Article - CS407798

Inventor Expression formula is deleted from objects after check-in to Windchill

Modified: 03-Jan-2024   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 13.0
  • Windchill Workroup Manager
  • Autodesk Inventor

Description

  • Inventor Expression formula is deleted from objects after check-in to Windchill
  • Pre-requisite:
    • Global attribute test_attr of type Real number created on windchill server and mapped to EPM Document soft type
  • Steps to reproduce:-
      • Launch Inventor and Windchill Workgroup manager in Windchill Connected Session.
      • Open a CAD Model (*.ipt) in Inventor Session
      • From Parameters command > Add user parameter “test1” of type number and provide some value
      • Add another user parameter “test_attr”  of type number and provide value with Expression formula =test1
      • Save CAD Model (*.ipt) to workspace and Check-in
      • Close the model from Inventor Session
      • Open CAD Model(*.ipt) from workspace and verify iproperties
        • Here we can see that "Expression formula is deleted from object"
      • Checkout part from Windchill UI > Edit attribute value > Checkin part from Windchill UI
        • This will update attribute value in Windchill
      • Open the part in Inventor navigate to iproperties
        • It propagates attribute value from Windchill to Inventor part
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