generate PDF from drawings and store in Windchill

January 24, 2012, 9:28 am

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Hi,

I have a range of drawings that I have stored on Windchill. How do I genereate PDF files of these drawings? And is there a way of storing them/ exporting them to an external location outside of Windchill?

Is this something that is done within Creo or Windchill?

Thnaks.

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How to get BOM or Product structure externally using Info Engine API?

January 9, 2017, 12:39 pm

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I'm new to Windchill and Info Engine.

Here is where I am at in my learning process:

- I have been able to run the default tasks that I found on this WSDL (<host>/Windchill/servlet/SimpleTaskDispatcher?CLASS=com.ptc.windchill.ws&VERSION=1.1&STYLE=document) using SOAP.

- I am also able to create tasks using the Info Engine Task Editor and then run them externally with a http request.

I'm trying to query a product structure externally based on some user input (product name). I need each parts' structure level, number, name, version, quantity and unit.

Ideally i would prefer not having to modify the server at all and use only out of the box tasks, but can modify if necessary.

Looking through the documentation I found the following task that looks like it is exactly what i'm looking for.

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Multilevel_BOM_Report

com.infoengine.connector.Group Multilevel_BOM_Report (String partOid, String locale, String hostName, String sessionId, String moduleName, String ncId)

Queries for a product structure and returns a multi-level Bill of Materials. {resourceBundle: com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.reports.bomReportsRB}

Parameters:

partOid - Specifies the top level part object Id.

locale - Specifies the locale.

hostName - Specifies the host name.

sessionId - Specifies the session Id.

moduleName -

ncId -

Returns:{columns: java.lang.String level, java.lang.String indent, java.lang.String image, java.lang.String numberURL, java.lang.String Number, java.lang.String Version, java.lang.String Name, java.lang.String orgName, java.lang.String usedLineNumber, java.lang.String usedFindNumber, java.lang.String quantityAmount, java.lang.String quantityUnit, java.lang.String State, java.lang.String refDesignator, java.lang.String orgIdLabel, java.lang.String orgIdRef, java.lang.String recursivePath[4000], java.lang.String recursiveMark, java.lang.String recursive}

Task:

/com/ptc/windchill/enterprise/reports/WBRMultiLevelBOM.xml

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My problem is, i'm not sure how to call this externally. Is there a WSDL that includes this? If so how do i find it?

I tried:

<host>/Windchill/servlet/SimpleTaskDispatcher?CLASS=com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.report.ReportTask&STYLE=document&VERSION=1.1

but that returns an empty xml document. I also can't find the URL to call it with a direct http request.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Jon

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Windchill "Updates" table will only display 1 row (but only for 1 user)

January 12, 2017, 12:56 pm

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We have a single user whose Updates table on the WC home screen will only display a single row. If he creates a new object (such as a Change Request), the existing row object disappears and the new item takes its place.

All other users see multiple rows of updated objects, and this problem is not just local to his PC. It follows to wherever he logs in.

I have never seen this and don't have any good ideas on the possible cause.

Any thoughts?

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Was Windchill 11.0 M020 partially retracted?

January 13, 2017, 2:18 pm

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Back in early December, I downloaded all of the installation media that was available for WC 11.0 M020, and when I look at the list of available media today, 1/13/2017, the Service Pack download for M020 is not listed. Even the webpage with the list of available software updates is missing the Service Pack listing despite the other M020 components being available.

Is this on purpose to prevent installation of M020 or is this some "glitch" in the downloads site?

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Is there a way to show the first iteration information for Created By and Created On attributes?

January 11, 2017, 10:25 am

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Look at the following example of a document created in Windchill PDMLink:

Looking at the history view at the bottom of the above image, a document was created by "User 1" on 2015-09-17 13:51 EDT at version A.1. It went through a series of changes. On 2016-05-06 09:23 EDT, a change administrator (User 2) revised the object as part of an ECN to make version C.1. Then the document was checked out and changed, and checked back in once again on 2016-07-26 11:31 EDT by User 1 and then the document was released again.

If you look at the details view for the current version (C.2), it lists the "Created By" user as User 2, on the date when C.1 was created. This is not intuitive to the users, and we prefer to see the date of the A.1 version and the individual who created that version.

Is there a way to get "Created By" and "Created On" to reflect that?

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PBO Attribute captured in a workflow

December 29, 2016, 4:59 am

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Looking for assistance with code that will grab a custom attribute value created using T&AM and write it to a variable in a workflow...Then using a custom email template I'll be able to display that value in the email. Not a code guy at all...thanks!!!

WC10.2 M030 CPS 17

Greg

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Excel extensions in Windchill

January 12, 2017, 2:02 pm

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I know I have done this before when we modified Windchill to accept the xml formatted Office documents, but I cannot remember what I modified or how I did it.

I searched the Windchill 10.0 Customization guide, but nothing hit me as to what this customization is.

Where in Windchill are the file extensions set for document types that can be uploaded? We have Excel macro driven file that has a .xlsm extension and it is giving us problems uploading. At one point in the past, I modified some file to allow the .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and maybe some other MS Office extensions.

Does Windchill support the .xlsm format?

an someone point me to the right utility and/or files(s) that need to be modified for this?

