For two different languages what can change between two .rbInfo files? constant value? the display? the order in the list? the key? the selectable flag?
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.rbInfo files, Please help!
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Please Help with quick java code and annotation for Windchill
What can the following code be used to do?
public class trainingResource extends WTListResourceBundle{
@RBEntry("hello, {0}!!!")
@RBComment("Bundle \"hello world\" example")
@RBArgComment0("a noun")
public static final String HELLO="0";
}
can it Define a new localized value or is it missing the @RBUUID annotation on the class?
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Where are the Windchill matrices?
I'm looking for older versions of the software matrices for Windchill PDMLink and unable to find them. For example - 10.1 F000, 10.1 M010, 10.1 M020.
I have seen them before but cant find them now. What am I missing?
Thanks,
Madhavi
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Exporting team templates
Hello
Is there any way in Windchill to export and Import team templates.?
Note that i am looking to export team created at Site/Org-->Utilities->Team Administration not context team.(not specific context team...).
Regards
Giridhar
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How to use setContext() method for the Wfprocess that's running
Hi!
I want to use setContext() method in the running Wfprocess, but it's not set new data to the process. How can I do it?
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Assign participant to a role
I am adding some sign-off actions to our change request workflow. I have created some new roles from the Organization roles menu item. That was easy. Now I need to assign users or groups from the LDAP to those roles. I looked on the team template page, but the new role does not show up with the site roles. How do I get to the role to add part5icipants to it?
Secondly, I need to add the role to the participants tab of the workfloe action item. Again, my added role does not show up in the list of roles? I now I can use an LDAP group or individual name(s) in that tab, but I would prefer using the role as that is the intent of what the Windchill developers thought should be used, I think. How do I get the role to show up in the list of roles on the particpants tab so I can select it?
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Uploading new revision
I received new models/drawings with the same file name as others on Windchill. I would like ot keep the file names/numbers the same becouse the new files are one revision higher. Ho w do I keep the files names/numbers the same but with different Rev?
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automation for batch verification of the parts are checked into the PDM or not?
Is it possible to have an automation for batch verification of the parts are checked into the PDM or not?
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Created user picker using datautility throws error on callback function.
Created a userpicker in a custom datautility and regiseterd it on a string attribute. Picker renders correctly in UI. On selecting user clicking finish windchill throws error for custom callback function saying that we cannot set value for null. Also mc.getRawValue() always returns null in the below code.
//Get datavalue method of datautilty
public Object getDataValue(String component_id, Object object, ModelContext mc) throws WTException {
buildUserPickerConfig(component_id, mc);
Object localObject = null;
System.out.println(mc.getRawValue());
if (mc.getRawValue() != null)
{
localObject = mc.getRawValue();
defaultProps.put(PickerRenderConfigs.DEFAULT_HIDDEN_VALUE, localObject.toString());
} else
{
localObject = "";
}
PickerInputComponent pic = new PickerInputComponent("UserPicker",localObject.toString(), defaultProps);
pic.setColumnName(component_id);
return pic;
}
//Callback JS
function userPickerCallback(objects, pickerID)
{
var updateHiddenField = document.getElementById(pickerID);
alert(updateHiddenField);
var myJSONObjects = objects.pickedObject;
for(var i=0; i< myJSONObjects.length;i++) {
var oid = myJSONObjects[i].oid;
alert(oid);
// Here “fullName” is the displayAttribute requested
updateHiddenField.value=oid;
}
}
Error Screenshot.
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Value Of Maintence With Windchill
At the risk of starting a firestorm, I'm interested in hearing from Windchill users on the value of maintenance, specifically with Windchill.
First, some background
We are a small company with only 8 seats of Creo. The nature of our business (design consultancy) meant, traditionally, that projects live within our walls for a short time and then are handed to the client. Typically that might be from concept through preliminary engineering until tooling or production release. The value of Windchill (although PTC requires us to buy and pay maintenance on it) was not worth the pain in implementing and maintaining it.
Recently, we've been doing more sustaining engineering for clients. maintaining their database and implementing running changes and ECOs. That, and larger projects with larger database sizes, have pushed us into looking to implement PDM Link. That is likely to come this year.
On the maintenance side, the primary, near exclusive, value to us from maintenance is access to new releases to keep up with our clients. We rarely use tech support, it's simply not fast enough for our needs. With PTC stretching out the release schedule to over 2 years, it makes no financial sense for us to pay maintenance each year and have moved to paying only every 3rd year or longer.
