Performance tips - Intergraph Smart 3D - 13 - Administration & Configuration - Hexagon PPM

Intergraph Smart 3D PDMS Conversion to Smart 3D

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Administration & Configuration
Smart 3D Version
13
Smart Interop Publisher Version
16

The performance tips outlined below are only guidelines, which can be modified and refined with real projects.

Export/Import performance and file size -The table below summarizes the data transfer performance between Smart 3D and PDMS:

Discipline

Number of first class objects

File size

Export Time

Import Time

Equipment

  • 334 equipment items (37 designed equipment items and 297 catalog equipment items

  • 1,109 nozzles

  • 350 shapes

7.2 MB

180 seconds

600 seconds

Piping

2,000 pipe parts/components, consisting of 90 pipelines and 210 pipe runs

57 7KB

40 seconds

65 seconds

Structure

  • 790 members

  • 19 handrails

  • 9 ladders

  • 6 stairs

6 MB

240 seconds

360 seconds

Import performance and file size - The table below summarizes the data transfer performance for a sample PDMS model into Smart 3D:

The import process was performed on a 64-bit computer with 8GB RAM and running Windows 7 Professional.

Discipline

Number of first class objects

File size

Import Time

Equipment

  • 14 equipment items

  • 8 sub-equipment items

  • 52 nozzles

  • 690 primitives

  • 230 panels

1447 KB

3168 seconds

Piping

  • 36 pipes

  • 71 branches

  • 438 piping components

114 KB

544 seconds

HVAC

  • 42 duct components

  • 6 branches

60 KB

54 seconds

Structure

  • 1,528 primitives

  • 200 sections and their connections

  • 27 panels

  • 5 floors

437 KB

619 seconds

Recommended file size for PDMS import - The table below summarizes the time taken to import two sample Smart 3D datasets of equipment, piping, and structure model data into PDMS. The Smart 3D filter size can be chosen accordingly.

Discipline

File Size

Import Time

Equipment

  • 7.2 MB

  • 23 MB

  • 10 minutes

  • 40 minutes

Piping

  • 577KB

  • 3 MB

  • 1 minute

  • 3 minutes

Structure

  • 6 MB

  • 23 MB

  • 6 minutes

  • 33 minutes

Equipment imported using SAT and DGN files in Smart 3D is slow - PDMS does not support complex curved surfaces. As such, B-spline surfaces stored in the Smart 3D databases are broken into smaller polyhedrons, which adversely impacts export and import performance.