Publishing - Creo String Parameter appears to be interrupted as Timestamp
Guys,
Anyone seen this. We have a Creo String parameter DRAWN_DATE which is shared with Windchill String IBA DRAWN_DATE. In Creo all looks good the parameter called out on drawing as &DRAWN_DATE:D displays as 16-JUL-2013.
Here's the strange part. If I publish this Creo drawing as HPGL the output plt file displays the DRAWN_DATE parameter as a timestamp. FYI, No surprise the same happens if published as PDF. Below is the plt file opened in a viewer.
Mind you, DRAWN_DATE is a String in both Creo and Windchill. I'm guessing Windchill has it's wires crossed and somewhere along the line some one coded Windchill/Creo to interrupt DRAWN_DATE as a timestamp. In an effort to fix this I added the config file_timestamp_format %dd-%MMM-%yyyy to Creo on the CADWorker. It did not help.
I do recall years ago there being an issue with some reserved parameters along these lines. My guess is DRAWN_DATE is such a case. Any thoughts? I have logged a call with PTC.
This is the plt file from the Vault folder
This is how it looks in Creo Parametric
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