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Hello,   We are looking into migrating our next location into Windchill and have a versioning issue. Our HQ uses Numeric prior to Release and Alpha post Release, hence WC is configured this way with state-based revisioning. The next location uses Numeric for Released revisions.   We are being told, by PTC there is concern about corrupting the database. 1. We cannot modify the existing XML state-based sequence. 2. We cannot create a new sequence for an existing object (load new named XML file).   Has anyone any experience with modifying the state-based sequence in anyway? We are considering Importing the data in at the Numeric revision, but Released state. This violates the State Based sequence.  Has anyone tried that? Or we are considering adding a "-" to preceed "A" for Released.   Has anyone had success with ADDING a value to Sate Based revisions?   Thanks for your response.  

Hello Folks,   I want to know how to configure Service Information manager . Which Installable i need to use .Any specific setting i need to do for configuration .Please let me know your comment. I refer PTC guide but unable to get detail information. First i stuck which CD i need to use for this.   Regards, Bhagyashree

Hola, why unable to see surface or curves on WCH detail page even Creo View can open vizualization OK?     This is my RCP setting on the server (curves and quilts allowed)     Think vizualization is OK so Creo View shows everything but why WCH refusing to show it as well?

Hi All, We moved to AWS Cloud our Windchill infrastructure, question I have is: does anyone successfully implemented Load balancing using /Windchill/servlet/WindchillGW/wt.httpgw.HTTPServer/ping method? I’m new to this topic of AWS “Elastic Load Balancing” with 3 types of LB “Application Load Balancer” “Network Load Balancer” and “Classic Load Balancer” Normally in bigip.conf file I would include this configuration and it would work but not sure if I need to setup virtual bigIP LB on AWS or this is possible with AWS load balancers OOTB?   Example: monitor windchillqa-443 {    defaults from https    interval 30    timeout 91    recv "Succeeded"    send "GET /Windchill/servlet/WindchillGW/wt.httpgw.HTTPServer/ping\r\n" }   Thx, V

Hi,   I am completely new to this and not really sure where to start. I am also not really able to find a How To guide apart from the odd 6 min video.   The setup will be as follow: Company A bought company B and company B will now become the new additional organization. Company A must be able to see company B's data but not the other way around.   I am not sure yet whether there will be made use of only one server since the companies are located in different regions of the country.   What is all the info/requirements that I need to know before creating an additional organization.   Appreciate the help.   Regards

I have in the past used a separate machine for publishing, but we are now trying to install publishing on the Windchill server itself. I have Creo 4 m110 installed locally on the Windchill server. Creo 4 will launch. I have Creo View Adapters 5.1f00 installed locally on the Windchill  server. I created a SetUp folder under the Creo View load point and got the files saved to it. GS Worker starts as  a Windows service.   When I run Adapter.pvi, enter the Windchill server name and port 601, Test Server returns this: Test worker connection to server:-  Worker type: PROE Server:  fakename.centrusenergy.com Port:  601 Testing Connection to Server ... Failed:-  Could not connect to the CADAgent at port 601 of fakename.centrusenergy.com. Check the machine name and port number, make sure that the CADAgent is running on the target machine.   Running Windchill Worker Agent Administration and I get a Fails to Start message.   Where d

Hi, everybody.I found an example ( @BineshKumar1  https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill/Updating-user-details-in-Windchill/m-p/267772 ) of how to update a value in a table in a database. But I can't figure out how I can add new values ( a new row in the table) in this way .Please tell me how this can be done?   Here is an example from the link https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill/Updating-user-details-in-Windchill/m-p/267772     try { QuerySpec qs = new QuerySpec(WTUser.class); qs.appendWhere(new SearchCondition(WTUser.class, WTUser.EMAIL, SearchCondition.LIKE, "oldemail@oldemail.com", true), null); QueryResult qr = PersistenceHelper.manager.find((StatementSpec) qs); while (qr.hasMoreElements()) { WTUser user = (WTUser)qr.nextElement(); user.setEMail("someone@something.com"); PersistenceHelper.manager.save(user); } } catch (WTException | WTPropertyVetoException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); }   &nbs

