Article - CS54372
How to implement access control for WVS Representations in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 10-Jun-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 9.0 to 13.1
- ProductView and Creo Elements/View 9.0 to 10.0
- Creo View 1.0 to 11.1
- Visualization Services (WVS)
Description
- How to configure Visualization Services to control access to Representations and their content?
- How to implement access control for WVS Representations in Windchill PDMLink?
- WVS employs a Windchill Delegate at Windchill 9.1 or later to control how users can access Representation content based on the same user's permissions for accessing the Representable (CAD Document or Part), this article explains how it is configured.
- Visualization Services allows a user to view Representations in ProductView even though the same user is denied permission to download the CAD Document.
- ProductView allows a user to see parts when the user is prevented from seeing those parts.
- Is it possible to configure Modify or other access permissions for WVS Representations?
- How to hide or prevent the display of WVS or Creo Representations on Details or Folders page for User(s)?
- Is it possible to allow publish from details page but deny access to New Representation Wizard?
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