I'm trying to map the referenced model's custom properties of a SLDDRW file to the drawing's data card in PDM. I have followed the instructions at http://help.solidworks.com/2012/English/EnterprisePDM/Admin/t_SolidWorks_PRPSHEET_links.htm and have not been able to get the properties to map. I've made sure to enable the EPDM add-in in SolidWorks and as directed in the admin guide have opened the drawing, made a change, saved the drawing, and checked it back in. I'm still not getting anything to show up in the data card. I've attached an example of one of the variable mappings.
Does anyone have any idea where I'm going wrong?
I think I figured it out. After importing and checking in the part and associated drawing into the vault, the drawing's reference was still to the part on my local C: drive (the PDM check-in window said that the referenced part was to the version in the vault, but when actually finding references within SolidWorks, it was still going to the part on my local C: drive... I had to break the link by renaming the folder on my C: drive and then checking back in). After doing so, it grabbed the properties the way it was supposed to.
Which leads me to my second point - it's really going to be a serious pain to have to open all the drawings I import in order to get the part references corrected. Is there any way to get around this?