Article - CS282719

Minimum Windchill license profile requirements for CAD integration with Windchill

Modified: 19-Jan-2026   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 13.1
  • Windchill PDM Essentials 11.1 to 12.0
  • Windchill ProjectLink 11.1 to 13.1
  • Creo Parametric 3.0 to 12.4
  • PTC Arbortext Editor 6.0 to 8.2
  • Creo Illustrate 9.0
  • Creo View Adapters 5.1 to 12.1
  • Windchill Workgroup Manager (WWGM)
  • AutoCAD
  • SolidWorks
  • Inventor
  • Catia
  • NX

Description

  • What licensing profiles are required for various CAD integrations with Windchill, including AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Catia, NX
  • Licensing compliance requirements for Windchill 
  • Is there any way to check list of users who is using licenses for SolidWorks and Windchill integration
  • Is there any need to purchase a separate license for the wcadmin (to add admin or test user) user to publish files
  • What licenses are needed when using Mentor Graphics with Windchill
  • What is the License group in Windchill to provide a user the ability to use Creo illustrate
  • Can Creo Parametric and Windchill 12 be used for design collaboration for multi users online
  • How to add a user to a license group for SolidWorks integration
  • The CAD administrator changed the license count and now the CAD end users are getting an error message when attempting to register the Windchill PDMLink URL for usage in Creo Parametric 
  • Does it need Windchill Creo Data Management & Visualization license for Creo Parametric and Windchill integration
  • Is it possible for Creo to connect to Windchill and perform regular action such as check in and check out with Windchill Advance license only
  • Is Windchill Creo Data Management & Visualization License necessary when perform connecting Windchill and other action in Creo window
  • Windchill Creo Data Management & Visualization License was not generated
  • Is a license for Creo Data Management required for creating and checking in the illustration data to MPMLink by Creo Illustrate
  • If "ptc_wnc_base_named" license is not available, can we assign "ptc_wnc_navigate_view_named" and "ptc_creo_dm_and_vis_named" licenses to the member so that the member can connect Creo Parametric with Windchill PDMLink and check in CAD data
  • Using "PTC Mechanical Design II License" for connecting SolidWorks with Windchill versus "PTC Mechanical Design I License"
  • What is the minimum license required for Creo CAD design in Windchill? 
  • Unable to register a Windchill PDMLink server in Creo Parametric due to error message relate to a licensing problem

Error

    • Insufficient Windchill license to Windchill Server, connection to the server is refused
  • Windchill Workgroup Manager shows error
    • Insufficient Windchill License to Integrate with CAD Application NX#### and Windchill Server
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