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Again and again we have the case that we want to load several models at once from WGM in CED, e.g. to compare these models with each other. Currently there is no possibility to do this in the WGM. Proposal for implementation: mark required models in WGM (see Image.png) Expand menu in: "File/Open in/Open in Creo Elements Direct Modeling" (see image.png) The models may be loaded one after the other within the loading process, but the user should start the loading process only once.

For many years, I have had a few listeners employed to keep the system in check and save some time for my users. Its always been a battle between these customizations and breaking OOTB functionality. One that has been my mainstay has been a Rename Listener which propagates name changes from Parts to CAD docs and drawings.  First it was the introduction of multi-object rename. Great improvement but broke the listener. I learned to decouple by pushing the act or propagation to a queue task. This allowed the rename action to complete and the queue triggered the associated object syncs.  Now, looks like I hit a wall with that fix and Import from Spreadsheet jobs with Parts. These can be used to mass rename things if the name does not match the existing Part in the system. I can work around this but its problematic. Looks like something is modifying an queue task object which causes the dreaded stale object error.   I am looking for a new way other than listeners to perf

Let me preface this by saying that we are beginning our digital journey, so we appreciate any help and patience you can offer.   Currently, out cadworker is setup to generate visualizations "As Stored", so that it captures the snapshot in time when the data was generated. However, we are seeing some issues: Engineers are making some small changes to the geometry. They are promoting just the part, and no higher level assemblies; since the assy BOM are not being affected. Does your company enforce the user to revise ALL higher level assemblies so that the step file gets updated? How does that impact downstream teams when the top-level  assemblies could be getting revised multiple times a day without any 'real' change. That could end up having a lot of wasted work where most items on an ECN are 'no changes'. In addition, we used to tell our team to check-in their work every day. Now we need to have them change this to check-in all of their work at once so that it updates p

Hello,   I want to write a query spec in such a way that it should give only the later revisions of a part from a specific version and not the old versions. If any of you got such functionality already, please comment the same.   Thanks, Sha

Hello,   Whenever I initiate an ESI transaction in Windchill, the status is immediately getting updated as "Succeeded" instead of going to "Pending". If anyone can shed some light on this, it would be very helpful.   Thanks, Sha

This applies to Windchill 11.1  I have tried the following code which seems to to work for Creo family table instances, at least for some demo objects provided in the Windchill OOTB, but not for CATIA design table instances. For Creo this code works just fine for getting the family table object:   EPMSepFamilyTable familyTbl=null;try {  QueryResult results = EPMStructureHelper.service.navigateContainedIn(epmDocument, null, true);  while(results.hasMoreElements()) {    Object obj = results.nextElement();    if (obj instanceof EPMSepFamilyTable) {       familyTbl = (EPMSepFamilyTable)obj;       log.error("Found family table object " + familyTbl);   }   else      continue; } } catch (WTException e) {   log.error(e);   throw e;} Is this the correct way to get family table object for CATIA Design table instance too ?   Also, when I do get a f

I was working in a project where I should only show a particular subtype of Document in a table. I was putting my code for that and finally I got the table but the contents inside the table ie Name of the document or Number of the Document are not visible. Here I am attaching my code and I am sending the pic of that can anyone say what is the alteration I should do in this code to make my contents in the table.   My Code: /* bcwti** Copyright (c) 2010 Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC). All Rights Reserved.** This software is the confidential and proprietary information of PTC* and is subject to the terms of a software license agreement. You shall* not disclose such confidential information and shall use it only in accordance* with the terms of the license agreement.** ecwti*/package com.ptc.training.mvc; import static com.ptc.core.components.descriptor.DescriptorConstants.ColumnIdentifiers.CHANGE_STATUS_FAMILY;import static com.ptc.core.components.descriptor.DescriptorConsta

Hello,   Is there an API to make a copy of an MPMOperation ?   Thanks,

Hello experts,   I am new to Windchill and i am currently exploring the data model, it seems i cannot see all the relations(inherited and on class) on a Part or Document from the "Types and Attributes" page. I can see the properties but not relations, is there a different page or API which will get me that info?     Thanks in advance.  

Hi all, I want to fetch list of all checked out object by specific user through windchill API, can some one help me out? Input : UserName Output : Checked-out objects list   Thanks.

