The workflow described in this section shows how to translate a third-party source file such as IFC, into a Smart Model and publish it to SmartPlant Foundation. In addition, you can see how to map a Description property from the IFC source file to display in SmartPlant Foundation. There are two parts to mapping to SmartPlant Foundation:
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Use the custom or generic mapping spreadsheets to map properties into the Smart Interop Publisher schema.
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Map the property in the SmartPlant schema (also referred to as EFSchema) using the SmartPlant Schema Editor. You can extend or customize the SmartPlant schema, or you can map new properties to existing properties. In this example, you are going to map your new property to an existing property in SmartPlant Foundation.
The overall workflow consists of the processes listed below.
1. Start Smart Interop Publisher and create a project
2. Add the source file and translate
3. Map a property to the Smart Interop Publisher schema
4. Map the property to the SmartPlant Schema