Configuring the Rendition Service

This section is for:

IT managers
AssetWise system administrators

A rendition is a representation of a file published to another format. You can publish renditions from one or more files in a document. The default rendition formats are PDF, TIFF image, and ASCII text file.

Creating renditions from AssetWise requires the Rendition Service.

General Configuration

Install the following on the same computer:
- Rendition Service (Rendition Services option in the AssetWise Server installer)
Note:
In AssetWise System Management Console, enable Rendition Service (see To Enable the Rendition Service for Your Community ).
There is a setting in AssetWise Director called Engine to use for Rendition and Server Printing. In a new community, this setting is set to Interplot by default, and there is nothing you need to do. However if your community was upgraded from an earlier version of AssetWise that used the Spicer rendition engine, you will need to change the setting from Spicer to Interplot. This setting can be found in AssetWise Director by opening the System Admin tab (View > System Administration) and selecting System Defaults > General > Engine to use for Rendition and Server Printing.

Note: To create a rendition, the following must be true:

The Rendition Service must be enabled for this community. This is done by the administrator in AssetWise System Management Console.
You must have permission to modify the document that contains the original file, because the new rendition will be added to that document.

Renditioning Workflow

Submit - A user selects to rendition one or more files in a document (submits a rendition job).
Queue - The rendition job goes to the rendition queue.
Service - Rendition Service gets the job from the queue and sends the files to ProjectWise InterPlot Server for processing.
InterPlot - ProjectWise InterPlot Server creates the renditions.
Document - The new renditions are added to the document that contains the original files.

Note: If you have more than one Rendition Service enabled for a community, the first available Rendition Service accepts responsibility for processing the job.