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Hi   I have never tested https before testing Windchill.Therefore, I ask you a few ways for test it. 1. A certificate is required to configure https. Right?   2. Generate the certificate with the keytool of java and register it as a trusted certificate in java configuration. Right?   3. The directory where you install the certificate file and private key appears in the Windchill help center at <Apache> / conf /, where <Apache> is it?   4. Is there a private key required for clients to access Windchill after https configuration?     Thank you.I really appreciate it if you reply.

Follow below steps to activate Windchill Performance Advisor to collect and send data to PTC: On Windchill, apply following patch: Windchill 10.2 M020 - http://support.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=171405 Windchill 10.2 M030 - http://support.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=171479 Shutdown Windchill Server and Follow instructions within the included ReadME to apply the patch Follow steps in the solutions column in the patch ReadMe file to complete the installation process. Start Windchill Server Login as Site Administrator and navigate to Site > Utilities > System Configuration Collector and Click Performance Advisor for Windchill button. The Performance Advisor for PTC Windchill window will open.   Enter SCN (Service Contract Number) and ptc.com credentials   Click Test Transport to verify that the Performance Advisor can communicate with PTC. On the Settings tab, click Yes, I want to send data to PTC, and Click Save Settings to save the changes made to the Settings.  

Hi  I am new to windchill. I have created a new subtype for part under org context. Assigned a lifecycle and OIR for the same. But while creating a new ACL the same subtype is not visible under any context Windchill version used is 11.0 Thanks

If you install Windchill 11.0 M030 by selecting Creo View and installing it together, an error will occur.We have not found the cause yet.Return code: -1 is displayed in the PSI log.So we check only PDMLink and turn off Creo View and other components, and installation proceeds.Has anyone experienced the same issue as me? thanks

HelloBeginner of Windchill.I have some questions about the database.I would appreciate your reply. 1. When you install Windchill, you specify the initial size of the database.Then how do you set it up for configuration?   2. Will it automatically create a new instance when the set size is exceeded?   3. How is Windchill's data stored in the database? Metadata format? Physical data?   4. How do I check where my Windchill's data is stored in my database?   5. Please let me know if there is a big difference between oracle and sql server     Thank you.

Hello,I have a task for Windchill and SAP/Oracle Integration but I have no Idea from where I should start which guide should I use. so can any please guide me from where I should learn this 

Dear all, we use Guice in many of our customizations and even though it work fairly well I have started to think a bit about how to do this in a manner that follows some sort of best practices. There are many entry points into Windchill customizations such as service startups, action validators, form processors, data utilites and so on and because of that I often find myself creating multiple instances of the Guice Injector class in order to instantiate my objects via Guice.    It seems to me that since Windchill is a (more or less) Spring based web applicaion threre should be some way of loading modules and creating an injector in a way that allows me to create it once and then reuse throughout my various customizations.    Has anyone else managed to find some sort of best practice aproach to this or is there anyone who has some ideas and/or opinions on this subject? Any input will be greatly appreciated.    Best regards Daniel Södling   

I am in the process of upgrading from Windchill 10.0m040 to Windchill 11.0m030. I have some customized rbinfo files in my wtCustom folder which I have copied over to the WC11 install structure. Do I need to run resourcebuild on these files before I do UpgradeManager or will the UpgradeManager find these and build them into my final WC11 system?   If I need to run resourcebuild first, can somone provide me the proper syntax for building StateRB.rbinfo which is in the <loadpoint>/wtCustom/wt/lifecycle folder into the OOTB WC11 install.   Thanks    

Has anyone used the direct connection between Creo Illustrate and Windchill that comes with Illustrate 4.1? What are the pros/cons you've experienced with the direct connection?  I prefer the concept of a workspace in WWGM where we can do work before uploading that to commonspace in Windchill. I'd like feedback before we commit to upgrading to 4.1.

At present in Feature manager design tree, Cad part number or file name is displaying. But how to display Windchill CAD Part Name adjacent to number. Are there any properties or preferences to enable this?  

When using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 to browse Windchill 11, whenever an action is performed that usually opens in a new window, an extra window 'about:blank' is opened. Any way of getting rid of this without switching to an alternative web-browser? Some customers simply 'demand' the use of internet explorer.

Dear community, While publishing using the ESI Framework, we would like to filter out child parts of enditems in a BOM (except the top level part, which may be also enditem). The end items should be contained in the BOM. This needs to be done to differentiate between plants (distribution targets) where childs elements of enditems are not required in the ERP software in the target plant. Example below, A is published to plant X: A |__B |__*C      |__D      |__E   Once published, following structure should be published to plant X. A |__B |__*C   - For target assignment RootInheritance is assumed to be implemented - C might have been associated with plant Y, in this case;   BOM to Plant X A |__B |__*C   BOM to Plant Y *C  |__D  |__E   I would be glad and thankfull for any idea, tip, programmatical logic to implement or sample codes. My current challanges are: - idea --> where to locate f

Hello   Is it possible to automatically activate a view filter for a specific folder ? I want that every time a user access to a folder, automatically the view changes so he can easily view all the important information.   Thanks    

Does anyone have experiance running Windchill on the cloud. We currently have a virtual server we share with our sister company but soon we have to decide wheter to buy our own server or contract out the Windchill.

