Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card

Michael,

I can't count on users to do the right thing here.  Sure, 89-90% of the time they will, but it requires extra training and discipline.  I have a hard enough time trying to get them to simple little things correctly in drawings. 

Setting the controls to update all "configurations" conflicts with how my model files are done.  I would have to have a separate workflow for drawings and models, so that's not an option.  Plus, I think it just too much of a chance of something going out of sync.

I was exploring the options to either hide or disable the controls, but I couldn't find a solid way of referencing some property in the drawing file that would be different from custom properties and the sheet tabs.  I'm looking for something that is inherently in the SolidWorks files, without user custom properties.  Currently, I have a checkbox tied to a variable that controls the visibility of tabs, but it requires the user to set that variable.  Again, it relies on user training & discipline.  I also tried setting default values and ommitting the @ config.  That kind of works for models, but not at all for drawings.

There must have been some reason for different data on each sheet and the @ tab of a drawing.  I also wonder why the same is true for models.

Michael, I'm interested in how you can "hide" control. Is there a way to hide the sheet tabs? Thanks.Michael Dekoning

We are experiencing these same problems with SW drawing cards.  The @ tabs are typically correct, but the Sheet tabs conflict sometimes.  The data in our data cards is driven by the Custom Properties in the SW drawings, so we've chosen to set the data fields in our cards to Read Only.  This means users cannot modify the data on the Sheet tabs if it's incorrect.  Can the Sheet tabs on the data cards, for SW drawings, be hidden?

Holy cow, Ctm Pdm Admin ! How did I not see your reply until a year later?

The funny (odd) thing about PDM vs. Solidworks is that PDM adds sheet tabs to the data card as though the SolidWorks drawing has different custom properties for each sheet (like a part or model file has configuration-specific custom properties).  But, the reality is, SolidWorks drawings only have general properties, and those are shown in the "@" tab of the data card.  The sheet tabs IMHO are completely useless, and cause more problems.  It is far better to have all sheets (on the face of the drawing) read from the general properties, and disable display of variables in for all sheets of the data card, and only show the properties on the "@" tab.  You also eliminate repeated/redundant data entry.

To avoid any confusion about this and reduce data entry errors, I actually defined my .slddrw data cards to hide all data card controls for the sheet tabs by default.  For each data card control, I also exclude writing to all 'configurations' except the "@" tab.  Transitions that modify these variables also need to be directed to only the "@" configuration/general properties.