iModel Connector for AutoPLANT allows users to publish
their models along with data to iModelHub / PlantSight based on OpenPlant
schemas.
These published models can then be used directly through
iModelHub or PlantSight for drawing review, walk throughs and Clash detection
etc., or can be imported into OpenPlant Modeler for further usage.
There are two ways you can publish data into iModelHub /
PlantSight:
- Through iModel Connector
for AutoPLANT interface
- From within AutoPLANT
Modeler (referred as In-Session workflow)
Publishing
AutoPLANT models through iModel Connector for AutoPLANT interface
You can directly publish all your models at a time or a
set of models to iModelHub / PlantSight based on OpenPlant schemas using iModel
Connector for AutoPLANT by itself.
Note: Prerequisite steps
to configure WorkSets and AutoPLANT project with CONNECT project must be
completed before starting the publish process.
1. Load iModel Connector for AutoPLANT, it prompts to
Sign In with email:
2. After Signing in with a valid account, the product
requests permission. Click
Allow to continue using Bridge.
3. Select one of the following:
-
Select
AutoPLANT Project Selection option and click
Browse button to pick multiple or all models
from the list of models from the selected AutoPLANT project.
-
Or select
DWG File Selection option and pick models
(DWG files) from Explorer window to be published through Bridge.
-
Or Select
Folder Selection option, and select a folder
through
Browse button to publish all models present
in that folder.
Click
Publish once proper option is selected.
The
iModel Settings section contains
Project Name and
iModel fields. Both these fields will get
populated when
AutoPLANT Project Selection option is selected
based on which CONNECT Project and iModel the selected AutoPLANT project is
linked to.
Project Name and
iModel fields are to be populated for other two
options i.e.,
DWG File Selection and
Folder Selection in order to point to where the
models are to be published to.
Note: Xreferences
processing is turned off by default. Following setting is available in
Bentley.APBridgeUI.exe.config
to turn it ON: < add key = " EnableProcessXrefs " value
= " 0 " /> Setting it to "1" allows user to turn on the
Process Xreferences checkbox.
Publishing
AutoPLANT models through In-Session Workflow
You can publish to iModelHub / PlantSight right from
inside of the drawing while working on it.
Selecting
iModel Bridge from
Import/Export ribbon would load iModel Bridge
for AutoPLANT with all settings automatically populated.
