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i-model Transformation Workflow

Bentley i-model Composition Server for i-models uses Bentley i-model Transformer and whatever transformation scripts you create to transform and/or validate i-models stored in ProjectWise. The following is the general workflow for setting up i-model transformation jobs:

  1. Create a local transformation script using Bentley i-model Transformer inside the application you deployed it to.
  2. Test the script locally to make sure you get the results you want.
  3. Import the script into ProjectWise using the Job Builder dialog in Orchestration Framework Administrator.

    Importing the script also imports the source i-models and other related files, and creates a transformation template.

  4. Create and run a test job that uses the new transformation template to make sure you get the results you want.
  5. Finally, create a real job, where you add the files you want to process to the input set, and also modify the parameters of the transformation template as needed.

When defining the input set, you can add existing i-models (either intermediate files or package files), or you can add the original CAD files. If you add a package to the input set, then all the job has to do is transform the package. If you add original CAD files, the job will first create any necessary intermediate and package files, and then transform and/or validate them as part of the same job.