Testing the Mapping

Once you have saved the XML file, check to see if the mappings appear correctly.

1 Start the aPriori client and open the CAD file.

2 Go to the Cost Guide and ensure that the attributes are showing up in the "Company-Defined Attributes" section. (The appearance of your Cost Guide will vary depending on what release you are running and how your UDAs and Dialog View are configured.

In this example, note that the Material field has been updated with the CAD material property, and that the PROJECT UDA (with the display name "Project_2" has displayed the CAD PROJECT property correctly, without conflicting with the system Project attribute.