Before you can begin viewing the schema, data files, or a tool map schema, you must open the schema in the Schema Editor.
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Click File > Open > Schema File.
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Typically, you should open and edit the SmartPlant schema using the delivered configuration file (EFSchema.cfg).
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The SmartPlant schema configuration file references the SmartPlant schema file (read-only), other schema files (read-only), and your schema extensions file (editable). The delivered schema extensions file is named Extensions1.xml, and when you open EFSchema.cfg, your changes are saved in Extensions1.xml by default. However, you can specify additional extensions files to store your schema modifications. For more information, see Modify a File Configuration.
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The SmartPlant schema configuration file is delivered with the SmartPlant Server and Client components. By default, it is installed in the following location: ..\Program Files\Common Files\Intergraph\EFSchema\<software version>. However, if you use different SmartPlant schemas for each SmartPlant Foundation site, your schema file may be in a different location.
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If multiple sites share the same SmartPlant schema file, then any changes that you make to the shared schema file will affect every site. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you make a copy of the delivered SmartPlant schema folder for each site. Store each customized folder within the site folder, for example, <drive>:\SmartPlant Foundation 2018 Server Files\Web_Sites\<site_name>\EFSchema\<software version>. The folders containing the customized schema files must be network shared with read-only access.
If you already have a schema open in the Schema Editor, you can click File > Open > Another Schema File to open another schema.
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Browse to the directory where the schema file is located.
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Select the schema file that you want to open.
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Click Open.
You can open XML schema files (.XML) and XML DOM schema files (.DOM) in the Schema
Editor.