Field

Specify the field you want to map with the entities of the AutoCAD drawing. These fields depend on the business object you select below.

Business object

Specify the business object to which the field belongs.

Source

Specify a source location from where information for the field mapping should be retrieved. You can retrieve information from one of the following sources:

Drawing: retrieves the field value from the layer or block within the drawing. For example, data present as text within the involved polyline or as attribute of a block.

Drawing-retrieve from block: retrieves the field value from the name of the block definition as defined in the business object mapping.

Drawing-retrieve from layer: retrieves the field value from the name of the layer as defined in the business object mapping.

Connect for AutoCAD: retrieves the field value from Connect for AutoCAD.

Drawing-handle ID: retrieves the field value from the handle ID of the polylines and blocks in the drawing.

StabiCAD: retrieves the field value from the StabiCAD repository. The repository stores the code and name of a floor and space.

Drawing-retrieve from XData: retrieves the field value from the XData of a drawing.

Drawing-retrieve from AEC objects: retrieves the field value from the AEC objects of a drawing.

CAD attribute

Specify the attribute of a block which contains field information.

CAD block

Specify the block, whose attribute contains the field value.

CAD layer

Specify the layer that contains the field value.

Start line (DB: BEGINLINE)

In case you read your data from an MTEXT object, use this field to specify the start line of the MTEXT object containing the information that you want to read in.

End line (DB: ENDLINE)

In case you read your data from a MTEXT object, use this field to specify the last line of the MTEXT object containing the information that you want to read in.

Default value

Specify a value that should be used in case a new business object (Space, Person and so on) is imported, and no value for the field can be retrieved from the drawing. To enable this field, you must first save the Field mapping once. A default value is only applied the first time a new record is inserted. During an update the default value is not applied.

XData application name

Specify the name of the application in which the drawing is made.

This field is available only if you select Drawing-retrieve from XData in the Source field.

Group code

Specify the group code that contains data to be imported. The range of group codes for XData is from 1000 to 1071.

Only the following group codes are supported:

1001 (Registered Application Name)

1000 (ASCII string)

1005 (Handle ID)

1040 (Real number)

1070 (16-bit integer)

1071 (32-bit signed long integer)

This field is available only if you select Drawing-retrieve from XData in the Source field.

Occurrence

Specify the occurrence of the group code to be imported.
For example, if you want to import the fourth occurrence, enter 4 in this field.
You must enter an integer greater than zero.

This field is available only if you select Drawing-retrieve from XData in the Source field.

AEC property set

Select an AEC property set of the drawing.

This field is available only if you select Drawing-retrieve from AEC objects in the Source field.

AEC property

Select an AEC property to be imported.

Only the following property types are supported:

Manual (Text/Real/Integer/Boolean/Auto Increment - Integer/ Auto Increment - Character/List)

Automatic

Location

Material

The values in the AEC property pick list depends on the property set you select in the AEC property set field.
If you do not select a property set in the AEC property set field, all properties of a drawing are displayed in the AEC property pick list.

This field is available only if you select Drawing-retrieve from AEC objects in the Source field.