Meta model compliant applications are capable of discovering the properties required to create an object, obtaining the property information, then submitting that information back to the application requiring the information. In the case of Solid Edge, in the Teamcenter managed environment Teamcenter can mandate that certain properties are required at the time of the object’s creation. Solid Edge queries Teamcenter to determine these requirements and lets you enter the values so the object is created. The properties are only shown at the time of the object’s creation and they are not saved in the Solid Edge CAD files.
The objects where the meta model can be used are:
Item
Item Master
Custom Master Form
Item Revision
Item Revision Master
Custom Item Revision Master Form
SE Draft (Dataset)
Custom Form
Note:
There is no requirement to define a mapping to a meta model property that is marked as required, regardless of an initial value.
When you save a new design to Teamcenter, the New Document dialog box displays the properties delivered with Solid Edge along with meta model properties and mapped properties in the same row. The eight properties delivered with Solid Edge are shown first, followed by the meta model properties, a column for overlaps between the required properties and mapped properties, and the mapped properties.
Below the property information, the New Document dialog box contains two additional read-only rows of information: the Teamcenter business object property name and the description. Required properties are designated with a red asterisk.
Description information can either come from the meta model or mapped property. The New Document and Upload Document dialog boxes use the following conventions to identify the origin of the description:
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Item.<property> |
Description comes from the Item |
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ItemMaster.<property> |
Description comes from the Item Master |
|
ItemRev.<property> |
Description comes from the Item Revision |
In an overlap condition, the description comes from the mapped property.
Once the new object is created, only the mandatory and mapped properties are shown in the Upload Document dialog box.
Note:
See the Teamcenter Business Modeler IDE Guide for additional details regarding defining the required business objects and their properties.