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jforsyth14-Alexandrite
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April 12, 2017
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Is that a setting in Windchill 11.0 that deletes all previous versions of a part once that part is release?

  • April 12, 2017
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I am new to CREO and Windchill.

We are running CREO 3.0 M090 and Windchill 11.0.

Is there a setting in Windchill 11.0 that deletes all previous versions of a part once that part, Assembly or Drawing is release?

Best answer by BenLoosli

No there is nothing like a purge command in Windchill like can be done with a native OS filing system.

Also, the iterations should not be in your SQL database but in your file fault, which in my case is on my Windchill server, not my Oracle server.

If you are storing your files in the DB, please reconsider your setup and get them stored in external file vaults.

Windchill Archive only works on revisions. If you have revision 1 released (1.5) and then revise it to revision 2 (2.1) you can then run the archive utility to move the 1.x versions offline.

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
April 12, 2017

Careful with your terminology of windchill.

Version is a combined Revision and iteration. (2.4 or D.8)

Revision is controlled by a table in most installs. (A, d, 0, 3 or 0, 3, A, G)

Iteration is incremented automatically every time a file is checked-in to the Windchill common space.

Actually it does not matter as NO versions, revisions or iterations are deleted/removed from Windchill automatically.

You can run an archive routine that will backup and remove the actual files from your file server for older revisions (and all if a revision's iterations).

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jforsyth14-AlexandriteAuthor
14-Alexandrite
April 12, 2017

Ben,

I stand corrected.

I guess what Is was trying to ask is this:

  1. I create a new part, assembly or drawing in CREO.
  2. I check it into my Workspace in windchill.  It is at iteration .1 at this time.
  3. I open it back and check it out to make changes.
  4. I check it back into Windchill.  It is now at iteration.2
  5. I repeat until the part is complete.
  6. This part goes through our internal check process and is signed of and approved by management.
  7. The CAD Admin releases this part in Windchill.  It is now in a released state.
  8. Is there a way or setting that once this part has been moved to a state of Release that all of the previous iterations (.1, .2, .3, etc.) are automatically deleted from Windchill and the SQL Server database?

this would save space on the Winchill/SQL Server database.

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BenLoosli23-Emerald IIIAnswer
23-Emerald III
April 12, 2017

No there is nothing like a purge command in Windchill like can be done with a native OS filing system.

Also, the iterations should not be in your SQL database but in your file fault, which in my case is on my Windchill server, not my Oracle server.

If you are storing your files in the DB, please reconsider your setup and get them stored in external file vaults.

Windchill Archive only works on revisions. If you have revision 1 released (1.5) and then revise it to revision 2 (2.1) you can then run the archive utility to move the 1.x versions offline.

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