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You begin a design session for the first time by starting Smart 3D and then selecting a session template. The session template contains settings and defaults for the commands of all application areas. Use Define Workspace Define Workspace to select the model to access, and then define or select a filter that identifies the specific data to see. Your administrator will have some standard filters already defined for use. You can also create personal filters that are stored for you in the database.

The software retrieves the data that you want to see from the model database, loads the data to your computer memory, and displays that data in the graphic windows. Each time you create or edit a design object, the change is immediately committed to the Model database on the database server. No design data is temporarily saved on your computer. You can see the data that was created by others after you run Define Workspace Define Workspace by using Refresh Workspace Refresh Workspace. Refresh Workspace Refresh Workspace reruns the filter and retrieves only the new or changed data that meets the filter criteria.

Session File

When you exit Smart 3D, the software saves the graphics that you see and all the defaults that you established while modeling in a session file on your computer. You can quickly start another design session later by opening the saved session file. This restores you to exactly the same views of the model as when you exited Smart 3D.

Opening a saved session file and running Refresh Workspace Refresh Workspace is much faster than running Define Workspace Define Workspace with a new filter in a new session file. It also reduces the load on the database server. So, as a rule, begin working in Smart 3D by opening an existing session file. Use Define Workspace Define Workspace only after you have created a new filter. If you experience many unexpected modeling problems, try starting a design session using a new session file created using a template.

Save session files that use the different filters needed for your daily work to a folder for easy access. You can identify this folder as the default location for Open by using Options.

Relationships and Concurrency

Regardless of the data you request to see by using Define Workspace Define Workspace, the relationships Smart 3D maintains among design objects assure that supporting design data is automatically retrieved from the database server when it is needed. An edit automatically uses only current information from the server.

For example, a piping designer and an equipment designer could be working concurrently in the model. The equipment designer might move a piece of equipment, and then the piping designer attempts to modify the pipe without refreshing the data in his workspace. The edit of the piping is controlled by the current equipment model on the database server. The position of the straight feature is defined by its connection to the equipment nozzle. When the piping user selects the pipe to edit, the position of the feature is updated based on the current equipment nozzle position in the database. The graphic display of equipment, however, continues to be that from the last time the software synchronized the session file with the Model database. This can be confusing, so good practice is to click Refresh Workspace Refresh Workspace before editing when you are working in a concurrent design area. For more information, see Refresh Workspace.