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TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
August 4, 2014
Question

Creo 3 Intelligent Fastener Extension - Not in Windchill

  • August 4, 2014
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Based on an earlier discussion about the behavior of the intelligent fastener extension, I had my doubts about it being compatible with Windchill. Today I did some testing and sure enough, they don't seem to play well together.

The first time you use the new fasteners, the models get saved to your workspace. This isn't a problem, and checking them in isn't a problem, but the next time you attempt to use the same fastener (or family of fasteners), you will get the following dialog:

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Apparently the fastener tool is pulling the fastener from Commonspace instead of disk (which seems correct). Unfortunately, since the creation date of the model in Windchill is newer than what the fastener extension is expecting, it thinks you have improperly modified the library part and that's not allowed with the "Lite" version.

I have a case open with Tech Support. We'll see where it goes. At this point I think you simply can't use the new "Lite" version of the Intelligent Fastener Extension with Windchill. Hopefully I'm wrong...


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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
17-Peridot
August 4, 2014

That's the nature of spam... it reveals only the "good" aspects and the "hook" is in the fine print.

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JimBarrettSmith5-Regular Member
5-Regular Member
August 8, 2014

IFX Lite should work with windchill. Can you check that windchill has not appended any parameters to the part file during check -in.

When you checked in the library did you follow the procedure as outlined in this video http://learningexchange.ptc.com/tutorial/4154/loading-ptc-creo-intelligent-fastener-library-into-windchill

thanks, Jim

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TomU23-Emerald IVAuthor
23-Emerald IV
August 8, 2014

I did not pre-upload the fastener files, but neither did the video for the second fastener. They were able to pull from both disk and Windchill. That part works fine on my system.

I think you might be on to something with parameters being created. ALL cad models in the Windchill system are going to automatically have the Windchill parameters plus any company specific parameters added to them. As far as I know, this is unavoidable. If this makes IFX Lite fail, that is going to be a problem.

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Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
August 21, 2014

ALL parts (including library) should be in Commonspace if you are using Windchill, otherwise, like formats, you'll run into out of synch version issues.

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TomU23-Emerald IVAuthor
23-Emerald IV
August 21, 2014

As the learning exchange video shows, it is possible to add the fastener models to Windchill in bulk.

Frankly the behavior seems fine regardless of where the fasteners are. If they exist in Commonspace, they are pulled from their first. If not, then they are pulled from disk.

The root problem is that as soon as the Windchill parameters are added to the CAD models, the intelligent fastener extension thinks you have modified the files and won't let you use them anymore. Modifying the supplied fasteners is not allowed with the lite version.

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JimBarrettSmith5-Regular Member
5-Regular Member
October 22, 2014

Tom

Based on this conversation I am happy to say that in Creo 3.0 M020 the allowable parameters will be as follows.

"PTC_MODIFIED"

"PTC_ORGANIZATION_ID"

"PTC_WM_VERSION"

"PTC_WM_LOCATION"

"PTC_WM_TEAM"

"PTC_WM_REVISION";

"PTC_WM_PART_NAME";

"PTC_WM_PART_NUMBER";

"PTC_WM_NUMBER";

"PTC_WM_NAME";

"PTC_WM_ORGANIZATION_ID";

"PTC_WM_ITERATION";

"PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE";

"PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE_STATE";

"PTC_WM_IS_DRAWING";

"PTC_WM_PART_REVISION_FOR_DRAWING";

"PTC_WM_PART_STATE_FOR_DRAWING";

"PTC_WM_CREATED_BY";

"PTC_WM_CREATED_ON";

"PTC_WM_MODIFIED_BY";

"PTC_WM_MODIFIED_ON";

"PTC_WM_LAST_CHANGE_NOTE";

"PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE";

"PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE_STATE";

PDMREV

PDMDB

PDMRL

PROI_REVISION

PROI_VERSION

PROI_BRANCH

PROI_RELEASE

PROI_MODIFIED

!MODELCHECK

!----------

MODEL_CHECK

MC_ERRORS

MC_CONFIG

MC_MODE

I hope this improvement will go someway to helping you get the most out of the free version and demonstrate that we do listen to the community.

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