Windchill Customization

Hi,   I'm creating WTParts using import from spreadsheet functionality(OOTB). I want to apply some logic post creation of these parts but in my POST_STORE event I'm not getting target instanceof WTPart to implement logic. Is there any other way ? 

Hello.   I found that class com.ptc.core.adapter.server.impl.AbstractWebjectDelegate has been marked as deprecated (at least since release 11.0 but it could be marked as deprecated even earlier). However, I don't see any information, what class should be used instead of AbstractWebjectDelegate.   Is there anyone who had to use AbstractWebjectDelegate and found a replacement for it? This class is mostly used, when one wants to create his own webject delegate, so such class extends AbstractWebjectDelegate.

Hello.   I found that class wt.prefs.WTPreferences has been marked as deprecated. Sadly, there's no accurate info about why it is deprecated. The class provides some methods for getting root preference, create/set context masks and so on. WTPreferences prefs = (WTPreferences) WTPreferences.root();prefs = (WTPreferences) prefs.node(prefNode);prefs.setContextMask(PreferenceHelper.createContextMask()); Is anyone here who knows, what is the replacement for this class (or at least methods used there)?

Hey all, I've created a custom trigger to do some cleanup after importing a reqif file from DOORS into Windchill. The script grabs the document container, walks through the contains field using walkHeirarchy(), then modifies a couple of the fields in each record. Is is possible to determine what section level an item is at?  So I need to do something different if a Heading is Section 1 vs Section 1.2.3 for example.

I am trying to customize the email notifications being sent from a workflow but I'm having trouble finding the right Java API calls to use for certain pieces of information.  Here are the calls I'm using so far: wt.maturity.StandardMaturityService p = new wt.maturity.StandardMaturityService(); wt.maturity.PromotionNotice pn =(wt.maturity.PromotionNotice)primaryBusinessObject; wt.fc.QueryResult pn_targets; pn_targets = (wt.fc.QueryResult) p.getBaselineItems(pn); wt.epm.EPMDocument epmDoc = new wt.epm.EPMDocument(); while (pn_targets.hasMoreElements()) { Object obj =pn_targets.nextElement(); String objType =obj.getClass().getName(); if (objType.equals("wt.epm.EPMDocument")) { epmDoc = (wt.epm.EPMDocument)obj; System.out.println("state = " + epmDoc.getState().toString()); System.out.println("number = " + epmDoc.getNumber().toString()); System.out.println("cadname = " + epmDoc.getCADName()); } } These are working great, but I need more.  What are the calls to get the fol

Hello  We want to map wtdocument and wtpart attribute on projectlink  plan activity attribute using alias . Which mapping we need to use   Regards Dhananjay

Hello,   We required wtdociment,wtpart attribute mapping on project plan.   How we will achieve through alias attribute.

I have this action configured:       {          "name":"InitiateApprovalProcess",          "description":"Initiate the approval process",          "parameters":[             {                "name":"ChangeNotice",                "type":"ChangeNotice",                "isNullable":false,                "isCollection":false             },             {          

Hi,   We installed a trial of the batch printing service but we found the drawings are printed in no particular order (just the order they appeared in the batch print job). Is there any way to automatically order the drawing prints - for example as they appear in the BoM structure?   Normally, the consumer would just view the drawings online, on Windchill, and print their own copies when they need but in this particular case we're required to provide hard-copies sorted into the order the appear in the structure. Can anyone share how they deal with mass printing of drawings/documents for hardcopy distribution?   How do others deal with the batch prints, we could end up sending hours sorting through the prints and organizing them so we need to find a way to automate.   Regards Rob

I am searching for a possibility to export a list of the objects (WTParts, EPM, WTDoc) in windchill with there object nummer and there actuall version into a spreadsheet. It would helpful if you give me a function keyword or something like that, at the moment I am limited by the maximum number of object I can display (2000).

