CAD Mappings

A CAD mapping record outlines the metadata in the TRIRIGA® environment that TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher needs to upload, attach to, and interact with.

The CAD mappings provide the data that is required for TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher functions. Business objects that do not have CAD mappings can be used in reporting but cannot be operated on by TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher.

TRIRIGA records have no direct relationship to the application definition. In the TRIRIGA environment, the records are instances of a business object type. The business object type is associated with the application definition by its related mapping records.

For example, in a Location hierarchy in the TRIRIGA environment, a Dallas location > Atlas building > Floor 2 record is a Floor business object type. The Floor business object type is associated with the Facilities Management - Primary application definition in the Floor Mapping map. The Floor business object type can be associated to a different mapping in a separate application definition.

Only one mapping of a business object type can be used in a single application definition. The exception is the batch associate process, where multiple mappings of the same business object type can be used when a different association string is selected.

The CAD mappings define how TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher interacts with the TRIRIGA environment:

• CAD mappings translate the TRIRIGA business object and form information for TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher.
• Each attachable object in TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher has an associated CAD mapping.
• Each CAD mapping specifies a TRIRIGA business object and form to use for the CAD drawing information. In the default mappings, the Form field is a read-only field because the special fields information is based on the Form field. If you need to change the form, create a new mapping.
• Each CAD mapping specifies the TRIRIGA form actions that are used for specific processes within TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher. The TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher actions include create, revise, activate, save, and retire. You might define specific actions for TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher that involve less workflow logic than the standard form actions.
• Each CAD mapping defines special fields that define which TRIRIGA fields that TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher can populate with information from CAD drawings.
• All of the fields on the TRIRIGA business object and form can be used for reporting in TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher. Only the fields that are specified in CAD mappings can be populated from TRIRIGA CAD Integrator/Publisher.

There are four types of CAD mappings:

Undefined mappings

Used as CAD Integrator hierarchy context or to define an association for the batch associate process.

Boundary mappings

Used to define TRIRIGA metadata that can be attached to CAD drawing boundaries that contain area. The boundaries can be reported on by using fills and labels.

Item mappings

Used to define TRIRIGA metadata that can be attached to CAD drawing blocks or cells and can be associated to attached boundaries. The item mapping metadata can be reported on by using labels. The items are displayed in the Graphics section of TRIRIGA applications after publication.

Hidden item mappings

Used to define the TRIRIGA metadata that can be attached to CAD drawing blocks or cells and can be associated to attached boundaries. The item mapping metadata can be reported on by using labels. The items are not displayed in the Graphics section of TRIRIGA applications after publication.