Can Revision "A" file be changed to Numerical revision without loosing changes made in assembly and drawing?

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August 16, 2016
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I have an assembly revised to Revision A and did many changes on assembly to reflect on drawing. Now I need Rev A file to be in numerical revision without loosing any changes made in Rev A assembly and drawing. Is it possible to do this in windchill?

Please do not suggest to take a backup and delete Rev A from windchill and overwrite it to next numerical revision. (Assembly has 1000+ parts in it).

Thank you.

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T

TomU

23-Emerald IV

Nope. Not without some serious database hacking (which of course is not supported.)

D

dnordin

16-Pearl

Depending on what revisions already exist, it may be possible.

Check the Specialized Admin Guide in the Changing the Revision of Objects section for a java utility for changing the rev. There are restrictions in setting the revision backward depending on what already exists.

As a side question, why does the number of objects in your assembly file limit the ability to delete rev A from WC and re-submit the .asm and .drw files at the lower rev? Regardless of the number of objects in your .asm file, you only need to export two files, the .asm file and .drw file, to the HD, delete rev A from WC, re-import the .asm and .drw files as modified into your WS, check them out, and check them back into WC at the lower rev. The only potentially difficult part is deleting rev A from WC (because of dependencies, where it's used, etc.).

Regards,

Dan N.