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15-Moonstone
August 18, 2025
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Gathering part and the related section in Help Center

  • August 18, 2025
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In Help Center there's a topic "Filtering Gathering Parts" which in the end says:
 
"
To assign a gathering part attribute to a Windchill part:
1.Set the value of the server-side preference, Operation > Auto Associate > Phantom Assembly Override Attribute Name to a BOOLEAN customer-defined soft attribute
2.In the CAD application, set the attribute to yes
Auto Associate creates a Gathering Part attribute on the Windchill part when it is created.
"
 
Does this mean:
- create a soft attribute to EPMDocument
- enter this as value to the mentioned preference
- in CAD application use this to define whether the associated WTPart should be a Gathering Part or not
- when the EPMDoc is checked in the related WTPart's Gathering Part attribute is updated accordingly
 
This being a "customer-defined soft attribute" on the EPMDoc changing the value iterates the EPMDoc?
While Gathering Part -attribute on WTPart is a common attribute and changing it does not iterate the WTPart?
Best answer by arajagopal

Your summary is right.

IBA on EPMDocument type. The same IBA name should be mentioned under preference Operation > Auto Associate > Phantom Assembly Override Attribute Name to a BOOLEAN customer-defined soft attribute

 

If you are planning to drive the value from CAD Application, then one additional step of including PARAMETER (CAD Applications) name for EPMDocument IBA definition. 

2 replies

Catalina
Community Moderator
August 21, 2025

Hi @HJ1 

Thank you for your post. 

Your post appears well documented but has not yet received any response. I am replying to raise awareness. Hopefully, another community member will be able to help.

Also, feel free to add any additional information you think might be relevant. It sometimes helps to have screenshots to better understand what you are trying to do.

 

Best regards,

Catalina | PTC Community Moderator
11-Garnet
August 21, 2025

Your summary is right.

IBA on EPMDocument type. The same IBA name should be mentioned under preference Operation > Auto Associate > Phantom Assembly Override Attribute Name to a BOOLEAN customer-defined soft attribute

 

If you are planning to drive the value from CAD Application, then one additional step of including PARAMETER (CAD Applications) name for EPMDocument IBA definition. 

HJ115-MoonstoneAuthor
15-Moonstone
August 26, 2025

Hi,

thank you for the confirmation.

 

The Help Center text is a bit confusing also with the preference name including "Phantom" which is used elsewhere to something else...

We keep CAD and WTPart in the same revision so driving Gathering Part from CAD probably wouldn't work.