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06.01.14

Date: 06.01.14

TECHNICAL USERS FORUM SmartPlant Brain Storming Roundtable (RESULTS)

06.01.14

10:00 a.m. - Smarter Cable Management

Meir Stein, Intergraph

– Cable management is undergoing some significant changes in the new versions of SmartPlant Electrical, Instrumentation and 3D – What is your opinion of the direction cable management should be taking?

Moderator: Scott Hendrickson

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1. Where do you initially define your Cable Types and Requirement?

– SmartPlant Electrical (8)

– SmartPlant Instrumentation (20)

– SmartPlant 3D (2)

– Other applications (SmartPlant Reference Data should be used 15 use SPRD. 2 people said they would use it for Cables. This could be used to do Cable Management.)

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2. In which applications should most Cable Management be done?




– Other applications (internal applications – 4)

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3. In which applications should bi-directional Cable integration be provided?

– SmartPlant Electrical / SmartPlant Instrumentation (30)

– SmartPlant Electrical / SmartPlant 3D (10)

– SmartPlant Instrumentation / SmartPlant 3D (3)

– Other applications (SPM, SPC, etc...) (0)

– Comments:

All of the above – 10

Interest in Raceway to SPEL – 15

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4. Is there any advantage for SmartPlant 3D publishing raceway data back to SmartPlant Electrical and SmartPlant Instrumentation ?

– Yes (12)

– No (0)

– Publish to SmartPlant Materials (12)

– Suggestions (1 needs to add Raceway back to Instrumentation)

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5. Is Intergraph’s path forward for Cable Management correct?

– Yes (5)

– No (?)

– Don’t care (?)

– Suggestions: (Many people are confused about the proposed workflow that Intergraph is proposing. Organize a Webinar to review this proposed path. Action Item for Frank Joop)

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10:20 a.m. - Smarter Vendor Data Content

Yuval Adel, Intergraph

– The handling of Vendor Data and other external documents by SmartPlant is an ongoing issue – What direction do you think Intergraph needs to take in the management of Vendor Data?

Moderator: June Thomas

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1. What is your preferred method for receiving Vendor data?

– Certified Paper documents (0)

– Electronic Documents (PDF, etc...) (20)

– Importable Electronic Data (30)

– ISO 15926 Compliant Data (20)

– Other (4) : Thomas .Net – is an option under other. Intergraph supports this approach working with the Vendors such as Thomas .Net. Other options include EQHUB, ShareCAD, Bline?

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2. What type of Vendor Data should be integrated with SmartPlant?

– Sizing Calculations (7)

– Selection Software (0)

– Dimensional Data (20)

– Certified Vendor Data (3)

– Other (all of the above -2 )

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3. In which applications should Sizing, Selection Vendor data be handled?




– SmartPlant Materials (2)

– Vendor specific applications (2)

– Suggestions (SPPID - 3)

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4. What is your preferred source for Vendor Data?

– Vendor’s standard delivery methods (2)

– Integration with individual Vendors Software (0)

– Integration through SmartPlant Material (3)

– Integration with Single Source Provider (8)

– Suggestions (none)

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10:40 a.m. - Smarter Automation

Yossi Katz, Intergraph – The ability of SmartPlant Applications to introduce a level of Automation to the

Engineering and Data management work processes adds significant value to the software. What SmartPlant Automation functions are important to you?

Moderator: Joe Lawrence

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1. What is the most important Automation function in your SmartPlant Software?

– Speed up Data entry (20)

– Import / Export of Data (25)

– Profile based Data Expansion (15- SPI users)

– Rule based Data Validation (30)

– Data Integration (25)

– Other (None)

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2. Does your company use any of the following Rule Managers? – SPI Instrument Type Profile (20)

– SPI Rule Manager (15)

– SPEL Rule Manager (14)

– SPID Rule Manager (12)

– SPID Engineering Integrity (0)

– Other (Using the API with internal custom rules – Intergraph: API for SPEL 2015 & SPI 2016)

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3. How should Automation be delivered in SmartPlant Applications? – Integral to the application (30)

– Totally user configurable (15)

– As a batch operation (7)

– As an external application (4)

– Suggestions (1 – combined rule manager)

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4. What should Intergraph’s path forward be for Automation? – Keep and expand the automation in each application (30)

– Use a single external Rule manager across all SP applications (8)

– Focus automation on data integration (14)

– Focus automation on data integrity (30)

– Suggestions (Configuration automation. Would like to see more advanced query and reporting)

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11:00 a.m. - Viewing Engineering Data

Frank Joop, Intergraph – Intergraph has several tools with which to view and report on the Engineering

Data – What tools would you like to see enhanced?

Moderator: Christine Rech

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1. What tools do you use to view engineering data or graphics?

– SmartPlant Review (25)

– SmartPlant Explorer (8 - no owner operators)

– In native SmartPlant applications (40)

– External queries against the database (40)

– Export to other file formats (e.g. Excel) (40)

– Suggestions (Would like to use Explorer a lot more, but have role based viewing. Want to produce reports from SPF)

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2. What format would you like to view engineering data?

– Table or Browser View (25)

– Specific Report Form View (25)

– Graphical View (e.g. Schematic or Drawing) (20)

– Combination graphic and table view (50)

– Suggestions (None)

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3. What scope of engineering data would you like to see?

– Only data within a single application (0)

– Combined view from different applications (30)

– Combined view from different databases (25)

– Hyper linked data to other applications or documents (25)

– Suggestions (None)

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4. What platform would you like to use when viewing engineering data?

– Only on PCs Connected to local or wide area network (0)

– Only on PCs Connected to Web based browsers (6)

– Only over closed secure networks (10)

– From Mobile devices (Smart Phones and Tablets) (12)

– Suggestions (All of the above - 50)

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11:20 a.m. - Smarter User Experience/Interfaces

Guy Masin, Intergraph – The look and feel of the SmartPlant applications is important to the user

when using the tools effectively - What are your thoughts about the existing and upcoming User Interfaces?

Moderator: John Dressel

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1. What is your preferred User Interface for editing data?

– A browser or spreadsheet user interface (40)

– An Explorer interface with property screens (2)

– A preformatted dialog screen specific to a task (12)

– A user defined query editor with filters and sorts (30)

– Comments (none)

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2. What Functions should be part of an Editing User Interface?

– Drop Down data windows for consistency (40)

– Data Grouping and Sorting capabilities (45)

– Graphic representation of the data when applicable (45)

– Cut and Paste capabilities (50)

– Management of Change (45)

– Other (Need some red-lining capability for Field guys - no data modifications just mark up.)

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3. What user Interfaces for reports should be in SmartPlant applications?

– A Query Editor and Engineering Data Editor specifically for Reports (40)

– A report form creator and editor (40)

– An Excel type report form generator (35)

– A CAD based graphic report generator (6)

– A WYSIWYG interface for all reports (10)

– Suggestions (3 - Preformatted reports that can not be edited)

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4. What should Intergraph’s path forward be for User Interfaces?

– A Graphics based User Interface (10 and 8 maybes)

– An Explorer based User Interface (2)

– A common User Interface across all SmartPlant applications (40)

– A unique User Interface for each SmartPlant applications (3)

– Suggestions (30 – combination of interfaces)

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11:40 a.m. - SmartPlant Roundtable Conclusions

1. Was this Roundtable helpful to you and your company ?

Pretty good, helpful

2 . In your opinion was this Roundtable helpful to Intergraph?

Use Survey monkey in future

3. Any closing Questions or Topics for the Panel

Understand the user background of PDS 3D, versus SP3D and Owner Operator versus Engineering.

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