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12-Amethyst
April 30, 2024
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Windchill Workgroup Manager - Siemens NX CAM

  • April 30, 2024
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Once the connection server is online NX lost the key to use Manufacturing Part.
The NX properties are complitely ignored about NX Manufacturing template.
Template for part, assembly and drawing are ok. We lost only template for Manufacturing template
Any ideas about it?
Best regards

Gianpaolo

 

Attached you will see the different steps

Step 1-4 OFF line behaviour

Step 1 =  Server manger OFF - no server

Step 2 =  Open a CAD part

Step 3 =  create the manufacturing part

Step 4 = open the manufacturing part linked to CAD Step 2

 

Step 5-8 ON line behaviour

Step 5 =  Server manger ON - on line

Step 6 =  Open a CAD part

Step 7 =  create the manufacturing part

Step 8 = open the manufacturing part is not linked to CAD Step 2

 

Best answer by GianpaoloGallo

Great Dobi!!!!!

 

your advice works perfectly!!!!!

 

I missed in the assebly load options the custom folders where all the custom are uploaded. (Machine..etc...)

 

Great! Great Great!

Gianpaolo

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17-Peridot
May 10, 2024

This could have to do with your NX model tree... 

 

You have a lot of wavelinked bodies. Is your "Delay Model Updates" on? NX is particular about references - especially when it's connected to Windchill - and there are types of references Windchill doesn't (yet) support (like references from routing object geometries if you do tubing or harnesses). 

 

Are the bodies you're linking available in the workspace (and therefore available in the %PTC_WFS_ROOT% folder of your cache)? 

 

When you're opening your CAD, make sure to open with Assembly load options set to "Fully Load" too... 

GianpaoloGallo12-AmethystAuthorAnswer
12-Amethyst
May 10, 2024

Great Dobi!!!!!

 

your advice works perfectly!!!!!

 

I missed in the assebly load options the custom folders where all the custom are uploaded. (Machine..etc...)

 

Great! Great Great!

Gianpaolo

12-Amethyst
May 13, 2024

Hi Dobi,

 

I know about the Load_options.def but inside of this doc there is not info about Windchill.

 

GianpaoloGallo_0-1715589126908.png

Once I login with Server manger ON - on line this option is changed and NX link the Workspace.

Then I manually have to add the second load path to fix it.

 

 

 

GianpaoloGallo_1-1715589332645.png

 

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