Mapping options

There are countless variations of the attributes you can map. You can select an attribute associated with an object in PLM and map it to an attribute in SolidWorks or you can reverse the direction and map an attribute value in SolidWorks to an object’s attribute in PLM.

For this purpose, make selections from the PLM and SolidWorks sections and click the button that describes the direction you want the mapping to take place.
  • The To CAD button maps the selected attributes from PLM to SolidWorks.
  • The To PLM button maps the selected attributes from SolidWorks to PLM.
  • The Both button maps the selection to both PLM and SolidWorks. This mapping rule goes in both directions, which means the values remain in sync.

In SolidWorks, if you are working with a part file and you enter a value for an attribute that is mapped to both, the following dialog box appears when you save the part file to PLM.Infor PLM CAD integration

This dialog box prompts you to indicate which value you want to keep the value just entered in SolidWorks or the value entered in PLM.
Note: Depending on the selected type of attribute, the To CAD, To PLM, and/or Both buttons can be unavailable. For more information on mapping restrictions. See Mapping restrictions.

You can map one SolidWorks attribute to one PLM attribute, one SolidWorks attribute to many PLM attributes, or many SolidWorks attributes to one PLM attribute.

For example, if you mapped a second SolidWorks attribute, to the item’s description in PLM and you save to PLM, the value of the item’s description in PLM will be the two values you mapped from the Author and Date attributes in SolidWorks separated by a comma.

Note: You cannot map more than one attribute to a target attribute in a format other than string. If you do, the system regards the two or more concatenated values (separated by a comma) that are mapped to the target attribute as one value in string format and thus generates an error message. For example, map the values of the Mass Properties field and the Mass Properties field of the Configuration Specific group, which are in double format, to the Estimated Weight field of an item in PLM, which is also in double format. As a result, when mapping is performed, an error message appears informing you that the mapped values must be in double format.