Configuring the Interference Engine
You must configure the Interference Engine according to the following steps to run batch interference detection.
1. To install the Creo View Client Worker files required for the Interference Engine, browse to <installation_directory>\bin, and then double-click pvsclashbatch_config. The Creo View Clash Worker Configuration dialog box opens. To set a new configuration, skip to step 3.
2. To use an existing configuration, next to the first
Setup Directory box, click
, and then browse to your configuration and click
Open. The existing configuration settings are loaded.
3. Under Parameters, select the Client/Server Version to match the Creo View Client and/or Windchill server version, whichever is the older. This ensures that the adapter outputs PVC file versions that the specified versions can read.
4. Next to the Setup Directory box, perform one of the following actions:
◦ Accept the default path.
◦ Click
and then browse to or create a setup directory for the adapter and click
OK.
| Make sure the directory’s path does not contain spaces. |
5. In the License Server box, enter the port number and server name for the license server where the Interference Engine license can be accessed. Use the format <port>@<server>.
6. Under Components, create one or both methods to configure the clash detection tool:
◦ Create pvsclashbatch—Enable this setting to run the Interference Engine in batch mode from the command line to convert batch of files to Creo View viewables.
◦ Create pvsclashworker—Creates a startup script that is used by the Windchill Visualization Service to start the Adapter in worker mode to publish results as part of the Windchill publishing process. To do this, the Adapter need to know details of the Windchill server.
1. Server Host—Enter the host name of the Windchill server.
2. Server Port—
3. Test Server
After you specify the server host and port, you can click the Test Server button to validate the machine name, port number, and worker availability, and verify that it can connect to the Worker Agent at that location. A Server Configuration Test window displays the following results:
▪ Worker Type
▪ Server
▪ Port
▪ Test Connection to Server—Opens the Server Configuration Test dialog box. If the test result shows Succeeded or Failed, and the resulting message commences with Set keepalive ok, then click Ok to continue the setup.
7. Click Setup to generate the configuration. The Setup Complete dialog box appears.
8. Click OK. Your configuration of the Interference Engine is complete.
