Problem with the data standard dialog in AutoCAD

[mark.cloyed]

I am in need of help getting the vault data standard set up in Vault Professional 2020.  I have installed the data standard and I have configured a file category in vault to have a Title property assigned to that category, as well as making that property require a value.  Within the vault full client, if I create a standard file and chose an AutoCAD files, I see the Title property in the dialog and the value field is bordered in red to indicate it is required.  If I open AutoCAD and save a new drawing, I see the data standard dialog displayed, but the Title property is not shown.  Testing this in Inventor, we see the correct dialogs in both cases.  Is there a way to correct the dialog in AutoCAD to display the right properties?  

Thank you,

Mark Cloyed

[Markus.Koechl · Accepted solution]

VDS for AutoCAD requires a mapping. The Data Standard Tutorial for AutoCAD, Exercise 3 instructs step by step how to achieve it for Title, Description, and Part Number properties. Follow the video or PDF Documentation available here: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/simplecontent/content/vault-data-standard-tutorial...

I hope this helps.

[mark.cloyed]

Hi Marcus,

Thank you for the response and the links.  I did get things working.  As per the exercises, I copied the Acad-vanilla files to the CAD.Custom\Customization folder, renamed them without the '-vanilla'.  I then created a mapping between the Title vault file property and the file drawing property.  Reopening AutoCAD and saving a file, I now see the Title field in the Data Standard dialog.  It appears to only respect mappings to drawing properties and not attributes in titleblocks.  I will discuss with the client.

Thanks,
Mark

[Markus.Koechl · Accepted solution]

You followed the exercise for drawing properties. You can also configure attributes in title blocks. The key for this is that the name of the drawing property = attribute name. See the same chapter 04, exercise 2 of the tutorial, and follow the instructions to configure block attribute mapping. Don't forget to replace the renamed vanilla files with the originals as these are prepared for the attribute mapping.

[mark.cloyed]

Ah, that does make sense.  Thank you for the clarification.  

Thanks,
Mark