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Auto-populating 'DrawnBy'

Question asked by Philip Lane on Aug 24, 2016
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Can you help please?

I understand the way this works has changed in 2016 and currently, it isn't for me.

Trying to auto-populate the 'DrawnBy' entry in the DRW.

In the supplied vault (by the VAR) we havethe following for this filed -

Label - Created By

Assigned Vairable - Author

Drawing border property mapping - $PRP:"DrawnBy"

I have the Date (date drawn) working, and I have followed the variable route through from the workflow Transition Action, PDM Part & Drg cards, Part Template and Sheet format and tried about every combination I can imagine......still blank in the Drg after completing the Drg Data Card upon first save and check in.

If I use $PRPSHEET (which i've been told is wrong for this field), I can get 'Admin' to appear in the field as this is a set 'Value/Text Expression in the Part Template, but using $PRP , I cannot get it to work.

What is it that has changed in 2016 about Tempkates/Sheet formats?

Thank you.

Philip Lane Aug 24, 2016 9:23 AM

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Thank you for your responses, both...It was worse than I had imagined.

Been here a few weeks to administrate a VAR installed vault/setup and support Solidworks/PDM users etc and finally getting to do some vault dev.

It turned out that aspects of the vault implementation didn't match the documentation provided and some of the variables quoted and in place in Sheet formats hadn't even been created.

After a lengthy support chat...sorted. No longer confused.

And I've kept it simple by maintaining the name of the variable through the process....why complicate with several different Labels / Variables and mapping properties ?!?!

Now to workflow implementation.

Cheers.

Phil Lane.

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John Pesaturo Aug 24, 2016 7:59 AM

It may be slightly different if you've modified the variable it's physically looking for, but try giving this a shot ... We've used the same type of thing to auto populate our " Drawn By" box with the designer but use the following expression ...

$PRPSHEET:"SW-Author"

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John Pesaturo Aug 24, 2016 8:06 AM

This of course assumes that the "Author" text box within your Custom Properties/Summary Information is filled out accordingly. The expression will vary depending on where you are choosing to pull your information from. This is where we pull ours from though, hope it's helpful.

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John Stoltzfus Aug 24, 2016 8:09 AM

The "DrawnBy" custom properties would need to be in the custom property of the part or assembly, then it will pull in the drawing with $PRPSHEET:"DrawnBy"

Apparently your part template or the part file has the "Admin" in as a default

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Philip Lane Aug 24, 2016 9:23 AM

Thank you for your responses, both...It was worse than I had imagined.

Been here a few weeks to administrate a VAR installed vault/setup and support Solidworks/PDM users etc and finally getting to do some vault dev.

It turned out that aspects of the vault implementation didn't match the documentation provided and some of the variables quoted and in place in Sheet formats hadn't even been created.

After a lengthy support chat...sorted. No longer confused.

And I've kept it simple by maintaining the name of the variable through the process....why complicate with several different Labels / Variables and mapping properties ?!?!

Now to workflow implementation.

Cheers.

Phil Lane.

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John Stoltzfus @ Philip Lane on Aug 24, 2016 9:26 AM

Awesome - Would love to hear the story on the workflow implementation.........

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Philip Lane @ John Stoltzfus on Aug 24, 2016 9:29 AM

I will keep you appraised

Regards,

Phil Lane.

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Philip Lane Aug 24, 2016 9:26 AM

O, and thought I'd mention, I used $PRP - Custom Property so that it populates from the user login a todays (creation) date and fixed Card info automatically. As opposed to dynamically entered fields using a $PRPSHEET.

Thanks

It works!

Phil Lane.

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John Pesaturo Aug 24, 2016 7:59 AM
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It may be slightly different if you've modified the variable it's physically looking for, but try giving this a shot ... We've used the same type of thing to auto populate our " Drawn By" box with the designer but use the following expression ...
$PRPSHEET:"SW-Author"
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John Pesaturo Aug 24, 2016 8:06 AM
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This of course assumes that the "Author" text box within your Custom Properties/Summary Information is filled out accordingly. The expression will vary depending on where you are choosing to pull your information from. This is where we pull ours from though, hope it's helpful.
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John Stoltzfus Aug 24, 2016 8:09 AM
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The "DrawnBy" custom properties would need to be in the custom property of the part or assembly, then it will pull in the drawing with $PRPSHEET:"DrawnBy"

Apparently your part template or the part file has the "Admin" in as a default
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Philip Lane Aug 24, 2016 9:23 AM
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Thank you for your responses, both...It was worse than I had imagined.
Been here a few weeks to administrate a VAR installed vault/setup and support Solidworks/PDM users etc and finally getting to do some vault dev.
It turned out that aspects of the vault implementation didn't match the documentation provided and some of the variables quoted and in place in Sheet formats hadn't even been created.
After a lengthy support chat...sorted. No longer confused.
And I've kept it simple by maintaining the name of the variable through the process....why complicate with several different Labels / Variables and mapping properties ?!?!
Now to workflow implementation.
Cheers.
Phil Lane.
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- John Stoltzfus @ Philip Lane on Aug 24, 2016 9:26 AM
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  Awesome - Would love to hear the story on the workflow implementation.........
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  - Philip Lane @ John Stoltzfus on Aug 24, 2016 9:29 AM
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    I will keep you appraised
    Regards,
    Phil Lane.
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Philip Lane Aug 24, 2016 9:26 AM
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O, and thought I'd mention, I used $PRP - Custom Property so that it populates from the user login a todays (creation) date and fixed Card info automatically. As opposed to dynamically entered fields using a $PRPSHEET.
Thanks
It works!
Phil Lane.
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