Smart Points
Smart Points are specialized markers that are linked to an object or object group and display information about that entity. The information that a Smart Point contains can be user-defined or obtained from an external system or database—as defined in the Smart Point Type configuration in eShare. Smart Points can be seen as icons in the 3D model, and the user can select a Smart Point to see the information that it contains. If the Smart Point uses attributes, the user can also add information by editing the attribute values. Smart Points can be created and modified in both eShare and eGo, and the changes can be synchronized from one program to the other. Smart Points can be downloaded also to CADMATIC Plant Modeller. Accordingly, Smart Points can be used to quickly add status information or other comments during a meeting or an on-site visit.
Smart Points are available if project administrator has enabled them for your project. In the 3D model, when you are close enough to a Smart Point icon you can also see the Smart Point's name. Normally, points that are further away display a smaller icon to indicate distance. But, selecting to examine an object or object group always displays its icons in full size, to make it easier to see all the Smart Points of a large object, such as a long pipeline.
You can select a Smart Point that is fairly close to you by clicking it. The Smart Point is highlighted and its details are displayed in the properties pane on the right. You can see its standard attributes such as name, type and external ID, as well as any user-definable attributes or attributes obtained from an external data source. Also a change log is available if project administrator has enabled this function in the Smart Point Type settings. When viewing a Smart Point that uses a PI Adapter, the data is constantly updated from the PI database, and there is a chart that you can click to expand the chart view.
In addition to finding Smart Points by browsing the model, you can use the search function of eShare to locate Smart Points. See Search.
Depending on the Smart Point Type configuration, you might or might not have permission to see or modify Smart Points of a specific type.