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Linking a document to an external database
boon_ong575
Member Posts: 11 ✭
I need to link one of my documents to an external database. The database has a list of materials and I need to assign a material to a part of the document (e.g. a surface). How can I:
a) link the document to an external database
b) select a surface or a part (item) and access the database to assign the property
c) display the result in a display box on the document toolbar
I can't seem to find any resources on this in the Learning Center.
Best Answer
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chadstoltzfus
Member, Developers, csevp Posts: 164 PRO
Couple of challenges to tackle but this is doable. Here's where I would at least start; if you want to have it so you can drive the assignment from Onshape, you'll want to look into Onshape's API. They have an intro to the API course and they just released a new quickstart course.
You'll want to probably look into extensions, this will give you a fly out tab that can get the part id of a part that is currently selected. From there I imagine you could grab the property list from your database and give the user a list of selections to assign to that part.
Applications Developer at Premier Custom Built
chadstoltzfus@premiercb.com0
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Couple of challenges to tackle but this is doable. Here's where I would at least start; if you want to have it so you can drive the assignment from Onshape, you'll want to look into Onshape's API. They have an intro to the API course and they just released a new quickstart course.
You'll want to probably look into extensions, this will give you a fly out tab that can get the part id of a part that is currently selected. From there I imagine you could grab the property list from your database and give the user a list of selections to assign to that part.
chadstoltzfus@premiercb.com
Many thanks, @chadstoltzfus. Will look into this.