Integration with Other Applications > Windchill Workgroup Manager Documentation > Creo Elements/Direct Modeling > Windchill Workgroup Manager Preferences > Frequently Used Preferences in the Preference Management Utility > Operation Category
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 Elements/Direct Modeling, 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 > Auto Associate Naming Parameter
• Site
• Organizations
No soft attribute in the CAD document is used to name the part (default).
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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 name the part (default).
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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 Associate New Part
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• Owner
• Owner and Images
• All
• Never
Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Download <preference>
• Site
• Organizations
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling under Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Download > [preference name].
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 Elements/Direct Modeling.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling under Operation > Update Operation > Upload > [preference name].
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 Elements/Direct Modeling.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling under Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > [preference name]
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