Article - CS36856
How to automatically generate representation for the pre-converted files (such as DWG, PDF, PVZ, JPG) as WTDocument in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 23-Jul-2026
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 9.0 to 13.0
- Creo View 1.0 to 11.1
- Creo View Adapters 4.0 to 13.0
- Visualization Services (WVS)
Description
- Is there a way to generate representation for the pre-converted files as WTDocument?
- Unable to open the PDF file in Creo View after just granting read permission for WTDocument
- Is it possible to generate the thumbnail for PDF, BMP, GIF as WTDocument?
- How to generate thumbnail for AutoCAD (eg: DWG & DXF) files when uploading it to Windchill as WTDocument?
- How to open an AutoCAD file as WTDocument in ProductView without download privilege?
- Is it possible to generate the thumbnail for ProductView format file (such as PVZ, EDZ) when uploading it as WTDocument?
- How to generate thumbnail of a CGM file uploaded as WTdocument?
- How to configure visualization for dwg files?
- Is there a way to publish AutoCAD .dwg file attached as a primary content in WTDocument?
- Is it possible to setup a thumbnail worker for Creo Schematics objects?
- Is there a way to generate a representation for a WTDocument with PNG file as a primary content?
- File Types for which pre-converted viewables can be generated:
- DWG, DXF, TIF, BMP, PDF, EDZ, JTZ, EDA, CGM, GIF, PVZ
- Getting below error after opening .dwg file in Creo View:
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Failed to load the file
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- How to configure visualization for WTDocument with multipage TIF files as primary content in Windchill PDMLink?
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