Operation Category
The following table describes the most frequently used preferences that can be set or modified from the Operation category and subcategories of the Preference Management utility. For a complete list of preferences for Windchill Workgroup Manager and Creo CADDS 5, refer to the Preference Management utility in Windchill. Online help is available for each preference from the Set Preference window.
Preference Name
Contexts
Values
Operation > Auto Associate > Allow Association of Model Items by Model Item Subtypes
Site
Organizations
CUSTOM
LIBRARY
Operation > Auto Associate > Allow Association of Model Items by Model Item Types
Site
Organizations
COMPONENT
Operation > Auto Associate > Auto Associate Naming Parameter
Site
Organizations
No soft attribute in the CAD document is used to name the part.
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You need to manually create an attribute to handle this in Site > Type and Attribute Management
Once completed, set the default value for this preference to that attribute name.
Operation > Auto Associate > Auto Associate Numbering Parameter
Site
Organizations
No soft attribute in the CAD document is used to number the part.
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You need to manually create an attribute to handle this in Site > Type and Attribute Management
Once completed, set the default value for this preference to that attribute name.
Operation Auto Associate > Auto Associate Truncate Name File Extension
Site
Organizations
Yes
No
Operation > Auto Associate > Auto Associate Truncate Number File Extension
Site
Organizations
Yes
No
Operation > Auto Associate > Create Alternate Link On Check In
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
Yes
No
Operation > Auto Associate > Create Associate New Part
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
Owner Only
Owner and Contributing Image
All
Never
Operation > Auto Associate > Disallow Product Structure Links by Document Subtypes
Site
Organizations
Contributing Content
Content
Operation > Auto Associate > Disallow Product Structure Links by Document Subtypes > CADDS 5
Site
Organizations
ADRAW
DRAWFORM
Operation > Auto Associate > Disallow Product Structure Links by Document Types
Site
Organizations
CADDRAWING
CALCULATION_DATA
Operation > Auto Associate > Disallow Structure CAD Document Subtypes
Site
Organizations
Contributing Image
Image
Operation > Auto Associate > Disallow Structure CAD Document Types
Site
Organizations
CADDRAWING
Operation > Auto Associate > Disallow Structure Model Item Subtypes
Site
Organizations
LIBRARY
Operation > Auto Associate > Disallow Structure Model Item Types
Site
Organizations
Operation > Auto Associate > Force Autonumbered Part Creation
Site
Organizations
Yes
No
Operation > Auto Associate > Part Master Class for Search
Site
Organizations
boolean soft attribute name
Operation > Auto Associate > Phantom Assembly Override Attribute Name
Site
Organizations
boolean soft attribute name
Operation > Auto Associate > Set Revision for Part
Site
Organizations
Yes
No
Operation > Auto Associate > Store New Parts with CAD Documents
Site
Organizations
Yes
No
Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Download > <preference>
Site
Organizations
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Download <preference>.
Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Mark Out Of Date <preference>
Site
Organizations
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Mark Out Of Date <preference>.
Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Set Default Subtype
Site
Organizations
Yes
No
Operation > Dynamic Document default soft type
Site
Organizations
${internet_domain_name}
${internet_domain_name}. MachineDesign
Operation > Edit Attributes > Collector <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Edit Attributes Collector <preference>.
Operation > Remove from Workspace > Collector <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Remove from Workspace > Collector <preference>.
Operation > Gathering (Core HTML Component) Trace Drawing Optional Dependents
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Per Configuration (All, Required, None)
Required (All, Required, None)
Operation > New CAD Document > Synchronize CAD File Name with CAD Document Number
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Per Configuration (All, Required, None)
Required (All, Required, None)
Operation > Remove from Workspace > Collector <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Remove from Workspace > Collector <preference>.
Operation > Rename > Collector
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Yes
No
Operation > Set State > Collector <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Set State > Collector <preference>.
Operation > Undo Check Out > Collector <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Undo Check Out Collector <preference>.
Operation > Update Operation > Update <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Update Operation Update <preference>.
Operation > Update Operation > Update > Add Primary Contents to Workspace
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
DOWNLOAD
LINK
Operation > Update Operation > Upload <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Update Operation > Upload <preference>.
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Upload Operation > Upload <preference>.
Operation > Upload Operation > Collector <preference>
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo CADDS 5.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo CADDS 5 under Operation > Upload Operation > Collector <preference>.
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