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New request from one of our VPs.
He's looking for a way to download the model representations in a format that can be pasted into a document of some sort (probably word doc). The best solution would be a way to have this happen to a predetermined list of part numbers.
Hello.
If you create thumbnails as part of viewable creation, perhaps you can export the data using work packages.
The package will export more than you need; but also contains the viewables and their thumbnails (usually .jpg) that could be used to insert into documents.
iRobot recently gave an interesting webcast on best practices for package creation. For more information, please contact the Technical Committee: Tc-Solutions about the Wed Oct 28, 2015 webcast. (Similar presentation was given at PTC/Live this year).
If not the documentation on work packages can be found here:
Thanks
Jennifer
Thanks, Jennifer.
More details have emerged.
Exporting a work package is still a little more involved than he was looking for. What he wants in an auto-generated document that contains information about the part in question (number, name, revision, etc.) plus a still shot of the representation's default orientation. Basically eliminating the need for someone to download then paste the pic into a document.
Don,
Another option is to insert a hyperlink into the document that would then launch Creo View and the representation live from Windchill. There is a query report that can be found on this site that finds "markups and annotations". It's a nice report because it includes the hyperlink to the Representation in the output. You could setup the report to find the links based on part numbers or even the markup name. You could creatively name all the markups or annotations and then find them all in one report! I've got mine customized to find based on date, who created it, File name or Represenation name.
If you RMB click in the Representation table in Windchill, there is an option to save the annotaion...this is where the hyperlink exists. This would be the manual way to attain the link...so you can test it out.
This is the report you cited. EPMDOCUMENT_Markup and Annotation Report.qml
Thanks, Bill.
Extra steps is what we're trying to eliminate. As it is right now, users with access can search and open in creo view themselves. He's really looking for a way to auto-generate these documents and have everything in one place. Based on conversations I've had with him, having the user open the document just to have to open creo view through a hyperlink sort of defeats the purpose.
Is he putting the images in an email or Word document?
What about using the MS Snipping Tool app to cut the image from his Creo View and then paste it into his document/email?
Well, it's a VP so he's not doing anything. ![]()
He wants the snapshot to automatically be put into a document (probably word) at a predetermined spot without the need to have someone generate this manually. No snipping tool, no save as jpeg, no downloading the creo view representation.
For more clarification on proposal...
The query report would be set up by an admin and then executed by any user or the admin. This would only need to be executed once every couple months depending on what you really want. Your VP would never interact with the query report execution. And hopefully not even the output file containing the HTML links, but I wouldn't rule that out! (reference image at bottom)
To get the image in the document...I'd recommend the Creo View toolkits which does the automation you are looking for with Word or Powerpoint. Picture below is from a presentation given at the June Technical committee meetings. You may be able to take the output XLSX file(bottom picture) from the query report and apply the office toolkit to show the image integrated in the query report output file.
That's interesting and looks like a possible solution. I brought it up with our VAR.
Um, sounds like Arbortext to me. Though maybe Creo Illustrate could create the images for you, but not put them into a document.
