PDM Actions
PDM (Product Data Management) actions are used to manage your CAD data in Windchill. These actions are available from AutoCAD, and the Windchill HTML user interface.
When a CAD application is connected to Windchill Workgroup Manager, some PDM actions become active in AutoCAD, such as Check In and Check Out.
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When using "Fullscreen mode", available from AutoCAD's Express Tools library, Windchill Workgroup Manager PDM actions are not displayed in the menu because it causes the Windchill Workgroup Manager menus to unload. To reload the menus, use the command ACADADAPTER_LOAD_WGM_MENUS.
The following is a list of available PDM actions, and the area(s) from which they are available:
Available from the CAD application
Open — Available from the native CAD application; however when connected to Windchill Workgroup Manager, the default behavior changes.
Open from Windchill
Revise and Check Out
Save — Available from the native CAD application; however when connected to Windchill Workgroup Manager, the default behavior changes.
Save As — Available from the native CAD application; however when connected to Windchill Workgroup Manager, the default behavior changes.
Save to Workspace
Export — Available from the native CAD application; however when connected to Windchill Workgroup Manager, the default behavior changes.
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Prior to Windchill 10.2, PDM actions available in the CAD application, such as Check In, Check Out, Server Management, etc., were embedded in the existing menu structure within the CAD tool under the File menu. Beginning at Windchill 10.2, PDM actions available in the CAD application are located on the Windchill toolbar, as shown in the sample illustration below. This provides the user with a simplified, consolidated location for available PDM actions, eliminating the need to hunt for commands, and providing assurance that they have located all new and existing PDM actions.
Available from the CAD application and the Windchill HTML user interface
Open in AutoCAD
Check In
Check Out
Update
Undo Check Out
Export from Workspace
Import to Workspace
Available only from the Windchill HTML user interface
Synchronize
Revision
Rename
Upload
Import to Workspace
Export from Workspace
PDM actions commands can be used through the command prompt bar, even if the Windchill tab in the AutoCAD menu is hidden. Following is a list of the PDM action commands:
ACADADAPTER_LOAD_WGM_RIBBON
ACADADAPTER_CHECKIN_AUTO
ACADADAPTER_CHECKOUT
ACADADAPTER_SERVER_MANAGER
ACADADAPTER_CHECKIN_CUSTOM
ACADADAPTER_HELP_WGM
ACADADAPTER_NEW_CADDOCUMENT
ACADADAPTER_SAVE_TO_WS
ACADADAPTER_UPDATE_CURRENT
ACADADAPTER_WORKGROUP_MANAGER
ACADADAPTER_EVENT_MANAGER
ACADADAPTER_OPEN_ITEM
ACADADAPTER_REVISE_CHECKOUT
ACADADAPTER_UNDOCHECKOUT
ACADADAPTER_UPDATE_IN_SESSION
PDM action commands for AutoCAD Electrical are as follows:
ACADADAPTER_CHECKIN_ELECTRICAL_PROJECT
ACADADAPTER_SAVE_ELECTRICAL_PROJECT
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