The software works in a project environment. As such, you must log in to a project before you can begin working with any design files. Logging in to a project is a one-time operation. The software continues to use the project that you select in subsequent sessions until you log in to a different project.
Spoolgen supports two types of projects: the legacy Spoolgen project and the Spoolgen Database (SpoolgenDB) project. Each project type is integrated with a project database that enables you to view details about the pipelines that have been imported into the active project so that you can keep track of the pipelines that you process through Spoolgen. They each provide version control and support check in and check out of files for multi-user projects. However, the SpoolgenDB project relies on a relational database back-end, so you must have access to a SQL database. For more information about the computer configuration required for working with a SpoolgenDB project and the cloud-ready SQL database, see the Intergraph Spoolgen Installation Help.
Typically, the project administrator creates the project structure and defines the drawing styles required so that the isometric drawings that you produce conform to your own company standards and working practices. The project hierarchy consists of the three components listed below.
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Isometric Directory represents any folder designated to contain one or more projects. You can have any number of isometric directories on your computer.
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Project represents a set of styles and associated data used by Isogen to create specific types of drawings. Each time that you open the software, you must connect to a project. The software remembers the project from one session to another until you connect to a different project.
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Style represents a group of properties that control the isometric drawings that Isogen creates. Style properties are stored in an XML file.
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I-Configure is used to create and configure the Spoolgen project hierarchy. See the I-Configure Help.
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Isogen Configuration is integrated with I-Configure. You use Isogen Configuration to manage the properties that define the isometric styles Isogen uses for drawing and report production. See the Isogen Configuration Help.
Project defaults
In many cases, it is useful to have a common set of standard settings applied to a project that are subsequently applied to each new pipeline. These standard settings are called project defaults and define specific values for the pipeline attributes.
Generally, if project attribute defaults exist, the software uses them. If no defaults exist, the software stores pipeline properties between sessions. For example, if you create one model using units in feet/inches (ft/in), the next time that you create a model, ft/in is the initial setting in the Properties window. However, if the project default units are set to millimeters (mm), the mm units are used instead.
You define project defaults using I-Configure. For more information about the project
defaults that are available for Spoolgen, see Project Defaults and Attributes in the I-Configure Help.
Replay file
Any changes that you make to the design file are recorded in a Replay file. When you check in the pipeline, the Replay file is stored. When you import a new version of the pipeline, the software applies the modifications stored in the Replay file to the pipeline after it is imported. However, this process works only if the UCI for the components in the pipeline are the same. To review the pipeline and examine any differences, use the Compare command. See POD Compare.
The software stores and indexes every version of each file that you import into a
project.
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