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Hello everyone, new company new challenges.   I am "very" familiar with the concept and the tools from PTC to implement product configurators be it at WTpart level, CAD or when both interact (Bottom Up and Top Down approach) and the use of AnyBOM when using Windchill and Creo. I am a lot less when it is about Revit instead of Creo. I know there is a workgroup CAD Manager for Revit but as far I am concerned it is more to allow Check in Out and does not allow the same level of integration than the Workgroup CAD Manager for Creo.    I am wondering if anyone as used AnyBOM with Revit as at the moment I struggle to see how we will be able to configure wtpart and get the 3D models automatically generated as I have done with Creo.   Thanks

Hi,   I am trying to install Navigate 8.5.3 on my Microsoft Server 2016 Standard (64 Bit). Which require PostgreSQL 9.6 or 10.8 Version. But I am not able to find PostgreSQL 10.8 version on the PostgreSQL official site (https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads).   Can anyone please provide me the link/solution to get PostgreSQL 10.8 installer?   ** Note: PostgreSQL 9.6 version have some open issues because of which our organisation security team has Grey Listed in our system. So I can't use it currently. **   Thanks & Regards,Shashank

Anyone have any experience with Instance Accelerator files and how they work with PDMLink?David HaighPhone: 925-424-3931Fax: 925-423-7496Lawrence Livermore National Lab7000 East Ave, L-362Livermore, CA 94550

Hello,   I am trying to understand the difference between "Described By" and "Reference Documents".   I referred to the below article which is clear but when I try to revise the document, the associate part is also getting revised both in case of describe by as well as in reference documents.   https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill/Describes-doctype-vs-Reference-doctype/m-p/319970#M37503   Please provide the reason why the part is also getting revised.Is there any preference configuration that I should be aware of ?   Thanks and Regards, Hari Shankar  

Hello all,   I am currently working on the following request:   Using plans in Windchill (Project or Product) it is possible to allocate ressources with a configurable capacity on every task. If I am allocate the ressource multiple times in multiple planes, there could be a situation where the user is overbooked in a certain timeframe (plan activity 1 40% + plan activity 2 40% + plan activity 3 30% = 110%).   Is there a way to report this? Or even better - is it possible to avoid overbooking directly while creating a new task in a given time frame? I used a WT report, which shows me the allocation over time and the capacity report given in the gantt-explorer, but still missing any kind of summation.   Regards Steffen

Hello,   Is it possible to modify part usage attribute (Quantity) without creating a new iteration of the parent or doing a check-out/check-in?   I have the following code to modify "findNumber" which is also a usage attribute. Please provide your suggestions.   QueryResult qr = WTPartHelper.service.getUsesWTPartMasters(parentPart); while (qr.hasMoreElements()) {WTPartUsageLink ul = (WTPartUsageLink) qr.nextElement();WTPartUsageLink usageLink;PersistableAdapter obj = new PersistableAdapter(ul, null, null, new UpdateOperationIdentifier());obj.load(attName);//attName="findNumber"obj.set(attName,attValue);usageLink = (WTPartUsageLink)obj.apply(); IBAValueDBService ibaserv = new IBAValueDBService();ibaserv.updateAttributeContainer(usageLink,((DefaultAttributeContainer)usageLink.getAttributeContainer()).getConstraintParameter(),null,null);PersistenceServerHelper.manager.update((Persistable)usageLink); }   Regards, Hari R  

Hi, After imported my CA Root using keytool -import -alias MyRootCA -keystore "E:\PTC\Windchill_11.1\Java\jre\lib\security\cacerts" -file "C:\certs\MyRoot CA.cer" I changed the provider URL to ldaps:// in the info engine executed ant -f webAppConfig.xml regenAllWebApps After restarting the Server service it wont start again. error: javax.naming.CommunicationException: <Server>:636 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect] Now I can't login into info engine to reverse the changes. Is there anyway to change the provider URL manually? Thanks

Hello,What options are available for publishing to PDF in the Publish Rules XML file?I want the JPG images to be displayed in the PDF generated by the worker.Thank you.

