Article - CS424057

Solidworks Drawings are published to PDF as blank in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 04-Sep-2024   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 13.0
  • Creo View Adapters 6.1 to 11.0
  • Solidworks - All Versions
  • Windchill Visualization Services (WVS)

Description

  • Solidworks Drawings are published to PDF as blank in Windchill PDMLink
  • Open the drawing in Solidworks via swpublish.bat, it get all the content without any message, and able to generate correct PDF via Save as PDF or Tools > Publish > Publish to Creo view
  • Same behavior for the newly created soldworks drawing
  • Configured to use non-File synchronization solidworks worker
  • Captured CAD files and representation content from Common File System folder as CS273222 and source files for publishing via sw2pv.rcp > Advanced > Output Location : Source Output Path
    • It shows content in drawing retrieved from Common File System folder, but shows blank in published PDF on the same temp folder
    • The content is lost in drawing retrieved from source output path folder
  • Unable to open the same drawing inhouse and get the below message:
    • Unable to locate the file <FOLDER>\workspace\xxx.SLDPRT
      (a different model name referenced for current drawing)
       
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