7 Replies Latest reply on Aug 14, 2013 7:05 AM by Andries Koorzen

map SW property to epdm variable name

Rodney Peterson May 18, 2009 3:28 PM

I need to do a search for a configuration name but I do not have a epdm variable created already for this.

I have created a new variable as shown in the attached snapshot, but it does
not work....apparantly I have not done this correctly.

map SW property to epdm variable name

Andreas Stroem May 18, 2009 8:59 PM (in response to Rodney Peterson)

Hi Rodney,
try using the attribute 'Name' in block 'swcfgproperty'.

Regards,
Andreas
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  Rodney Peterson May 19, 2009 11:13 AM (in response to Andreas Stroem)
  
  Hi Andreas,
  
  thanks for the reply...I am not sure I follow your suggestion. I am assuming you're talking of the BLOCK NAME field and the ATTRIBUTE NAME field?
  
  I used CustomProperty for BLOCK NAME field and your suggestion of swcfgproperty in the ATTRIBUTE NAME field. This did not work for me.
  
  any other suggestions?
  
  thanks
  
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    1-FZQ2NU May 19, 2009 3:15 PM (in response to Rodney Peterson)
    
    I believe that he means for you to type the word 'Name' in the attribute block. I believe that the issue you are going through is improper variable mapping between PDM and your Parts/Assembly files.
    
    Your Block Property should be correct since you are going to be looking into the custom block section of your SolidWorks file. Your Attribute Name on the other hand should be the name of the variable that you have getting the value from 'SW-Configuration Name'
    
    I am having issues with getting images to attach or I would provide one with my properties set on my SolidWorks Parts Template but you would see a Property Name called Weight for example. In the 'Type' box I have text and in the 'Value/Expression' box I have "SW-Density@DefaultPart.SLDPRT" which is very similar I believe to what you are trying to do.
    
    So in PDM to get this information I have a variable called prt_weight with a Block Property of Custom and a Atribute Property of Weight with the Extensions Block mapped to sldprt. I hope that I have correctly understood your situation and that I have provided the proper information to help.
    
    Good Luck
    
    Dan
    
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      Rodney Peterson May 19, 2009 4:28 PM (in response to 1-FZQ2NU)
      
      Thanks for the info Daniel,
      
      I have tried your suggestions to no success. I have included a snap shot of my variable name settings and also of a epdm search window showing what I am attempting.
      
      If I recall, epdm looks at configurations in parts/assemblies a little different so I may be barking up the wrong tree here.
      
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        Andreas Stroem May 19, 2009 6:16 PM (in response to Rodney Peterson)
        
        Rodney,
        in your variable mapping settings, the Block name should be 'swcfgproperty' and your Attribute name should be 'Name'.
        
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        Rodney Peterson May 19, 2009 7:08 PM (in response to Andreas Stroem)
        
        Andreas,
        
        I feel like I am being thick skulled here, but I have done what you stated and it does not work. Please see the snap shot to verify.
        
        I also logged out of the vault and back in to make sure the change was propigated.
        
        tx
        
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        Re: map SW property to epdm variable name
        
        Andries Koorzen Aug 14, 2013 7:05 AM (in response to Rodney Peterson)
        
        Hi Rodney. I know this is an old post, but did you ever get this working?
        
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