Change publish recipe per object state

[mspencer]

Currently we are always publishing to PLT's, which is great for markups and coordination.  However, for our 'released' parts we would like to also publish a PDF of the cad drawing, and possibly a STP file for the cad part.  I cannot seem to find a simple way to enable this functionality.  The only thing I have found is making a some custom filters that push certain publish jobs to certain queues based on the state of the object being published.  Specifically https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS132318‌ seems like it is close, but needs to be customized to arrange by lifecycle state rather than document type. 

Have others implemented something similar?  Or am I missing something much easier to implement/maintain?

Thanks, Max

[Marco_Tosin]

Max,

yesterday PTC support published a very comprehensive article about

Knowledge Package --- Windchill Visualization Services (WVS)

https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?source=subscription&n=CS182155

[TomU · Accepted solution]

Max Spencer‌, yes, this is very simple to do.  To save you from reading thousands of pages, look specifically at "Configuring Additional File Types" in the Windchill Visualization Services Guide (p.308).  Essentially you just create a publish rules XML file and it will instruct the CAD worker to create additional files based on whatever criteria you desire (object type, lifecycle state, attribute value, etc.)  We do this now to automatically generate IGES, DXF, PDF, and STEP files once objects are released.

[mspencer]

Thanks Tom,  we have implemented a publishing rule for our CAD objects now.  It is quite useful and easy to configure.  Best, Max