SIMPLIFIED REP AND MODEL SECTION

Hi Nico...

Is the viewable in Windchill being made by a CAD worker (a standalone workstation tasked with making the viewables after things are checked into the Commonspace)? In many installations, the Windchill viewable is made independently of any user interaction. While you can certainly make your OWN viewables using Save As and selecting .PVZ for your output, I don't usually bother because Windchill does this for me.

Could it be that the version of ProductView or CreoView on your workstation is different than the one Windchill is using? Or perhaps you're opening it in a less-fully featured version?

Something sounds "off" but I think the prime clue is that you CAN see this data from Windchill but not in standalone Product View. Check the versions of PV and write back.

Thanks!

-Brian

Nico,

export to pvz is driven by recipe.

See PTC/Help, for example PTC_HELP_WF4/html/usascii/proe/interface/using_recipe_files_for_the_export.htm

Data Exchange > Pro/ENGINEER Interface

Using Recipe Files for the Export

Overlay recipe files are required for the data exchange between Pro/ENGINEER and ProductView, especially when Pro/ENGINEER is connected to Windchill servers. The overlay recipe files are ASCII files with a .rcp extension and specific recipe files are required for each of the following tasks:

• The export of ProductView .ed.edz
• The export of .pvs

You can choose to provide user-defined recipe files for the data exchange. You must specify the relevant user-defined ed.rcp or pvs.rcp recipe file as the value of the intf_out_ed_recipe_file or the intf_out_pvs_recipe_file configuration option, respectively. Additionally, you must place these overlay recipe files in the directory that you specify as the value of the intf_pv_recipe_dir configuration option. If the values of these configuration options are not set, Pro/ENGINEER uses the export_ed.rcp or export_pvs.rcp overlay recipe file located at <Pro/E loadpoint>\text\prodview\ for the export to the .ed and .pvs formats. These default overlay recipe files enable the export of cables and annotations.

You can save an overlay recipe file to a new name and edit the data exchange values contained in it in the recipe editor provided to create a new overlay recipe file.

Note: Modifying the default overlay files is not recommended.

Martin Hanak

Hi Thanks for your help,

Brian, the two version of PV are exactly the same.

Martin, the recipe might be the way forward.

Can I find those recipe any where?

Nicolas