Windchill/PDMLink 10.0 m040

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SUMMARY Dynamically Set Workflow Activity

February 1, 2010, 10:22 am

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Adding summary:

Dynamic Activity Name (Activity Transition)
//Get the Activity
wt.workflow.engine.WfActivity myActivity = (wt.workflow.engine.WfActivity)self.getObject();
//Modify the Activity
myActivity.setName ("Work Order - " + task1Name); //task1Name is a String
//Save the Activity
myActivity = (wt.workflow.engine.WfActivity) wt.fc.PersistenceHelper.manager.save(myActivity);

Dynamic Activity Instructions
Add your String variable to the activity task instructions. Enclose the variable in curly braces.
{task1Instructions}

Dynamic Activity Participants (WFExpression)
if (task1User != null) //task1User is a wt.org.WTUser variable
{
//SET TEAM
wt.team.Team team = (wt.team.Team)((wt.team.TeamManaged)(self.getObject())).getTeamId().getObject();
//SET THE ROLES
wt.project.Role teamRole = wt.project.Role.toRole("TASK OWNER 1");
//REMOVE THE CURRENT PARTICIPANT
wt.org.WTPrincipal removeUser = null;
wt.team.TeamHelper.service.deleteRolePrincipalMap( teamRole,removeUser,team);
//ADD THE PARTICIPANTS TO THE TO_ROLES
wt.team.TeamHelper.service.addRolePrincipalMap( teamRole, task1User, team );
}

Dynamic Activity Due Date
Create and set a wt.workflow.engine.WfDueDate variable from a preceding task or from code.
Add the wt.workflow.engine.WfDueDate variable to the appropriate task as visible, required and read set to false. Set resettable to true.

Hope this helps,
Dax Williams
Business Administrator, Windchill
Lifetime Products, Inc.
dwilliams@lifetime.com<">mailto:dwilliams@lifetime.com>

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how to replace the Windchill file with local drive file

December 21, 2016, 1:24 am

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Windchill there is already the drawing with lower revision and now I have a drawing latest with revision in local drive how I can replace tat.

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In windchill 10.2 M030-CPS 09, workflow hangs on with error(For instance: when activity A finish, activity B not start), and will go on after reset windchill server. No error in WfPropagationQueue, WfUserWorkQueue, WfUserWorkQueue

January 15, 2017, 6:59 pm

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In windchill 10.2 M030-CPS 09, workflow hangs on with error(For instance: when activity A finish, activity B not start), and will go on after reset windchill server. No error in WfPropagationQueue, WfUserWorkQueue, WfUserWorkQueue

Error Info:

Log1

2017-01-16 08:15:07,355 ERROR [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueueThread-1808] wt.queue.PoolQueue.WfPropagationQueue Administrator - Queue Entry 367019: Exception occured

(wt.access.accessResource/19) wt.access.NotAuthorizedException: 注意: 受保护的操作。您没有执行该操作的必要授权。如果您认为不应当收到这一消息，请联系管理员。

at wt.queue.QueueMonitorHelper.queueCheckAccess(QueueMonitorHelper.java:466)

at wt.queue.QueueMonitorHelper.getWtQueue(QueueMonitorHelper.java:376)

at wt.queue.QueueMonitorHelper.getWtQueue(QueueMonitorHelper.java:326)

at wt.queue.QueueMonitorHelper.getWtQueue(QueueMonitorHelper.java:321)

at wt.queue.QueueRunnable.suspended(QueueRunnable.java:111)

at wt.queue.QueueRunnable.run(QueueRunnable.java:134)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

2017-01-16 08:15:07,355 ERROR [WfPropagationQueue.PoolQueue] wt.queue.PoolQueue.WfPropagationQueue -

at wt.queue.QueueMonitorHelper.queueCheckAccess(QueueMonitorHelper.java:466)

at wt.queue.QueueMonitorHelper.getWtQueue(QueueMonitorHelper.java:376)

at wt.queue.QueueMonitorHelper.getWtQueue(QueueMonitorHelper.java:326)

at wt.queue.QueueMonitorHelper.getWtQueue(QueueMonitorHelper.java:321)

at wt.queue.RandomAccessQueueThread.suspended(RandomAccessQueueThread.java:519)

at wt.queue.RandomAccessQueueThread.execEntries(RandomAccessQueueThread.java:465)

at wt.queue.RandomAccessQueueThread.run(RandomAccessQueueThread.java:361)

Log2

2017-01-16 08:15:20,981 ERROR [ajp-bio-8011-exec-94] wt.method.client.httpgw huweijie - MethodRequestHandler Exception: An exception occured while processing the request.

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: wt.enterprise.URLProcessor.templates(wt.httpgw.HTTPRequest, wt.httpgw.HTTPResponse)

at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1670)

at wt.httpgw.HTTPServer.processRequest(HTTPServer.java:321)

at wt.httpgw.MethodRequestHandler.handleRequest(MethodRequestHandler.java:58)

at wt.httpgw.HTTPGatewayServlet.serviceWithoutFilters(HTTPGatewayServlet.java:336)

at wt.httpgw.HTTPAuthGatewayServlet.serviceWithoutFilters(HTTPAuthGatewayServlet.java:86)

at wt.httpgw.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:90)

at wt.session.SessionContextDestroyer.doFilterInternal(SessionContextDestroyer.java:122)

at wt.session.SessionContextDestroyer.doFilter(SessionContextDestroyer.java:162)

at wt.httpgw.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:77)

at wt.httpgw.HTTPGatewayServlet.service(HTTPGatewayServlet.java:235)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)