The following tables list Process Engineer attributes for processes, products, resources, fasteners and locators, and how each attribute is mapped when imported into DPM.
Note that the attributes of all process, product and resource objects may be viewed and edited as they are stored in the Manufacturing Hub via the Extended Property Panel.
Process Attributes
| Process Engineer Attribute | DPM Equivalent |
| name | Label |
| time | Specified Cycle Time |
| starttime | Specified Begin Time |
| calctime | Calculated Cycle Time |
| note | Description |
Additional application-specific mappings are also defined for applications such as DPM Body-in-White. Here is an
example for the Body-in-White Grouping activity:
| Process Engineer Attribute | DPM Equivalent |
| numberspecifiedcurvefasteners | NumberSpecifiedPointFasteners |
| lengthspecifiedcurvefasteners | LengthSpecifiedCurveFasteners |
| timebetweenproductexits | TimeBetweenProductExits |
| goalinvestmentcost | GoalInvestmentCosts |
Product Attributes
| Process Engineer Attribute | DPM Equivalent |
| name | Reference part number |
| notes | Description on reference |
| attachment | URL on instance |
| user attributes | user attributes (optional) |
Note that user attributes for products are loaded only when the Load user attributes for products and resources option is enabled from the Manufacturing Hub tab page of Tools > Options page. This option is not enabled by default.
How DPM determines the geometrical definition of a product
To determine the geometric properties of a product when it is imported from Process Engineer, DPM first queries the graphicname_alt1 attribute for a DPM-defined representation of the object (such as CATPart, model, CATProduct, etc.). If no such representation exists, the CAD File attribute is queried for a Process Engineer-defined representation (CGR, JT, etc.) of the product. If no representation is found, the product is represented as an empty node on the PPR tree with no graphical representation in the 3D viewer. See the 'Determining the Graphical Representation of Imported Objects' section for more details.
| E5 Attribute | Usage | DPM Search Order |
| graphicname_alt1 | DPM-specific representation file (CATPart, model, CATProduct, etc.) | first |
| CAD File | Process Engineer-specific representation file (CGR, JT, etc.) | second |
Resource Attributes
| Process Engineer Attribute | DPM Equivalent |
| name | Reference part number |
| notes | Description on reference |
| attachment | URL on instance |
| mttr | MTTR on Resource Extension |
| mtbf | MTBF on Resource Extension |
| Plantypename | Category of resource |
| user attributes | user attributes (optional) |
Note that user attributes for resources are loaded only when the Load user attributes for products and resources option is enabled from the Manufacturing Hub tab page of Tools > Options page. This option is not enabled by default.
How DPM determines the geometrical definition of a resource
To determine the geometric properties of a resource when it is imported from Process Engineer, DPM first queries the graphicname_alt1 attribute for a DPM-defined representation of the object (such as CATPart, model, CATProduct, etc.). If no such representation exists, the graphicname attribute is queried for a Process Engineer-defined representation (CGR, JT, etc.) of the resource. If no representation is found, the resource will be represented as an empty node on the PPR tree with no graphical representation in the 3D viewer. See the 'Determining the Graphical Representation of Imported Objects' section for more details.
| E5 Attribute | Usage | DPM Search Order |
| graphicname_alt1 | DPM-specific representation file (CATPart, model, CATProduct, etc.) | first |
| graphicname | Process Engineer-specific representation file (CGR, JT, etc.) | second |
