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gspencer1-Visitor
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February 3, 2015
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Managing Creo support files from Windchill 10.x

  • February 3, 2015
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We are trying to consolidate out Creo support files into Windchill...



So, since I can't "import" them, I figure I would just 'add" them in as new documents. I'm not sure how successful that was as I used the "general" DocType when creating.


MY QUESTIONs - has anybody already done this? If so, what 'type" did you use when creating the wtdocs? Is there another way?


Any comments would be most appreciated.


gary

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    AndyHermanson14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    February 4, 2015
    A couple of things to take note of here. There is a config.pro to add additional files to the import in the Creo WGM. Listed below are the ones we have added.

    allow_import_file_extension – bnd, tbl, ttf, sym, scl, dtl, pro, map, cfg, dat, win, pnt, dmt, mnu, psm
    !!!Allow additional files with extensions to be shown in the
    !!!import dialog

    Be careful here if you are using Windchill just as the storage of files or expecting Creo to use these on startup as well. There are a few that wont act like expected. Things that need to load on startup can be and issue. Tree.cfg, syscol.scl are a couple that come to mind. This is due to them noth being available until after you are connected to Windchill which is the last thing to happen.

    Andy
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    gspencer1-VisitorAuthor
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    February 4, 2015

    Folks,



    Just to clarify my intent - I am looking to manage as many of the Creo support files from WC. What I mean by this is, for instance, the config setting for symbols (.sym) would point to the files in WC, rather than some network share.


    Example:pro_symbol_dir wtpub://ADMS_PROD/Libraries/CAD Standards/Security Technologies\SYMBOLS


    From the folks who have contacted me (thanks by the way!), I know that not all extension will work that way. .cfg & .scl are just a couple mentioned as these files need to be vailable to Creo at launch, and since the WC login happens after launch, that will be an issue.


    Basically, I am just going to have to test every extension/setting to see what works and what doesn't. I will post back to this my summary of findings...unless someone already has this which will save me lots of time??? 🙂


    Love this forum!!


    gary

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      mdebower18-Opal
      18-Opal
      February 4, 2015

      Gary, Here are the ones I know about:


      Works in Windchill: (As of Wildfire 5.0 - Creo Elements Pro 5)
      drawing_setup_file
      global_appearance_file
      pro_dtl_setup_dir
      pro_format_dir
      pro_group_dir
      pro_library_dir
      pro_material_dir
      pro_palette_dir
      pro_sheet_met_dir
      pro_symbol_dir
      sketcher_palette_path
      start_model_dir
      symbol_instance_palette_file
      template_mfgcast
      template_mfgmold
      template_designasm
      template_solidpart
      template_sheetmetalpart


      Does NOT work in Windchill:
      pen_table_file
      pro_crosshatch_dir
      pro_note_dir
      pro_plot_config_dir
      system_iges_header_file




      -marc

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        JariElomaa14-Alexandrite
        14-Alexandrite
        October 17, 2017

        Hello @mdebower,

        I know this is an old thread, but it just became relevant for me.

         

        I'm trying to use global.dmt from a Windchill Library and I have set the global_appearance_file option to point to the correct location, but it still does not seem to work.

         

        We have material .mtl files in the same Windchill Library and they are using appearances, which are present in the global.dmt. When I assign a material, the appearance does not change.

        If the same global.dmt is copied to C:\local\PTC\Creo 3.0\M140\Common Files\graphic-library\appearances\ then it does work just as expected.

         

        @mdebower, you have global_appearance_file in your list of "Works in Windchill", but I cannot get it to work with Creo 3 M140 and Windchill 10.2 M030 CPS24.

         

        Do you have any ideas, what am I missing here?

         

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        mdebower18-Opal
        18-Opal
        October 17, 2017

        I just checked and it still seems to be working here.   We are now on Creo 3.0 and Windchill 11.0

         

        The config option as set in our config.sup reads:

        global_appearance_file wtpub://YOURWCSERVERNAME/Libraries/CAD Library/Materials Library/global.dmt

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