Article - CS305043
AutoCAD drawings with XREFS opened from Windchill PDMLink Product level are missing the XREFS when using a Project level workspace
Modified: 18-Apr-2019
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 11.1
- Windchill PDM Essentials 11.1
- Pro/INTRALINK 8.x + 11.1
- Windchill ProjectLink 11.1
- Windchill Workgroup Manager
- Autodesk AutoCAD 2019
Description
- AutoCAD drawings with XREFS opened from Windchill PDMLink Product level are missing the XREFS when using a Project level workspace
Steps to reproduce
- In Windchill Workgroup Manager client create a workspace in the context of a Windchill PDMLink Project
- In Windchill PDMLink have the preference >Integral Operations >Convert to Share Collector >Enable Automatic Share to Project set to Allow Automatic Sharing
- Navigate using Windchill Workgroup Manager client embedded browser to the Product level where an AutoCAD drawing to XREF's dependents is located
- From the AutoCAD icon click to Open in AutoCAD the parent drawing
- Once opened in AutoCAD notice the warning flagging the missing XREFs
Expectation:
- Since that in Windchill PDMLink the preference >Integral Operations >Convert to Share Collector >Enable Automatic Share to Project set to Allow Automatic Sharing all dependent XREFS should be collected as well
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