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4.3.1.2.4. Attribute Mapping for Windchill
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4.3.1.2.4. Attribute Mapping for Windchill

For the mapping between Creo and Windchill to work, several steps are required.

Define attributes for transfer to CAD/PDM (these are not the default attributes, but those explicitly specified in the [CadDocumentAttributes] block.)

[Note]Note

With Windchill, the 3Dfindit default configuration only allows you to insert attributes via the CAD document, not through a direct mapping mechanism.

3Dfindit -> CAD Document (Designated) -> Creo -> Windchill

Windchill can only read attributes from the CAD document that are marked as "Designated."

Therefore, the value "Designated" is not specified in of the Windchill PDMLink configuration ifproepdmlink.cfg file, but in the Creo configuration file ifproewildfire.cfg.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the configuration file $CADENAS_SETUP/ifproewildfire.cfg.

  2. In the [CadDocumentAttributes] block, enter the attributes you want to export from the CAD system to PDMLink .

  3. For each attribute that is to be passed to Windchill, enter the additional line "<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>.custom=DESIGNATED".

    [Note]Note

    The prerequisite is that the attribute name in Windchill is exactly the same as the one here.

    Example:

    [CadDocumentAttributes]
NB=NB
NB.custom=DESIGNATED
NT=NT
NT.custom=DESIGNATED
LINA=LINA
LINA.custom=DESIGNATED
NN=NN
NN.custom=DESIGNATED
ERP_PDM_NUMBER=ERP_PDM_NUMBER
ERP_PDM_NUMBER.custom=DESIGNATED
MAT_NAME=MAT_NAME
MAT_NAME.custom=DESIGNATED

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