Project Snapshot
Tag and GUID preservation
Unplanned downtime and rollbacks
Fewer Smart 3D environments to manage
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Summary
The client had two Hexagon Smart 3D environments that were meant to operate the same way but had grown apart over time. Catalogs, line classes and symbols no longer matched, and the risk of rework and downtime grew with every new project. What seemed at first to be a simple consolidation quickly revealed itself to be a complex and high-stakes challenge.
ReVisionz upgraded the software, unified the catalogs and merged the models in a way that preserved every tag and drawing link. We rehearsed the cutover step by step and carried it out inside a single planned window. Within five working days the system was live again, and within a week designers were back at full productivity.
The client now runs a single Smart 3D ecosystem with consistent standards and simpler operations. With automated checks and a repeatable process in place, the organization has a safer and faster way to manage projects and is better prepared for future expansions.
Challenges
- Significant catalog and shared-content divergences despite a common seed.
- Conflicting symbols and standards across environments.
- Risk of BOM and reporting mismatches without harmonization.
- Strict outage limit of five working days and a one-week readiness target.
- Need for a governed Dev to Test to Prod promotion model.
Solutions
- Conducted a full analysis to uncover divergences and risks.
- Upgraded Smart 3D to v13.1 to create a stable foundation.
- Harmonized catalogs, codelists and symbols through automated mapping.
- Executed a GUID-preserving merge with rehearsed cutover steps.
- Delivered training, hypercare and operational runbooks to enable adoption.
Outcomes
Data Integrity
Every tag preserved, with drawing associativity and reporting parity intact.
Minimal Disruption
Cutover completed inside the five-day outage window, with designers fully production ready in under a week.
Consolidation Efficiency
Two Smart 3D environments reduced to one governed build with unified standards and catalogs.
Future-Ready Operations
Governed promotion workflows and automated validation established a repeatable model for future roll-ins.