In addition to the image generation modes documented in the other sections of this guide, FlexPLM can optionally be configured to generate thumbnails and web-viewable files asynchronously. This section provides an overview of the supported asynchronous conversion functionality and describes the configuration parameters required to enable asynchronous thumbnail and web-viewable conversions.

Content is uploaded to the Windchill server through HTTP requests. The files that are uploaded represent either the primary content of a document object or its secondary attachments. The files are either stored in Windchill’s relational database or vaulted as external files, depending on how the customer has configured Windchill.