Article - CS135663

Application Program Interface (API) to get/set attribute values on modeled or soft typed objects in Windchill

Modified: 15-Sep-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 13.1
  • Windchill MPMLink 10.2 to 13.0
  • Windchill PartsLink 11.0 to 13.0

Description

  • What API should be used to manipulate soft typed objects and attributes
  • How to programmatically access Alias / Unit Attribute defined on a WTPart soft type
  • What API was introduced in Windchill 10.0 to work with hard (modeled) attributes, global soft attributes (IBA), standard soft attributes and alias attributes
  • How to retrieve/set Boolean type IBA value using Windchill API
  • What the supported API to set multi-value for attribute
  • Can fetch the value of IBA in activity of Promotion Request workflow process
  • How to set attribute value when creating Change Notice
  • API to set Processing Time for Operation.
  • How to fetch or set IBA value in routing expression of workflow
  • How to programmatically get the value of the customized attributes of a Project(wt.projmgmt.admin.Project2)?
  • How to update the attribute/IBA of WTPartUsageLink using Windchill API
  • How to update the attribute/IBA of Department Data(PlantFunctionalData) using Windchill API
  • How to update the attribute/IBA of ESI Distribution Target using Windchill API
  • How to create attribute/IBA of MDEntity object using Windchill API
  • API of setting Classification Attributes' value of Real Number with Units type
  • How to get Calculated type IBA value using Windchill API
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