Hi frendz, i am using Creo 2.0 and Windchill 11.0 In Windchill, the thumbnail(Creo view) does't appears for some files but other files showing fine. So, do need to specially designate anything while uploading into Windchill to show the thumbnail? Guys could you help me to solve this issue?   Thangs and Regards!! Vignesh😐

My company has recently had a bunch of Family Table instances disappear in pdmlink.  It seems to happen when someone opens an assembly with the older version of the part, and when prompted on the conflict window selects check out when they try to check in.  Has anybody else had a similar problem, or have any ideas on how to prevent it?

Hmmm... no answers, let's try refrasing the question  😄   Is it possible to link the drawing from the upstream wtpart in Engineering View where the drawing is linked with calculated association to a downstream wtpart in Manufacturing View?   -----------------------   Hi, I've just started playing with installing MPMLink (11.0 M030 CPS16) to see if we could use it for MBOM, but I'm stuck with something probably very basic. The idea is to build MBOM from EBOM, in MAPSB "New Downstream Part" is ok, that could be used, but what is needed to maintain the link to the upstream wtpart related EPMDoc drawing, which are associated with calculated links? What we want is to be able to fetch the engineering drawings through the MBOM structure, but is it doable?   In Installation and Configuration Guide there's a section "To convert buildrule links to Inherited links..."  What is an "inherited link"? How does it behave compared to other association types docu

Since I didn't go to 11.1, I cannot say for sure, but I'm thinking this is new to 11.2.  There is a massive change to the way that a Change Requests (CR) get closed when a Change Notice (CN) closes that it references.  For the old code no longer a closes CRs when a CN finalizes.  So far I have found that the code in the Synch Robot has changed quite a bit.  Also there is a new variable in the CR workflow called handlesClosure.  It isn't used in the code.  Does anyone know what all was added to the OOTB CR workflow and or CN workflow that I need to add to my custom CR and CN workflow?  I do have a call open, but haven't heard from anyone in 4 days.

Hello, What is the Correct way to map an Attribute from the WT-Part to an ALIAS Attribute on the Uses Occurence Attributes? I haven't found a working mapping yet. Thank you in advance!

I'm new to Windchill, just having it installed. I'm already an Admin for Solidworks PDM (5 years), now a newly ordained Admin for Winchill - since the prior Admin has left the company. Awesome. 😉   Many questions: 1) Can Windchill maintain all file types like JPG, MS Office docs, DWG, etc? I'm assuming yes as these type of files have no relations between them. Is anything extra needed for the maintaining of these file types? 2) Are there "plugins" available to allow maintaining of native Solidworks parts & assemblies? 3) Does Windchill have a workflow module? Is that extra or built in? 4) What resources would you recommend? I'm guessing I can locate a local VAR and inquire about local admin training. Just also asking what other resources you would recommend? 5) Is there an annual users group conference type thing?   Thank you in advance.

Hi all  I am trying out  Example1DesignFilesAccessAppConfigThing in TWX Navigate 8.5.3. I was in Composer at  https://domain.com/Thingworx/Composer/index.html#/modeler/details/Mashup~DesignFilesAccessAppMashup/attributes , and clicked 'View Mashup'.  It is trying to load  https://domain.com/Thingworx/Runtime/jquery.qtip.min.map .  In Chrome Inspect Sources tab, it is clear that there is no jquery.qtip under /Thingworx/Runtime . Can I fix this by loading an extension?   To see this mashup rendered right, is it correct to use the URL https://domain.com/Thingworx/Runtime/index.html?mashup=CommonSearchAccessAppMashup&configEntity=Example1DesignFilesAccessAppConfigThing&appMashupname=DesignFilesAccessAppMashup#master=PTC.AccessApp.Master&mashup=CommonSearchAccessAppMashup&configEntity=Example1DesignFilesAccessAppConfigThing&appMashupname=DesignFilesAccessAppMashup thanks Rick  

Short presentation on the new 10.2 M010 capability for supporting Find and Line number with Creo and Inventor

