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srector1-Visitor
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September 30, 2015
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Publishing Embedded JPG Images

  • September 30, 2015
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Recently our users began inserting jpg images into their CAD drawings to provide reference information. The images display properly when plotted/printed, however when the drawings are checked-in to PDMlink, our cadworker fails to publish the embedded jpg images.

I'm certain this error is 'Admin Inflicted', and that I am probably just missing a step in creating the recipe file, but for the life of me I can't seem to figure out what I'm missing.

I would appreciate a little nudge in the right direction.

We are using:  Creo Elements / Pro 5.0  and CreoView3 Adapters.

Thank you,

Steve

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TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
October 1, 2015

JPEG files don't need to be published.  They can be opened directly by Creo View.  You just need to configure the publisher to know this.

Automatically generate representation for pre-converted files (CS36856😞

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..DWG=DUMMY,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..DXF=DUMMY,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..PDF=DUMMY,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..BMP=DUMMY,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..JPG=DUMMY,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..TIF=DUMMY,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..GIF=DUMMY,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..PVZ=DUMMY,type=zip,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -t codebase/WEB-INF/conf/wvs.properties -s worker..EDZ=DUMMY,type=zip,preconverted=true

xconfmanager -p

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    srector1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    October 1, 2015

    Thank you for your quick reply Tom!

    Does this solution apply to EPMDocuments too?  In our case we are pasting a JPG image into a ProE drawing (*.drw file).

    CS36856 appears to be aimed at publishing that collection of file formats as WTDocuments.

    Thanks,

    Steve

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    TomU23-Emerald IV
    23-Emerald IV
    October 1, 2015

    Ah, I should have read your original post more closely.  No, EPMDocuments (CAD Documents) are still going to be handled by the normal publisher (CAD Worker).

    What format are you publishing your drawings to?  You may need to switch to PDF.  I'm not sure if any of the other types will properly embed a JPG file.

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    tgudobba14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    November 13, 2015

    I configured our worker to publish PDFs & Image files, but I do not get a thumbnail.

    I followed the steps in Automatically generate representation for pre-converted files (CS36856😞

    Per Tom's recommendation, and it works OK with JPG files, or any other image file I identified, but not PDFs.

    Does anyone know if there is something different I need to do for thumbnails?

    BenPerry
    BenPerry15-Moonstone
    15-Moonstone
    November 16, 2015

    Tim Gudobba‌‌,

    I think your questions is a little off-topic for this discussion.  This discussion is more about publishing EPMDocuments that have images in them.  You're talking about WTDocuments have have images or PDFs as the primary content.

    Nonetheless, I'll entertain your question.    Because I am in the same boat as you, and I've open a tech support ticket that we're currently working through.  Nothing has come to light yet.  I'm getting thumbnail images for DWG, TIFF, and JPEG file types, but not PDF yet.

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    tgudobba14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    November 17, 2015

    Thanks Ben, I guess I wasn't sure how to ask the question. As I mentioned, after following Tom's instructions, I was able to see some images as thumbnails. So I figured posting a reply in this discussion would yield an answer. I'll open my own TS ticket with PTC and see what we get.

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    LoriSood23-Emerald II
    23-Emerald II
    November 20, 2015

    How many workers do you have configured on this machine? If you only have it configured to run one instance of your worker then it should not have multiple pvsthumb.exe, workermonitor.exe and pview_batch.exe.

    What shows up for number of instances if you look in the agent.ini on your Windchill server?

    ;

    [worker1]

    distributed=false

    autostart=true

    host=platx24m30

    autobusystop=

    autoidlestop=

    starttime=60

    startfromlocal=FALSE

    autoerrorstop=false

    hosttype=local

    remotepath=

    exe=C:\ptc\3.0_M030_creo_view_adapters\proe_setup\proeworker.bat

    localpath=ftp:

    password=

    maxinstances=1

    shapetype=PROE

    prompt=

    availabletime=

    username=

    port=601

    ;

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