Simple question hopefully, just curious and can't find a straightforward answer in documentation. Can you have two of the same name/number parts in two different products? I ask for the sake of bringing a new product line into our system from a new company acquisition that has a few part numbers the same.   Example:  12345.prt   in    Automotive Product 12345.prt   in    Industrial Product

I did an upgrade to Windchill PDM link 11.1 not too long ago. During the process of creating a staging area for the software, I created a Software CD Directory of installation media. Now that the upgrade has been completed for some time, In the interests of trying to increase available disc space, do I still need to keep this directory or can I delete them. An example of the contents of this directory: - Windchill 11.1 Common Base - Windchill 11.1 Directory Server - Windchill 11.1 Index Search - Windchill 11.1 Service Pack M020 - Windchill PDMLink 11.1 F000 - Creo View 5.1 Adapters _F000_windows - Creo View 5.1 Clients _F000_windows   Thank you.    

Hi,   is there a way to export all CAD files from Windchill to a fileserver?   How hard is it to query information from the database about file structure and their position in the vault? Does anybody have some experience on this?   We already exported files from the workspace and renamed and moved them by script according to a CSV export. But for another server doing this by hand would be too much.   br Bernhard

HiWe are currently in purchasing process for a Plm solution who could work with creo 5 or 6, and also Catia for the other engineering department.Our final choice will be between Windchill vs Enovia.And for the moment the price is better for Enovia Because we asked to windchill the possibility to attach a document to a part or assembly, suchlike modification requests or quality reports.I have already worked with windchill in previous company, and i liked it, but for Enovia i am a bit afraid of no full compatibility and maybe other things that we don't know.That's why I am very interested about feedback with enovia and creo 4 or 5 ?Because we already know that enovia is not compatible with creo 6 for the moment. Does it work well? Family table etc...? References management etc... Thank you

Utilizing the Export-Import Utility and my imports from 10.1 to 11 are  failing due to below error:   "WTDocument: COMP, FPII, TEST, CAT II, A1, EOD, MAIN INSTALLATION ( 100000_PDF ) -.5" cannot be imported because the revision "-" is invalid.   I'm running a vanilla 11 system with no data on it but I need to know what attributes does 11 use for revision >-< , versionId>< , and iterationId>< ? I'm very close to successfully importing just CAD/Dynamic Docs but need to know 11's attributes to successfully import from 10 to 11.    

Hello All,   I have certain workflow variables, for example status, using which I will determine whether a process is succeeded or not. Once an activity fails it will trigger a user activity where they will perform some changes on the data. In some cases after taking the failure path the variables are then getting reset automatically. I have used loop link in the workflow. Can anyone please explain what is the problem here and how to resolve it.    Thanks in advance.   Please refer the attachment. 1) Initial activity 2) If validation fails, "E" path will be taken. E is the value of the workflow variable status. 3) User activity 4) Loop link   In my case the user has not completed the failure activity i.e. 3 is not yet completed but still the variable values were reset.   Regards, Hari Shankar

Hello,   I've added a parameter in our title blocks the shows the lifecycle state.  This is incase a paper copy of our drawing is printed out, if it's floating around its easily identifiable as under review or released.  The parameter in the title block show properly at WIP, Under Review, but after a promotion request where it is approved and moves to a released state that parameter does not update in the published or actual drawing.  I have a publishing rule that creates pdf and dxf upon release... but they all end up saying under review.. I have found a setting in the recipe file that suggests it will regen before publishing but this doesn't seem to have an effect.

We are currently running Windchill 11.0 M030 CPS16 and we intend to Upgrade to either WNC 11.1 or WNC 11.2; however we have a difficult decision to make as the decision is around balancing extended support coverage (with WNC 11.1) vs features (with WNC 11.2)... Can anyone provide any advice for selecting WNC 11.1 or WNC 11.2 as a target release before considering our next upgrade to WNC 12.0 later?

