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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!

Hi I am using windchill11.0 M20 version.i am facing issue in search options. 1. search the objects from wcadmin as user : working fine(eg: CR0001260...etc) 2. search the objects from any users  :  not working (eg: CR0001260...etc)   Note:Users are All permisions .   regards, vijay

Initial info:  all of our epmdocuments are owner linked to their own wtparts When looking at the Uses table of a CAD structure in Windchill, i can add the column 'Component ID'. This value is pulled from Creo, and helps me determine the difference between all the children in a structure.   I want to see this value in the WTPart structure, and I haven't been successful. I've spent too long going in circles, and wanted to reach out to the community for ideas.   (probably first issue is that i'm not even sure the right internal name for that attribute)   Thanks

Hi i'm SeonHo   You have created a change request.However, the change request file is not visibleThrough the search, there is a change request file like the picture. If you view the information in the file and click on the location    Nothing... Is Windchill not seeing the change request file?If not, why not see the change request file?

Check-In to create parts associated with CAD data.Each is stored in the Design and Manufacture folders.Specify each default folder as an object initialization rule.The user creates a subfolder for the product and manages it by moving the object to that folder.What is a better way to manage it? thanks

An error occurs when deleting a specific object.Associated with change request object ... or associated with promotion object ...The Retry option does not have an option called Retry after Deleting associated Object.If I delete an object associated with a change request, do I have to manually delete the change request object and then delete the object again?Can not delete with associated objects at once?any other suggestions?thanks

Hi, I'm SeonHo   How do I configure the versioning scheme to manage it?I do not know if I can edit wt.properties.I want to change the version scheme of A.1 to A.1.A.1 format. Thank you.

Good morning I'm SeonHo   There are some questions about configuring the Promotion Request Approval Process.   We have configured as follows. wt.maturity.PromotionNotice pn = (wt.maturity.PromotionNotice)primaryBusinessObject; wt.fc.QueryResult qr= wt.maturity.MaturityHelper.service.getPromotionTargets(pn); while (qr.hasMoreElements()) { wt.doc.WTDocument doc=(wt.doc.WTDocument) qr.nextElement(); wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleServerHelper.service.setState((wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleManaged)doc,wt.lifecycle.State.toState("DESIGNCHANGE")); } try { wt.util.WTProperties props = wt.util.WTProperties.getLocalProperties(); VERBOSE = props.getProperty("wt.maturity.verbose",VERBOSE); } catch( Throwable t ) { } try{ wt.maturity.MaturityServerHelper.service.unlockTargets (pn); } catch (wt.maturity.MaturityException me){ if ( VERBOSE ) me.printStackTrace(); }     As a result, when I rejected it, I succeeded in designing the life cycle by design change.But it was the ca