Link to the visualization object of an EPM Document object in a Document object?

[bbailey]

Hi All,

In our implementation, we have created a sub-type of a Document object and
use this to represent the "Control" number for the drawing object. (If I
describe the relationship badly, it's because I am not totally up to
speed). We are currently developing for the 10.0 platform.

With the move to Model Based Definition and away from drawing objects,
there is a desire to display the Visualization object of the appropriate
EPM Document object on the details page of the Document object. There may
also be a one to many relation ship, in the case of dash numbers.
According to the folks working the problem, PTC cannot describe a way to do
this. My question is: Is there a way to display the link to the
visualization object for a particular Version and Iteration of an EPM
Document (perhaps many) on a Document objects Details page?

Thanks,

Ben

[rjessen]

I'm not sure why you are trying to achieve this using a WTDocument instead of a WTPart. A WTPart seems to be a better fit for the purpose you describe.
You can associate multiple EPMDocuments to a single WTPart, and the viewable will automatically appear for whichever one you designate with an "owner" link.
If you are selecting a WTDocument because you need to hold content, I would suggest still creating the WTPart and also associate it with the WTDocument.

[bbailey]

Hi Ross,

Thanks for your reply!

I absolutely agree with your analysis. Unfortunately, my position is more
of a follower than a system designer in this case.

Ben

[bbailey]

Hi David,

Publishing will be configured. The issue is that the published
visualization objects will show up in the EPMDocument and WTPart objects,
but not the WTDocument sub-type.

My question is whether the association/link to the WTDocument may be made
automatically.

Ben