Industry models contain predefined, industry-specific schemas.
Industry model templates display the data model in the Industry Model Explorer on the left and a set of predefined industry-specific feature classes in the Task Pane on the right. The Maintenance workspace ribbon is optimized for an industry model.
There are file-based industry model drawings and enterprise industry models. File-based industry model drawings are regular DWG files that contain an industry model. Enterprise industry models use a specific Oracle database.
There are file-based industry models for electric, water, and wastewater industries.
You do not have to check out file-based industry model features to edit them. A file-based industry model and all its feature classes are stored inside the DWG file itself. To create a drawing that uses a file-based industry model, start with an industry model template .
Industry models use rules and relationships to ensure that features match certain standards. Even if you do not store your data in a relational database, you can use an industry model drawing to practice rule-based drafting. For example, if a rule specifies that all transformers must be located on poles, the model will ensure that you do not create a transformer in any other location.
When you create an industry model drawing or connect to an enterprise industry model, Display Manager layers appear automatically for features in the industry model. You can connect to, attach, or import other data into an industry model drawing, but not into the industry model itself. The non-industry-model data will not follow the industry model rules, or have access to the additional industry model functionality.
Advantages of File-based Industry Models
File-based industry models have access to the following:
- Analysis tools
When you create connected features, the industry model automatically creates a topology for those features. You can check the connectivity of these topologies, and analyze them. For example, use Network Analysis to trace a wastewater network from one or more designated start features to an optional end feature.
- Forms
Like the Data Table, forms display the attributes for features. However, instead of displaying the attributes for all features in the feature class, a form lets you view and edit the attributes for a single feature.
- Reports
Generate default and user-defined reports. For example, create a report that analyzes the flow in a set of connected pipes, based on the flow direction of each pipe section. You can perform spatial selections for the reports. For example, you can select all features that lie within a specified area.
- Workflows
Workflows guide you through tasks like analysis and reports. A workflow displays information about each required procedure, and displays options that let you execute these procedures in an automated way.