Plant Exchange Overview
Bentley Plant products store information that is related to the
electrical components that will be used in the
OpenUtilities Substation
project. The
Plant Exchange plug-in will read the data for any electrical
devices in the database and place these devices in the
BOM
Explorer. Part numbers can be assigned in Plant or in the
BOM
Explorer. Once part numbers are assigned, the
Insert by Device
ID function can be used to place the symbols for the components onto the
OpenUtilities Substation
drawings.
Attribute information can be edited on the drawings, in the Data Manager, or in the BOM Explorer and be transferred back to the Plant database. The exchange of attribute information with Plant is bi-directional through the Plant Exchange plug-in and you have the ability to specify which data should be the master. The Plant Exchange plug-in is installed with the OpenUtilities Substation software.