IFX fails to look in Windchill for certain migrated parts (while other identical parts work)

Question

Has anyone experienced IFX not finding (or looking) in windchill for certain parts, while others work fine?
 
    I have a large amount of library components (mostly family tables) from Windchill that I have added to IFX. The options are configured for WC properly and everything has been working well. It has recently come to my attention that 2 random washers (which I believe worked at some point in the past) no longer are able to find the associated models in windchill.
 
     For whatever reason, IFX tries to find <name of .dat file>.prt inside my ifx_fastener_data folder for these 2 washers. I can't make any sense out of it because the .dat files are configured identically to other washers in my library that do work with IFX. When I switch out the FAMPRT line with the name of a different washer (that has the same family table columns), it works...which tells me that my .dat file is set up properly.
 
    Somehow there is a bug with these two parts that prevents IFX from identifying them in Windchill.

OliverGräbner · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I think I have found the Problem.

You map the parameter PART_STOCK_SIZE to the DN value.

As the parameter PART_STOCK_SIZE is a string parameter, IFX realy compare the STRING value and not the value of DN.

So ".25" is not the same as "0.25"

Even "0.250" is not the same as "0.25".

If you want to use a STRING parameter to map to DN, then you have to add a "0" in front of your number and remove all following "0".

I recommend to use a real number parameter to map to DN.

I have attached the modified washers.

OliverGräbner · Answer

Hi, have you tried to add the file name into the file open dialog in Creo?

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