Also, I was thinking about having the folder datacard be the 'master' of the project information but it gets harder to manage that way because of how PDM maps to AutoCAD files. From my what I understand, the wdt file keeps track of the title block attribute mapping. Thanks for the info.In the test sample my EEs sent me, there were 2 other project files: aepx and wdt. So, there is a lot you can do with PDM and Acad Electrical, but the fancier stuff requires some programming knowledge. The project (wdpt) and drawing (dwt) templates were also in the vault. A third add-in was used to handle the creation of new Autocad Electrical components (since these also had to have part numbers assigned from our ERP system) and updating the ACE_JIC_MENU.dat file so that the catalog in Acad Electrical would show those items. Another add-ins would handle publishing the project as a PDF (using the Autocad API) and placing it in a folder accessible to other groups outside Engineering. I also created a PDM add-in to automate the release of Acad Electrical projects which would rename the project folder, WDP file and drawing files and move them from a WIP area to a Released area.

And set things up as you describe with a folder for each project where the WDP and DWG files lived.Ī PDM template was used to prompt the user for the project name and description and it would then create a corresponding folder with that name.

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