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Hi, I'm trying out MPMLink functionality and I've run into several issues, one being that some part files which were created in ProE 4.0 Wildfire and have likely not been revisited ever since we moved to Creo 7 (Windchill 11.2) disrupt the process of BOM transformation. How? They do not carry geometry with them so for one thing they do not appear in MAPSB visualization tab and you can't generate proper pvz files from the mBOM. So when I try to build those parts (in various ways) it's pretty much futile. I discovered in "Compare to CAD structure" tool that those parts carry with them the warning which states "Cannot perform Build from Part since it is not supported for the listed document(s). Check the authoring applications and versions supported for this action".I found an article CS121264 which was updated 3 years ago and gives a solution which I figured out myself earlier. I suspect a decent number of companies have run into the same issue, so I'm posting with a

One of our admins deleted one of our Change Request types last Wednesday, but we did not discover the deletion until this morning. We can restore from last week, but over 2800 various items have been created since then and the users will raise hell about have to recreate them. Is it possible to grab the meta data of the CR type from a backup or one of our test/dev systems and rebuild the type in the Oracle tables? Many thanks in advance!

I am looking at the Windchill REST Services 2.3 User’s Guide. The JSON format is OData-JSON and Windchill REST Services complies with the [OData standard](https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/errata03/os/complete/part1-protocol/odata-v4.0-errata03-os-part1-protocol-complete.html). A rough skim of the OData spec makes it sound like Windchill provides an XML schema for the entities it exposes. I don't have an installation of Windchill at the moment but would like to examine the XML schema. Can anyone please provide the schema to me? 

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.2 and Datecode with CPS 11.2.0.2Is it possible to generate Multi level BOM report through API in XML format? We tried using BOMHelper.produceBOMReport(), but its downloading as HTML. We need some help to understand if there is a way to download the report as XML?

Our Windchill CAD Worker does seem to have a habit of failing at regular intervals. Whilst it is easy to rectify the problem, it can be a major inconvenience if you do not quickly discover the failure. The delay can often result in thousands of jobs that need to be resubmitted and a knock on effect with new jobs also being delayed whilst the backlog is cleared.So for sometime I have been trying to develop a notification tool that will "push" a notification to me by email as soon as the CAD Worker fails. After limited success with custom scripts, I stumbled across a ready-made solution in Windchill that was right under my nose. So just in case any other forum members have been struggling with the same problem, here is my solution.I have discovered that you can in fact setup a Windchill subscription on an entire product context that will detect when the CAD Worker fails on a CAD document. The beauty of this is that you can easily manage the circulation list for notification, you can also

We connected thingworx and windchill. While upgrading Windchill, we not able to run thingworx server. If we need to use thingworx server when windchill server is under upgradation, how to do it ??

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.0 and Datecode with CPS 12.0.2.4From the Windchill Extension Website, it is impossible to download extensions (.wexb).The download progresses almost until the end but on the last Megaoctet, the download hangs for few minutes and the download stop with "network error".We tried on different computer with different web browser (Edge / Firefox / Opera) : Same behavior.Here are the errors that I faced"Impossible de télécharger - problème réseau""Impossible to download - network problem"

HiIs there anyone else out there, who has experienced this issue. I have had a big file created in Creo Illustrate 8.0. Our IT has updated Creo Illustrate to 9.0. The file opens up correctly, seemingly no issue to edit, however when I try to "save" it, or "save as" in whatever location, it does not work. The error message I am getting is:"The file could not be compressed. Please try saving again later or in a different location." What is the solution? Thank you.

Hi. I found an article describing my exact issue Link However I do not know how to fix it since I don't understand what "Part structure not backed by CAD data" means, could someone elaborate a little on the matter, please?  So far it seems to happen for every assembly I try to transform. Upstream/downstream visualization does not update when changes are being made to items. Some assembly components' 3d model visualization is absent in the QA session, could this be the issue? How can I push Worker to generate all the necessary thumbnails and visualizations for certain assemblies? (They're set up to generate automatically server-side, but I'm not an admin so I'm looking for a workaround) Side question:Which settings are responsible for enabling the "Remove All Equivalence Links" option for users?  Best regards,Tom

Hello, We have our Windchill instance where we have lots of groups created inline to our Business needs in 10.2 and now we are upgrading to Windchill 12. We are considering mapping license groups to this Business groups, but we have a situation where few users are present in multiple groups. Like there is a user A who is part of Group1 & Group2 both due to Business need. Now if we assign the Group 1 & Group 2 both with PTC PDMLink License will the user A account for one license or 2 licenses of PTC PDMLink? Regards,Amar 

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release N/A and Datecode with CPS N/AAccount blockedHere are the errors that I facedLogin Authorization FailedThe server could not verify that you are authorized to access this document. The credentials you provided are either invalid (for example, you entered the wrong password) or your password has expired. Alternately, your browser may be unable to provide the credentials that are required for authorization. Contact your organization’s administrator for more specific information about this error.

