Alphabetical Mapping of Drawing Names. User-Defined Names

This page explains how EngView links (maps) alphabetical mapping of drawing names

Alphabetical Mapping of Drawing Names

When applying cost models that contain functions that cite system names (OneUpN, LayoutN), EngView links the system names to the actual drawings in alphabetical order. When the same cost model is applied to projects with identical structures but different drawing names, the extracted values may differ. The following example explains this.

I. The example involves two identical projects whose drawings have different names. Material thickness is used as the property to be extracted.

	Project 1		Project 2
Drawing	Name	Value	Name	Value
1up	Part 1	2	Tray	2
1up	Part 2	1.5	Lid	1.5
Layout	Layout 1	2	Tray Layout	2
Layout	Layout 2	1.5	Lid Layout	1.5

II. After the same cost model is applied, different material thickness values are extracted from each project. Alphabetical mapping works as follows:

In Project 1: OneUp1 = Part 1, OneUp2 = Part 2; Layout1 = Layout 1, Layout2 = Layout 2.
In Project 2: OneUp1 = Lid, OneUp2 = Tray, Layout1 = Lid Layout, Layout2 = Tray Layout.

applied function	value project 1	value project 2
OneUp1.d()	2	1.5
OneUp2.d()	1.5	2
Layout1.d()	2	1.5
Layout2.d()	1.5	2

TIP: Before applying an OneUpN-patterned cost model to identically structured projects whose drawings have different names, make sure that in all the projects the drawing names follow the same naming pattern.