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We have been getting Extended Position assemblies set up so we can start publishing stuff with Assembly Level Features, I have followed this article and got something working, I made this flowchart to help myself and my fellow admins understand it, just thought it might be useful for others struggling to follow the documentation. We got it working by using a single attribute named POS_ASSY, which is set to YES for all assemblies, so they all publish as position assemblies, then set manually to "assembly_features" for Assemblies with features, we set the cadrep name to use as "default" as this will be present on all assemblies. Please let me know if you find an error in my diagram, its still a very mysterious topic.

I have figured out how to get Step files publishing as additional content, however the files give no indictaion of the original CAD version or last modified date. Is there some way I can add the EPMdoc version or last modifed date to the step file prefix of suffix?

I'd like to know this myself, i'm unable to reallocate the number of licenses for Navigate because our IT admin created several license files using all licenses available for Thingworx for our dev and test servers instead of just allocating a couple for the test team.

Hello community We are using Windchill since years for Creo. Now we integrated Inventor with WGM. Migration went all without any issue.   We have now the following problem: Large files (example 80-350mb) can be downloaded, checked out, opened in inventor, modified. When we do the save process the file is saved to the local WC file system environment correctly. Inside the workspace we only receive the small watch symbol and it says "local files are out of date with workspace"   Small CAD objects are not a problem, their behavior is like normal "Creo" objects.   Any ideas how to resolve this? Anyone has the same issue?   Thank you for the help

I want to exclude certain EPM documents from publishing based on their naming convention in a way that can also capture whether the EPM document is a .asm or .drw, does anyone know of any methods we could use to filter by name so items do not go the the publishing queue?

I have pushed attributes from a Change Activity to a Change Notice upon completion of the activity.  Now what I would like to do is push an attribute from a document approval workflow to a soft type of document.  I have defined a workflow variable called string1 as type java.lang.String and also a variable parentDocument of type wt.doc.WTDocument.  I tried to use the logic that I had but I am getting an error.  It would be great if this possible.   Here is my transition code:   com.ptc.core.lwc.server.LWCNormalizedObject obj=new com.ptc.core.lwc.server.LWCNormalizedObject(parentDocument,null,null, new com.ptc.core.meta.common.UpdateOperationIdentifier()); obj.load("string1"); obj.set("string1",internal_name_string_on_softtype); obj.apply(); wt.fc.PersistenceHelper.manager.modify(parentDocument);   The error I get when I check the syntax is:   warning: Supported source version 'RELEASE_7' from annotation processor 'com.microsoft.azure.management.

I have some questions that are specific about Windchill integration into JDE. More specifically pushing additional information into JDE, such as PTC_MATERIAL.Short history: My company has been using Windchill now for about 8 years. Our parent company is now pushing out their own Windchill implementation that is directly tied into JDE, was initially deployed with non-fabricated items in mind, and has only been used up to this point by business units that only sell to other business units. All of this has some what tied our hands, and I have no direct contacts that I can get information from on what is/isn't possible in JDE. My impression is our JDE people don't want to change, so our Windchill people are trying to work around it. Also, HQ is in France, so there is a language barrier that complicates things.Anyone with some knowledge on this, I would love to pick your brain a little. I'm not sure how many companies are using JDE and Windchill, but since both are common softwares, I'm hop

Hi All, Getting exception while deleting epm documents, please check below exception and provide code snippets if anybody knows :  - INFO : wt.system.err wcadmin - (wt.fc.fcResource/46) wt.fc.ReferentialIntegrityException: Referential integrity violations occurred for this operation:- INFO : wt.system.err wcadmin - The following items cannot be deleted because they are members of "EPMCheckpoint - wt.epm.workspaces.EPMCheckpoint:1266915". "Assembly - 0000000501.asm, A.1 (1); "- INFO : wt.system.err wcadmin - The following items cannot be deleted because they are members of "EPMAs Stored Config - ". "Assembly - 0000000501.asm, A.1 (1); "   Thanks.  

We have an requirement to add Viewables for Documents attachments. And add the list view for the Search page. Has anyone tried to modify the OOTB mashup? They used to be editable now they are read only. I tried editing the extension properties however no luck so far.   thanks, Preeti

Our own GM, Kevin O’Brien, will be one of the sponsored speakers for this upcoming virtual Product Innovation (PI) Digital Transformation (Dx) event, which spans such themes as Digital Product Design and Development, PLM, Digital Manufacturing, Data Integration, and more.     To learn more about PI DX and to review their agenda,  visit https://events.pi.tv/2020/dx/agenda

We are happy to announce two new blogs on ptc.com – Check them out!     Our first blog,  Coordinate Change Management for Faster Time to Industrialization, focuses on ERP and PLM orchestration and how to enable automatic product data transfer.   In our blog, Concurrent Manufacturing: Break Down Data Silos to Deliver More Value, we highlight how to break down data siloes by building a complete digital thread and the value collaboration between engineering and manufacturing brings.   Feel free to share the links with your colleagues. 

