To link data from the subtags in a CALS file to a file data card, you must edit the file Calsplugin.ini on each client computer that will work with the CALS files.
Calsplugin.ini is located
in the Enterprise PDM install folder under <install_dir>\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS
Enterprise PDM\FileFormats\Calsplugin.ini.
To modify the Calsplugin.ini file:
- Open Calsplugin.ini in Notepad.
- Using the commented text at the bottom of the file as an example, type the tag name from the CALS header file, enclosed in square brackets [ ].
- Type Readonly=0.
This allows values to be updated from the file data card.
- Type a unique subtag name for each subtag.
Define all the subtags on the same line, separated by semicolons.
When you set up file data card variables, you use the subtags names as the variable names.
- The subtag information is located at fixed positions within the main tag. Type the range where each subtag is located in the header, separated by semicolons.
- Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each CALS tag name.
- Save Calsplugin.ini and click Exit.