Follow few simple steps to opt into Windchill Performance Advisor.   Login to Windchill as Site administrator and navigate to Site > Utilities > Performance Advisor for PTC Windchill In Performance Advisor for PTC Windchill window, enter SCN (Service Contract Number) and ptc.com credentials and click Validate SCN. If you don’t know your SCN, simply enter your ptc.com credentials, select Validate SCN, to get a list of valid SCNs, and choose one to enter it in the SCN field. Select Apply SCN to save your changes   On the Settings tab, click Yes, I want to send data to PTC, and Click Save Settings to save the changes made to the Settings.   If you are running in an environment where the Windchill server cannot make outbound calls, refer to Performance Advisor Agent Quick Start Guide to use the Performance Advisor agent to transport data to PTC.

Some capabilities available in Windchill Performance Advisor rely on data from PTC System Monitor (PSM). To take advantage of these capabilities enable Performance Advisor for PSM by installing the Performance Advisor agent.   Download PTC System Monitor Release 5.1 from the PTC Software Downloads > Windchill PDMLink > Release 11.0 > PTC System Monitor 5.1 Run the PTC System Monitor Installer by executing PSMInstaller.jar Open command prompt as an administrator Change directory to PSMInstaller Run command > java -jar PSMInstaller.jar If you already have PSM 5.0 (or later) Installed, choose the Install Performance Advisor Agent option Otherwise, choose Install New PTC System Monitor, you can install and configure performance advisor agent along with PTC System Monitor In next step, Check Enable Performance Advisor and add PTC.com credentials. Click Next.  Select PA Agent installation directory, add PSM host and Administrative user credential. Click Next. 

I am trying to automate Project creation.  Is it possible to prevent the invitation email from being sent but still have the user added/ joined to the project?   The only answer I got so far from eSupport was to shut down the email queue and delete the notification when it is sent to queue.  Not a feasible solution.   Thanks, Bob Lohbauer

The Windchill 11 software download/order page is only showing m020 as being available for download, not CD/DVD shipment.Is this just too early in the release to expect CD/DVD's to be shipped?Is PTC eliminating the shipment of CD/DVD for their software since most companies download the latest builds? Unfortunately, I need the CD/DVD distribution as my production systems are not on the internet and my primary non-secure system does not allow me to download zipped files. Either way I need CD/DVD images to load the software on my production systems. I can, and have, downloaded builds at home and then burn DVDs but that is also a PITA!

Hi, I was able to create the EPMDocument, but I can not register the content file(**.mi or **.drw) with Windchill API's.Below is the source code.How can I use the Windchill API's to upload EPMDocument content files? Thanks,   ----- private static void createEPMDocument(String s, String name, String cadName) {  try {   // Set owner application   EPMContextHelper.setApplication(EPMApplicationType.toEPMApplicationType("EPM"));   // Set Authoring Application (required in EPMAuthoringAppType.rbInfo)   EPMAuthoringAppType at = EPMAuthoringAppType.toEPMAuthoringAppType("COCRDRAFT");   // Set EPMDocumentType (required in EPMDocumentType.rbInfo)   EPMDocumentType dt = EPMDocumentType.toEPMDocumentType("CADCOMPONENT");   EPMDocument epmDoc = EPMDocument.newEPMDocument(null, name, at, dt, cadName);   epmDoc.setDescription("Created by TPWCreateEPMDocument.java");&n

Is there a way to prevent an object from being used in a "Save As?" We have products that were for very odd jobs that we need to keep around, but that we don't want people to use by mistake.  We'd like it to be viewable, but doing a "Save As" would require administrator rights, or something of the sorts.  Is that possible?   Thanks

Yesterday, in the daily mail I received from TS, there was a bulletin with this title: Planned Maintenance to PTC Performance Advisors starting Friday 3rd November, 15:00 EST   Today above link is no more reachable and no new data were loaded since last Friday.   Has anyone some update about it?   Thanks

Hi,   I am new to Windchill & trying to find out Child Version & Iteration information for the given Parent assembly through SQL. EPMMemberLink IDA3A5 points to IDA2A2 of EPMDocument which is Parent information. Since i have EPMDocument IDA2A2, i can easily get latest version & iteration of a Parent. However, for Child, EPMMemberLink stores EPMDocumentMaster IDA2A2 in IDA3B5, if my child Part has multiple version & iteration then quering EPMDocument based on IDA3MasterReference will fetch multiple records of different versions & iterations for a given component. I am stuck & not able to find a way to get child version & iteration information.

how to hide New field except of release? I would like to be visible only in the release state for the new change request in the area marked with a red square there. Promotion requests do not occur if you do not have edit rights.Do you have permission to create change requests as well?What if it is?thank

Hi All-   Has anyone ever tried to get the value of a Windchill preference and using it for calculations in a Cognos report.   The use case is:   - We have a Need Date for a Change Request (CR); - Engineering (ENG) needs to finish a number of days before the CR Need Date; - In WT there is a Preference containing the number of days needed by ENG; - The calculated Engineering Need Date would then become CR Need Date - ENG Days;  - Engineering Need Date would be shown in the report alongside the CR Need Date.   I can imagine this is not an uncommon scenario and wonder if anyone has ever done this (and how).   All help greatly appreciated!   Groeten, -Erik        

Other than creating attributes using Type and Attribute manager, is there any other ways to reproduce the same? Thanks in advance!