This example describes how to map the variable Drawing number to the Inventor property Part Number.
Other possible mappings are:
Variable name |
Inventor property name |
Block name |
Attribute name |
Designed by |
Author |
Summary |
Author |
Drawing number |
Part Number |
DTProperties |
PartNumber |
Stock number |
Stock Number |
DTProperties |
StockNumber |
Description |
Description |
DTProperties |
Description |
Revision |
Revision |
Summary |
Revision Number |
Date |
Creation Date |
DTProperties |
DateCreated |
Drawing status |
Status |
DTProperties |
UserStatus |
Checked by |
Checked By |
DTProperties |
CheckedBy |
Checked date |
Checked Date |
DTProperties |
DateChecked |
Approved by |
Eng. Approved By |
DTProperties |
EngrApprovedBy |
Approved date |
Eng. Approved Date |
DTProperties |
DateEngrApproved |
To map to an Inventor drawing property:
- In Inventor, view the property information for the file to identify the drawing property to which to map.
- In the Administration tool, right-click Variables and select New Variable.
- In the Edit Variable dialog box, create a variable named Drawing number.
- Click New Attribute.
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Under Selected attribute:
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For Block name, select dtproperties.
- For Attribute name, type PartNumber.
- Type the Inventor file extensions that contain the property, separated by commas.
For example: idw, ipt, iam, ipn, idv, ide.
- Click OK.
- In the Card Editor, open the Inventor file data card that is linked to the idw extension.
- Add an edit box and select the new Drawing number variable as the Variable name.
- Save the card and close the Card Editor.
When a user adds an Inventor drawing to the Enterprise PDM vault, the .idw file data card shows the Inventor part number.