For a SolidWorks drawing file, you can map a variable to a custom property of the model the drawing is based on instead of a custom property of the drawing, so that the property value of the model is copied into the drawing's file card.
When the drawing is saved in SolidWorks, the linked properties are copied from the model and updated in the drawing's file card.
This example describes how to define a Description variable for .slddrw files to display the Description custom property of the model the drawing is based on.
The Enterprise PDM SolidWorks add-in must be enabled for this mapping to work.
To map the custom property of a model to the file card of the drawing based on the model: