License for Windchill Information Modeler

[FS_9776388]

Which licenses are required to use Windchill Information Modeler?
Is Windchill Information Modeler included with Windchill PDMLink?

[Marco_Tosin]

Take a look at this discussion

https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill-Customization/Where-to-download-Windchill-Information-Modeler-11-0/m-p/586954

[FS_9776388]

Hello Marco,

as far as I can see the discussion doesn't really answer the question which license is required for Info Modeler. I might've overlooked it.

The discussion mostly revolves around the question whether Info Modeler is required. And I think we do require it. We have a few class files that were generated for classes with the @GenAsEnumeratedType annotation. Those generated class files can only be compiled, if Info Modeler is installed on the system. This is according to the error message: 

\CEMContactList.java:15: error: requires Windchill Information Modeler to compile
public class CEMContactList extends _CEMContactList {

If we do not require Info Modeler to compile these classes, I'd like to hear about it.

Currently we only have Info Modeler installed on our developer systems, but not on the test or prod environments from our customer. To compile the source files on those environments, we'd need to install Info Modeler there. My project lead remembered having to use a specific license for Info Modeler, which our customers don't have. Maybe that information is outdated and we don't require a license for it?

Kind regards,

Fabian

[Marco_Tosin]

On Windchill 13 installation guide it is written

I'm sorry, but I can't tell you any more.

Maybe another user can be of more help.

[tarik_p · Accepted solution]

There is no license required for Windchill Information Modeler (WIM) as its functionalities are not assigned to users, and it's only required for customization and specifically when dealing with custom modeled objects. If the customer has a valid license, he should see it on the eSupport Download Software. 

Direct Link: PTC Software Download - Windchill

Windchill Information Modeler is among what I call "the technical modules", such as Windchill Services, Windchill Common Base, etc. customers must not know anything about them (even if they are shown on "About Windchill") unless someone who deals with the installation, they should be transparent to end customers, see Article - CS373927 - Windchill PLM Modules vs Application Modules.

Technical Modules	Functional Modules
Windchill Common Base	Windchill PDMLink
Windchill Services	Windchill PartsLink
Windchill Information Modeler	Windchill MPMLink
etc.	etc.

PTC had to split the solution into those technical modules to simplify the installation, update, and the installation of optional modules such as PartsLink, SUMA, etc. They represent what is common to all Windchill Common Platform (WCP) - from a code perspective.

Functional modules such as PDMLink, MPMLink, etc. that require a license per user and that customers must know are described in the picture of Windchill Ecosystem (or Digital Thread) in this Article - CS357105 - [Knowledge Hub] Windchill PLM

Tarik W,

[FS_9776388]

Thank you for this very thourough reply Tarik! And also thank you for the background info on modules, this makes it very clear!

Kind regards,

Fabian