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Data Model Customizer for ENOVIA

Adding an Attribute to Enovia Product Structure VPMPartVersion Object

The basics for customizing data models
Use Case

Abstract

This article is a comprehensive customization sample on the ENOVIA Product Structure Application.

Creating a UML Project

  1. From the File menu, select New->Other->UML Project. Click Next>.
  2. Enter the name of the UML project. Click Next> and Finish.
  3. In the Navigator view, right-click your project and select Open as a DMC Project.
  4. In the Open a DMC Project window, select the tool level and click Next>.
  5. Click Close in the Initializing tools window.
  6. Click Add and select your prerequisite frameworks. Click Finish.
  7. Click Close in the Installing Prereqs window.

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Creating a New Customization Application

  1. From the File menu, select New->Other->DMC Elements->New LCA Customization. Click Next>.
  2. Enter the application name in the Application Name field, CusProduct in this example.
  3. Click ... in the Customize LCA application field. In the Select a framework window, select Product Structure.
  4. Click Finish. The wizard creates a new workspace.

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Creating a Modeler Object

  1. In the Navigator view, expand the MyProduct node and double-click the .emx file.

  2. From the File menu, select New->Other->DMC Elements->New Modeler Object. Click Next>.
  3. Enter the name of the new Modeler Object, CustPartMaster in this example.
  4. Select the VPMPartMaster in the Combo Box. Click Next>.

  1. Click Insert to add an attribute to VPMPartMaster.

  2. Optional: Add a new index by using the second Insert button.
  3. Click OK to finish the command.
  4. Repeat the above steps to customize VPMPartVersion and VPMItemInstance.

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Generating the Dictionary File

  1. Select DMC Project->Generate VPM Dictionary file.

The wizard creates CusProduct.metadata under the directory CusProduct/CNext/code/dictionary.

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Publishing Enovia Data

  1. Select DMC Project->Publish VPM Dictionary file in Database.

Check if the settings are correctly valuated and click OK to start the Publish command to finish the scenario.

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History

Version: 1 [Mar 2000] Document created
Version: 2 [Mar 2006] Document updated
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