Article - CS39455

Is it possible to exclude certain Documents (WTDocument) and CAD Documents (EPMDocument) content extensions from being published in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 13-Mar-2026   


Applies To

  • Creo View Adapters 1.0 to 11.0
  • Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 13.0
  • Visualization Services (WVS)

Description

  • Is it possible to prevent WVS Publish Jobs being created for non-publishable CAD Document content extensions, e.g. Pro/ENGINEER *.mfg, *.rep, *.mtl files?
  • How to prevent *.tmu files or others (unsupported file extension) from entering the WVS publish queue
  • Publish Jobs on .DGE files or others (unsupported file extension) would fail in Job Monitor with message  No Processing Required
  • Can one allow only specific EPMDocument CAD formats to be published?
  • Is it possible to restrict publishing of specific Office files ((.txt,.doc,.xlsx) to certain container?
  • How to restrict publishing of specific Documents (WTDocument) based on Document attribute values 
  • Is it possible to filter Publishing speficic Windchill documents (WTdocument) based on Lifecycle state & User Role
    • The WTdocument should be published for a User Role only in a specific Lifecycle state
  • Publishing fails for certain EPMDocuments with the WVS Publish Monitor error:
No content to publish
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