About The Creo View Adapters for ECAD Installation and Configuration Guide
The Creo View Adapters for ECAD Installation and Configuration Guide describes the steps required to install, configure, and use the Creo View ECAD adapters on your server. The guide also includes steps for validating your configuration. It is intended for system administrators who manage the installation of company-wide tools.
Prerequisite Knowledge
The following knowledge is prerequisite to using the content in this document:
• Basic understanding of Creo View ECAD
• Basic operation of Windchill
Organization of This Guide
This guide is organized as follows:
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Chapter
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Contents
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Overview
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Functionality of the Adapters for ECAD
Descriptions of various file publishing methods
Basic installation and configuration workflow
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Getting Started
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Prerequisites for the adapters
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Installing and Configuring the Adapters
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Procedure for installation on Windows
Procedure for installation on Linux
Procedure for configuring adapters on Windows using the configuration dialog box
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Manual Steps for Adding Publishing to ECAD Tools
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Additional steps for configuring some adapters
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Adding Publishing for Linux
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Manual steps for configuring adapters on Linux
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Validating the Configuration
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Strategy for checking your settings
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Publishing Design Files to Creo View
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Steps for publishing files using the various methods
Special considerations
Steps for cross-selecting data between the ECAD tool and Creo View ECAD
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Documentation Conventions
In this guide, directory file paths use the following naming conventions:
• <installation_directory>—Selected during the installation process.
• <setup_directory>—Set during the configuration process. Contains the adapter configuration files and batch scripts.
• <batch_script>—Created when the adapter is configured. Initiates the publishing process.
Some file paths shown in this guide contain line breaks to fit on the page. The procedures for using the configuration utility and the batch and worker scripts apply to all of the adapters. Therefore, <adapter> is substituted for the specific adapter name in these procedures. For instance, <adapter>_config.exe or <adapter>worker.bat.
Related Documentation
For more information refer to the Help for Creo View.
Contacting Technical Support
Contact PTC Technical Support via the PTC Web site, phone, fax, or e-mail if you encounter problems using Creo View or the product documentation.
For complete details, see the
Customer Support Guide. Then, select the tab of your choice from the guide.
Your
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Creo View Installation and Configuration Guide.
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