To create a new template incl. labeling, we start in the new connection template management menu. The menu can be found under Settings>Templates and since we will show the procedure using an end plate, we will select the End Plate menu item.

We copy the default template by clicking on "Create Default Copy", save the copy to any location and close the menu.

We open the template file we just copied and create a new custom property in the File Properties>Custom menu.

As name we use " Labeling", as type "Text" and as value we use the usual SOLIDWORKS syntax "$PRP:" combined with our naming of the position numbers "KlPosNr", so in the value field we enter a total of $PRP:"KlPosNr".

The evaluated value is not shown here yet, because the assignment of the custom property will be done in a later step.

We create a new sketch on the end plate template and place a text layer.
Then we assign the "Labeling" property to the text layer and confirm.

The text layer is now simply placed so that it does not collide with the later drill holes. This placement may need to be adjusted later.
After placing the text layer, the file is saved and can be closed.

To make the new template usable, we go back to the Settings>Templates>End Plate menu again, select the template file we just saved, give it a name and click on "Add Template".

The new template is now saved and available at any time.

Newly added templates appear in the list from position 3 with the assigned name (in the example "EndPlate_Labeling").

The use of the new end plate template is done as usual via the End Plate tool.

In the "Template Selection" item of the PMP, the new template can simply be activated.

After confirmation, the end plate connection is added and the label is now also visible here. The evaluation error is still displayed, but this will be fixed in the now following two steps.

First, the position numbers are updated.

As you can see in the screenshot, the end plate has been assigned position number 2000.

Next, the metadata is updated.

When the metadata is updated, all user-defined properties are written to the parts, and the value previously displayed as an evaluation error is automatically replaced with the correct item number.

This completes our small demo assembly, the preview shows the assigned position number, and we are ready to export to DXF.

The DXF export is a quick task. The first step is to open the Export PMP via Drawings>DXF Export.

The end plate is selected, a job number is assigned and in the export options only the "Sketches" option has to be activated so that the text field for the automatic labeling, which was inserted in our model as a sketch, is also exported.

After confirming the settings, the DXF file is exported.

The finished DXF is stored in a folder with the order number in a subfolder with the sheet thickness and is now ready for production - of course with the position number added automatically.

This automation means that there is no longer any risk of position numbers not being taken over, parts not being found again, etc.

In our opinion, automatic labeling saves an enormous amount of time, both in creating the templates and in production, work preparation and later on the construction site.

Of course, the assembly here in the example is very simple, but for larger designs with many different sheets in large quantities, you save a lot of work compared to adding the labels manually.