All access control rules for PTC FlexPLM objects are created using the WindchillPolicy Administration utility. For more information, see the “Policy Administration” topics in the Windchill Help Center.

General access rules are no longer configured in the Type and Attribute Management utility, with the exception of Attribute-Based Security Rules and Attribute Group Visibility Rules.

Generally, the rules for creating ACL policies in Windchill apply to PTC FlexPLM objects. There are some minor differences in the security requirements between PTC FlexPLM and Windchill PDMLink. This topic contains the supported practices for configuring type permissions for objects specific to PTC FlexPLM.