAXperts\3D ReportAdapter\3D ReportAdapter.exe /?
"3D ReportAdapter.exe" [-plant:ExamplePlant] [-config:c:\config_file.ini]
[-filter:My Filters\Filter1] [-output:output_file.mdb] [-cleanrules]
[-drawing:Plant\New 3D DGN Drawings\Drawing-0001] [-extractgeometry]
-plant plant_name

SmartPlant 3D plant to process

-config config_file.ini

Cong le which contains the seOngs for the extrac;on. If a congura;on le is not dened, the last congura;on will be used
Filter name from S3D Plant. Can be a Plant Filter or
from My Filters. If a lter is not dened, the last congura;on will be used
Output database. If Output database is not dened,
the last congura;on will be used
Clean le6over temporary S3D3PDS-specic rules. This
is an op;onal seOng.
Path to the 3D DGN-Drawing from S3D Drawing console
If this switch is set, S3D2PDS generates a PD_XPDA
Backup le.

-filter filter_name

-output output_file.mdb
-cleanrules
-drawing
-extractgeometry

Technical support
Need more help? Contact CAXperts support by email, online, or phone:
mailto:support@caxperts.com
hQp://www.caxperts.com/contact/

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