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Nicolas_G13-Aquamarine
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February 1, 2022
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windchill 11 upgrade to Windchill 12 - Workspaces compatibility

  • February 1, 2022
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Hello,

We will upgrade from Windchill 11 to 12.

 

I would like to know if there is compatibility restrictions or any risk to:

- export Creo workspaces from [Creo4 M090 & Windchill 11] / import to [Creo4 M130 & Windchill 12]

- export Creo workspaces from [Creo4 M130 & Windchill 11] / import to [Creo4 M130 & Windchill 12]

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Thanks,

Best regards,

Nicolas

Best answer by TomU

Based on these two articles, I would guess the answer is 'no'.  The exported workspace can only be imported to the same version and only by the same user.

 

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs64954

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https://support.ptc.com/help/wnc/r12.1.0.0/en/#page/Windchill_Help_Center/cadx/CADxSrvrWspMgmtWspOfflineFunctAbout.html#

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TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
February 1, 2022

Why would you need to export them?  You won't lose your workspaces or the contents of them during an upgrade.  Just make sure to upload everything from all workspaces prior to beginning the upgrade, and then use a new local cache after the upgrade.

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    Nicolas_G13-AquamarineAuthor
    13-Aquamarine
    February 2, 2022

    Thanks for your answer,

    We would like to export for users who have pre-studies and prefer not upload to avoid future conflicts in Windchill as once uploaded, a new object is considered as existing in commonspace. Especially in case of new instances created in creo, it is difficult to remove them once uploaded if at the end they are not needed.

     

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    23-Emerald IV
    TomU23-Emerald IVAnswer
    23-Emerald IV
    February 2, 2022

    Based on these two articles, I would guess the answer is 'no'.  The exported workspace can only be imported to the same version and only by the same user.

     

    https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs64954

    TomU_0-1643826277808.png

     

    https://support.ptc.com/help/wnc/r12.1.0.0/en/#page/Windchill_Help_Center/cadx/CADxSrvrWspMgmtWspOfflineFunctAbout.html#

    TomU_1-1643826389670.png

     

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    23-Emerald III
    BenLoosli23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    February 1, 2022

    Doesn't PTC say that all workspaces should be deleted when upgrading versions of Windchill as the cache format changes between versions?

    I always have my users check in everything and then delete all workspaces before I do a Windchill version upgrade.

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    23-Emerald IV
    TomU23-Emerald IV
    23-Emerald IV
    February 1, 2022

    Nope, not required.

    https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs69370

     

    You do need a fresh local cache for Creo on the client computers, but there is nothing you need to do to the workspaces prior to upgrade except upload anything you want to keep.  Checking in or deleting workspace is not required.

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    21-Topaz I
    STEVEG21-Topaz I
    21-Topaz I
    February 1, 2022

    I always try to get our users to check everything and AND clear out their workspaces.  We just upgraded from 11 to 12 this past August.  There were some users that didn't do this and had problems.

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    Nicolas_G13-AquamarineAuthor
    13-Aquamarine
    February 2, 2022

    @BenLoosli @STEVEG @TomU 

    Thanks all for answers and your experience feedback.

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