Purpose of external_~ properties of CAD Document Item

Question

Hi Team, 
 I am interested in developing a CAD Connector for a certain CAD. 
 I found that there are "external_owner" and "external_type" properties in CAD Document Item type. What is the purpose of these properties ? How should we use these properties ?

Christopher Gillis · Accepted Answer

Hello, 
 These properties are used to keep track of a few pieces of information that come from Aras's existing CAD connectors. The external_owner is used to keep track of the connector that was used to create the CAD item (e.g. SofTech.Mechanical.SolidWorks), and the external_type is used to keep track of what kind of CAD file was used to create the CAD item (e.g. solidworks_part). 
 Chris 
 Christopher Gillis 
 Aras Labs Software Engineer

Purpose of external_~ properties of CAD Document Item

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