Defining Property Mapping For the Revision Block

This section describes how to define property mapping for revision blocks.

  1. Launch the Integration Tool Setup utility.
    The Integration Tool Setup dialog box appears:

    2. A mapping group type i.e. a set of mapping groups, applicable to a specific SmarTeam class must now be defined that corresponds to the CATIA Drawing class.

  2.  In the tree displayed, right-click on Mapping Group Types and select Add Mapping group type.
    The Map Group Type dialog box appears.

  3. In the Name: field, enter the group type name Revision Block as shown:

  4. Click OK.

  5. In the tree, right-click on the Revision Block item and select Open Groups Tree.
    The Mapping Groups Tree dialog box appears.

  6. In the tree, right-click on Revision Block groups and select Add.
    The Manage Group Attribute dialog box appears.

  7. In the Name: field, enter Engineering Information:

  8. Click OK.

  9. To define the CATIA Formula property as Type: Go to the tree and right-click Engineering Information

  10. Select Add.
    The Attribute property dialog box appears.

  11. Enter Revision in the Name: field.

  12. Check the box Enable updating of property.

    A CATIA Formula property can thus be updated after a change to a SmarTeam attribute.

  13. Click OK.

  14. Go to the tree and right-click on Revision then select Add.
    This defines as Drawing Type the SmarTeam attribute to be linked to the CATIA Formula property

    The Attribute Mapping dialog box appears.

  15. Select the class name CATIA Drawing.

  16. Select the attribute name Revision.
    Note that the list of the possible attributes is specific to the selected class name.

  17. Click OK.
    The Revision Block Mapping Groups tree dialog box appears:

    18. The following table is a summary of the steps that have just been performed.

    Mapping Property Name

    Enable Property Update

    Mapping Attribute Name

    Enable SmarTeam Update

    Revision

    yes

    Revision

  18. Repeat steps 9 through 16 for all other mapped properties.

    Here is a list of all the other properties to be mapped:

    Property Name in CATIA

    Enable Property Update

    Attribute Name in SmarTeam

    Enable SmarTeam Update

    Comment

    yes

    Note

    ApprovalDate

    yes

    Approval Date

    Authorized

    yes

    Approved By

    Once this has been done the Revision Block Mapping Groups tree dialog box should look like this:

    As you can see, mapping of the CATIA properties and the SmarTeam attributes has now been completed.