And so my question;
As we implement PDM Link, I'm wondering if we should rethink our philosophy on maintenance. Will we likely find more value in access to tech support & the KB?
I'd be interested in your thoughts, especially those from smaller organizations like ours.
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Hyperlink to edit change object dialog in wf assignment
Hi,
I'm looking for possible ways to create a hyperlink to the edit problem report dialog in a workflow assignment.
The edit dialog should preferable open in a new window.
In other Words, users should only be one click away from editing a problem report, with the current assignment in the background.
Please let me know if more info is needed,
We are on Windchill 10.1.
Thanks.
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Copy objects from PDMLink and Paste into ProjectLink
I want to explore change solutions in ProjectLink for the increased collaboration tools as part of our change process. However, I've not found a viable solution for copying the PDMLink objects into a Project for editing. The copy/paste option creates shared objects where all updates are shown in PDMLink. Save As and Move functions do not allow the objects to be transferred to ProjectLink. Is there a method for creating a copy of PDMLink objects in ProjectLink for editing? Is there another method for developing proposed solutions to changes before revising the objects as part of the ECN process?
Chris
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Search by Folder Name type in Windchill
Hi,
We are using Windchill 10.0 M030 and I found a problem when I want to search by Folder Name type. As a result of history matters, many objects are stored and identified by the folder it is placed in (just like the Windows Explorer). Unfortunately this type of object can't be choosen to search for in Windchill (see att.) or did I miss a thing? I only found some discussions/solutions/articles about building queries but that should not be the way for the normal end user in my opinion.
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
Bas Luk
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Report Manager
Hi,
I need to create a report that lists Change Requests and their connected Problem Reports.
For example, the preferable output would be:
ECR#: Date Created: PR# Date Created:
ECR-123 1/4/2006 10:20:30 PR-123 1/4/2005 10:20:30
PR-456 1/4/2004 10:20:30
ECR-456
and so on...
The goal is to get the time from Problem reported to ECR initiated.
It seems to me that my query needs to involve some kind of link/reference between ECR and PR, could be wrong though.
As you understand I'm pretty new to this, have only done some simple reports and finding a good source for learning is hard.
Please let me know if more information on the subject is needed.
Thankful for any tips.
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23rd level of HeII: trying to find Recipe Editor user guide
Okay, maybe not the 23rd level, but close...
I have just spent the last 2-3 hours trying to find out detailed information on the WVS / CAD Worker Recipe Editor. I opened the Editor and for help it says:
Cool! So I go there, do that... Nothing, NADA, Zilch, Zero....
Anybody got a shortcut they can share to this elusive document?
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How to download all visualizations
Hi Community,
in one of our current projects we need to download all visualizations available in Windchill. As we noticed visualizations in windchill are not connected to the filevault via database tables.
How can we get to all the visualizations available in windchill? They may be available in the file vaults, since there are a lot of files in file vaults, not available in epm document file tables, but where can i get the real file names?
Regards
Stefan
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Need API to launch excel,connect to windchill and update document
Hi,
My requirement is I need to launch Excel,connect to Windchill from excel ,search and open a document,check-out and check-in,all from excel.
Have anyone worked on similar scenario.
Please let me know what is the API used for this.
Thanks.
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Document Management Integrations - Anyone Considering Office365?
PTC recieves a fair amount of questions about providing an integration to Office365 lately. I'm curious if there's folks out there using Office365 now and what type of connectivity you'd like to have with Windchill?
To me, the main difference is the option to use the Microsoft Office Web Applications instead of the locally installed Office applications and the content has a high probability of residing in the O365 cloud, OneDrive or an on-premise SharePoint implementation. The Office Web Apps are only supported on SharePoint and cannot be directly integrated into a non-SharePoint solution.
It seems like a "Send to Windchill" option would be nice to have, but I'm curious if there are any other use cases or needs people might have?
-Scott
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CS204358 The "Affected Object" collector collects non latest iteration of Parts linked to the affected Document in Windchill PDMLink 10.2
WC Gurus,
What have any of you done regarding this issue?https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS204358&source=minisearch
In 10.1 the collector gets only the latest WTPart, in 10.2 all versions of the wtpart are collected. This is not good.
CS204358 The "Affected Object" collector collects non latest iteration of Parts linked to the affected Document in Windchill PDMLink 10.2 https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS204358&source=minisearch
The Case resolution states:
- Reported to R&D as SPR 2262224
- Not part of Windchill PDMLink functionality
- To request this functionality, refer to Product Ideas @ PTC Community
Video: http://youtu.be/92EEW1LGJy8
Image: 
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Configuring Creo Parametric and Windchill Workgroup Manager Clients for CAD Data Management Performance
Are you experiencing poor client performance when using Creo or the Windchill Workgroup Manager and when interacting with your Windchill server?
