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.

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?