Mapping Files

Click Mapping files to display the Export mapping files window which contains information about the mapping files that are to be used in the Export process.

The interface requires at least two external mapping tables to enable it to check that AVEVA Bocad Steel can accept the data. It also may use the Unicode mapping table if necessary. The mapping tables are for the Profiles and Materials between base product and the neutral file. The Unicode mapping table is to translate the base product Unicode strings into ASCII strings. The section Customize tells you how to arrange these files on the file system and what format they are to be. The interface also needs to know where the external mapping files are located on your computer network. For this, internal mapping tables are required. Refer to Internal Mapping Files which explains how to configure the interface to tell it where all the files are located.

You may have a generic set of mapping tables to map between the base product and AVEVA Bocad Steel. Or you may have a set for a particular steel fabricator.

The current file settings are indicated on the ABSI - Export mappings file window. Do not be concerned that the path name may be truncated by the insertion of the ellipsis (…): it is modified only for display purposes on the window.

The system also checks that these files are compatible with AVEVA Bocad Steel by checking only the identification line at the top of each mapping table. Refer to External Mapping Files for further information about the format of these mapping files.

The two main options are System and Manual which are activated by selecting the appropriate radio button.

System causes the interface to select automatically the mapping tables for AVEVA Bocad Steel according to the system configuration files.

Manual activates other radio buttons, which are initially greyed out for the System option. Selecting this option changes the window to be similar to below.

You can select the file type using the Profiles, Materials or Unicode radio buttons and enter the full path name of the file in the data entry area. You can also include system environment variables in the path name as long as they are in the proper base product format, for example AVEVA Bocad Steel %ENVVAR% being the base product representation of the ENVVAR environment variable.

Click carriage return, the interface checks for existence of the file and compatibility with AVEVA Bocad Steel.

Note:
The check is only that the file applies to AVEVA Bocad Steel and not that it is a correct file type or that its contents are correctly formatted.

You can choose by hand which mapping file to use by either entering its name in the text data entry field, or by using the Browse option to bring up a File Browser. You may use this browser to search for the relevant mapping file.

Once you have entered all the correct data on the Export Mapping Files window, click OK the interface variables are updated. Click Cancel to close the window, leaving the original interface variables unchanged.