APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING 2D DOCUMENTS FOR LARGE-SCALE CAPITAL PROJECTS

摘要

An apparatus and/or method of managing a large capital project obtains access to 2D capital project documents (“2D documents”) produced using project data generated by a 3D design program. The documents are logically related through a hierarchy that is defined by a plurality of attribute based rules. Next, the method and/or apparatus access a given 2D document. Like others, the given 2D document has a specific given attribute and is in a given hierarchical level. The method and/or apparatus then applies at least one of the attribute based rules to the given attribute of the given 2D document, and determines, as a function of applying that attribute based rule, which different 2D document in the plurality of 2D documents in another hierarchical level to access. The method and/or apparatus accordingly accesses the different 2D document as a function of the application of the noted attribute based rule to given attribute.