We just upgraded to Windchill 11.2.1.4 and found out that our AfterEDRLoader stopped working. Before this we were on 11.1 M020 CPS08 and it worked like a charm (even in our previous version). Has anyone else upgraded to 11.2.1.4 had the same experience? We're using unedited code as posted here: https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS216668   Dobi

Hi    I have created A MPMWorkCenter object and I want to attach WTDocument to it. From UI it looks possible. But I was not able to find API.   Can anyone help me to find API to link.

Hello,   I want to add some custom entries to modelRegistry.properties and descendantRegistry.properties. Can anyone provide instructions on how to do the same?   Thanks in advance.   Regards, Sha

Lately I've been feeling like ESI is a bit heavy for our company's use cases.  It's to the point that I feel like I'd rather use something else.   Now that the odata REST api is in place and seems to work rather well  I was wondering if it could be a good replacement for our ESI integrations.  Rather than placing an xml file somewhere that is configured through distribution targets with a 4 page configuration wizard (exaggeration) then building a custom integration piece to read and ship it to our ERP... could we just have our custom integration piece use the rest api and pull part data?     Has anyone in the community gone down this path/thought process?  Am I nuts?

How to set a different number sequence based on multiple attribute values in Windchill PDMLink 11.2.1.0? Example:  Attribute 1: A , B , C Attribute 2: 1, 2, 3 Attribute 3: X, Y, Z   Combination will be like A1X001 A1Y001 A1Z001 A2X001 A2Y001 A2Z001      

Is there any place in Windchill where a restriction can be placed on an object's revise statsus? Let me explain what I would like. Everything is created at version A and the Design state. When it is promoted, it is at the Prototype state. We had an engineer do a revise to the version A parts, bottom up. When he got to the top level, the revise caught some of the version B parts he had already revised and made them version C. I would like Windchill to block a part at the design state (other than version A) from being revised to prevent this from happening again. It is this possible with some preference or will I need custom code? The same scenario is with a version 1 or higher object at the pre-release state.  

My company has the requirement to have Windchill send an email notification to a specific group of uses when a released file is revised. Currently we have promotion management set up to notify a group when the file is promoted to Released. If the file needs to be revised after going to released state, the designers want a specific group of users notified that the revision is changing and the state is changing. Is there a mechanism similar to the promotion management we can use to notify a specific group that a file's state is being changed to due to revision?

since the class and attribute description is evaluated by class admin (sometimes also localized in multilingual), how to dispay it to the end user?   It is required by part creation and search (refine results)

I'm having a problem with the redirect back to Windchill after authenticating. I see the authentication on the Okta side, but when it returns, it goes to the Windchill address without the "/Windchill", just the hostname. I get the Apache "It Works!" page. Any ideas?

Hello, looking for a possibility to programmatically do an upload of certain attachments to a Part request object? Basically trying to mirror the functionality given in the GUI from within an expression robot within a workflow.   Any ideas if this api exists?   regards Torsten

We have several legacy files that follow a numbering scheme but are not necessarily in order. I want to change the next document number value instead (ex instead of 00010, I want it to be 00100). All the documentation points at how to CREATE a sequence, but not change it. Does anyone know how to set the value for the sequence after the table as been created?

How to synchronize a workflow with Part Request as PBO to wait for a second Part request in a separate workflow (number of this second Part request is know and stored in global WF variable type string).The synchronization should trigger on part request state change and check if the number is equal to the one stored as global WF variable and state is "RESOLVED"  

Hi,   We have custom suggestion box on an IBA while creating a document object. How to enable the same while using Advanced search ?   Can any one please help ?   Thanks 

Hi All,   For OOTB - Advanced Search, following are high level steps: 1. User enters some words in search fields 2. OOTB processors or beans reads the field values and converts to query  3. DB is invoked with input 4. Results are shown to UI   Now, is it possible to change the processing in step 2 as per our custom conditions ? if so, can any one please guide us ?   Thanks 

hi All,   There is an article on PTC https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS211115 I've checked it on 11.2 - all works ok. On 12.0 there is no problem with adding Custom WVS Scheduler Methods, but I have problem with part 'Publish Actions from Windchill Search result / Folder Contents table'.    Does any of you try to implement it on Windchill 12??   regards Krzysztof