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PTC has decided that the WGM for Modeling does not support the .sd format. This decision has a huge impact on the transition of Model Manager customers to Windchill, unfortunately in a bad way.If the WGM supported the .sd format, special Modeling features would work again on the top-level assemblies. Likewise, the product view data would gain accuracy.But what would be the most important consequence:The duration of data migration from Model Manager to Windchill would be reduced from days to a few hours, and for large amounts of data from weeks to 1 - 2 days. This would enable many customers to move to Windchill.

We've upgraded our Windcill 11.1 server to 12.0.2.2, after upgrading we notice that the Change tab which was present in the object information page is missing and we try to create a new one but in the customize option itself it is not available.    I've attached the screenshot FYR...

has anyone else seen this, the weird part is doesn't always remove the objects, its kind of a hit or miss thing but lately its becoming way more consistent. i have the preference set to keep checkout after check-in, and when i'm done with it i just do a mass undo checkout either from the workspace or from the workspace menu where it shows all my workspaces and at the bottom it shows everything i have checked out, but then when i go back in there i'll have objects missing from the workspace, sometimes just the drawings are missing and the assemblies are still in there and other times the drawings and assembly are gone. unfortunately i haven't noticed any patterns of when it does and/or doesn't do it. thank guys/gals

Can anyone provide an example for how the Assembly Mode attribute can be set as mandatory/optional and how to decide where the attributes are displayed in PDM Essentials?Below is what I see in the Types and Attributes Utility that imply I should see the Assembly Mode as an attribute on a part or assembly but I do not see it.  

I have 1000+ objects I want to change for all these objects the value of an attribute.When I use the function "Edit multiple parts" it simply zooms on selected objects but I am obliged to change every object's attribute value.Is there a standard way to change many objects an attribute with a common value ?

As per this thread - @d_graham  I'm interested in the details! This becomes very helpful with the logging changes in Windchill 12 and how that impacts running workflows. I thought I'd check here before I went off and tried it myself.   Jamie

How linked MfgProcess and ReferenceDocument? I can't find this relation

Hi, Being somewhat confused after testing new SolidWorks version and Windchill,How do you deal with upgrading a 3rd party CAD like SolidWorks used with Windchill 11.1 M020. Is the only option to open the 3D-models via WGM in SW and let that manage upgrading to new version when saving, but then end up with a must to iterate the EPMDocument because of the modification of the content file?What a nightmare of pointless revisions   😲

When upgrading the MS SQL Server from 2014 to 2017, is it possible to backup the existing SQL server and then restore the backup to the new SQL server, which is on a new VM. Does PTC provide any guidance, I couldn't find it.Apart from upgrade-in-place, are there other methods to update the database.Our Database Administrator doesn't see any reason it wouldn't work, but we wondered what method other people used.

Hi,When our user saves a Solidworks drawing locally and has the  PTC Windchill tab "Save Viewable's" button enabled and then checks in the drawing to windchill common-space. A pdf is automatically generated and associated to the Solidworks drawing file in Commons-space under the details page. Where can we go to change the viewable type that's being generated locally by Solidworks from .pdf to .plt so Windchill markups may be created after the drawing has been Check into Windchill Common-space? edit: I forgot to mention when I posted this earlier that no CAD Worker used to create the Solidworks Viewable. Solidworks creates these and they are uploaded to the Server during Check in. Thanks,Don A

I found this video to show how easy it is to use the reusable components, but the one thing that was missing from this video is how you setup the connections.  Does anyone have these sample files they can share. https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS332905 @Pratibha 

Hello. This is Young-Chul Kim, an engineer at Hanwha Systems’ IPS Team.I wanted to contact you about technical inquiries regarding Windchill Quality Solution. The problems we encountered when using WQS RBD are as follows:The MTBF value rises when components following exponential distribution are added in a series configuration.The MTBF value changes according to the RBD order. In the analysis setting, “upon system failure” was selected for the Begin repair category, while restoration and logistic times were set as 4 and 72 hours, respectively When “Immediately” was set for the Begin repair category, MTBF value decreased when components following exponential distribution were added in a series configuration, and we confirmed that the RBD order and the MTBF value were irrelevant to each other. So, I would like to know how WQS calculates the MTBF value when the Begin repair setting is configured as at “upon system failure” and when it is configured as “immediately” is

Window for "Type and Attribute Management" is showing up as a blank page in Edge, Internet Explorer, and Chrome. This happens for all users including site administers. The CM manager is a Site Administrator, Type Administrator, Attribute Administrator, Organization Administrator, and a member of the Library Creator group for that organization. Nonetheless a blank page shows up instead of any type of window, warning, menu, or anything else. Just to establish some background, this part of Windchill and its functionality has not been used before in this company, so there is no known good setup to use as a reference.The end goal is to produce a rudimentary BOM, drawing list, or something automatically in support of program operations. Apparently GOLD support status means this PTC community is the only support we get for renewing our Creo/Windchill package just a few months ago. Anything that might help identify the problem would be great.

