How to change the sub-type of a part? (2024)
Dear fellow Windchill colleagues,
Regarding sub-types of WT.part and how to change a existing part from one sub-type to another, i can find some =/-10 year old posts on how to do that using SQL or command line scripting.
But whats the status on it on 2024? Is it now somehow possible via, the interface or maybe the REST-API?
Some context regarding our story:
We would love to use multiple sub-types, but we are currently are avoiding it like the plague, because it seems it's not easily changeable in the Windchill interface.
The reason we would like to change them is to make it easier to implement them. We come from a 'CAD centric' way-of-work and currently don't have any data that would define in which sub-type a certain part should be (e.g. Mechanical/Electrical/Manufacturer). When starting with WT-Parts, we can create a WT-part for each CAD file, but then directly have to choose a CORRECT Sub-type. That information we would like to get over the next couple months or years, while we work with WT-Parts. But currently that doesn't seem possible. So we feel forced to either;
- Or only use 1 sub-type. (And use some classification structure as alternative?!)
- Or wait with using WT-Parts until we figured out all the correct sub-types for our legacy data.
Although in theory the second option might be the correct one. It would slow us down and give a lot more negatives then positives.
So instead we tent to use a classification structure 'Sub-type' to get more or less the same results, like adding attributes based on a type, filtering, etc.
Would love to hear some insights on this topic and whats possible or advised currently.
Thanks,