A Smart Interop Publisher project can contain one or more Smart Models. A Smart Model contains graphics and data that are translated from either Intergraph or third-party authoring tools. When you create a Smart Model from selected source files, the data is converted to file formats that can be opened with Intergraph applications and specific Non-Intergraph applications. What makes these translated 3D models 'Smart' is the object and label mapping based on the Smart Interop Publisher schema, which creates a consistent object label display between target applications.
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Intergraph target applications: SmartPlant Foundation, Smart Review, Smart 3D, and web-based Portal target applications. The created or translated file types include:
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.vue - Graphics data file
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.mdb - Non-graphical database file
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.mdb2 - Label database file
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.zvf - Contains an .svf project file and multiple .vue files. A .zvf file allows you to access a sub-set of your model data without having to load the entire model. If the entire model data does not fit into memory, portions are still accessible.
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SmartPlant Foundation decompresses the .zvf file project into the .zip file versions of the .svf project so that they can be streamed remotely from the SPF server to Smart Review.
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Smart 3D uses the .zvf file as a reference file format to allow you to export and import reference external model graphics to and from a Smart 3D model database.
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PDS 3D-published source files (.zvf + .xml + .xrf) are translated to a Smart Model ZVF project containing: .zvf, .mdb2, and .xrg files.
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For the Portal target application, Smart Interop Publisher generates .bin and other additional files containing 2D and 3D model information.
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Non-Intergraph targets: Industry Foundation Classes to generate an .ifc file. Smart Interop Publisher translates the source files using the Smart Interop Publisher schema property attribution and then performs an export to the IFC 2x3 schema format. You can open the resulting Smart Model .ifc files with a third-party .ifc reader. The IFC target application requires an IFC license. See the PPM Smart Community.
Composite (.svf) Smart Models
Smart Interop Publisher provides a Compose Command that allows you to create .svf projects called Composite Smart Models. A Composite Smart Model consists of an .svf file that contains one or more Smart Model .vue files. The Composite Smart Model allows graphic objects and attribute data from multiple files to be reviewed in a single runtime session. See Create Composite Smart Models.
Smart Interop Publisher also allows you to add older .svf projects created using Smart Review. These files
are also referred to as Composite Smart Models.
DRV Files
Smart Interop Publisher generates .drv files for most source file types. The .drv file is generated in the [Smart Model location]\Supporting Files folder. The exceptions are listed below.
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The generated .drv files for .sat and .iges file formats are empty. No property data is written.
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For a MicroStation V7 .dgn file with no tag data, Smart Interop Publisher does not generate a .drv file. Other products, like Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence PDS, create the .drv files along with output .dgn files.
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For non-PDS V7 .dgn files, the .drv files are generated by Smart Interop Publisher only if the .dgn files contain tags. The generated .drv files contain only tag-related information.