Windchill Customization

Hi,   I want to change the default object (part, asm) name on Creo to follow a certain rule. Based on Windchill documents, this is done via OIR admin. I've had a look at a lot of articles and dicussions in PTC community regarding Object Initialization Rule (OIR), and it all points to goto OIR admin, edit the .xml under type 'Part'.   Below is an extract from the .xml file. From what I understand, all I need to do is add a new line <Arg></Arg>  under id="number" with my new numbering format. This doesn't seem to be doing anything. When I create a new part, it still does the default PRT0001 and increments 1 for the next new parts. What am I missing here?     <AttributeValues objType="wt.part.WTPart"> ....... <AttrValueid="number"algorithm="com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.revisionControlled.server.impl.NumberGenerator"ignore="false"force="false"final="false"><Value algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.BooleanBranch"><Value algorithm="wt.rule.

We are using Windchill 11.0 M030. We have several Products. 1) The Products that are no longer in use (MA & TC), but we want to keep in Windchill, should not appear in the search results. 2) We would like to hide the inactive Products and their contents from users.   Is there a way to hide a product and it's contents from users but they remain visible for Admin users?

I have made a copy of the Part and EPM Document OIRs and made changes to the lifecycle used in them from basic to my customized lifecycle for parts. When I create a New Part in a workspace, it gets created but uses the two-phase lifecycle instead of my own. I am assuming that this uses the Part OIR, but maybe not and that may be driving the issue. Same when I create a New CAD Document, which I assume uses the EPM Document OIR.   If these are not the right OIRs to modify, could someone point me in the right direction?   Windchill 11.0 M030 CPS16

I have a requirement where I want to restrict the selection of past dates in need date fields in Windchill 11.0, If I update calendar.js it affects searches as well, Any recommendations other than workflow business rules?

After reading and watching the videos in https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS241583 I have created a new versioning scheme put used the same numbers and letters as the OOTB versioning scheme, just with a new series name and seed names. Portion of file included: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><scheme><series name="StateBased"><seed name="NUMERIC"><value>1</value>(deleted lines)<value>99</value></seed><seed name="MILSTD"><value>-</value><value>A</value>(deleted lines)<value>AY</value></seed></series>-<series name="CentrusStateBased"><seed name="Draft"><value>A</value>(deleted lines)<value>AY</value></seed><seed name="Release"><value>0</value><value>1</value>(deleted lines)<value>99</value></seed></series></scheme>   I can create Documents just fine, but crea

I am creating a new Create Document layout. By default, I see under the Primary Content Source area of the layout, a selection box for where the file is and the file name box. I would like to add to this section of the screen layout. In Type manager, I can modify the layout and add fields, but they go either in the Attributes section or the Business section. How do I get these fields into the Primary Content Source section?   Windchill 11.0 m030 CPS16

The customer opened this case with the description   The Hyperlink attribute is currently limited to 200 characters, but this is too short to contain links to Creo View annotations within Windchill itself.   Customer needs to increase the length to about 600 characters or come up with another means of linking fields/attributes in a WTPart subtype to specific Creo View annotations.   I suggested the following articles as possibilities here   CS155068 – How to extend the length of the WTPart's Name attribute https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS155068   CS36423 – Is it possible to extend the column length of Modeled Attributes of type String https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS36423   CS24652 – What is the maximum length of a global string attribute https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS24652   CS213940 –  Is it possible to increase the column length of a modeled attribute to accept over 1333 characters https://www.ptc.com/en/su

In the Windchill GUI, on the structure tab (info page of a WTPart), I can define and reuse Filter for the configuration. See the following immage:I would like to export the part structure using one of the saved filter I created in Windchill.  My first approach is to try to find the instance of ConfigSpec, but I could not really find the way to go.Is the following a good starting point or should I look for "Filter" instead of ConfigSpec?: ConfigService.getConfigSpecFor(NavCriteriaContext(....))  Thanks,LM

Please, tell me how to add the table "Promotion Objects" from the page "Promotion Request" (screenshot 1.jpg) to the "Tasks" page (screenshot 2.jpg), so it turned out - screeshot 3.jpg ?