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Help me figure out the server configuration for Creo and Windchill. There is a server, or rather a powerful workstation that acts as a server for the design Department -7700K Core i7 (4.2 Ghz), -64GB of RAM, - Raid 1 hard drive-500GB ssd (for Windows server Essentials), -2TB hard drive for Creo and Windchill, -2Tb hard disk for file cleaning The server is used as AD and DNS plus Creo and windchill are running on it So, due to the huge database of Creo and Windchill, and especially the presence of many small files (and they are a VERY big problem when copying), backing up PTC products (Creo and Windchill) takes a long time, i.e. they can no longer be copied overnight. In addition, to copy, you need to turn off all services that are running for PTC(Creo and Windchill), and this sometimes causes a lot of problems due to the fact that the same Windchill receives a lot of tasks for publishing, visualization during the day, and in the background it must per

Hello, For example: If someone at the company gets ill, all Tasks he/she recieves won't be processed. If he has got a deputy, those tasks would be processed, even though he's not in the company. So is there a possibility to set a deputy for a specific user, who can approve the tasks? Thanks in Advance! Best Regards, hautschi

Greetings,   We have a situation where we sent files to a vendor and they have changed the CREO assembly and sub-parts. However, we don't know what they changed. We want to put back into Windchill. They sent us a backup folder with files. I imagine we can use the import feature to do this? Does anyone have a documented way of handling this as easily as possible?   Release: 11.0 M030-CPS14   Wayne

Need help converting the blow sql into QuerySpec   SELECT *FROM DISCRETEACTIONITEM DAIJOIN ITERATEDACTIONITEMSUBJECTLINK ISL ON DAI.IDA2A2 = ISL.IDA3A5JOIN CONTROLBRANCH CB ON ISL.BRANCHIDA3B5 = CB.IDA2A2JOIN WTPARTMASTER PM ON CB.IDA3B5 = PM.IDA2A2;

In order to query the latest WTpart 'version', etc A,B.C...etc. querySpec： QuerySpec qs1 = new QuerySpec(); qs1.setAdvancedQueryEnabled(true); int classIndex = qs1.appendClassList( wt.part.WTPart.class, false ); SQLFunction fun=new SQLFunction(SQLFunction.MAXIMUM,new ClassAttribute( wt.part.WTPart.class , "versionInfo.identifier.versionId" ) ); qs1.appendSelect(fun, new int[] { classIndex }, false); qs1.appendWhere(new SearchCondition( wt.part.WTPartMaster.class , "number" , "=" , "test_number" ),WTPartMasterIndex ); The query result always throw exception"A statement with aggregate function can not be used with access control."I try to change SQLFunction MAXIMUM to "LENGTH", and It is work. What's the hell? What can I do resovle the query requirement?

1.  I have a custom scheduled job created but it always runs in context 'site' and always returns null.  I understand this is by design. 2.  When I try to schedule my custom job in my org, my custom job name does not display in the job listbox to choose.  The custom job name only displays when I am in the job administrator scheduler for 'site'. 3.  I am struggling how to get my custom job name to display in the job administrator scheduler for my 'org' and have not been able to verify if my custom job java code is correct.   See the code below.   Any hints or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Mike     package ext.customers.provisur.customJobs;import java.io.FileNotFoundException;import java.io.FileOutputStream;import java.io.PrintWriter;import java.util.Date;import java.util.Iterator;import java.util.Locale;import java.util.logging.FileHandler; import org.apache.log4j.Level;import org.apache.log4j.Logger; import wt.doc.WTDocument;impo

We need certain tasks/notifications to happen AFTER the state of the objects change: For buy parts, purchasing to send released drawings to suppliers (with updated watermark that reflects the new released state) For make parts, manufacturing program any CNC files, etc. How do people handle these post release tasks/notifications? Custom workflow? Almost seems like there should be post release tasks in the Change Notice Implementation Plan. Seems like this would be pretty common?

Hi,   just found https://windchill-extensions.ptc.com/ Are these extensions new? Anybody tried with Windchill 11.0?   The idea sounds nice and some coming soon extensions (depending on price) could be helpfull.   br Bernhard

Hello the goal is to avoid user access in Windchill (or a list of users) without deleting or damaging the user itself (considering he/she can be reactivated in the future). Some articles provided by PTC support did not work in our environment https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS145660 https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS71201   The next one didn't work because the Windchill user credentials are synchronized with Active Directory / LDAP: https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS102243    Because all of this, now I'm asking to the ptc Community. Thanks and Reg