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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Michael Dekoning Sep 26, 2012 1:28 PM (in response to Krishna Kamath)The variables in the sheet tabs will only be populated if you enter the information in the data card itself. Unlike SolidWorks parts and assemblies which have custom (shown on the "@" tab) and configuration properties, SolidWorks drawings only have custom properties.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Krishna Kamath Sep 27, 2012 8:37 AM (in response to Joy Garon)Thanks Joy and Michael for clarifying this.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Tom Helsley Sep 28, 2012 3:14 AM (in response to Joy Garon)I've been going through the initial configuration that my VAR setup for me and I noticed that data can be entered differently on each sheet vs. the @ tab. So what is the point of entering data on the sheet tabs? All I really care about is entering the general custom property data (on the @ tab), but I don't seem to have a choice or a way to prevent users from entering data on each of the sheet tabs.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Michael Dekoning Sep 28, 2012 8:24 AM (in response to Tom Helsley)Tom,
Your choices are-
- Tell your users that they are wasting their time entering anything on the sheet tabs.
- Set up all of the card controls to update all "configurations." This will only help if they are entering all of the information in the data card which is not usually the case for drawings.
- Hide all of the controls on the sheet tabs.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Tom Helsley Sep 28, 2012 3:59 PM (in response to Michael Dekoning)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.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
David Heverin Nov 14, 2017 8:41 AM (in response to Michael Dekoning)Your explanation is just that. It is not the answer. The answer is for SW to make the needed changes so that the sheet tabs DO get populated from the "@" tab.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Michael Dekoning Nov 14, 2017 9:06 AM (in response to David Heverin)David,
It is the best "answer" I could give since I do not work for SolidWorks . If you want to see this implemented, then put in an enhancement request with SW.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
David Heverin Nov 14, 2017 9:32 AM (in response to Michael Dekoning)Michael,
I know. But I find it frustrating that we don't have an answer and neither does SW at this time. There is an existing SPR in place related to this problem and also several records in the knowledge base but it still lingers.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Tom Helsley Nov 14, 2017 2:41 PM (in response to David Heverin)David,
Why do you want to populate the sheet tabs? Even if it is automatic, all you are doing is duplicating the data input effort and creating more opportunities for more errors or inconsistent data.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Ctm Pdm Admin Apr 27, 2018 7:00 PM (in response to Tom Helsley)Tom,
PDM pulls data from last active tab/configuration on the data card to show on the file list columns. It's either a feature or a dumb mistake.
That's one reason you need to populate all sheet tabs so that the list shows correct description (either with a dispatch code or 'upgrade all configs' during manual entry).
Edit 4/27/2018: As for the description in the file list you can specify which configuration to pull from in the admin tool. see below. but then it applies to all files with that variable.
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Michael Hackbarth Apr 6, 2018 12:29 PM (in response to Ctm Pdm Admin)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?
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Re: Data card variables not populating on Sheet 1 tab on drawing data card
Michael Dekoning Apr 6, 2018 12:41 PM (in response to Michael Hackbarth)Unfortunately this is currently not possible.
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