SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional lets users read or write custom properties of PDFs using the PDF plug-in.
The PDF plug-in also maps any user-defined custom properties that are written in the Custom tab of a PDF.
An administrator can map a variable to a supported Block name and Attribute name for a PDF. When a user adds a PDF to a vault and updates custom properties in the PDF, the updated custom properties appear on the PDF file data card. Similarly, when a user updates variable values on the PDF file data card, the mapped property values are updated in the PDF.
Property Mappings
Block name |
Attribute name |
Block name |
Attribute name |
CustomProperty |
TITLE |
CustomProperty |
KEYWORDS |
CustomProperty |
AUTHOR |
CustomProperty |
PART NUMBER |
CustomProperty |
SUBJECT |
CustomProperty |
DESCRIPTION |
The attribute, FILE, that represents the filename is read-only. The value is only read from the PDF.