About Syntax for Mapping Types and Relationships

The GCO and LCO objects, detailed in Setting Preferences section, contain several attributes used to map types and relationships between the CAD tool and X-CAD Design Management.

This page discusses:

Example Mapping

To define the mapping for a component and assembly both mapping to CAD Model in X-CAD Design Management (many-to-one), use this syntax for the MCADInteg-BusTypeMapping attribute: 

component|CAD Model

assembly|CAD Model

You can also set an attribute value when you map the business type, such as Model Type (attribute) and component and assembly (values) in this example: 

component|CAD Drawing (Model Type:component)

assembly|CAD Drawing (Model Type:assembly)

Use the same syntax to map relationships for the MCADInteg-RelMapping attribute:

CADSubcomponent|to, Associated Drawing (category:CADSubcomponent)

CADDrawing|to, Associated Drawing (category:CADDrawing)

JoinPart|to, Derived Component (category:join)

BasePart|to, Derived Component (category:base)

In general, to map to an ENOVIA entity and set an attribute value, the syntax is:

cad entity 1| enovia entity 1 (attribute name: value1)

cad entity 2| enovia entity 1 (attribute name: value2)

cad entity 3| enovia entity 2

Using Expressions in Attribute Mapping

To support the Attribute Synchronization feature, you can specify an MQL expression instead of the ENOVIA attribute name in the GCO mapping (ENOVIA-to-CAD). During checkout and whenever attributes are synchronized from ENOVIA to CAD, the expression is evaluated and the result is passed to the Collaborative Product, just as a regular mapped ENOVIA attribute value.

Use this syntax for MCADInteg-MxToCADAttribMapping attribute in the GCO:

"ENOVIA Type", expr(<expression>),|"cad type", "cad attribute"

The following example shows a mapping using expressions:

ProE Part,expr(relationship[Part 
Specification].from.name)|component,PART_NAME

ProE Part,expr(relationship[Part 
Specification].from.revision)|component,PART_REV

ProE Part,expr(relationship[Part Specification].from.attribute[Part 
Classification].value)|component,PART_CLASSIFICATION

ProE Assembly,expr(relationship[Part 
Specification].from.name)|assembly,PART_NAME

ProE Assembly,expr(relationship[Part 
Specification].from.revision)|assembly,PART_REV

ProE Assembly,expr(relationship[Part 
Specification].from.attribute[Part 
Classification].value)|assembly,PART_CLASSIFICATION

Using expressions in Attribute Mapping functionality is NOT supported from CAD to Matrix.