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cmarquardt12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
April 7, 2016
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Adding attachments to CAD documents in WC

  • April 7, 2016
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Is there any way to add attachments in the "Content" tab to CAD drawings without iterating the document?  I run into this situation often where someone forgets to attach a reference document before they have released an item, and then they ask me to attach it.  The issue I have with it is then I have to perform this action as Orgadmin being it is already released, and now the released document shows "Last Modified" by Orgadmin in the title block (instead of the real engineer), and worse, last modified at a date after which the document was already released.

Being this is just reference data, forcing the engineer to revise the entire drawing would be a waste of money.

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
April 7, 2016

Don't use the Windchill PTC_WM_* attributes directly. Set a company attribute based on the PTC_WM attribute, then the drawing will not change until it is actually modified at the next revision. This will allow you to add the document to the content tab, which does require a check out/in - iteration, to accomplish.

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TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
April 7, 2016

Ben Loosli‌, do you do this for revision as well?

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
April 7, 2016

Yes, because the title block information is static after the first release of a drawing. Further checks and approvals are carried in the revision block.

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