How to link SOLIDWORKS Drawing Sheet details to a PDM Data Card

Article by Justin Williams updated June 5, 2019

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In SOLIDWORKS PDM we can map SOLIDWORKS Drawing Sheet details directly to a Data Card, making the information easily accessible to users. In this article we’re going to look at how to create that relationship within the vault.

How to map the SOLIDWORKS Drawing Sheet to a Data Card

In this example, we’re going to map the current sheet and the total number of sheets values…

The first step is we’ll need to create the variables to store this information, then create the attribute mappings accordingly;
- Administration Tool > Variables > New Variable…
  - Name; Current Sheet
  - Type; Text
    - New attribute;
      - Block Name: $PRP
      - Attribute Name: SW-Current Sheet
      - Extension: slddrw

Edit Variable

- - Name; Current Sheet
    - Type; Text
      - New attribute;
        
        Block Name: $PRP
        
        Attribute Name: SW-Total Sheets
        
        Extension: slddrw

Sheet Total Variable

Next, we’ll need to link these variables to a data card;
- Administration Tool > Cards > File Cards > SOLIDWORKS Drawing Card;
  - Link up edit boxes to the new variables;