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Re: PDM Drawing Data Card Auto-Fill Description
See the section in the PDM Administration Guide on Variable Mapping for SOLIDWORKS files.
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Re: PDM Drawing Data Card Auto-Fill Description
I have SolidWorks 2017 and Standard PDM. I looked for a PDM Administration Guide online, but only see an Installation Guide. The mapping of variables doesn't appear to be in that manual. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: PDM Drawing Data Card Auto-Fill Description
Look under your installation directory, typically "C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS PDM\Lang\GB\Administration Guide.pdf"
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Re: PDM Drawing Data Card Auto-Fill Description
Thanks again. I'm looking at the variable mapping and am not seeing what I need. I can set the variable and set up an entry in the card with a two-way relationship with the variable saved as a custom property. That's great, but I don't see how to have a drawing card read the description from the model card.
I see an option in the properties for the entry on the drawing card that is grayed out for "File data card variable". Is that what I want to use for this? If so, is this a function that's not included in PDM Standard?
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Re: PDM Drawing Data Card Auto-Fill Description
Hi,
You need to look at the "Variable Mapping for SOLIDWORKS Example: Mapping Model Custom Properties ($PRPSHEET Annotations)" part in the chapter Michael Dekoning mentioned.
The magic is in the variable attribute block called $PRPSHEET, if it's not in the drop-down menu, type it in:
Remember the drawing will not inherit anything until you hit SAVE.
Martin
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Re: PDM Drawing Data Card Auto-Fill Description
Yes! Just what I was looking for. Thanks. I'll try it.
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