Publish an Isometric Drawing
Publishing of piping isometric drawing only publishes the graphic file and links to data (not the data itself) therefore, before publishing, ensure that 3D model data for the corresponding pipeline has already been successfully published. You could publish piping isometric drawing before publishing a 3D model but document-to-component relationship will not get created until the 3D model data is successfully published and consolidated.
1. Before publishing, right-click the document and click Properties to bring up properties dialog and make sure Allow Publish option is set to "Yes".
2. Document must be revised before it can be published. Right click on the drawing and click Revise … This will bring up the Revision dialog after prompting for SPF credentials.
3. Click the Next Major button to assign a revision to the model. As this drawing is revised for the first time, revision A is assigned.
4. Click OK.
Result: A pop-up confirmation of a successful revisions operation appears. The document is now ready to be published.
Note: When a document is revised, the document status becomes outdated, showing a red "X" on the file icon.
5. Right-click the document and expand the Publish menu
6. Click Publish or Update and Publish if you want to update the document again before publishing.
7. Enter your SPF credentials in the pop-up window. Click OK.
Note: If you use the Update and Publish option, then it will take a while before the publish dialog shows up since S3D will be running the update drawing process first.
Result: The Publish window will open.
8. Make sure the settings under the Publish tab are set as shown in the above figure.
Click OK.
Result: The SPF publishing progress window appears and upon completion, a confirmation message is displayed.
Note: Publishing may take several minutes.