I have created a new Windchill instance (11.0 M030 CPS16) and created a new org admin user. When I go to do things, the OrgAdmin does not have rights to do so. I cannot see the Libraries or Products that wcadmin created. I cannot do a SaveAs to a profile at the org level. I just relogged as the Librarian and that account can see all 3 libraries.   What setting is missing in a new setup that allows the org admin (and other users) to do common tasks?  

Has anyone increased the number of WS frames and then had performance issues that could be tied to the increased number of Frames being saved/cached?   What is the max number of WS frames that you have set it to without noticing any problems?   Although the default currently is 40 (WC11), I have had mine set to 100 ever since we started using them (probably around WC 9.1).  I don't think any problems I have had are tied to it, but hard to be certain.  I want to change it for everyone.     I also read in an old thread that, unfortunately, it is not 40 frames per WS but 40 per user.  So even 100 seems low in that context.  The good news is that the help file says that only frames go toward that subtotal and not all events in the WS event manager.

HI all,   I am  using Apply-Service webject to fetch alternates from part. Below is the code snippet.   <ie:webject name="Apply-Service" type="OBJ">    <ie:param name="INSTANCE"   data="${FORM[]instance[]}" default="windchill"/>    <ie:param name="SERVICE"   data="wt.part.WTPartHelper"/>    <ie:param name="METHOD"   data="getAlternatesWTPartMasters"/>    <ie:param name="STATIC"   data="false"/>    <ie:param name="GROUP_IN"   data="parts"/>    <ie:param name="ARG"   data="wt.part.WTPartMaster=masterReference" delim=";"/>    <ie:param name="GROUP_OUT"   data="alt"/></ie:webject>   For one particular part , the code executes till last line i.e. "<ie:param name="GROUP_OUT"   data="alt"/>" . After that the control is not coming ou

Hi Folks, Anyone know of a way to create link to the highest version of a primary content file?   If not, how about a static link to the object itself?   Perhaps post a link on a document: Create a JSP page that accepts a parameter (docNumber). Then it has to get the latest version (Released for Production) of the document by querying, from a URL for the information page and forward it to that URL.

How to create new documents from the templates of a specific library and attaching the newly created documents as related objects automatically when creating a new WTpart , Can anyone help me with this??

There is a BOM structure. The condition is that before a child is not at its RELEASED state, Parent cannot be released.I have used  wt.doc.WTDocumentHelper.service.getUsesWTDocumentMasters() to get the child document.I want to get the state of the child document. SO I used,                              WTDocumentMaster childPart = (WTDocumentMaster) childInfo;                               wt.lifecycle.State childState = ((_LifeCycleManaged) childPart).getLifeCycleState();ERROR is -> wt.doc.WTDocumentMaster cannot be cast to wt.lifecycle._LifeCycleManagedI cannot get the state of the object. The above function does not work for WTDocumentMaster. Neither does object.getState().How should I

Ooohhh the frustration... can anyone with a dictionary "PTC - plain English - PTC" explain me what this is about...   https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS183904   What I'd want it to be and what it looks like in the pic in that CS is a truly Ad Hoc Task you can assign to anyone without relation to any process. Ie. not a Change Notice Task, Approve Promotion Task, just a random task to notify someone "Hey I want you to take a look at this and assigned you a Task so you see it in Windchill instead of sending you email about it."   If so, how would a user trigger it?    

