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Hi,   Just checking to see if anyone else has experienced this before.   I have mapped custom parameters in Creo to Windchill EPMDocuments and Part in the Type and Attribute manager.   Now, when I check in an assembly from Creo the corresponding attributes get created/updated on the CAD Document as well as the WTPart in Windchill.   However, when I check in a single part the corresponding attributes in Windchill only get created/updated on the CAD Document but all of the attribute values on the WTPart is blank.   In all previous experiences the mapping has always worked on both assemblies as well as single parts.   Anyone perhaps an idea of what I am doing wrong?   Appreciate the assistance.

As a Windchill customer, when you are looking to update your S1000D solution, or implement one for the first time, do you extend your existing Windchill PLM capabilities to support S1000D or not?   Discover the Pros and Cons HERE   

I tried to export and import extensions from thingworx UI but on the target, I am unable to see the extensions in the extensions list. I have attached the procedure document that I followed to perform this activity. Can somebody look into it, if possible please share the article on how to export and import the extensions?

Hi,   I am looking for advice/direction on best practices when it comes to creating API Mappings and Services for custom mashups.  For example, is it best to create these on the ptc-windchill-OData- connector or somewhere else.  If created on ptc-windchill-OData-connector, what are the best practices in regards to import/export especially when moving from one version to another (e.g., 8.5.3 to 9.0)?   Any advice/guidance would be appreciated.   Thanks,   Roy

We want to retrieve a multilevel BOM structure report using query builder. Please help in creating a qml to get multilevel BOM strructure

Hello,   I have installed Thingworx 9.0 instance and running an application. I have installed it manually without using installer. Based on requirements, I have to install Thingworx Navigate 9.0. when I'm trying to install navigate it's again asking me to install Thingworx foundation using installer. Is there a way to install Navigate without removing existing instance. The server is having only one drive so i can't use two instances also.   Any suggestions on this?>   -thanks, Abhiram

I'm able to create EPMDocuments through the API and through the EnterpriseHelper via a save-as but does anyone know the workflow to use when creating one from a Template stored in Windchill?   The API documentation looks like we need to do the following: 1. Call EnterpriseHelper.service.saveCopy(RevisionControlled original) 2. Edit any attribute values on the object that we want to change 3. Call EnterpriseHelper.service.saveFromTemplateObject(RevisionControlled original, RevisionControlled copy)   This workflow works and successfully creates an EPMDocument but it doesn't carry forward any of the data from the template.  All meta data fields are cleared and the content is not copied (but this is ok because we don't care about the content as we'll be uploading new content any way)   I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong or my understanding of the Java Doc is wrong but I can't find any other resources on how to do this. I've been able to use the above workflow and be

Hi,   Please suggest PTC Navigate Tutorial and Learning Guide for Development Navigate Apps.   1. Getting Started Guide suggest if any. 2. Tutorials and Learning Documentation. 3. Cross platform Integration Guides (FlexPLM, Thingworx Foundation, Edge Devices, Windchill) if any. 4. Use cases on app development and application (Hands-on Tutorial) if any.   Please let me know useful links/resources for PTC Navigate.   Regards, Mayank  

Hi All,I am getting this information in event manager while uploading my top level assembly into windchill. "Upload FailureConnection failure in upload operation"But I am able to checkin the other parts and sub assemblies. Thanks,Mohammed Thajudeen. S

I want to automate a report so that when it is run by the user, it will automatically calculate the date to use.  Think of Change Notices and the need for a report to generate the results of Resolved CNs based off of the system date minus 30 days or even quarterly.  This should be something that one should be able to do in the criteria section.  If it can be done I haven't found it yet.  The ultimate goal is to be able to set up a data monitor for management that runs on different times to give them different results automatically.  Does anyone know how to do this or if it can be done?

I am trying to give 2 users at a remote site read-only rights to the data in Windchill. Is there a trick to this? I have them in a group that should only have RO access to all cad files and documents. They are in the context team Viewer and the ACL for Viewer participants shows Read, Download for their rights. When I tested by logging in as one of them, Windchill allowed me to create a new object in a folder. Any overriding ACLs that I need to look at?   Windchill 11.0 m030 CPS16

Has anyone created reports for analyzing data growth: Per container - object counts by type - master, revision, iterations Data Volume - file size (totals, not per file) Growth over time (per month or quarter) Ultimately we'll probably put this into a ThingWorx dashboard so we're also interested in any compelling visual representation of the information above.    Thanks for any suggestions or examples Jeff

IntroductionA document ment to contain best practices on the configuration of access policies.  Since this is subject to personal appreciation, professional contexts, etc, it is highly likely that this document will contain contradicting opinions.  At least, when other authors add their concepts as well.Concepts AThese concepts are based on my experience in Windchill 9.1 (Michel Van de Wiele), and input gathered from the PTC/User mailing list.An important requirement is that the day-by-day users have to understand why they can or can't do or see things, and maybe even more important, that the management has an understanding of it.  So, the general concept should be straight forward and generic among containers.The general idea is that objects are always to be considered as confidential, and that actions have to be allowed explicitly.Domain selectionTry to configure as much as possible in the PDM domain.  This will not jeopardize your projects in ProjectLink, and is

