AdapterForSmartReview captures 3D graphics and
attributes from Intergraph Smart Review and stores it in a file
(*.upvc). This file is used as input for CAXperts
UniversalPlantViewer Builder to generate
UniversalPlantViewer or 3D PDF sessions. AdapterForSmartReview Setup detects automatically the platform of
Intergraph Smart Review (32 or 64 bit) and installs the appropriate
version of AdapterForSmartReview. (64-bit version of
AdapterForSmartReview is required to work with 64 bit version of Smart
Review). Start AdapterForSmartReview and select an
input file. These Intergraph Smart Review files are
supported: *.vue, *.svf and *.dri. Output file: defines the path to the *.upvc output
file. The file contains all required information (like graphics or
attributes) in order to generate UniversalPlantViewer or 3D PDF output
using CAXperts UniversalPlantViewer Builder
software. If the *.upvc output file already exists,
AdapterForSmartReview will work in update mode and
re-capture changes only. All settings are stored automatically in the configuration file of
the user profile. The location of the configuration file can be changed
in the Tools → Settings menu. Configuration File: To export the settings use File → Save
settings to file: To import the settings from file use File →
Load settings from file. Aspects: All aspects from the SmartPlantReview session are captured
automatically. No additional settings are required. Consider existing Display Sets - If enabled, the
visibility (if objects are switched off or on in the Main View) and
colours are taken from the existing Smart Review Display Sets for
vue-files. This is not applicable for svf-session files. Maximum objects per capture group - This is the
maximal number of objects captured at one time. Higher value increase
performance but may also cause an overflow of Smart Review MDB file
(which is limited to max 2 GB). Usually 35000 are good for most of the
sessions. Stroking tolerance - Defines the quality of exported
graphic. Higher values mean better graphical quality, but also increases
the size of outputted graphic. Advanced Graphic Handling If this option is
activated, advanced measurement option will be available in Universal
Plant Viewer (like snapping to edges). Use PDS Levels as Aspects: (applicable for DRI
session only). If enabled, every MicroStation Level is treated as a
separate aspect. Force attribute extraction: applicable for
processing against an existing .upvc-file (update mode). If enabled, all
attributes are re-extracted even when the single objects in the existing
.upvc-file are up-to-date. Process modified vue-files completely: This option
mainly refers to svf-sessions, where you want to re-process whole
vue-files instead of the single objects in the vue-files. AdapterForSmartReview can also be used in command
line mode. Use the following command to show the command line
arguments: C:\>“C:\Program
Files\CAXperts\AdapterForSmartReview\AdapterForSmartReview.exe”
/? Command line arguments after typing /?: AdapterForSmartReview requires access to the desktop
(to run Smart Review), therefore to be able to run the
software as a scheduled task following steps are required: Download https://download.sysinternals.com/files/PSTools.zip
and save to disk (e.q. into D:\PSTools\ folder). Create BAT file (e.q. D:\AdapterForSmartReview_Batch.bat) which
is used torun AdapterForSmartReview from command line. Adjust
AdapterForSmartReview path and parameters: D:\PSTools\psexec.exe -s -i 0 /accepteula “C:\Program
Files\CAXperts\AdapterForSmartReview\AdapterForSmartReview.exe"
-input:C:\Example.vue -output:C:\Output\Example.upvc If this window won’t be shown, make sure “Interactive Services”
services is enabled in a control panel of windows. To revert back from session 0 console to the main desktop press
button: D:\AdapterForSmartReview_Batch.bat is running in a separate
session, the active user can continue working with windows or logoff.
The session 0 will be executed in the background. D:\AdapterForSmartReview_Batch.bat script is executed under
LocalSystem account with limited permissions without network access.
Input and output files must be located on the local drive. If you need
to access the network (e.q. copy result upvc file to a network drive)
add corresponding at the end of
D:\AdapterForSmartReview_Batch.bat. This chapter is for advanced users. You may ignore this chapter if
advanced configuration is not required. There are 2 type of ini-files - User.ini and a ini-file per project.
In the user.ini general settings are made, they are valid for all
projects. In the project.ini there are just project specific
settings. The file size of the resulting PDF file depends noticeably on the
number of objects captured. Ignoring less-meaningful objects (e.g. welds
in SmartPlant 3D sessions) is one approach for reducing
the overall 3D PDF file size. The following syntax is used to define a custom object type in
the.ini file: [ObjectDefinition] Example: [ObjectDefinition] [ObjectDefinition] is the section name in the .ini
file. MyWeld is the object type name, which can be
freely defined. *Component is an attribute name, which must
exist in the design review session. The “=” character after
Component is the operator. The operator may be “=” and
"<>" for equality or “like” and "not like" when using wildcards.
Weld** is the attribute value. The example defines that an object type MyWeld
exists for the objects, whose attribute Component
equals the value Weld. Users can build rules to ignore
objects of type MyWeld using the following syntax in
the .ini file: [ObjectsToIgnore] The .ini file name is AdapterForSmartReview.ini and is copied
automatically from the installation template to the folder of the design
review session loaded in AdapterForSmartReview. By
default the following definitions exist in the .ini file to ignore welds
of Smart 3D sessions: [ObjectDefinitions] Weld= Component=Weld Weld1=
Commodity type Like weld Weld2= Weld Type Like weld
Weld3= Type Like weld [ObjectsToIgnore] Weld=1 Weld1=1 Weld2=1 Weld3=1 UseHierarchy is a user setting that reads out the content of
Hierarchical Labels in SPR. UseHierarchy=1 - option set to 1 reads out all Hierarchical SPR
Labels from a vue-file. This setting is only applicable for the processing of svf-sessions in
batch mode. svf-sessions can contain a large number of vue-files.
Missing single vue-files stops the AdapterForSmartReview process. An
in-built default setting automatically skips missing vue-files when the
process is executed in batch-mode or with the UPC
(UniversalPlantCreator) The software creates log files in the local TEMP directory
(e.g. “C:\Temp\AdapterForSmartReview\”. The user can also open these
files by double-clicking on the CAXperts
AdapterForSmartReview status bar:AdapterForSmartReview
Additional prerequisites
Using AdapterForSmartReview
Settings
General
“Load settings from file” doesn’t change the current location of the
configuration file. Once the settings have been imported any further
changes are stored in the current configuration file displayed in the
Tools → Settings menu.Advanced
Command line mode
Due to some restrictions in Smart Review, absolute paths must be used in
AdapterForSmartReview command line commands.
Advanced features
Advanced
configuration for capturing graphics
Ignore objects (Project.ini)
ObjectTypeName=AttributeName Operator Value
MyWeld=Component=Weld
MyWeld=1UseHierarchy (User.ini)
SkipMissingModels
Log files