Hello,I want to create a new part in Windchil.But the Icon is not available in the Ribbon.Also by selecting: Actions > New I am not able to select the Part Icon.Any ideas? regards,Bert

Hello everyone,I would like to know how I can allow users to see documents that are new in other users workspaces (after it is uploaded of course)The aim for the user is to see what references are already created in order to name their new parts.Thank you!

when running the WinDU utility to check if there were any issues before goign ahead on upgrade process, I see an error in windchill shell as:C:\ptc\Windchill_11.0\Windchill\bin>windu'"C:Program FilesJavajdk1.8.0_212binjava.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file. I have tried giving the environmental variables but it does not work.

I wanted to know that which are best supported by thingworx?

Hi All, I just figured out that we can delegate tasks using Calendar... It was not enabled when our system was set up.  I have since created the ACL that gives the organization access and I had found an article that said I needed to set this property wt.calendar.calculateDefaults=falseWhich I did... no dice... anybody have an idea what I am still missing? Delegates get the email... but they aren't getting tasks.

hello, I have seen an error popped up when i was trying to authenticate the windchill DS with base DN credentials to get the DS backup for ongoing to upgrade which requires the backup of LDAP and windchill DS.the error message : An error occurred connecting to the server. Details: javax.naming.CommunicationException: simple bind failed: 0.0.0.0:4444 [Root exception is javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertificateException: No subject alternative names present]

As per this thread - same issue    BUMP I need the same information.  @lgrant wrote: Do you know what ACL is needed that allows for deleting all linked equivalence. We already have an org level group and it would be nice to just add that acl so we don't need to modify teams in all our product and libraries.   I can choose a single WTPart on the mBOM side and in "Equivalent Parts" choose it again and click "Remove equivalence", however what type of privilages is needed in order to clear all equivalence for all components at once?

Hello everyone,Is it possible to manage gathering Parts (Phantom Assembly)  with Creo Elements Direct Modeling?Are there some use case or documentation? Matteo.

Hi,I need to export Creo assembly multilevel BOM from Windchill programmatically. I checked IE task Query-Tree and REST Call PTC.CADDocumentMgmt.GetStructure. Both produce correct multilevel BOM, but the same Creo components in BOM are not merged (per level), so the same Creo components are listed multiple times and all quantities are equal to 1. On the other hand, running Query-Tree on WTPart does produce correct quantities in multilevel BOM.In both cases I run an equally structured IE task, the only difference was Type. Do I miss some parameter in IE task to produce quantity for EPM Document or is not possible at all?Any idea is very welcome.Thanks. 

HiWe have a workflow, where we download the design from windchill as pvz file. Importing it into Creo Illustrate.In Creo Illustrate, offline mode we are creating an s-BOM to define the assembly sequence, and work centers. Creo Illustrate than capable to export the created sequence (s-BOM) into xml file, OR without the CAD association, it can export it into csv files. Our question is, is it possible to upload the data into Windchill automatically (via the xml file), or only manually it is possible? Thank you.

Hi all, Is there any way to upload a .jpg or a .png from my computer as a representation to a WTPart or a CAD Document? We'd like to use a properly rendered product image as the visualization for our end items. I found some old instructions which show a "Choose Input Source" tab in New Representation window, but I don't have that tab at all. Was it removed in some update? Our Windchill version is 12.0.2.4.

I want to add a dropdown that I created to the toolbar, how can I do it?

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.0 and Datecode with CPS F000when setting an attribute constraint on Name (String length ) it applies to all the layouts except MAPSB layout for example New Downstream Part creation .

Hello, I am using creo parametric and windchill and I would like to open version C.10 (current version is C.15) and save it as newest one since I would like to "delete" previous checked in vesions. I am trying to do it with a clean workspace and then - history - version C.10 - add to workspace but I keep getting version C.15 when the file opens up... Does anybody know how to solve it?  Thank you in advance,