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13-Aquamarine
September 13, 2022
Question

PTC_COMMON_NAME is not changing after rename and stays same as family table generic

  • September 13, 2022
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I am using Creo Parametric - Release 8.0 (connected) Release 8.0 and Datecode8.0.4.0

PTC_COMMON_NAME is not changing after I do a rename in commonspace. PTC_COMMON_NAME is staying the same as the family table generic Name.

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23-Emerald IV
September 13, 2022

Are you sure you changed 'Name' and not 'File Name' or 'Number'?

 

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There should be no problem with family table instances each having their own unique name (PTC_COMMON_NAME).

 

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13-Aquamarine
September 13, 2022

The Windchill side appears to be correct. But in Creo I have PTC_COMMON_NAME as a column on my model tree, and it is wrong there. Our CAD to ERP application uses the PTC_COMMON_NAME that Creo is showing in the model tree. I have tried renames, new workspaces, updating, syncing. We see this issue with multiple un related parts.

 

Correct in Windchill:

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Incorrect in Creo:

 

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23-Emerald IV
September 13, 2022

From Creo in the workspace, a 'Tools' -> 'Synchronize' should update the workspace to reflect the name change in Commonspace.  What happens if you create a brand new workspace and pull the renamed models into that.  Does Creo show their new names then?

6-Contributor
November 17, 2022

Hello, we currently have exactly the same behavior. I have already tested it with Creo 4 M120-M150, Creo 7.0.10. Windchill we have 11.1 in use. Have you already received a solution via the PTC Call?
Thank you.

10-Marble
December 2, 2022

I see the same problem here in Creo 8.0.5.0.

After at lot of testing in Creo outside Windchill ,I tried to save it to a workspace in Windchill to see if the Name was shown right in Windchill, and it was. But PTC_COMMON_NAME in the drawing, still shows Name from Generic and not from Instance. 

Then I uploaded Generic and Instance and I tried to open rename window to see the value for Name, and also here (as expected) it was shown right. 

Now when I go back and looked at the drawing, the value in PTC_COMMON_NAME was "updatet" to the right value.....I have no idea why 😉

12-Amethyst
August 1, 2023

To all,

 

We swiched over from Creo4 to Creo8 recently, and I just ran into the same issue. I checked in a fmaily table, and before I did, I forgot to change the Common Name field in the table. I then went to WindChill and renamed them, and in my workspace the Name did update when I did a synchronize, but did not update my Common Name field of the family table.

 

Is this being looked at by PTC?

 

Dennis J Rehmer

 

10-Marble
August 3, 2023

Hi Dennis

I have not informed PTC, as the problem was solved "by it self"

BR

Birgitte

6-Contributor
August 7, 2023

Hello everyone, the problem is said to have been fixed in 8.0.8.0. I will now roll them out and test them. https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS381334?source=search

Please give me feedback too.

23-Emerald III
August 7, 2023

That CS article addresses inheritance features, not family tables.

The 8.0.8.0 release may also fix family table commonspace renames, but it will require testing.