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Start PARTdataCenter and click on PLM Synchro.
-> The PLM Synchro Wizard is opened.
This wizard guides you through the PLM Synchro setup process.
Choose the desired Project path via search button .
You can create the process File based or PDM based.
In the list field, select the desired interface and with the search button , choose the Download folder.
The PDM interface can be configured directly from the Wizard.
-> PARTadmin is opened and the respective block in the configuration file is already preselected.
Click on in order to create a query.
Simply example with only on single condition:
In order to import all source files, for example, choose the following setting:
"Document name like anything"
Complex example with a combination of queries
When clicking on the respective icon, you can create several queries:
The following example shows two queries:
Query No. 1: All parts with file extension *.sldprt are imported. Conditions of query 2 are not considered here.
Query No. 2: All parts created between 10/05/2017 and 10/10/2017, are imported. The condition of query 1 is not considered here. Query 2 also imports parts with file extension .sldasm in this example.
There are the two filter modes Exclude and Include:
The filter can be used both for filtering CAD models and for filtering meta data:
Input: Determine the type of input data:
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Output: In the list field, select the desired output format
For this option the license PSADDONS*ADVANCEDTOPO is required. If it is available, enhanced features/topology information is read in like Sphere, Torus and Elongated Cylinder. The other features like Hole, Cylinder, Cone, Opposite Planes, Pattern, Fillet, etc. are read in with much better quality.
Via browse button , select the target directory.
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Determine catalog name and whether preview images shall be generated.
Generate preview: If preview images shall be automatically created, activate the check box.
In the pipeline you can make specific adaptions. On this see Section 1.2.2.2, “Distributed services”.
Catalog name: Determine catalog or directory as destination for imported parts.
In the summary, check if all settings have been made correctly.
When clicking on , the wizard is finished and the process view with pipeline is displayed in PARTdataCenter.
Before
starting the PLM Synchro process, please make sure that the path of
the exe file of the used CAD system is entered under configuration
file pcadmanager.cfg
-> block
iface.<cadname>
-> key
Command_0
.
Now you can click on the start button in order to execute the PLM Synchro process.
The process can be paused or stopped anytime.
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Open PARTdataManager. In the Part view, under Structure -> Catalogs, now your catalog created by PLM Synchro is displayed.
Meta data have been transferred to the characteristic attribute table.
Under Topology information the respective information is displayed.
If problems arise, you will be informed via docking window Messages.
In PARTdataCenter -> Catalog view, via context menu command under Workspace -> Processes -> Add PLM process, you can open the Wizard window anytime.
For an existing process you can call the Wizard with the Edit PLM Synchro process command.