Supported Semantic Information by PMI Type

Each PMI node imported in a Visual Enterprise scene has attached semantic information. These values are read from the file as written by the native software. In native software, you can choose to display PMI differently from how they’re saved so some of the semantic information differs from what is displayed as geometric representation for that PMI. The semantic information displays in the Object Properties window.

The following tables are the list of PMI entities and corresponding semantic information for each format that supports PMI import.

CATIA V5 Assembly and Part

Type of PMI	Semantic Information
Dimension	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Dimension Type PMI Main Value Tolerance High Tolerance Low PMI Unit
Tolerance	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Tolerance Type PMI Tolerance Basic Dimension Tolerance Material Modifier Tolerance Diameter Tolerance Datum 1 Tolerance Datum 2 Tolerance Datum 3
Weld	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Weld Arrow Side Size PMI Weld Arrow Side Length PMI Weld Other Side Size PMI Weld Other Side Length PMI Weld Arrow Side Number of Welds PMI Weld Arrow Side Angle PMI Weld Arrow Side Symbol PMI Weld Arrow Side Complementary Symbol PMI Weld Arrow Side Finish Symbol PMI Weld Other Side Angle PMI Weld Other Side Symbol PMI Weld Other Side Complementary Symbol PMI Weld Other Side Finish Symbol Weld Tail Text. Weld Field.
Roughness	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Roughness Type PMI Roughness Apply Type PMI Roughness Mode Type PMI Roughness Top-Left Text
Text/Notes	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Text
Datum	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Datum Text
Datum Targets	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Datum Up Text Datum Bottom Text

Format NX : Part, Assembly, and Drawing Formats

Type of PMI	Semantic Information
Dimension	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Dimension Type PMI Main Value Tolerance High Tolerance Low PMI Unit PMI_LimitsandFitsDeviation PMI_LimitsandFitsGrade PMI_LimitsandFitsType
Tolerance	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Tolerance Type PMI Tolerance Basic Dimension Tolerance Material Modifier Tolerance Diameter Tolerance Datum 1 Tolerance Datum 2 Tolerance Datum 3
Weld	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type
Roughness	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Roughness Type PMI Roughness Apply Type PMI Roughness Mode Type PMI Roughness Top-Left Text PMI Roughness Middle Left Text
Text/Notes	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Text
Datum	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Datum Text
Datum Targets	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Datum Up Text Datum Bottom Text

Format SolidWorks : Part

Type of PMI	Semantic Information
Dimension	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Dimension Type PMI Main Value Tolerance High Tolerance Low PMI Unit PMI_LimitsandFitsDeviation PMI_LimitsandFitsGrade PMI_LimitsandFitsType
Tolerance	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Tolerance Type PMI Tolerance Basic Dimension Tolerance Material Modifier Tolerance Diameter Tolerance Datum 1 Tolerance Datum 2 Tolerance Datum 3
Text/Notes	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Text
Datum	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Datum Text
Datum Targets	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Datum Up Text Datum Bottom Text

Format Creo : Part and Assembly

Type of PMI	Semantic Information
Dimension	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Dimension Type PMI Main Value Tolerance High Tolerance Low PMI Unit PMI_LimitsandFitsDeviation PMI_LimitsandFitsGrade PMI_LimitsandFitsType
Tolerance	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Tolerance Type PMI Tolerance Basic Dimension Tolerance Material Modifier Tolerance Diameter Tolerance Datum 1 Tolerance Datum 2 Tolerance Datum 3
Roughness	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Roughness Type PMI Roughness Apply Type PMI Roughness Mode Type PMI Roughness Top-Left Text PMI Roughness Middle Left Text
Datum	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Datum Text
Datum Targets	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Datum Up Text Datum Bottom Text

Format JT : Part and Assembly

Type of PMI	Semantic Information
Dimension	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Dimension Type * PMI Main Value * Tolerance High * Tolerance Low * PMI Unit * PMI_LimitsandFitsDeviation * PMI_LimitsandFitsGrade * PMI_LimitsandFitsType *
Tolerance	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type Tolerance Type * PMI Tolerance Basic Dimension * Tolerance Material Modifier * Tolerance Diameter * Tolerance Datum 1 * Tolerance Datum 2 * Tolerance Datum 3 *
Weld	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type *
Roughness/Surface Finish	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type PMI Roughness Type * PMI Roughness Apply Type * PMI Roughness Mode Type * PMI Roughness Top-Left Text * PMI Roughness Middle Left Text *
Text/Notes	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type * PMI_Text *
Datum	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type * Datum Text *
Center Mark	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type *
Center Line	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type *
Datum Targets	CAD ID PMI Name PMI Type * Datum Up Text * Datum Bottom Text *

* For graphical PMI saved in JT files , the PMI node may not have any of these semantic values. If there are additional properties attached to the graphical PMI node, they're part of the PMIMetadata category.

* There's also a semantic information category - PMI Association Path. There are various scenarios where this information is presented:

No PMI Association Path : There's no clear association of this PMI with any component within the scene tree.
PMI Association Path :self : PMI is associated with the component it’s part of.
PMI Association Path : Selector - similar to path with instance IDs separated by ‘/’ delimiter.

If followed by :absolute, indicates an absolute path to the component within the scene, otherwise it's relative to the current part or (sub) assembly.