Article - CS32706
Drawing formats missing while retrieving drawing files with error "xxxx.frm does not exist in the database" in Creo Parametric
Modified: 16-Sep-2025
Applies To
- Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire 4.0 to Wildfire 5.0
- Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
- Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 13.1
- Windchill PDMLink
Description
- Drawing formats missing while retrieving drawing files with error xxxx.frm does not exist in the database
- When opening drawing, inserted format (.frm) missing
- Drawings are opening without format
- When opening the custom drawing templates. inserted format are missing.
- Missing drawing format in drawing templates.
- Drawing templates are retrieving with missing format even after correctly setting the config option template_drawing
- Opening an old drawing shows a different/wrong title block.
- What is the order to read format file?
- New created drawing won't read the format that is specified by pro_format_dir, but reads the formats from working directory
- What is the order to read format file when connecting to Windchill
- The drawing border (drawing zones) is disappearing from the drawings.
- How to load the related format file automatically when opening the drawing file
- Found below error in message log while opening format file from Windchill:
xxxx.frm does not exist in the database - Found below error in Event Management while adding format file to workspace from Windchill:
ATTENTION: Secured Action. You do not have the necessary authorization for this operation - Found below error in Method Server logs while adding format file to workspace (formats are stored in Library context and are being downloaded in Product context) from Windchill:
wt.access.evaluation.report user - "user" does not have Change Permissions permission for "Format - XXXX.frm" in Administrative Domain "Site, Organization - ORGName, Library - <libName>/Default
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