Creating an OpenPlant Project

Applies To
Product(s):	OpenPlant ModelServer
Version(s):	V8i
Environment:	N/A
Area:	N/A
Subarea:	N/A
Original Author:	Jesse Wolfe, Bentley Technical Support Group

Overview

An OpenPlant datasource (and all it's ProjectWise integrated components) requires a fair amount of configuration before it is up and running for everyday use. This article will discuss the standard steps for creating an "out-of-the-box" project in OpenPlant Modeler. The information below assumes that a supported Windows Server OS is already configured as SQL Server and all OpenPlant applications are installed. It should also be noted that this series of articles focuses on establishing a working Datasource for use in conjunction with OpenPlant Modeler ONLY. Another article to be published at a later date will detail the additional configuration required for OpenPlant Isometrics Manager and OpenPlant Reporting. For further information regarding steps to achieve this, please see the following articles:

Prerequisites:

Configuring ModelServer

OpenPlant Installation Overview

Project Creation:

Once all steps in the above documents have been properly completed, you can proceed with project creation. The following articles, in order, explain the proper procedures for accomplishing this: