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Has or does anyone on here use windchill for PMI?  (Product manufacturing information).We are looking at setting this up where windchill will hold all of the relevant manufacturing information for a part. This is all to tie in with going towards the 3D CAD model holding all of the manufacturing information.Does anybody have any experience of setting this up, I am looking to hear of pros and cons of this type of working.

Hello,We are working on a web service to upload files (PDFs) to Windchill. Depending on some information it should go to a specific folder or another. 1) For our tests we took as base the example given under 'prog_examples' called 'Attachments'. In upload.xml  (this file uses the webject "Add-ContentItems") one can modify the destination of the file, by default is STAGING_AREA but we would like to change it to point to a specific folder. I was reading about the "WHERE" and "TYPE", but we did not manage to specify a folder that way, we get all kind of issues. Could anyone be so kind as to give us an example on how we could specify the destination folder using that file?One problem we are currently having is that Windchill reports there is more than one Part with the same number and name, which is obviously not right. I don't know how to fetch the first ([0]) returned item only. 2) For the next step, we would need more complex evaluation to decide the destination folder. Is it

Hi Developers,   We are working on custom apps with the Navigate Extension. We're successful in creating the apps and adding them to the landing page of the Administrator. We've added seven apps to the landing page and they are visible for the Administrator. But when we're trying to give the visibility for non-admin user groups, there are only five apps available in the permission screen of the administrator. When we removed one custom app, then a new app is available in the permission screen. Is there anyway to show all the custom apps in the permission screen?   Thanks and Regards, SaranKarthick K R 

What is the difference between Design View and manufacturing view?

In Windchill 11.0, part structure information view page of Chrome browser, when i click right key to view part information, it accur an error. Could you help to fix that? thanks in advance.

Hi All, request you to please let me know  the limitations on the windchill trial version downloaded from the website link below : i feel that the trial version is taking only 10 rows of data from the imported BOM xl sheet hence i am not able to import all the components from the excel sheet bom.  https://www.ptc.com/en/products/plm/capabilities/quality/free-trial   thanks in advance 

Hi, I'm trying to install the Golf Cart demo data into our Windchill 11.0 instance. Obviously, something wrong happens.   From a windchill shell, I run: windchill wt.load.WindchillLoader -LoadOnlyDemo   And I get the following stack trace:   Welcome to Database Setup Utility for Windchill and Windchill Solutions. You will be presented with a series of prompts. If you have already installed a base data set as part of a previous loading sequence you do not need to load it again. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stop the ServerManager. NOTE: If the SM is hung on the MethodServer, this may wait for 60 sec. NOTE: If the SM is not running, you'll get a traceback ending in java.net.ConnectionException: Connection refused This can be ignored. Begin stop sequence... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Checking if MethodServer is alive Server Manager is not running -----------------------------------------------------

Hi All,   I have got a query on Windchill Versioning schemes and whenever we revise an object we are having an issue w.r.t version. So can you please let me know how to get it resolved.   I have got an entry in OIR as <AttrValue id="MBA|versionInfo" algorithm="com.ptc.core.foundation.vc.server.impl.VersionInfoGenerator"> <Arg>wt.series.HarvardSeries.CustomSeries</Arg> </AttrValue>     And within the State Based Versioning the series name is  <series name="StateBased"> <seed name="NUMERIC"> <value>1</value> .. <value>99</value> </seed> <seed name="MILSTD"> <value>-</value> <value>A</value> .. <value>Y</value> <value>AA</value> .. <value>AY</value> </seed> </series>   Whenever we create an object it is getting created as A.1. However if we revise it is going as AA.1 instead of B.1 ? Can you please let me know where w

First, let me apologize for my ignorance, I didn't know anything about WindChill until 2 days ago. So my company installed a WindChill 10.1 instance in 2013-2014. It sat mostly idle until about a week ago when they decided they needed it for a project. I'm trying to figure out what are the required security patches for WindChill 10.1. Our security department requires that all current "critical" and "high priority" patches be applied before the application is available for use. I don't want to upgrade WindChill to version 11.1 because another team is working on that project right now. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi All, What is Build process mechanism and how it is used for Customization deployment purpose? also if we used this build process, the build name will be displayed when we enter Windchill version command, so its easy to know the system configuration/customization.   Any help in this regards is really appreciated.   Regards, Vivek  

Is there a way to include a link to a supplemental image file (jpg, png, pdf) when creating a markup using Creo View?  The image file would likely be hosted in a location in Windchill that is associated with the same project. Perhaps something as simple as a hyperlink in a text annotation?   Thanks for any help or suggestions for "best practices" regarding how to create an easy reference to additional support material thgat is image based..    

When a new member is added to a Project an invitation to join email is sent to the new member person.   When a new member is added to a Product no invitation email is sent. Is there a way to switch this functionality on so that new Product members recieve an invitation to join email?

Hello there,    Is there a way to programmatically apply the Related Assembly Filter to the ProcessPlan Structure (Process plan > MPMOperation > Allocated Parts) displayed ?  

Good evening, I have begun experimenting with a tool to read a workflow ZIP file and produce an HTML document with a graph. Graphviz provides tools which seems suitable. I am attaching a sample. There are three options: let Graphviz control the layout, guide Graphviz in the layout process, or reproduce the positions in the original workflow. Would this be useful? Thank you. -- ClaudeM

When you install PDMLINK, the JDK is installed as a bundle.However, pages such as the vault configuration or the lifecycle configuration do not run because of security.   Therefore, we downloaded our latest JRE from www.java.com/en/download and filled out our PDMLINK address in the JAVA configuration security prompt.(It did not work when writing the PDMLINK address to the bundled JAVA configuration security prompt.)   JAVE SE becomes subscription policy after 1 2019.Could this be a problem when using PDMLINK?   Thanks  Warm Regards, SeonHo, Cha

Hi All, It would be of great help if somebody could solve this doubt? Is it mandatory to go with different hardware while upgrading from one instance to another? For example while upgrading from 10.2 to 11.0 is it mandatory to install 11 on a new hardware and then restore backup data and run the upgrade manager? Since upgrade manager deals with database alone, can I not just take backup of 10.2 required data and then uninstall Windchill 10.2 completely and then install 11.0 on the same hardware and run the upgrade manager?    Also it would be helpful if you could provide insight about pro's and con's of using same hardware and different hardware during upgrade.

Hello,   When I "save as" a CADdocument from creo (file/save as), the result in my local workspace is a new component not loaded. Whereas when I "save as" a CADdocument form local workspace (action/save as), the result is a new component loaded.   See the print screen below the differents results :   Is it possible to NOT load the CADdocument when I use the SAVE AS command of the workspace ?   Regards, Arnaud

Looking for opinions on numbering schemes and bulk renumbering (probably at the database level).We currently keep name, number, and filename synchronized. This means the file extension is included as part of the name/number. We don't currently use WT parts.As we look at our business processes and also plan for future connectivity to an ERP system, we are considering making some changes.Existing Objects* Name --> Remapped to current value of "DESCRIPTION" (CAD Document custom IBA)* Number --> Remapped to a sequential list of numbers + file extension (same as if it was originally auto number + file extension)* Filename --> Leave alone.New Objects* Name --> Description (manually entered)* Number --> Auto number + file extension (Same as Filename)* Filename --> Auto number + file extensionPossibly add WT Parts for ERP Usage* Number --> Same as CAD part but without file extension* Name --> Description (Same as CAD part)We would then send number (stripped of the filen

Hi Members, I have a problem during installing windchill PDMLink ,  Our company don't have the domain name, can I enter a IP in "Web server DNS Registered Host Name" when I get to this step?  If not, Why?  

Hi all,   there's a requirement to update general/legal texts in drawings. One option is to implement changes when drawing is revised. I tested making a new iteration for the CAD Template and enabled it. However, when revising a drawing the new revision does not use the new template. Should it?   New CAD Document opens the new template as expected.   The latest iteration of the template is in state Design (In Work, ie. not Approved / Released) but so was the previous. It's checked-in with a non-admin user.

Users have a dropdown box, which has things like "Category X Subcategory Y". I have found the definition of this box in the STRINGDEFINITION table. The STRINGVALUE table has text values in the fields VALUE and VALUE2 which are close to what's in the dropdown, but not quite. For example, instead of "Category X Subcategory Y", I would see something like "X-SubY." How do I find, in the Oracle Windchill tables, the mapping between the values in the value table with the values that are shown in the dropdown?

How to retrieve a product tree (BOM) using info*engine webject, including Vendor/Manufacturers of each part of this product?

How to query Manufacturer Parts and vendor Parts using Info*Engine Webject?

Hi,   I have got a soft type of Configurable Reference Link (which connects two part soft types) where the data has to be loaded into Windchill using the WIndchill API.   Can anyone let me know how to do the same. Thanks in advance.   Best Regards, Aditya

How to get BOM or Product structure of all WT Part types using info*Engine Webject?