Article - CS288647
CAD worker publishing fails with error: "Error from Creo - Registration with server failed: Windchill license validation failed" in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 03-Nov-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 13.1
- Creo View Adapters 7.0 to 12.1
- Windchill Visualization Services (WVS)
- Windchill Workgroup Manager (WWGM)
Description
- What is the minimum license features set for a File-Synchronization Worker in order to be able to publish CAD data?
- Error occurs when trying to connect Creo Parametric or Windchill Workgroup Manager to Windchill Server:
Insufficient Windchill license to Windchill Server, Windchill 11, connection to Windchill 11 is refused.
- A File synchronization enabled CAD worker fails to publish files on server registration:
proe2pv Error:56341: Error from Creo - Registration with server failed: Windchill license validation failed
- SOLIDWORKS worker publishing fails with error:
WWGM ERROR: The server couldn't be found at the given location.
WWGM ERROR: Windchill license validation failed
Worker XYZ-SOLIDWORKS:1 was stopped
- WVS Job Monitor fails to publish with error:
Error from Creo- Registration with server failed: Windchill License validation failed
- The 3D thumbnail of CAD Document can't be shown and Open in Creo View is not available
- Worker gets stopped abruptly and shows the error in adaptor PVI: Testing Connection to Server ... Failed:
The CADAgent rejected the connection, is it configured for a PROE worker on machine nrbplm (alias not set)? - Failed to check-in Creo Parametric documents in HDIC conversion with Conflict:
[XXXXX__hdic_test.asm: Upload of locally modified representations is not allowed.] - Members assigned the Guest role in a product can't create new representations for CAD objects in the released state
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