Article - CS172880

How to use autonumbering when creating and uploading a CAD Document in Creo Parametric

Modified: 04-Mar-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.0
  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 10.0
  • PTC Windchill Workgroup Manager
  • AutoCAD
  • CATIA V6
  • CATIA V5
  • SolidWorks
  • Autodesk Inventor
  • Siemens NX

Description

  • How to use autonumbering when creating and uploading a CAD Document from CAD Tool / from Local Disk
  • CAD Number increments and the file name remains the same when uploaded or checked into server, though "Synchronize Number and File Name" is set to YES under WGM client
  • How to prevent File Name getting set as Number when opening CAD files from Local Disk and upload/check-in?
  • Step files going over the 18 character limit that are SAP Imposed. 
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