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7-Bedrock
January 20, 2023
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Solidworks Revision Table Link to Windchill

  • January 20, 2023
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Hello,

I am trying to investigate if there is a way to link the Solidworks Revision Table with the Windchill Revision and data. 

So basically, when i enter the revision information on solidworks custom properties tab, it should update the revision table in solidworks drawing automatically. 

the revision version itself should be linked to windchill version. 

This makes a lot of things automatic and saves me typing/ doing the tasks twice and its a more cleaner option. 

Is this possible in windchill? i know i have done this with Solidworks EPDM system but not sure how or if we can do it on windchill. 

 

Any help much appreciated. 

 

Thankyou, 

 

 

Best answer by DK_10562712

thankyou all for your help. I think i realise its not a straightforward solution that i can do in half hour. this is what i wanted to know and i can feed this back to my team and take it from there. 

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avillanueva
23-Emerald I
avillanueva23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
January 20, 2023

I would reverse it. There should be attributes pushed down to the Solidworks file from Windchill that give you the Windchill revision of the object. When you revise in Windchill, it would update in the Solidworks file.  Sounds like you are keeping a table of revision history (running list of revisions, dates, changes, etc). Typically, the current revision appears somewhere else like lower right of drawing. That should be drive by Windchill which would automate things for you. As far as the running table, I cannot see a way to link that unless you create some kind of macro. As an aside, we ditched the running revision table in place of a simple block pointing to last change notice. Full history would be found in Windchill and avoids having to manually renter this data again on field of drawing. 

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DK_105627127-BedrockAuthor
7-Bedrock
January 20, 2023

yes the revision currently is in the bottom right corner and it is driven by windchill script. 

it was mainly to do with the revision history table. but i understand that this is not straightforward to do. we could have a single line as you suggest which we thought about but we wanted to have the history on the drawing so it would be visible to production staff and they would not rely on drawing office for that. 

as a stop gap solution, i am now just using a manual version of the revision table that is readily available in solidworks which is an improvement to what we have today. 

 

thankyou for your help. 

avillanueva
23-Emerald I
avillanueva23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
January 20, 2023

Sample:

avillanueva_0-1674229277405.png

Lifecycle also is linked and republished on state change.

you good on this question?

Chris3
Chris321-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
January 20, 2023

I think you want to upvote this idea:

https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill-Ideas/Add-Windchill-parameters-for-latest-change-number-and-where-used/idi-p/470362 

    avillanueva
    23-Emerald I
    avillanueva23-Emerald I
    23-Emerald I
    January 20, 2023

    I would but its from 2015. Chances of getting that from PTC are nil. As for ASME Y14.35, is required the right word or "suggested". In the days of paper drawing, a lot of information was crammed on to the drawing. A good example is Where used, qty. etc. That stuff can change at anytime outside the drawing release and is best managed in the PLM system. We've been slowly removing this data from the drawing which simplifies creation and yields more accurate data. 

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    DK_105627127-BedrockAuthorAnswer
    7-Bedrock
    January 25, 2023

    thankyou all for your help. I think i realise its not a straightforward solution that i can do in half hour. this is what i wanted to know and i can feed this back to my team and take it from there. 

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