The WDT file is an alternative way to set up title blocks. What about workflows for the project files? I was thinking they should be in our usual CAD workflow and transitions/revisions would occur together with the dwg files. Without an add-in, do you know how renaming a project would be handled? I assume you wrote the add-in for renaming because using the PDM Move Tree command would not be able to modify the references for the changed filenames. Were you able to map datacard variables for the wdp files? I'm not sure how Acad-E would behave in this situation as I haven't tested it yet. When PDM changes a datacard variable, it overwrites the field link. In our environment, we store the title block information in the drawing properties and create Fields to display them. 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.

Autocad electrical title block