PTC is currently considering an enhancement to the build process to allow an attribute in the CAD Document Uses Link Soft Type to be mapped to either the WTPart Usage Find or Line Numbers.
From a dev perspective, it would be much cleaner to require:
- The preference for Line Number ONLY allows attributes that are of type INTEGER.
- The preference for Find Number ONLY allows attributes that are of type STRING.
Requiring this means that the build process (and thus check in of the CAD Document) would never fail due to value/type mismatch.
However, we (PMs) are wondering if that would be too restrictive.
Do you currently populate Assembly Drawing Balloons or BOM Balloon numbers to an attribute?
Do you know what type (i.e. integer, string, other) of attribute is being used?
Thanks for your feedback.
Jennifer