Setting Up Balloon Number Transfer

You can set up the transfer of item numbers defined in the Top-level parts-list to the balloon number's attribute, and also synchronize balloon numbers to Find Number on EBOM relationship. Transfer of Balloon Numbers allows interoperability between the CAD Drawing structure and the Engineering Part structure listing.

Important: For Solid Edge, balloon numbers are not transferred for the drawing to component relationship.

This task shows you how to:

Set Up Transfer of Item Numbers to Balloon Number

You can set up the transfer of item numbers defined in the Top-level parts-list to the balloon number's attribute on the Associated Drawing relationship in Connector for Solid Edge.

The following settings must be done to enable transfer of item numbers to balloon numbers:

  • Balloon numbers are mapped in the GCO attribute, MCADInteg-CADToMxRelAttribMapping.
  • Copy Relationship Attribute option is selected in Checkin preferences. For more information, see Setting Preferences.

  1. In the Matrix module, search for the required Global Config Object of type SolidEdgeInteg-GlobalConfig.
  2. Specify the following mapping for MCADInteg-CADToMxRelAttribMapping to set up the transfer of balloon numbers of a parts list:

    CADDrawing,balloonnumbers|Associated Drawing,Balloon Numbers

Upon transfer, balloon numbers are stored on the relationship between the drawing and assembly.

Set Up Balloon Number Synchronization to Find Number

You can synchronize the item numbers to Find Numbers on EBOM relationship when you synchronize the EBOM.

To set up the transfer of item numbers to find numbers upon synchronization, mapping must be set for one of the following attributes:

  • IEF-EBOMSync-MandatoryRelAttrMapping
  • IEF-EBOMSync-RelAttrMapping

  1. In the Matrix module, search for the required EBOM Sync Config object of type MCAD-EBOMSyncConfig.
  2. Specify the following mapping in IEF-EBOMSync-MandatoryRelAttrMapping or IEF-EBOMSync-RelAttrMapping:
    Associated Drawing|Balloon Numbers|EBOM|Find Number