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Hello PTC Community, I’ve configured Role A at the organization level to allow users to read and download content only in release-equivalent lifecycle states. However, I’ve encountered an issue where Role A is inheriting the out-of-the-box (OOTB) ACLs assigned to the Team Member role, which inadvertently grants users access (read and download) to objects in all lifecycle states.What is the best practice for configuring ACLs so that Role A can only access objects in release-equivalent lifecycle states, even when users are also assigned the Team Member role? Any advice on managing role-based permissions effectively in this scenario would be greatly appreciated.Thank you in advance! Best regards,Santosh 

Version: Windchill 12.0 Use Case: Publish dwg filesDescription: Is it possible to use the same Creo file publisher for dwg generated by Autocad with Windchill integration? I wouldn't want to install an Autocad on the Windchill server! Thank you

Version: Windchill 12.0 Use Case: User should be only able to see the WTParts valid for which he is part of.Description: When we use Insert Existing option in Structure tab of WTPart, can we limit the WTPart to be displayed on Search On option depending on Context he is member of?Attached is the pic for more info.

PTC TS CASE C14180109 * Sev 2 * 11.0 M030-CPS08  Customer has set up Automatic Project Synchronization (which fails), as does Manual Synchronization The errors of interest (from their BGMS log) appear to be - WARNING : /ProjectLink/sharingFolder preference not set or folder not found\ and Nested exception is: wt.fc.collections.CollectionContainsDeletedException: The object with the following key was deleted or inaccessible: "wt.projmgmt.admin.Project2:4657185209" email sent to Administrator<mdasprt@us.ibm.com>,brchrist<brchrist@us.ibm.com>,rfadmin<florencr@us.ibm.com>, The full BGMS log can be found here   I've already written the customer, asking for some additional information and making some suggestions. I've also instructed them on gather some VERBOSE logs if none of the suggestions give them relief. A copy of the e-mail thread (so far) with the customer can be found here   If anyone has any ideas on how to further trouble-shoot or debug this situat

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.1 and Datecode with CPS 12.1.2.6We have CATIA reactions configured to calculate attribute values based on updates made in a design table spreadsheet. These do not get triggered when design tables are uploaded in WGM without opening the model in CATIA. Is there any functionality that can either leverage these already existing reactions, or replace the functionality to a similar degree?

Hello,   our company is wondering, what best practice of a multi used CAD drawing could be in Windchill (10.2). We don't use change manangement in Windchill.   We have a drawing that describes several parts (content link). The drawings shows a base model with options. If a new part with a new option was engineered, the drawing needs to be updated with the new option. We use the master model concept and have a 3D CAD model that has all options. This model is not linked to a part but has a drawing reference to the drawing. The drawing is linked to all parts with content link.   To develop the new part, the 3D model needs to be revised. When work is done the drawing needs to be revised. The problem is, that now we need to revise all related parts because if not, the new revision is not linked to the parts anymore. The problem then is, that not all parts are released. Some are Prototype, Service Only, Obsolote, On Change or Develtopment. After the drawing update and the prom

Version: Windchill 12.1 Use Case: Need to change part subtypes for schematicsDescription: Is there way to change a Part to an Electrical Part Subtype? We have thousands of parts that cannot be used with new functionality because they are the wrong subtype. I've seen a few older posts, but I cannot access the PTC articles. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to do this.

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.1 and Datecode with CPS 12.1.2.1We plan to implement BOM Redlining in Windchill. As I understand the current functionality, when an ECN is in an open state with BOM Redlining and we run a summary report, it does not display the added or deleted objects. However, once the ECN is released, they are included in the report. Is it possible to configure the report to show BOM redlining details while the ECN is still in an open state?

Can we upgrade to Creo 8.0 and windchill 12 simultaneously? we are currently in Creo 4.0 M150 and  windchill 11 which is no longer supported we need to upgrade to Creo 8.0 and windchill 12 is there a possibility we can upgrade both simultaneously or we need to upgrade windchill 12 first then to creo 8.0?

