Article - CS248643

Windchill 11.0 M020 or later: Creo View Plug-in replacement technology (WebGL) for the 3D Thumbnail Viewer and Structure Visualization tab use cases (Phases 2 & 3)

Modified: 01-Aug-2024   


Applies To

  • Creo View 2.0 to 5.1
  • Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 11.2
  • Windchill MPMLink 10.0 to 11.2
  • Windchill PDM Essentials 10.1 to 11.1
  • Windchill ProjectLink 10.0 to 11.2
  • Windchill Service Information Manager 10.0 to 11.2
  • Pro/INTRALINK 8.x + 10.0 to 11.2
  • Visualization Services (WVS)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 45 and later
  • Google Chrome 45 and later
  • Apple Safari
  • Microsoft Edge

Description

  • The purpose of this document is to provide details of the Creo View WebGL Viewer and the WebGL based Plug-in replacement technology, which will replace the Creo View Plug-in used for the embedded Creo View use cases (Phases 2 & 3):
    • 3D Thumbnail Viewer:
      • 3D Thumbnail Image displayed on Details page for CAD models (Parts and Assemblies)
      • Thumbnail Viewer accessed using the right-mouse button action on the Representation / Annotations table
    • Thumbnail Navigator:
      • The 3D Thumbnail is also displayed in the Thumbnail Navigator 'hover-over' window, accessed from the Windchill Folder list table and for displaying Interferences
    • Visualization tab:
      • The use of the embedded Creo View client on the Part (WTPart) and CAD Document (EPMDocument) Structure > Visualization tab
  • Note: Refer to article CS237817 for the Plug-in replacement technology used for the Open in Creo View use case
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