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.0 and Datecode with CPS M030-CPS16   The number of parts viewed by the classification browser is less than the actual number of classified parts. The number of classified browsers is 251, and the actual number of classified parts is more than 3,000.   Translated with Google TranslateTranslated by Hedy Jin, Feb 25th, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.0 and Datecode with CPS M030-CPS16分类浏览器查看部件数量小于实际分类部件数量，分类浏览器数量为251，实际该分类部件数量为3千多

Hi,Is there a setting in the config.pro or elsewhere where the WVS Job Monitor will pop-open automatically when models and/or drawings are checked-in?We have many engineers, as other large companies, and I find that jobs fail frequently during the check-in process.As of 9:50 a.m. EST, I am at 6 failures of models or drawings to check-in, of a small assembly.I want to see the progress before I think the check-in process was successfuThis is my first job where I have to interact with Windchill all the time.

Hello. This is Young-Chul Kim, an engineer at Hanwha Systems’ IPS Team.I wanted to contact you about technical inquiries regarding Windchill Quality Solution. The problems we encountered when using WQS RBD are as follows:The MTBF value rises when components following exponential distribution are added in a series configuration.The MTBF value changes according to the RBD order. In the analysis setting, “upon system failure” was selected for the Begin repair category, while restoration and logistic times were set as 4 and 72 hours, respectively When “Immediately” was set for the Begin repair category, MTBF value decreased when components following exponential distribution were added in a series configuration, and we confirmed that the RBD order and the MTBF value were irrelevant to each other. So, I would like to know how WQS calculates the MTBF value when the Begin repair setting is configured as at “upon system failure” and when it is configured as “immediately” is

Actually "Type" implies Template name. Do we have any option to change it ?Thanks!Senthilnathan.S

Im installing the windchill 12 but im facing a error as "Failed to validate the Oracle Home User Password with the username found in the registry."

Hello Readers ,I am working with windchill 11.1 version.I have to start from change notice then add task then add affected and resulting items . Once i click submit button , i should be able to fetch affected and resulting items .Since the objects haven't been created yet , they are still in memory , so how to fetch them in method server for doing further customization . I am trying this by overriding CreateChangeTaskFormProcessor , still not able to get resulting items .  public class CustomChangeNoticeFormProcessor extends CreateChangeTaskFormProcessor {@Overridepublic FormResult doOperation(NmCommandBean var1, List<ObjectBean> var2) throws WTException { List<NmOid> addedItems = var1.getAddedItemsByName("changeTask_resultingItems_table");System.out.println("added Items : " + addedItems );//List<NmOid> addedItems1 = nmcommandbean.getAddedItemsByName("changeTask_affectedItems_table");Iterator<NmOid> iterator = addedItems.iterator();while

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.0 and Datecode with CPS 12.0.1.3When searching for Org Principals using CAGE code as criteria, search errors because it is returning to many results.It does not matter what CAGE code value you put in, it always returns too many.Here are the errors that I facedToo many results returnedIt looks to me like the QueryPrincipalsServerHelper.class is expecting to see organizationIdentifier in the paramString but what is there is actually ptcUniqueOrganizationIdentifier, so the sql query has incorrect where clause.

Hi,I have attribute with three values. Its mandatory for user to select all the values.Selection of multiple attribute values is achieved with unchecking the Single Selection option.Is there a way to make sure WTPart doesn't gets created user has selected all the attribute values. Regards,Durga

Hi, I'd like to create a ChangeRequest Through Odata Rest API? PTC Change Management Domain operations support only Get operations in windchill 12 and 11?

Hello,we are interested to get an example to display data of specific Checkpoint with CLI-Command "si viewrevision" in PTC Windchill RV&S 12.4. We tried with basic code as follows:si viewrevision --hostname=server --port=number --user=name --yes --project=/<ProjectPath>/project.pj --projectRevision=rev member ... Unfortunately there was no success.Maybe the reason is wrong syntax of the member. Hence we need to know the correct syntax for the "member..." at the end of the command line.Additional we need to know whether "--devpath" is needed to add or not.In our application we have no development paths.  Would be greate to get an example of the complete command line. Best RegardsStephan K.

Hi everyone, I was wondering what method you use to attach parts to Change notice? In my experience it is often hard to see what parts have been removed from BOMs and which have been added. Use case: Replace one part (A) with another part (B) on multiple BOMs.- For A, that is removed from e.g 50 % of the BOMs it occurred on, my organisation does not attach A to the change, thus if you are on the page for A you can not see that it has been involved in a change and that you should consider changing trade agreement, sales price etc. The same applies to the part B. The screen shots shows how a Change Notice in my organisation is setup.It is only the BOMs that are linked to the change..  How does your organisation use the Affected and resulting objects to attach files? - What is the pros and con of your methods?

 I'm using WC 11.0 recently I have observed that global search for Latest item is not working. While I search for old items it is working perfectly.Is there any suggest or solution for such incident.