Version: Windchill 11.1 Use Case: Need to copy Bom structure and Process Plan structure to new objectsDescription: Is there an API that could be used to copy the whole bom structure from one part to another part, and also is there an API to copy process plan structure to another process plan?

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 13.0 and Datecode with CPS 13.0.2.0Certain jsps are not loading for custom action menu buttons, getting a 500 error. This worked in 12.0.2.0Here are the errors that I faced:Page could not respond: /ptc1/ext/iti/cadiq/CADIQTemplate_step500 /ptc1/ext/iti/cadiq/CADIQTemplate_step

Version: Windchill 12.1 Use Case: When Save Representation (Positioning Assembly) i get an "emty" zip file. Is there a setting/ way to collect the lower reps? = to the same way that Creo View collects?. for now i have to do save as in creoview to get complete pvzDescription: it is time consuming to open in creo view/save as pvz to get a complete pvz

The following steps which we have followed to create custom WTDocument numbering using two wizard steps1. custom action and action model2 Main wizard3. Wizard step one and two4. Error message com.ptc.core.components.jsp.JspUtils wcadmin - java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerExceptionat com.ptc.core.components.tags.components.InitializeItemTag.doTag(InitializeItemTag.java:371)at org.apache.jsp.netmarkets.jsp.doc.Second_005fWizard_jsp._jspx_meth_jca_005finitializeItem_005f1(Second_005fWizard_jsp.java:1939)at org.apache.jsp.netmarkets.jsp.doc.Second_005fWizard_jsp._jspx_meth_c_005fotherwise_005f1(Second_005fWizard_jsp.java:1903)at org.apache.jsp.netmarkets.jsp.doc.Second_005fWizard_jsp._jspx_meth_c_005fchoose_005f1(Second_005fWizard_jsp.java:1808)   Earlier we have tried the same activity using single wizard page, it was working as expected.

Version: Windchill 12.1   Use Case: I'm working on creating Creo drawing template. There are some custom attributes that pulls value from windchill to the template. These are added in the parameters window and designated. Problem is values from windchill are getting populate in creo template. But values that I enter in creo parameter is not getting upaded in windchill. What am I doing wrong here. Note : The same template is available for solidworks and windchill and everything is working fine. We are trying to replicate that for creo. Description:  

Do we have Process simulation capability in Windchill where 3D motion happens and clash and clearance analysis kind of study is performed.

Windchill PDMLink CPS 12.0.2.7Hello,several users mentioned strange behavior of NX connected to WGM. The issue is, that when user of NX has an assembly with family table components (bolts, nuts, washers, etc.) open in session, during the automatic synchronization of workspace WGM triggers a chainreaction in NX of opening new windows with family table components, so NX gets frozen for cca 20 - 30 seconds and then starts automatically opening new components (bolts, washers etc.). It can result in having like 20 new windows with bolts/washers/nuts open.This has been observed by many users of NX, precisely NX2212 and I believe we can replicate it.Can you advise how to prevent this from happening, please?Thank you.DH

I am using windchill 12.1. I needed to add a "-" revision to my versioning scheme. I updated the versioning scheme for EPM documents using the wt.series.LoadFileBasedSeries utility. Everything seemed to load fine. I was able to update the OIR to use the new versioning scheme. I created a new CAD document. When i try to use the wt.vc.ChangeRevisionLabelUtility with the new cad document I have no problem changing the versions from A to - to 1 etc.  However when I try to do the same to an preexisting cad document I am unable to make the change and get an error saying the revision value is not valid within the series. I am guessing it is because the cad document was made prior to changing the versioning adjustment. Is there a way I can set older documents to use the new versioning scheme?

