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Hi All,   This seems like it should be possible, but I can't find any documentation explaining how to do it. We have some legacy solidworks data in Windchill, that I'd like to create visualisations for. We don't have a spare Solidworks license to use as a CAD worker, but Creo opens all of the Solidworks files just fine. So, my question is, can I just set up the Solidworks CAD worker to use Creo instead of Solidworks to generate the .pvs files for Windchill visualisation? If I can, how do I do it?   Thanks in advance.   Chris

We are installing multiple Windchill instances, each different enough that I cannot do one and then clone it. I am thinking if I can setup XML files and use the bulk loader, I can change the 'pieces' that change between instances and then rerun the loader on the subsequent instances to get the data the way we need it.   I am looking for tips and hints from others who have done something similar.

PTC recieves a fair amount of questions about providing an integration to Office365 lately. I'm curious if there's folks out there using Office365 now and what type of connectivity you'd like to have with Windchill? To me, the main difference is the option to use the Microsoft Office Web Applications instead of the locally installed Office applications and the content has a high probability of residing in the O365 cloud, OneDrive or an on-premise SharePoint implementation. The Office Web Apps are only supported on SharePoint and cannot be directly integrated into a non-SharePoint solution. It seems like a "Send to Windchill" option would be nice to have, but I'm curious if there are any other use cases or needs people might have? -Scott

Has anything improved in Creo 5.0 or 6.0 regarding workspace performance? We still have performance issues on remote sites with big workspaces (e.g. > 3000 objects)   In CS223017 I have read: Creo Parametric 6 is being enhanced to avoid server request, use data as available in Workspace cache. This is also to resolve performance issues reported.   Is there any article, documentation or benchmark from PTC that can prove or confirm this? Regards Jochen

I am trying to understand the best practices for sharing product data within WC with companies/partners/suppliers/co-developers outside our company. At present, the only method I can find is to 'pack' the some or all of product data (meta data, assembly & parts, drawings, and all other relevant data) and send it to the recipient. And when there is an update to the data that has been shared, then do this all over again.On the recipient's side, they have to 'unpack' the data and load it into their system. We have a few scenarios here:1. The recipient has WC+Creo - they may be able to take the data 'as is' with very little massaging to get into their system.2. The recipient has PDM/PLM/CAD from another vendor - they have to find a way to "import" the data into their system, and this may lead to data being neither imported into their PLM system or their CAD system.3. The recipient has only CAD system - they have to grab the CAD data out of the 'pack' and use it, perhaps after translati

Hi all, I am using AutoDesk Inventor from long time. now we are looking for Integrate AutoDesk Inventor with Windchill. Can anyone please share technical information!  to begin like.. - I mean what's procedure for this? We already using having Windchill and using with Creo 3.0. - Does we need to purchase a special license from PTC Windchill supplier or from AutoDesk Inventor to start.   Thank you very much in advance, Best regards, Dnyaneshwar Maid

I've been asked to look into a query builder report that shows all of the superseded parts in the system. Does anyone have a QML report that shows anything like that I could get started with?

Hi everyone,   I want to create a "shortcut" for a manual representation creation for an EPM document. The idea is to have preconfigured publish options and assign an action to do the actual call to the publisher.  I have a PublishRules.xml uploaded to the  Site --> utilities --> Visualisation Configuration Administration. Because of the rules in this xml I have a dropdown combo (Output Options) on the "Chose Structure Type" step of the New representation wizard. The default value is "All" but if I select for example PDF it will start only one Publish job with the param-set selected. Now if I want to call from an action the Publisher.doPublish(...) API as I read I have to use the PublisherAction to define the "Output Options".   This is the code that I'm using, but it will trigger the publisher like if I would left "All" in the combo (4 publish jobs will be created):   Publisher pub = new Publisher(); ReferenceFactory ref = new ReferenceFactory(); Pu

Windchill 11.1, Creo 5.0.4.0, Windows 10.1   User is trying to check in Creo files to our Windchill server, and Windchill freezes/gets stuck/spinning wheel of death (see attached image). All other functionality works correctly. User is able to rename, set state, and check out without issue. We have 11 Windchill users and only one has this issue.   We have tried restarting Creo, rebooting the workstation, and changed the config.pro browser option from IE to Chromium. The issue persists.   Any help would be appreciated.