With the release of Eclipse Theia, I see an opportunity.   Windchill system administration seems to be done by Engineers more often than IT Professionals or Developers. I am a Developer and an IT Professional (professional background in network administration, system administration, etc... educational background in software development) and have been working my colleagues to establish a configuration-as-code devops practice and pipeline for Windchill.   One of the initial hurdles is the environment setup (install an ide, like vs code, clone the repo, do work...).  When I saw Eclipse Theia was in development a couple years back, I was excited.  I was thinking this could be part of PTC's dev environment setup.My question to you all, has anyone actually set up Eclipse Theia on a Windchill install.  Or in an Apache environment in general?

Windchill PDM Essentials 10.2   Plus possible de remonter une modification/création d'un espace de travail local vers le serveur windchill   Voici le message d'erreur : Echec du chargement : test_integration.prt. Consultez la console Gestion d'événements pour plus de détails.Le site principal local ne comprend pas de coffre-fort désigné pour la mise en mémoire cache ni de dossier actif réservé à cet effet.    

Hi all,   Here is the recording of the expert session hosted in August 25th. For full-sized viewing, click on the YouTube link in the player controls.  

Hi All, Current we are planning to define ACLs across the organization and for which we need to write a proposal document for the following: product container and library setup (what product containers +libraries should we have when do we decide to have a new product container or library should we ever hide/remove product containers how do we manage secret projects with containers Basically looking at best practice/examples for inspiration with a rough explanation of cost vs benefit of splitting out into lots of product containers Anyone out there who has already established such a setup in their organization and would like to share their experience and possibly a rough guideline on why and how it was established.   Awaiting eagerly to hear back from the community:) Regards, PRKAC 

Hello,   I have installed Thingworx 9.0 instance and running an application. I have installed it manually without using installer. Based on requirements, I have to install Thingworx Navigate 9.0. when I'm trying to install navigate it's again asking me to install Thingworx foundation using installer. Is there a way to install Navigate without removing existing instance. The server is having only one drive so i can't use two instances also.   Any suggestions on this?   -thanks, Abhiram

Hello,   I am to upgrade customization code for Windchill 12.0 from Windchill 11.0. I have my source code and all Windchill 12.0 jars, but since many APIs have become deprecated and removed from 12.0, please let me know how to start.    Thanks in advance.   Regards, Sha

I'm writing this entry to share my experiences with remote master vaults and publishing. My company migrated data into a single instance of Windchill from several different Intralink systems from design centers all around the world. One of the remote design centers was large and would be sending a lot of data over the WAN to our existing single Windchill master vault. We planned to install a file (replication) server at the remote location, but we also investigated adding a second master vault to the system at this remote site. In the end, we went with a second master vault since most of that content would only be used by the design center where the remote server and vault were. We also had the IT infrastructure there to manage the server and vault.   Benefits to remote master vault: 1. When we migrated their data initially from Intralink, we didn't have to move it to the master around the world, either over the WAN or by shipping a storage device. Throughout the migration process

For Schematic we are using Mentor/Siemens DxDesigner and for Layout Xpedition. We use also the Variant Manager within Mentor. With this we can set parts to no-load or change them in different assemblies. As these informations are not available in the edif export, they are not visible in Creo View. Therefore the request to change this and work together with Mentor for a better database.

I have been unsuccessful in finding documentation for the file types that the Publishers in WC can READ and publish FROM.  Can anyone direct me to a list of file types?   For example, I'm looking to expand on the following list: All Creo Files (.asm, .prt, .drw, etc) MS Office files (.docx, .xlsx, etc) SolidWorks files (I think...)   The second part of this question is what file types can CreoView read (I found some here but doesn't seem comprehensive): .jpg, .ol, .plt, .pva, .pvm, .pvp, .pvs, .pvt, .pvz,  .png (not stated in above documentation but works through testing) My biggest interest is in finding a file type to show a graph based on real data.

Hi everybody, I have already added the new type in wt.epm.EPMAuthoringAppTypeRB by the enumCustomize.bat. But I can't find the type in "New CAD Document" process. What should i do?

one of my user has issue while Adding objects to workspace, the workspace object collector window keeps loading for ever. tried clearing browser cache and restarting the browser and trying in new workspaces. No luck yet. Appreciate any leads on this issue. Using WC11 M30 Creo 6.0  

We are trying to implement eMDR along with CEM in Windchill. However, since we installed QMS Surveillance and Corrective Action (General) initially instead of QMS Surveillance and Corrective Action (Med Device), we did not the eMDR types & its data model loaded in the system. When we now try to install Med Device, it still doesn't load the data model that we need though the installation seems to be successful.  It is understood that we need to get rid of the  QMS Surveillance and Corrective Action (General)  module to get the eMDR types in. Does anyone have an idea of we can fix this? Any pointers would be of great help.