I am using Windchill PDM Essentials Release 11.2 and Datecode with CPS 11.2.0.5503 Service Unavailable on Window interface and Creo is unable to continue working with Windchill.The Windchill's server is producing large files until the drive is full. The data base is normally less than a quarter of the drive space. Java appears to be hanging then creating large files until server space is gone.Here are the errors that I faced503 Service Unavailable

As per the original post.    Hello @HelesicPetr,I have a table that I am calling directly from a jsp file:  <div id="mvcTable">  <mvc:tableContainer compId="com.ml.util.testUserTable" height="800"/></div>The table automatically brings back a list of users.  The users are selected by checkbox and then I have a custom action that allows action on the selected users from the Actions menu.  I'd like to implement an inline message that gives information once the custom action completes.  I would normally do this from the jsp file but the custom action is not accessed from there.  Any thoughts on how to accomplish this?

Dear community, I need to find out what database tables store the information about the bill of material of the products. Need to find out the top level nodes and all linked epm documents or parts.What we try to do is get the files of all products so we can Export all products from windchill.Any help is appreciated.Thanks.

Version: Windchill 12.1 Use Case: User undocks laptop while running NX and WGM for meeting, then redocks and NX/WGM is frozen and needs to be restartedDescription: NX 2206 and WGM 12.1 From the user, "Still having an issue when most times when i dock/un-dock for meetings i come back and my NX model is frozen. It allows me to switch between part windows but cant rotate or zoom or use any tools. Requires a WGM/NX reboot to fix." We just moved this group to using Windchill a few months ago, and the issue was never reported prior, so I suspect WGM may be trying to do something during the un-docked period, that is causing the lockup?  Meetings are all within the building, so the user would be going from a plugged in ethernet cable, to wifi, and back. This may, or may not be related to the random freezing, when WGM decides to do 'something', and renders NX totally non-responsive for some period (a few seconds to half an hour or more).  This sounds similar to the

Hello, For the released part numbers in Windchill, for few part number I can see PDF is generated in Thingworx Navigate but for few files only DWF is generated. I really want to see and download PDF from Thingworx Navigate. Please provide a solution. Thanks,Baala

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.1 and Datecode with CPS M020-CPS14We have two different Windchill servers of the same release (the second server is a full copy of the first one), and we use the Export/Import Utility to transfer information between them. When transferring CAD drawings that already exist in the target system, the CAD drawing is ignored (expected behavior), but the associated visualization is duplicated (not expected behavior) and set as the default representation. Thus, over time, too many visualizations associated with a drawing accumulate, and the export jar becomes too large. How can we adjust the system to ignore the visualization if the associated CAD drawing was ignored during Import?

I have reconfigured out test Windchill instance to SSO and am getting some final errors with Navigate pulling data from Windchill. Authentication uses Windchill so I was able to see the redirect to Windchill, authenticate and I am properly authenticated. Testing view documents, I was able to search on a document, see proper returns and even a document thumbnail. This should mean I am getting a proper connection back to Windchill to retrieve data.  When I get the document details, I get back a few errors and no details appear. Same is true for the other apps for CAD data and parts (BOMS do appear). The error is clearly shown in the webserver logs as a 401 password mismatch error: [Mon Sep 09 09:17:45.107851 2024] [auth_basic:error] [pid 232273:tid 140186213984000] [client 127.0.0.1:35360] AH01617: user <username>: authentication failure for "/Windchill/trustedAuth/servlet/odata/v5/DocMgmt/Documents('OR:wt.doc.WTDocument:1742513238')": Password Mismatch [Mon Sep 09 09:17:45.

Version: Windchill 12.0   Use Case: Would like to collaborate with an external supplier in China using Kingdee PLM to obtain their BOM (product structure) and import into Windchill. This will be a one-time activity for pre-production builds and a bi-weekly activity once we get to production builds. Description: Have not been able to confirm what BOM capabilities exist in Kingdee PLM with my external partner. I am not sure if it is a product issue or communication issue. In either case, I would like to have my external partner export a product structure so I can ETL it into Windchill.    Right now we are using a manually edited spread sheet process and I would rather work directly from a BOM report out of Kingdee PLM so we have a consistent data input source.