Preferences Managed in the Windchill Preference Management Utility
This topic lists Windchill Workgroup Manager preferences supported for CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE that can be set or modified, depending on your Windchill role, using the Preference Management utility in Windchill.
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Preferences by the same name, managed in the wgmclient.ini file on the client system, have priority.
Descriptions for these preferences are available within the Windchill Preference Management utility Set Preference window.
To modify the value of a preference on the Windchill server:
1. From the Quick Links menu at the top of the Windchill home page, select My Settings > Preferences.
The Preference Management utility window opens.
2. Begin searching for the preference whose value you want to modify by entering the preference category name Workgroup Manager Client in the Find in Tree field.
The Workgroup Manager Client category is found and highlighted.
3. Click + next to the category name to expand the preference list.
4. Right-click on the preference whose value you want to set (see Preferences Currently Supported in the Workgroup Manager Client Category) and select Set Preference from the menu.
The Set Preference window opens.
5. Set the desired value for the preference.
6. Click OK.
The preference is set.
Preferences Currently Supported in the Workgroup Manager Client Category
Name
Context
Values
Workgroup Manager Client > Undo Checkout Overwrite Local Content
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Yes
No (default)
Workgroup Manager Client > Update Overwrite Local Content
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Yes
No (default)
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > CAD Document Number System Attribute
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
PTC_WM_NUMBER (default)
<CAD system parameter or property that shows the CAD document’s number>
Workgroup Manager Client > Standard Drawing File Name > Synchronize Number and File Name
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
Yes (default)
No
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > Drop File Extension From Name
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
No (default)
Yes
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > Drop File Extension From Number
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
No (default)
Yes
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > Naming Parameter
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
<CAD tool designated parameter or property from which the CAD document name is copied during initial upload>
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > Numbering Parameter
Site
Organizations
Products
Projects
Libraries
User
<CAD tool designated parameter or property from which the CAD document number is copied during initial upload>
Revise > Collector > Collection Preferences Not Used in Quick User Interface
Site
Organizations
The Include Related CAD / Dynamic, Include Related Documents and Include Related Parts values are set by default.
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