Data Model Modification for Assembly Variants

Defining New Attributes for CATIA Product in the Data Model Designer

The following three new attributes must be defined:

• SMT_GENERIC_NAME (CHAR 128)
• SMT_VARIANT_NAME (memo)
• SMT_VARIANT_COMMENT (memo)

SMT_GENERIC_NAME (CHAR 128)

1. Launch the SmarTeam Data Model Designer utility.

2. From the File menu, select Modify Database Structure

3. Select your database.

4. Create the SMT_GENERIC_NAME new attribute for the “CATIA Product” class.
   Note that CN_ is automatically added.

   

5. Modify the attribute definition as follows: set Type as Char and size as 128.

SMT_VARIANT_NAME (memo)

1. Launch the SmarTeam Data Model Designer tool.

2. From the File menu, select Modify Database Structure.

3. Select your database.

4. Create the SMT_VARIANT_NAME new attribute for the "CATIA Product” class.
   Note that CN_ is automatically added.

5.  Modify the attribute definition as follows: set type as Memo.

SMT_VARIANT_COMMENT(memo)

1.  Same as SMT_VARIANT_NAME.  

2.  Save the modification in the database.

Increasing the size of CATIA Product CN_PartNumber

1. Select <Classes><Documents><Attributes> <Item Number>.

2. Change the size to 130.

    

Mapping between CATIA and SMARTEAM in “Smarteam Tools Setup”

 Launch the Integration Tools Setup utility.

Map SMT_GENERIC_NAME to GENERIC_NAME

1. Open the CATIA Product group tree.

2. Create a new attribute GENERIC_NAME

3.  Map this attribute with a SmarTeam Attribute:

 SMT_VARIANT_NAME mapped to CATIA_ASM_VARIANT_NAME

Add a new CATIA Attribute called CATIA_ASM_VARIANT_NAME and map it to SMT_VARIANT_NAME.

Set Display size to 4000.  

SMT_VARIANT_COMMENT mapped to CATIA_ASM_VARIANT_COMMENT

Add a new CATIA Attribute called CATIA_ASM_VARIANT_COMMENT and map it to SMT_VARIANT_COMMENT.

Set  Display size to 4000.