In the context of considering a very large Enterprise Change and Configuration Management process, we are currently looking at the best practices and guidelines associated to managing change and configurations within Windchill;   We would need to be able to clearly check all capabilities and features for envisioning what can be considered as part of the Windchill landscape, associated to several heterogenous systems which can be federated, aggregated and orchestrated using specific middleware layers based on ThingWorx   In case anyone has anything to share in this area - restricted to Windchill and/or extended to any interfaced system(s) - please provide your own field experience, expertise and associated communication materials; this will help our very large program as well as anyone involved into Windchill Change and Configuration Management Processes for considering several implementation layers most essentially using OOTB layers provided by PTC Windchill (and Thingworx)

Hi,   I am unable to find link at Order or Download Software Updates to download Thingworx Navigate.   I am referring the following doc to install navigate.  https://www.ptc.com/support/-/media/3BDB20F117F745B9BD1CC9A8453AA945.pdf?sc_lang=en   Thanks, Janakiraman P

Hello everyone,  I've developed a Listener that "listen" for a WorkInProgressServiceEvent.POST_CHECKIN and create a BOM files using some rules. All works fine except that WorkInProgressServiceEvent/POST_CHECKIN seems not to be trigerred on the very first checkin of a "new/only uploaded" EPMDoc.   I wondered if this is a known issue or there is a workaround.   Thank you

FR  adjustment factor does update my FR when I place a factor in                                                                             e.g FR 88.11 adjustment factor of 3, when I recalc...no change in unit or top level MTBF

Hi,   when you use the function "Compare to Part Structure" for a wtpart, you can "Manage Structure Views" for both frames. Wouldn't it be more useful, if you could manage both structure views at once. I don't see a Use Case, where you want to compare two part structures, but with different views.   Regards, Patrick

In what SQL table is the custom meta stored. For example, we have custom Objects types & attributes. I'd like to query the SQL database but I don't know in what table this information is stored? Any ideas?

So I am getting no help from my open call with PTC (I haven't heard back from them in almost a week) or my VAR right now on this issue.  I export a CSV out of Windchill for my template so that I can fill out my PartsLink structure and import it back in.  However when I get to the point of using the command to convert the CSV to an XML file so I can import it, I get an error that says the Header sequence did not match expected header sequence.  When I search it, I get a CS number that says the header should be a certain way, but it is nowhere close to what came out of Windchill in the first place.  That makes absolutely no sense to me.  It should be export what you want imported.   All I need is a good CSV file that has the correct headers so that I can use as a template.  I am on Windchill 11.0 m030-cps11.  Does anyone have a CSV template file with the correct headers that you can share with me?  I do not want to build this by entering every

Hi,We have a table which is showing the WTPart objects (100 Parts are in the table). The table is showing only 10 objects and we need to scroll down the table to see the full list of objects.But the requirement is it should display all the objects in the table. How to achieve this requirement?ThanksSelva

Any information on how to integrate Windchill with Office Online? Use Case: View/edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files directly in the browser  

Is it possible to view WPA flex fields via the UI?How can you edit the UI to support this?

I would like to find a method that could be used to reference a variable (using an expression that is in the ECN workflow) yet the variable was created during the ECR workflow.     The expression would look like the following:   If (mkt1)   {                    If !  (marketing_nomore_1)       < this line is probably wrong since the variable exists outside of the                                                                                                                      workflow            &nbs

Is there any way, hopefully a simple way, to reorganize the order in which things show on the Details page of a CN?  For example, I would like to move the Associated Reference Objects from the bottom to just after the Attributes.  

Hi fellow devs,   do you know how I could customize the advanced search functionality to list the results based on a ConfigSpec, or something similar. Considering I have multiple Released states (Signed, Effective), I want to show the results in this order: Effective or Signed or In Work.  The bold versions should be listed in the resulting table:   0001.A.1 -> Released 0001.B.1-> InWork    0002.A.1->Obsolete 0002.B.1-> Signed 0002.C.1-> InWork   0003.A.1-> InWork   0004.A.1->Effective

I am looking for tool to export ACL from Policy Administrator in excel format.The exported file can be edited and then has to be imported back to Windchill system.The Windchill system should show the changes made in ACL.

Good morning we face a problem today in our compagny,   we are working on big machines (between 4000 and 8000 items) during the day people open different simplified representations, and sometime  at the end, their workspace is filled with 4000 items they don't want to erase items from their workspace to avoid to reload everything from Windchill our comfiguration is one Master Server 1000 km from us and a replica hier on site, with a synchronisation of data every night. We are in Creo P4 M90 + Windchill10.2  M30 cps25   when we close and start again Creo (parametric4) , the "synchronisation" take between 5 to 8 minutes I mean by "synchronisation" the time between the Windchill login and the acces to the workspace in Creo I suppose that this is a "synchronisation" problem because with 100 part in a workspace , Creo open in 15 secondes! my question is  : what Can I do for that? ptc ticket?, check some setting in Config.pro/sup? our network spee

I was trying to create an Audit and when I tried to create an audit summary, I noticed that while filling the "Audit Details" there is some column to be filled, Can anyone please help me with the Audit Summary since:   I am not able to understand on what basis the summary is created? What each column means and what are the factors?  An example would be great to understand. I am attaching screen-shots the "Audit Details" sequences which I have tried and the PDF of Audit Summary.