I have a requirement to implement the suggestion text box on an attribute/IBA during Create wizard which would query all my suppliers from DB. I am able to make it work but I am not able to persist the value after selecting from suggestion list.Any thoughts/samples ?

In testing for Windchill 11, I had IT install IE 11. In an external web browser, I have no issues with IE 11 and Windchill 10. In the embedded Creo browser, I cannot get the workspace to load. Is there a work around for this condition? Some setting in IE11 that will force it to behave like IE 8 or 9? I can capture the long runing script errors and post later, if needed.

Hello,   I Configured Windchill for SSO configuration. Using shibboleth as Service Provider and PingFederate as Identity Provider. After SSO configuration DTI is throwing the following error.    Could anyone Please help here.?   ThankYou, madhu 

Hi All,Can anyone share any guide or reference for some inputs on what Windchill Product Analytics is ?As i had browsed in google about WPA it gave inputs either about Windchill Cost or Windchill Materials and Substances. So apart from these two are there any other modules in WPA ? If yes what are they ?So if anyone can find some guide or reference material about WPA I do request you to please share the same so that I can get more inputs on what WPA is all about and how to configure and customize it.Thanks in advance.Best Regards,Aditya Achanta

i would like to update 300 email ids of users in windchill so is there a way to do it other than manually doing it for each account?

For anyone who is using a PTC Products with Ping Federate 8.4.1 for Single Sign On (SSO). Only implementations using SSO with Ping Federate 8.4.1 are potentially impacted.  Below is a brief description of each issue along with links to additional information.  Browser incompatibility for customers using Chrome 80 with Ping Federate version 8.4.1 for Single Sign On for PTC Products License update required for customers who downloaded Ping Federate from the PTC site to use with PTC Products Customers operating in a cross-domain environment may need to take additional steps For detailed information please refer to the Security Bulletin

Hello.I would like to talk to people who have Customized the Functionality Gap between Process Plansand Module Variants and Process Plans.PTC Standard TechniqueStep 1.Options/Choices on an Overbuilt MBOM (From a Overbuilt EBOM) (From OptionsModeler in Creo) allows Creation of a Module Variant. :ExampleTruckOverbuilt has 3 Walls, 3 Floors, 8 Roofs;Module Variant provides Truck One:Wall3, Floor2, Roof7Truck One is a BOM Structure and can be pushed to ERP via ERP Connector.Step 2:PTC Technique would have us create a NEW process Plan to Truck One;We could duplicate an existing process plan but it will LOSE all Part Allocations, allCreo View Representations, and thus All Creo View Annotations... So for Every"Truck One" you have to remake allocate and make creo View...Typical Truck200 Modules; 4 to 5 Trucks a Day.... Maybe we can copy representations from 1plan to another plan... (Note Module Variant internal Project Plans Stable) It’sthe Top Level Project Plan of assembly Module to Module t

Hello, please tell me how to add Pets * information to " Managetypes"   * https://support.ptc.com/help/windchill/wc111_hc/whc_en/index.html#page/Windchill_Help_Center%2FWCCG_Oview_GetStartCust_CreatePetClass.html%23              

I am currently using a Dynamic Menu which will generate items based off the logged in user options. I would like to send parameters to a contained mashup based on which menu item they select. How can we do this.

Hi all When installing TWX Navigate, the documents call for a patch to Windchill to support 'Contribute tasks'. This is for any Windchill version before 11.2 (please correct me!). I think the Windchill patch is necessary no matter which Navigate version  (please correct me!). The patch is provided as an executable jar which makes various changes in the Windchill installation. I like to be able to revert quickly, so is there a corresponding executable or script which could 'unpatch' or revert the patch? Maybe I need to snapshot the VM and DB after closing it all down and making backups. When the patch has not yet been applied, Will Navigate have *any* functionality? Just View tasks perhaps? What are the various Windchill changes in the patch? Added REST endpoints, changed request handlers? Does CPS-12 include this patch? (our version is below) Thanks! Rick PS we have Windchill v11.0 M030 CPS12, Navigate 8.5.3