When the interface of a myPDMtools tool prompts the user to enter a field that will be used to define a name, a PDM attribute value, or a search folder, depending on the tool being used.



This tool will allow you to retrieve the following information:

  - PDM variable value for the current file

  - PDM variable value from the parent folder

  - Variable from the first referenced document

This section allows you to automatically retrieve a variable from a document referenced by another document.

For example, when processing a drawing, it will be possible to retrieve the value of a variable present in the @ configuration of the part or assembly used by the drawing

  - Counter using the myCADtools and myPDMtools SmartCounter tools

  - System variables, such as the file name, its status, location, etc.


  


For each type, you can retrieve only a portion of the value using the following options:


    


Layout:

If you check this option, part of the retrieved value is retained, provided that a separator character exists.

First, define the delimiter, then specify the number of the field to retrieve (with 1 being the first field).

Example:

If the value to be retrieved is the file name and the name is PR-0015-Internal-032, the value stored is "Internal"for an index set to 3.


Once the format chain has been created, the elements can be rearranged by dragging and dropping them with the mouse.