Do you wonder what should be done to setup clients that manage CAD models (MCAD, ECAD or EPM Documents)?
Configuring or performance tuning client for CAD Data Management performance does NOT need to be an overly complicated or time consuming process as client machines can typically be configured in a couple minutes with a handful of changes. Spend a couple minutes with me going through the typical steps PTC recommends when configuring clients for CAD Data Management performance, specifically the following:
- Reference Articles
- Configuring a Creo Client or Windchill Workgroup Manager Client
Reference Articles:
Technical Support has created a set of Articles that is the basis of the configuration we’ll be walking through. Review and bookmark the following:
[TS KP] Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire and Creo Interaction with PDMLink - Recommended Initial Performance Client Settings
[TS KP] Windchill Workgroup Manager Interaction with PDMLink - Recommended Initial Performance Client Settings
Configuring a Creo Client (CS23960) or Windchill Workgroup Manager Client (CS140968):
Clients are quick and easy to configure as there are a small number (5 or 6) of changes to make when configuring:
- Update to the latest Internet Explorer release available from Microsoft that is supported with your Creo and Windchill release
- When working with CAD models in Windchill, the client browser typically processes and renders large lists of objects which can be heavily browser engine performance dependent
- Microsoft has improved browser performance in each Internet Explorer release and as such, one can to take advantage of performance improvements by simply updating to a later Internet Explorer release.
- The following is a graph showing relative performance difference of Google Chrome (baseline) vs. Firefox vs. various Internet Explorer releases running a number of Javascript benchmark tests:
![browser performance.gif]()
Now that isn’t to say that a transaction like refreshing a Workspace will take 10x longer on a IE9 x64 or IE8 machine vs an IE10 machine as the JavaScript processing portion of a transaction is only part of the overall transaction. You will, however, notice that the UI (scrolling, selection, etc.) responds more quickly or feels more “snappy” when using a later, more performant Internet Explorer release. - Refer to the article for more detail and links to software matrices that document what IE releases are compatible with various Creo, Windchill Workgroup Manager and Windchill releases.
- Set config windows_browser_type (Creo) or wgmclient.ini preference windows.browser.type (WWGM) to the most performant browser release
Config windows_browser_type or preference windows.browser.type can be set to configure the client to use an in-process Internet Explorer release (Creo/WWGM), out of process Internet Explorer release (Creo only), bundled Mozilla browser release (Creo/WWGM) or bundled Chromium browser release (Creo 3.0). Refer to the table in the article for more detail and choose the browser type that performs best. - Set config dm_network_threads (Creo) or wgmclient.ini preference windows.browser.type (WWGM) to a higher than out of the box value to more fully utilize network bandwidth when downloading content from the Windchill server
When downloading content to the Workspace during an Add to Workspace or Check Out operation, clients may not fully utilize available network bandwidth (Creo or the WWGM will typically only download using two network threads). If network bandwidth allows, making this configuration change in combination with Windows Registry settings (#5 below) will improve content download performance. Refer to the article for more detail. - Set config dm_http_compression_level (Creo), environment PTC_WF_NETWORK_THREADS (WWGM) or wgmclient.ini preference wf.network.threads (WWGM) for WAN clients
Enable compression of information and content being transferred between a client and Windchill server where the network bandwidth between the client and server is limited (typical in WAN environment). Refer to the article for more detail. - Add Internet Explorer and WAN client TCP related Windows Registry entries to improve performance
Internet Explorer and the Windows TCP stack is by default is not tuned particularly well for processing large lists of objects, for simultaneously downloading large sets of files or for auto-tuning the TCP stack in WAN environments. Refer to the article for a single Windows Registry file that can be merged into the client registry (save to disk and double click to implement) and for detail regarding the Windchill Client Inspector that can be used to validate that client machines are configured appropriately. - For 32-bit clients, configure for 3GB of virtual memory (Creo only)
For those running 32-bit Creo, configure Windows to allow processes (Creo xtop.exe process) to allocate up to 3GB of virtual memory (allows you to open larger, more complex models). Refer to the article and Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro or Creo Parametric on 32 vs. 64-bit Hardware & Operating Systems and Interaction with Windchill Solutions for more detail.
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