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Preferences and Properties
Product: Windchill
Release: 11.0 F000
Benefit
Several preferences and properties have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill.
Additional Details
The following preferences (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
Functional Area
Name
Status
Description
Default Value
CAD Data Management
Auto Associate Find and Create Part Using Base Number
New
Configures the Auto Associate action to automatically find matching Windchill parts using the CAD document’s base number. For more information, see CAD Data Management: Configure Auto Associate to Automatically Find Matching Windchill Parts.
No
Base Number Regular Expression
New
Configures the Auto Associate action to automatically find matching Windchill parts using the CAD document’s base number. For more information, see CAD Data Management: Configure Auto Associate to Automatically Find Matching Windchill Parts.
[^\_\.]*
CAD Document Structure Related Information
New
Show and hides related information in CAD document structures. For more information, see Part and CAD Document Structure Related Information Display.
The Show button displays related parts.
Drop File Extension from Name
New
Includes file extension in the CAD document template with the part name. For more information, see CAD Data Management: Support for Autonumbering CAD Documents With a File Extension Included.
No
Drop File Extension from Number
New
Includes file extension in the CAD document template with the part number. For more information, see CAD Data Management: Synchronizing a New CAD Document Number with its Related Windchill Part Base Number.
No
Use the new Edit Attachments Tool
Deleted
This preference has been removed. For more information, see CAD Data Management: Edit Attachments User Interface.
N/A
CATIA V5
wwgm.download.method.upon.open
Changed
Improves performance when loading and opening large CATIA V5 assemblies. For more information, see CATIA V5: Asynchronous Download Preference Option.
Full
Change Management
Change Request to Problem Report Cardinality
Changed
Performs no action for flexible change items; however, it remains functional for non-flexible change items to support backwards compatibility. For more information, see Change Associations: Deprecated APIs.
No
Change Request to Change Notice Cardinality
Changed
Performs no action for flexible change items; however, they remain functional for non-flexible change items to support backwards compatibility. For more information, see Change Associations: Deprecated APIs.
No
Change Notice without Change Request
Changed
Performs no action for flexible change items; however, they remain functional for non-flexible change items to support backwards compatibility. For more information, see Change Associations: Deprecated APIs.
Yes
Automatic Change Notice Creation
Changed
Performs no action for flexible change items; however, they remain functional for non-flexible change items to support backwards compatibility. For more information, see Change Associations: Deprecated APIs.
Yes
Document Management
File Download Mechanism
Changed
The Use Java applet functionality to download files option has been removed from the list of possible values for this preference. For more information, see Document Management: Java Applet Upload and Download Mechanisms Removed.
File Upload Mechanism
Deleted
This preference has been removed. For more information, see Document Management: Java Applet Upload and Download Mechanisms Removed.
N/A
Java Console Debugging Information Display
Deleted
This preference has been removed. For more information, see Document Management: Java Applet Upload and Download Mechanisms Removed.
N/A
Interoperability
Sharing Folder
New
Sets the default location of new dependents that are being shared as part of a shared object synchronization operation. For more information, see Interoperability: Configure Scheduled Synchronization in Projects.
Root project folder
Object Actions
Delete
New
Controls the default behavior for the Delete action. For more information, see Delete Preference.
Delete all iterations of each object included in the table
Move
New
Controls the default behavior for the Move action. For more information, see Move Preference.
Move all versions of displayed objects
Part Structure
Incremental Loading in Visualization Tab
New
Enables you to select only those parts you want to view on the Visualization tab. For more information, see Part Structure: Visualization Tab Incremental Loading.
No
Part Structure Related Information
New
Show and hides related information in part structures. For more information, see Part and CAD Document Structure Related Information Display.
The Show button displays related documents, CAD documents, and replacements.
Visualization Tab Display
New
Hides the Visualization tab that appears under the Structure tab on part information pages. For more information, see Part Structure: Visualization Tab Preference.
Yes
Product Structure Explorer
Enable Product Structure Explorer (PSE)
New
Enables the launch points for the PSE applet that are now hidden by default. For more information, see Product Structure Explorer Functionality Included In Part Structure.
No
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling
Update Top Level Instances
New
Ensures that Creo View representations for the related top level instances are regenerated by the Windchill Visualization Service, reflecting the correct geometry. For more information, see PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling: Improved Top Level Instance Visualization.
No
Manage Top Level Instances
Changed
Allows you to request top level instance generation irrespective of instance data changes. For more information, see PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling: Improved Top Level Instance Visualization.
Modified Only
Automatically lock objects added to workspace
New
Automatically locks checked-in objects in the Modeling session and the workspace. For more information, see PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling: Locking or Unlocking Objects in Workspace or CAD Application.
No
Windchill Customer Experience Management
Aging Bracket
New
Sets the values of aging brackets. For more information, see PTC Windchill Customer Experience Management: Aging and Cycling Reports.
30, 60, 90, 120
Search
Enable Related Object Search
New
Displays the Related Object Search field on the Advanced Search page. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
No
Enable Search Facets
New
Displays facets with the Search Results table. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
No
Security Labels
Security Label Changes on Object Versions
New
Determines which object versions to which security label changes are applied. For more information, see Security Label Preference for Object Versions.