Hello, well I have a problem that I cannot solve and I need help or guidance how to solve it. I am trying to get EPMDocument's (Creo part) visual representation (a .pvs file) using RESTFul query. Here is my query (for testing purposes we are using Swagger): GET --header 'Accept: application/json' 'http://<wct-server>:<port>/Windchill/servlet/rest/visualization/objects/OR:wt.epm.EPMDocument:147522537' on our windchill installations (I am using WcT 11.0 M030 CPS13) the result looks like: { "id": "...", "attributes": { "representations": [ { "id": "OR:wt.viewmarkup.DerivedImage:....", "attributes": { "default": true, "launchCreoView": "http://<Wct-server>:<port>/Windchill/wtcore/jsp/wvs/edrview.jsp?objref=OR%3Awt.viewmarkup.DerivedImage%3A422931&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhades.fsb.hr%3A90%2FWindchill%2Fservlet%2FWindchillAuthGW%2Fcom.ptc.wvs.server.util.WVSContentHelper%2FredirectDownload%2Fcad-0000001809_prt.pvs%3FContentHolder%3Dwt.viewmarkup.DerivedImage%253A

When creating a versioning scheme in Windchill 11.0 m030, we have the need to jump versions. We initially create parts/documents at version A. These get revised to new versions up to a point where we decide to jump the version to version 0 for a production release. When I select the file for a Revise action, I am only getting the next version in my version table. It will not let me change the version to the numeric sequence in my version file. What do I need to set to get the revision box to allow me to select my next revision?

Hello Friends, I need to validate MPMOperation attribute at Uses tab (Process Plan Browser Structure tab).   As I know, Data Utility can be used in case of normal Create/Edit Page of an object, where as same data utility can not be called from Uses tab of Process Plan Structure page. I thing it works based on GWT components.   Do you have an any other idea?   Snapshot is attached where am updating the an attribute.

Creating new objects in Windchill utilizes an Object Initialization Rule (OIR) to preset certain object characteristics. These include the object number, folder, versioning rules, team for access and some others. The OIR is an XML formatted file that is used to define the object characteristics at creation time.PTC has specified certain rules with in WIndchill that allows customers to modify the OOTB rules for creating files so they can be tailored to each company’s needs and requirements. The one rule is critical in making the system work for each customer is that a lower level OIR will override a higher level one.Let me explain the hierarchy of OIR rules, which also applies to other default settings. When Windchill is initially installed, PTC loads OIR files at the site level. The site level is the top of the WIndchill tree. These XML files are instantiated down through lower levels, if needed. When installed, WIndchill creates an Organization level of files. This sits below the site

Is it possible to hide a parent object type but leave the sub-type visible and instantiable?   I'm exploring the possibility of using sub-typed WT parts for a particular project I'm working on.  For testing I've created two different sub-types, both with unique attributes.  (We don't currently use WT parts for anything else.)  When I go to create a new part, both the original parent WT Part and my two sub-typed parts are visible.  I'd like to limit the selection to only my sub-typed parts and not display the parent type.  If I make the parent type not instantiable then the sub-types disappear.  Is there some other way to hide the parent type, or make it not instantiable, while still retaining the two sub-types?  Maybe something with OIRs???  

When we set up our production system at Windchill 8, we built a state.rbinfo text file in the wtCustom folder structure, then used an ant command to build it into Windchill. I am building a new system and need to add a new lifecycle state, Searching PTC.com comes up with CS223984 (which is basically useless) and CS422321, using enumCustomize utility to directly modify the StateRB.RB.ser file directly and then run the ant MakeJar command.   Which method is best for adding enumerations to the system? I know the rbinfo file method still works.   Windchill 11.0 m030 CPS08

Hi All, I am new to Windchill. In promotion request i have the subtypes. I would like to know how can i get the type of PR from Promotion notice persisted object?   Thanks in Advance  Regards Harini  

User wants to create a document and specify a review date.  The workflow needs to send out an email 60 days before the review date and the day of the review date.  The catch is that the review date may change after the document is created.  I tried using a timer to wait 5 minutes and then called a java method we wrote to see if the date had changed but that was overloading the workflow manager because of the volume of active documents.  I could drop the timer and implement a java loop until the appropriate date but there are concerns this would move the pressure to the method server.  Is it possible to send emails based on a date attribute that can change without pressure to the system?

What is the best method for copying workflows, lifecycles and teams to new names at the org level? We are building new Windchill systems and need to take the default workflows, lifecycles and teams and copy them per the Best Practices so any PTC changes will not overwrite our modified ones. There is no copy and paste like other elements to make the process easy. Export and Import after editing the XML?