Hello I am really struggling with creating a report that has a result like (or similar) to this query. SELECT A0.Typ ,A0.namecontainerInfo ,pv.VALUE as Dokumenttyp ,COUNT(distinct d.IDA3MASTERREFERENCE) as Anzahl_Dokumente FROM (SELECT A0.idA2A2,A0.namecontainerInfo, 'Bibliothek' as Typ FROM WTLibrary A0 UNION ALL SELECT A0.idA2A2,A0.namecontainerInfo, 'Produkt' as Typ FROM PDMLinkProduct A0) A0,WTDocument d , WTTypeDefinition wttd,LWCTypeDefinition td ,LWCLocalizablePropertyValue pvWHERE d.idA3containerReference = A0.idA2A2 and wttd.idA2A2 = d.IDA2TYPEDEFINITIONREFERENCE and td.name = wttd.logicalIdentifier and pv.idA3B4 = td.idA2A2 group by A0.typ ,A0.namecontainerInfo, pv.VALUE order by a0.typ desc, a0.namecontainerInfo, pv.VALUE ; It lists 4 colums Type of context (Product/Library) , Name of context, Documenttype  (Subtype), and count of WTDocmaster in this context Can anyone guide me or upload an export. The issue are the relations to wttypdefinition etc.PS: give your vote f

Our server had a unexpected shutdown and now the Method Server refuses to start. Error log from Method Server: 2020-10-20 18:02:11,284 ERROR [main] wt.method.server.startup.services - Failed to create: wt.services.service.2180=com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.generic.server.GenericService/com.ptc.wpcfg.generic.WpcfgGenericService(wt.services.servicesResource/17) wt.util.WTException: Unable to find manager class from entry: "wt.services.service.2180=com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.generic.server.GenericService/com.ptc.wpcfg.generic.WpcfgGenericService"Nested exception is: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.generic.server.GenericServiceat java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349)at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264)at wt.services.M

Is there a way to prevent attachments from being duplicated when performing a Save As action on a CAD Document in Windchill?    When publishing secondary content such as PDF or STEP as an attachment to the CAD Document, the Save As process moves the source object's attachments forward to the new object. This results in old attachment(s) with the old name(s). When the CAD drawing or CAD model is checked in again, it will have multiple attachments; the old one(s) and the new one(s).   Maybe there is a more elegant way of removing the old attachment when publishing the new PDF or STEP attachment? In some cases, the CAD document also contains other attachments, so removing all attachments while creating the new attachment would not be the best solution.    There is an existing idea for this functionality if you'd like to vote it up. https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill-Ideas/Prevent-Remove-attachments-from-copying-over-in-Save-As/idi-p/574120 

What's the use of the primary object icon which indicates that the selected object is the focus of the baseline. What purpose does it serve? 

I'm looking into putting attributes on a document that I am working on putting into Windchill but have seem to come across a limitation.  I have footers and headers and the headers are different from page 1 to page 2.  In the header sections I want to put Name, Number and Version attributes.  However, it seems that each attribute can only be used once on the document though I have added it in both places.  I change the template to reflect this and it does not act as expected.  Is there something I am missing?  Is this functionality?  How do I get the same attribute in two places?  I'm on Windchill 11.2.1.4. Thanks, Brian

Hi,   I want to load all the Reference Documents of a WT Part by passing its Part number/containeroid/oid.   1) Does Navigate has the feature already in OOTB apps? Which app? 2) For customization, where I have to start from?   Regards, Janakiraman P

Hi,I am trying to customize the columns in the Uses tab under the Structure part info tab.The Uses tab renders a Table component with a column Reference Designator with cells that are editable. I want to change the cells in such a way they are not a text box that is editable, but a Link that opens a WTDocument in Windchill.Please help me how to do this.Thank you in advance.

We have users like "purchasing agents" who only log into Windchill to grab a .pdf of a drawing to send to a supplier. They don't create objects, or kick off any workflows and yet we are required to pay $300 a year for a license for them. This seems rather pathetic and greedy for PTC. There should be an out of the box Profile like "guest" that is read only that admins can assign users to that doesn't require a license.

Hello all, I am quite new to Windchill Administration and now and I am faced with a big task. For my client, I have to update Intralink 11.1 to Windchill PDMLink 11.1. I found a quick guide here but it is not clear to me. What are the steps of this update? I know I have to make all backups like for a regular system upgrade and then I should run PSI and select Update Existing Installation.  If someone has the experience and can help me with this update it will be a huge help. Thanks in advance. 

Hi,   We have migration project ongoing from Windchill to Windchill using WBM. During full load migration, we observed that some CAD documents are already available in target system. We have renamed the data in staging database and continued with loading. Data loading was done successfully into Windchill. But when opening assemblies containing the renamed CAD documents, it is throwing errors and references to old name of cad documents are being searched.   Please guide, how to handle these kind of issues when dealing with renaming the duplicate objects   Regards Srikanth

Description of the customer :     The Customer is implementing the "As-Built / As-Maintained" product configuration. they are able to create part configurations, part instances. incorporate them in next higher level part instance levels and release the part instance structure. The initial As-built configuration can be built.During the lifecycle of a part instance (serial number) the part can get a mid life update or configuration modification. The part instance identification (e.g. serial number) has to stay the same but the product configuration is changed. As a consequence the part number (base part) of that part instance is changed. Based on the information the customer has, they are not able to update/change the base part.The Question is how to support this use case and change the base part of a part instance? Goal is to be able to track a specific part instance throughout it's entire service lifecycle?   Any information or documentation is more than welcome.

We have the case where a teamleader logs on to Windchill in one engineering pc and then goes to the workshop and logs on (using the same account) another time on a production pc. As we are making the move to Windchill 11.2 I wonder if this is still possible ? 

Only Conduct Online CRB Review task is showing in My Tasks App.  What are the steps to show the Change Request and Change Notice Tasks in My Tasks App.

Hello.  As the subject states, we have recently split up our company into two different entities and now I have the need to store certain things under a new organization. Is this something that is possible to do in Windchill 11.0?     Thanks