Display all versions option not selected
Access Permission Configuration
Changed
Determines if users can see or update permissions throughout Windchill. A new value, Modify Security Labels, has been added. For more information, see Modify Security Labels Permission.
Hide
(default for the new Modify Security Labels value only)
Access Permission Configuration (PDM)
Changed
Determines if users can see or update permissions throughout Windchill. A new value, Modify Security Labels, has been added. For more information, see Modify Security Labels Permission.
Hide
(default for the new Modify Security Labels value only)
Service Translation
Include Representation
Changed
Includes in the translation package the default representation for the service structure and any default representations for the dynamic documents in the structure. For more information, see Service Translation: Representation for Root Included in Translation Package.
Include the default representation
The following properties (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
Functional Area
Name
Status
Description
Default Value
Discussions
wt.workflow.forum.ReplyToComment.enabled
New
Enables or disables the Reply to Comment action for the Discussions table in a non-PTC FlexPLM system. For more information, see Discussions: API and Property Changes.
false
wt.workflow.forum.TreeViewAndReplyPosting.enabled
Changed
Enables or disables the Tree View and the Reply to Comment action for the Discussions table in a PTC FlexPLM system. For more information, see Discussions: API and Property Changes.
true
wt.workflow.forum.CreateDefaultTopics.enabled
Changed
Enables or disables the creation of default topics and comments in the Discussions table. For more information, see Discussions: API and Property Changes.
false
Interoperability
wt.dataops.sandbox.autoUpdateProject.autoUpdateScheduledTime
New
Sets the time for when shared objects in a project are automatically synchronized. For more information, see Interoperability: Configure Scheduled Synchronization in Projects.
2\:00
wt.queue.PoolQueue.ProjectUpdateProcessingQueue.threadPoolSize
New
Determines whether project auto synchronization jobs are run as single or multi-threaded. For more information, see Interoperability: Configure Scheduled Synchronization in Projects.
<not set>
Windchill PartsLink
com.ptc.windchill.partslink.index.enabled
New
Enables indexing for classification searches. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
true
com.ptc.windchill.partslink.showNodeColumns.enabled
New
Displays all node attributes as columns in the Search Results table, regardless of search criteria. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
false
com.ptc.windchill.search.client.maxResultsClfPickerSuggest
New
Determines the maximum number of suggestions in the Classification field list on the advanced search page. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
15
classificationTable.defaultColumns.wt.part.WTPart
Deleted
This property has been removed. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
N/A
com.ptc.windchill.partslink.maxBrowseColumnCount
Deleted
This property has been removed. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
N/A
com.ptc.windchill.partslink.defaultBrowseRootNode
Deleted
This property has been removed. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
N/A
com.ptc.windchill.partslink.floatingPointPrecisionOffset
Deleted
This property has been removed. Replaced with com.ptc.windchill.search.floatingPointPrecisionOffset. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
N/A
com.ptc.windchill.partslink.refineCountThreshold
Deleted
This property has been removed. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
N/A
com.ptc.windchill.partslink.enableCommonValueAttribute
Deleted
This property has been removed. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
N/A
com.ptc.windchill.partslink.displayNameNumberOfACLs
Deleted
This property has been removed. For more information, see PTC Windchill PartsLink: Properties and Profiles.
N/A
Search
com.ptc.windchill.search.futureDateAttributes
New
Define attributes for which a future date is invalid. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
thePersistInfo.createStamp, thePersistInfo.modifyStamp
com.ptc.windchill.search.relationQueryLimit
New
Defines the limit for the number of objects processed when searching on object relationships. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
<not set>
wt.index.enableTextPreview
New
Enables the keyword in context tool. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
false
wt.index.supportedTypesForTextPreview
New
Content holder object types that support the keyword in context tool. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
wt.doc.WTDocument
com.ptc.windchill.search.facet.enum.maxItemsToDisplay
New
Maximum number of results to display under an attribute group. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
5
com.ptc.windchill.search.facet.maxResultCountForAccessCheck
New
Maximum number of faceted results to check against access control. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
500
com.ptc.windchill.search.floatingPointPrecisionOffset
New
Offset value to use when calculating tolerance. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
0
com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria
Changed
Functionality has been extended to control the availability of the null and is not null operators in the drop-down menu. For more information, see Search: Properties and Preferences.
false
Security Infrastructure
wt.intersvrcom.siteSecurity.encryptionKey.keyLength
New
Determines the length of an encryption key. For more information, see New Recommendation for Encryption Key Length.
128
wt.servlet.errorPage.omitStackTrace
Changed
Removes visibility of stack trace information to end users and improves security in Windchill. For more information, see Error Page Stack Trace Report Off by Default.
true
Security Labels
com.ptc.windchill.uwgm.cadx.checkin.SecurityLabelEditing
New
Sets security label values on new objects using the Workspace Check In window. For more information, see Security Labels Set With Workspace Check In.
By default, this property is not included in wt.properties. To use this functionality, add the property to wt.properties and set it to true.
Service Structure
sortISByLineNumber
New
Allows users to toggle between line number and name. For more information, see Service Structure: Information Structure Ordering.
true