WT Part Number to Match Cad Part Number

[RCNewton]

Hey, have a simple one I think. 

We create our part numbers in creo (Auto Generated).

Faster for designers and engineers to get things done. 

Then after the fact, we create the gear parts / WT parts. 

Slight problem. The Gear part is creating its own number that is different and independent of the cad part no.

How do I get them to auto-generate/associate without manually entering every gear part number?

Cheers

RC

[lhoogeveen]

Have you tried the Windchill 'Auto Associate Option Upon Check In' Option? If that works, your Windchill admin can set this as the default for all users.

[RCNewton]

yes, I have and the part numbers do not match. That's what I am trying to fix. The Part dose associate to the Gear Part but I want the Gear Part and Part number to match. This is what happens when I do that. 

[RCNewton]

Looks like I may need to update my Object Initialization Rule. 

Anyone have info to help on how to do this to set the number to the part number. 

 <!-- set the number to a generated number -->
               <AttrValue id="number" algorithm="com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.revisionControlled.server.impl.NumberGenerator"> 
                  <!-- add a V prefix for variant parts -->
                  <Value algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.BooleanBranch">
                     <Value algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.EqualsTest">
                        <Attr id="genericType"/>
                        <Arg>variant</Arg>	
                     </Value>
                     <Arg>V</Arg>
                     <Arg></Arg>
                  </Value>
                  <!-- the sequence -->
                  <Arg>{GEN:wt.enterprise.SequenceGenerator:WTPARTID_seq:10:0}</Arg>
               </AttrValue>
               
               <!-- set the version info to a generated version info -->
               <AttrValue id="MBA|versionInfo" algorithm="com.ptc.core.foundation.vc.server.impl.VersionInfoGenerator">
                  <Arg>wt.series.HarvardSeries</Arg>
               </AttrValue>
               
               <!-- name of variant parts -->
               <AttrValue id="name" algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.BooleanBranch">
                  <Value algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.EqualsTest">
                     <Attr id="genericType"/>
                     <Arg>variant</Arg> 
                  </Value>
                  <!-- assign a name only for variant parts. for others return null. 
                       name should be assigned by the client -->
                  <Value algorithm="wt.generic.rule.VariantNameGenerator">
                     <Arg>{GEN:wt.enterprise.SequenceGenerator:variantnameseq:10:0}</Arg>
                  </Value>
                  <Value algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.StringConstant">
                     <Arg/>
                  </Value>
               </AttrValue>
               <AttrValue id="organization.id" algorithm="com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.org.server.impl.OwningOrgDefaultAlgorithm"> 
               </AttrValue>
			   

[lhoogeveen]

I attached is the OIR that we have on our Windchill Test Server for WTParts. As far as I know these OIR's are out of the box. I didn't see anything different with what you shared.

[RCNewton]

I attached my rule file. 

Def, not a match, and it won't let me try and push yours on top as a test.

I get XML specification for the part init rule is either not well-formed or invalid. 

I can copy for code down to attached file rule(4) before I get an error. 

I think this is my issue but I don't know how to get rid of it. 

<AttrConstraint id="number" algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.BooleanBranch">  VS  Value algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.BooleanBranch"> 

<!-- Add handling for ProjectLink and PdmLink differently OOTB for wt.part.WTPart object number field
	                For end items in PDMLink context, turn the autonumbering off -->
                   <AttrConstraint id="number" algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.BooleanBranch">        
                       <Value algorithm="com.ptc.core.rule.server.impl.IfContainerTypeEqualsProjectTest"/>       
                          <Value algorithm="com.ptc.core.rule.server.impl.GatherAttributeConstraints">
                              <Value algorithm="com.ptc.core.rule.server.impl.GetServerAssignedConstraint"/>                              
                          </Value>        
                       <AttrConstraint id="number" algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.BooleanBranch">  
                           <Value algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.StringEqualsTest">
                              <Attr id="endItem"/>
                              <Arg>true</Arg> 
                           </Value>
                           
                           <Value algorithm="com.ptc.core.rule.server.impl.GatherAttributeConstraints"/>
                           
                           <Value algorithm="com.ptc.core.rule.server.impl.GatherAttributeConstraints">
                               <Value algorithm="com.ptc.core.rule.server.impl.GetServerAssignedConstraint"/> 
                               <Value algorithm="com.ptc.core.rule.server.impl.GetImmutableConstraint"/>        
                           </Value>        
                       </AttrConstraint>        
                   </AttrConstraint>