Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention allow a Source database and a Target database to be compared, with source-only, target-only, and difference objects presented on a graphical user interface in a manner that visually shows the characterization of each displayed object and each displayed object is user-selectable via the graphical user interface to obtain information about the object and differences between the source database and the target database with respect to the object. Some exemplary embodiments are discussed herein with reference to databases such as the Standard Database (SDB) for Intergraph Smart™ Reference Data product from Intergraph Corporation and are referred to generally as the “SDB Merge Tool,” although the disclosed concepts can be applied more generally to other types of databases.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention allow a Source database and a Target database to be compared and merged in such a way that logically relevant data is considered and merged while ignoring irrelevant differences (e.g., object identifiers) and that all dependencies across relational database tables are considered and merged. Some exemplary embodiments are discussed herein with reference to databases such as the Standard Database (SDB) for Intergraph Smart™ Reference Data product from Intergraph Corporation and are referred to generally as the “SDB Merge Tool,” although the disclosed concepts can be applied more generally to other types of databases.

Abstract: A large-scale capital project simulator has a project modeler configured to model the project as a virtual model having cable trays directing cables across the large-scale capital project. The simulator also has a cable router to lay out cables across the virtual model of the large-scale capital project. Each cable has a laid-out cable length. The simulator also has a routing manager to determine optimized routes of the cables across the virtual model. In this case, each cable has an optimized cable length along at least one of the optimized routes. The routing manager formulates an effectiveness ratio for each cable, where each effectiveness ratio uses the laid-out cable length and the optimized cable length. A filter determines whether any of the effectiveness ratios exceeds a prescribed deviation amount. A model controller transforms the virtual model to identify cable(s) exceeding the prescribed deviation amount.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention allow a Source database and a Target database to be compared and merged in such a way that logically relevant data is considered and merged while ignoring irrelevant differences (e.g., object identifiers) and that all dependencies across relational database tables are considered and merged. Some exemplary embodiments are discussed herein with reference to databases such as the Standard Database (SDB) for Intergraph Smart™ Reference Data product from Intergraph Corporation and are referred to generally as the “SDB Merge Tool,” although the disclosed concepts can be applied more generally to other types of databases.