Creo ModelCheck Integration with Windchill using Windchill Gatekeeper

Question

We have enabled the Creo ModelCheck integration with Windchill using the Windchill Gatekeeper.

In Creo, the ModelCHECK has been configured by referring the above link. Also, the described configuration is done in Windchill as well. So, as per the defined No. of errors in the preference ◦Set ModelCHECK Number of Errors Windchill prevents\allows the checkin of CAD Document.

Now it works wonderfully that check-in is blocked if there are ModelCHECK errors.
However, we have an additional requirement which we have not yet managed to meet:

Let’s say there are some cases where user has run the Modelcheck in Creo and the no. of errors they receive is 5 in creo application and We have defined the No. of errors = 2 in windchill preference and based on Modelcheck report in Creo we don’t want to increase the no. of errors beyond 2 in windchill preference but still user should be able to checkin the CAD Document into Windchill by providing some comment in Creo parameters. It’s like force checkin based on the comment provided by User.

Is there any way to achieve this?

BenLoosli · Answer

Nope, you have hit the limitation of the Modelcheck Windchill Gatekeeper. It is all or nothing with no workaround.

There were times at my last company where I would have to turn off the gatekeeper to allow the user to force a bad model into Windchill so they could at least get the model saved.

One thing to check is what is causing the errors. We found that a lot of them were caused by the days since last checked setting was causing Modelcheck to flag an error. Once I raised that limit to like 5 years or more, those errors went away. They may hit them again soon, but it is someone eles’s problem now!

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