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ptc-40610161-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 6, 2014
Question

ADD TO WORKSPACE

Our company has recently moved to Windchill 10.0 and the toolbar in my workspace has a green plus sign to add to workspace. How does this work? Our version states that you have to have an item chosen before adding to workplace. Why do I have to search for the component and then have to add it? This is a backward step from the previous version.

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emetzger1-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 6, 2014

There is no browsing for files per say...you search first, view the results, then select what to "add to workspace".

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dschenken2-Explorer
2-Explorer
February 6, 2014

The reason the add button is there is so that you don't Add everything you look at to a workspace, which is good if you are looking at the status or where used or many other functions in WC that don't need anything added to a workspace.

What backward step? When was it different? How was it different? What version did you use? Inquiring minds would like to know.

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ptc-40610161-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
February 6, 2014

Our previous version (9.?) had a small desk with a "+" symbol on it, icon to pick and you could fill in the component number there and it would be added to workspace without having to do a search.

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dschenken2-Explorer
2-Explorer
February 6, 2014

I just tried it in 9.x , found a desk. It says I have to select something before using Add. Maybe you had some customization or I'm looking at a different desk. Is it in-Pro/E browser or external web-browser that you were using?

When I need to work on something I find it much faster to open it in Pro/E. I select Open, type the name, and then go.

Windchill will hunt it down wherever it is, with correct permissions and access, add it to the workspace, and then Pro/E opens it from there. I have to type the entire name because Pro/E won't open a bunch of files at the same time, but it skips having to go to Commonspace, find it, add to a Workspace, then open with Pro/E.

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