The Adobe PLM Connect links the Adobe Creative Suite and Centric 8 PLM application to facilitate Apparel designers to add or modify Data Elements like Style, Style Images, Documents, Colorways etc.

The Companion Application is used to customize ${Material.Name} Attributes, ${Style.Name} Attributes and Design Labels to reflect the information in Adobe Illustrator. Also, the information updated using Adobe Creative Suite applications can be seen in the Centric 8 Application.

SECTION: MATERIAL PROPERTIES VIEW

1. Select the ${MaterialType.Name} in ${MaterialType.Name} drop-down.
   NOTE: If you select All, the created Custom View is displayed for all ${MaterialType.Plural}.
2. If you select a particular ${MaterialType.Name}, then the created custom view is displayed only for the selected ${MaterialType.Name}.

SECTION: STYLE PROPERTIES VIEW

1. Select the ${StyleType.Name} in ${StyleType.Name} drop-down.
   NOTE: If you select All, the created Custom View is displayed for all ${StyleType.Plural}.
2. If you select a particular ${StyleType.Name}, then the created custom view is displayed only for the selected ${StyleType.Name}.

SECTION: DESIGN INTENTS

All enabled attributes will be supported by Adobe Illustrator and displayed under Centric Extension – Image Indents tab.

The following attributes are displayed in this section:

• Labels: When Labels checkbox is checked, the Image Labels created under Style Business Object are displayed.
• Support Illustrator Layers: When the Support Illustrator Layers is checked, then you can edit the visible layers in Centric 8 extensions.
• Colorways: When the Colorways check box is checked, the Colorways of the Product are displayed.
  
• Data Sheet: When the Data Sheet check box is checked, all the Data Sheets are displayed.

NOTE: 

1. When the above check boxes are enabled, they are displayed in Centric 8 Extension.
2. The Visible Layers is editable only when Support Illustrator Layers check box is checked.
3. The Labeled Image, Data Sheet Image and Product Color Image are visible only when the respective checkboxes are selected in the application.

SECTION: ILLUSTRATOR IMAGE GENERATION

In this section, Users can specify details for the image generation in Adobe Illustrator. The following attributes are available in this section:

• Supported Illustrator Extensions: Enter a file extension format that is supported by Illustrator 
• Client Image Max Wait Seconds: Enter the maximum wait time (in seconds) for the image to be generated
• Illustrator Image Dots Per Inch: Specify the resolution of the illustrator image by entering the dots per inch

SECTION: PLM CONNECT SETTINGS

In this section, Users can specify whether or not the the PLM Connect settings should be visible and editable.

To render the settings Visible and Editable, select the corresponding checkboxes.