We will host a live Expert Session: "Building Custom ThingWorx Navigate Applications using WRS and Navigate Components" on August 19th, 2021 11 AM EST   Please find below the description of the expert session and the registration link.   Expert Session: Building Custom ThingWorx Navigate Applications using WRS and Navigate Components Date and Time: Thursday, August 19th, 2021 11 AM EST Duration: 1 hour Host: Emily Larkin, PTC Product Manager Registration link: Register now   As a follow on to the recent expert session Tailoring Windchill Rest Services to Build ThingWorx Navigate Applications, this expert session will focus on the ThingWorx Navigate customization architecture and how Windchill Rest Services can be combined with Navigate components to build custom ThingWorx Navigate Applications that meet exactly the needs of your enterprise.   You're looking for  ThingWorx Navigate Custom Application but unclear

Hello, I am a blind student at the LMU in Munich and in the upcoming semester we will have a project together with a big international acting german industrial company that uses Windchill. The company uses the front ends or clients that use embedded browsers (CEF or internet explorer). From a short test I was not able to use the accessibility functions so my screen readers where not able to connect and read out the content of the application like buttons, labels and so on.   How does other people with disabilities use Windchill? Is there a way turn accessibility in this front ends on?    Kind regards, Hans 

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Has anyone created a folder subtype so that it can have different attributes in a specific context (presumably also it's own OIRs?)? There's plenty of discussion on CAD Document subtypes and WTDocument subtypes... I don't see anything on Folders in any documentation.    For context: A particular product context has some custom type attributes that we agreed would be best served at the Folder level. I can add the appropriate attributes and make them searchable but that impacts ALL of the folders. So at creation of a new folder all of the users would then see the custom type attributes that are intended just for one product.  So my thought was that I'll just make a folder subtype and have that be the default for the particular context. But, alas, there aren't OIRs for a folder so... how do I make it default for one context and not for the whole site? 

Writing code has always been something that David Graham has enjoyed. Coming from a Mechanical Engineering background, this developer consultant has always had an interest in figuring out what a customer wants and how to get there, thus specializing as a Windchill Expert to make it happen.   “All this code writing is just solving a puzzle,” said David. “There’s a lot of interesting problems to be solved.”   David Graham is currently retired but worked for PTC from 1994 to 2001. As an active member of the PTC Windchill Community, David takes the time to network with other developers and will post solutions to roadblocks others may have.  You may have read some of his posts on Windchill workflows.   Beyond the PTC Community, David consults on Windchill with clients. When writing code, he might take an out of the box workflow in Windchill and assist a company looking to automate by customizing it to fit their needs.  When it’s done, it likely does not resemble the

Hello all, hope you are well. This is the scenario: I have a Product template with a folder structure created. Also I have a workflow where in some task the user has to save a document in a predetermined folder. Right now what I did is to put the location in the Instructions task: something like this: You have to create a document in the folder Product name>Folder1> Folder 1.1 > Folder 1.1.1 .... But I would be nice that the user just have to click that location and another tap open in the right folder.  Someone knows if is possible inserting a variable?   Thanks in advance for reading this post or writing any idea.   Luis      

Hi all,I have a requirement of driver and dependent attributes which is based on selection of one value from combobox other attribute values should get populated. I'm referring to this solution https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS64401.So I have created a data utilities class which is mapped to my driver attribute. And from that I can able to call my javascript function which I have added in jsp page.And that onchange validation also working fine. But my javascript function is not changing the value of other attribute.Here is my javascript function.<script type="text/javascript"> function customChangefunction(){ var target = window.document.getElementsByName("resultCombo"); var src = window.document.getElementById("sampleCombo"); var strUser = src.options[src.selectedIndex].value; alert(strUser); var colours = new Array('Black', 'White', 'Blue'); var shapes = new Array('Square', 'Circle', 'Triangle'); var names = new Array('John', 'David', 'Sarah'); switch

I'm using Creo 5 with Windchill 11 and when I open Creo, type in my Windchill username/password, I always have to navigate to "Server Management", right-click on the server and un-check the "work offline" box. Does anyone know how to have Windchill automatically start online when it opens? I've talked with other folks in the office and theirs automatically starts online and they never need to go to server management and un-check that "work offline" box. We are all using/connecting to the same server. I understand it's not a long process to go to Server Management and just un-check that box but was curious as to why I need to and theirs is online by default.   Thanks in advance!

