Using the default project and project settings, Smart Interop Publisher allows you to immediately translate source files into Smart Models and Smart Drawings.
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Double-click the Smart Interop Publisher icon on your desktop
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From the Start menu, click All Programs > Intergraph Smart Interop Publisher. -
On the Configure Site Database Dialog, specify the options below.
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SQL Server Name - Specifies the SQL Server instance to use for Smart Interop Publisher. See the Smart Interop Publisher Installation and Setup Help.
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Name - Specifies the database site name.
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You can use the default path for the SQL Server Data Pathname and SQL Server Log File Pathname options.
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Check the Create default project option, and then browse or type a Shared Content Location. Every Smart Interop Publisher project requires a shared content location. This folder contains internal files used by Smart Interop Publisher to support work done in the specified project.
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Click Configure.
The software creates subfolders under your shared content location in which you can organize all your work for the selected project. Unless you specify a location, Smart Interop Publisher uses the shared content location and its subfolders for default location settings.
Smart Interop Publisher also creates a project called [site database name]_General.
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On the project list, select your default project as shown in the example figure below.
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To create Smart Models, go to the Models View, and then click Add
in the Source Files Grid (Models View).
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Select the source files to use.
Each added source file displays as shown in the example Models View below.
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In the model and drawing source files grids, Source Files Grid (Models View), select the added source file in the grid view, and then click Translate
to display the Translate Source File Dialog.
If you select multiple source files of the same type when translating to a Smart Model, Smart Interop Publisher prompts you on whether to create a single Smart Model for each source file or a Smart Model that is made up of all the selected source files. If you select source files of different types, Smart Interop Publisher generates a Smart Model for each source file.