Article - CS210906
What do the "Component ID", "Part ID", and "Part ID Path" system properties represent in Creo View, and how are they exposed through Windchill in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 29-Aug-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 13.1
- Creo Parametric 1.0 to 11.0
- Creo View 1.0 to 12.1
- Creo View Adapters 1.0 to 12.1
- Visualization Services (WVS)
- Windchill Workgroup Manager (WGM)
- Dassault CATIA
- Siemens PLM NX (formerly Unigraphics or UG-NX)
- Creo Elements/Direct Modeling
- Dassault SolidWorks
- Autodesk Inventor
Description
- What is the CAD Document / WTPart Component ID attribute and what is it used for?
- What is the purpose of the System Properties: Part ID and Part ID Path?
- What's the meaning of the Part ID and Part ID Path attributes that are shown for each component?
- How does one check and validate that the Component ID's have been correctly published and propagated to Windchill?
- ComponentID is not unique after performing Save As
- Save-as generates same ComponentID for the new assembly
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