Hi all, we recently implemented the Afterloader as per CS216668 following option 2, its working as expected and copying our additional pdf files to the secondary content of the Drawing. We left the files types as "pdf stp igs dwg" So midway through the day I start getting calls from people telling me that their step files manually attached as secondary content to an EPMDocument were being deleted after checkin. We have a process whereby we create step files in Creo and save it directly to the EPMDocument, we save them with the naming convention <partnumber>_<version> (we dont publish step files as we often need to select different co-ordinate systems to export) So it looks like the AfterLoader code is deleting any secondary content which contains the same string of characters in the name as the EPMDocument, for example I have a CAD Part called 1234567.prt and it has secondary content, manually attached, called 1234567_V1.stp, after check in that step file attachment is gone

Hi all,   i am desperately trying to get the items contained in a promotion request via REST api. What I have as input is the ID of the promotion request, for example OR:wt.maturity.PromotionNotice:124606188 It seems one should use /Windchill/servlet/odata/NavCriteria/NavigationCriterias , but I am struggling about how to get this with EPMDocPromotionNoticeConfigSpec and WTPartPromotionNoticeConfigSpec and wondering how to get documents / all items contained in a promotion request...   Are there any examples / hints about how to construct the url to get closer to the items comprised in a promotion request?   Best Regards  

Does anyone have any insight or ideas on having a Windchill  Part BOM Markup for Revisions?  I am aware of doing a compare Part structure but this is only after the work is complete.  Ideally this could be available on the change task.  Any ideas that could be done for this with Windchill Rest Services potentially?  Looking for anyone's current processes that are server/ data driven, not a excel file as that is what we are trying to get away from. Currently we are using Windchill 11. M020

For viewing ODATA Swagger UI in 11.0 M030 CPS18 you can use the Customiztion Odata Rest API link which navigates to URL https://<server>/Windchill/netmarkets/html/wrs/doc.html However the link below shows:     Any suggestions on what is missing in the configuration to correctly open it?

  We will host a live Expert Session: "Tailoring Windchill Rest Services to Build Navigate applications" on July 29th, 12h00 EST .   Please find below the description of the expert session and the registration link.   Expert Session: Tailoring Windchill Rest Services to Build Navigate applications Date and Time: July 29th, 12h00 EST Duration: 1 hour Host: Hemant Shadra - Principal Solution Architect Registration Here: https://www.ptc.com/en/resources/manufacturing/webcast/windchill-rest-services-build-navigate-applications     Description: Most of the organizations have either already build custom app for ThingWorx Navigate for their business or the plan is at the top of their business strategies. Understanding the challenges and making strategic solutions to overcome those are very important. Many times, out-of-the-box OData services present in Windchill need to be tailored based on the specific requirements. This expert session will cover the customization ar

Hi All,   I have written a checkin listener that should set a particular revision number (the iteration is not important) given a certain parameter passed by Creo (it is only done under special and particular circumstances). It only happens with parts and assemblies that are not already present in Windchill. This is the code I am using,   QueryResult qr = VersionControlHelper.service.allVersionsOf((Versioned) epmDocument); long branchIdentifier = VersionControlHelper.getBranchIdentifier(epmDocument); String revisionRetrieved = "D"; while (qr.hasMoreElements()) { Iterated iterated = (Versioned) qr.nextElement(); if (iterated.getBranchIdentifier() == branchIdentifier) { MultilevelSeries mls = MultilevelSeries.newMultilevelSeries(epmDocumentMaster.getSeries()); mls.setValueWithoutValidating(revisionRetrieved.trim()); VersionIdentifier vid = VersionIdentifier.newVersionIdentifier(mls); //System.out.println("Inside vid: " + vid.getValue()); VersionControlHelper.setVersion

Has anyone done or heard of a way where WindChill can generate a Creo view mcad compare annotation automatically and attach it to a cad document or WTPart? We are trying to streamline our processes for change documentation.   Thanks!