EPM Document Properties

[TomU]

Not sure if this belongs in solutions or admin....

Can someone help me understand why the "Created On" and "Created By" CAD Document properties update when a new revision is created but not when a new iteration is created? Is there one EPM Document "wrapper" for each revision that stores all iterations at that revision? "Modified By" and "Last Modified" track to the iteration (every check in or revision). Thanks.

Tom U.

[pwilliams-3]

Tom,
We observed the same behavior. I think the logic is that a new Revision is a Form/Fit/Function change and the date on which the new Revision was created should be captured for legal purposes.

Patrick Williams | Engineering Systems | c: 616.947.2110
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[DavidBrand]

I raised an enhancement request/idea to allow the option to fix PTC_WM_CREATED_BY & PTC_WM_CREATED_ON in a format on a drawing, see below, but there has not been much voting taking place.

[BenLoosli]

We did a capture of the initial dates and user and used those in the format. Simple programming in our start parts at a former company.
When a part was copied to a new name, it would be at rev 0 and get the initial values for the drawing reset.
The IR_INITIAL values were used in the drawing titleblock so they remained static for that part number.

/* DRAWING PARAMETERS
/* ------------------
/* DATE PARAMETERS FROM WINDCHILL
/* ------------------------------
/* EXTRACT THE DATE PORTION OF THE WINDCHILL TIMESTAMP PARAMS
SHORT_CREATED_ON = EXTRACT(PTC_WM_CREATED_ON,1,10)
SHORT_APPROVED_DATE = EXTRACT(IR_APPROVED_DATE,1,10)
SHORT_MODIFIED_ON = EXTRACT(PTC_WM_MODIFIED_ON,1,10)
YEAR = EXTRACT(PTC_WM_MODIFIED_ON,1,4)

/* NAME PARAMETERS FROM WINDCHILL
/* -------------------------------
/* SHORTENED TO FIT THE DRAWING FORMATS
if STRING_LENGTH(IR_INITIAL_CREATED_BY) > 8
SHORT_CREATED_BY = EXTRACT(IR_INITIAL_CREATED_BY,1,8)
else
SHORT_CREATED_BY = IR_INITIAL_CREATED_BY
endif

if STRING_LENGTH(PTC_WM_MODIFIED_BY) > 8
SHORT_MODIFIED_BY = EXTRACT(PTC_WM_MODIFIED_BY,1,8)
else
SHORT_MODIFIED_BY = PTC_WM_MODIFIED_BY
endif

if STRING_LENGTH(IR_APPROVED_BY) > 8
SHORT_APPROVED_BY = EXTRACT(IR_APPROVED_BY,1,8)
else
SHORT_APPROVED_BY = IR_APPROVED_BY
endif

if STRING_LENGTH(IR_REV_APPROVED_BY) > 8
SHORT_REV_APPROVED_BY = EXTRACT(IR_REV_APPROVED_BY,1,8)
else
SHORT_REV_APPROVED_BY = IR_REV_APPROVED_BY
endif

/* INITIAL RELEASE PARAMETERS
/* SET IR_INITIAL VALUES FOR DRAWING PARAMETERS FROM WINDCHILL
/* ONLY WHEN REV IS 0
if PTC_WM_REVISION == "0"
IR_INITIAL_ECN = IR_ECN
IR_INITIAL_CREATED_BY = PTC_WM_CREATED_BY
IR_INITIAL_CREATED_ON = SHORT_CREATED_ON
endif


Thank you,

Ben H. Loosli
USEC, INC.