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Care/Wash Images Attributes
Care/Wash Symbols and Descriptions
The care/wash images attribute allows you to specify care and wash instructions using graphics for the five standard care and wash areas: washing, bleaching, ironing, dry cleaning, and drying. PTC FlexPLM includes a set of care and wash images out-of-the-box; however, you can modify these images with your own using property files.
Care/Wash Family
Description
Symbol
Symbol File Name
Wash
Machine wash cold, normal cycle
washA.bmp
Machine wash cold, permanent press cycle
washB.bmp
Machine wash cold, delicate-gentle cycle
washC.bmp
Hand wash cold
washD.bmp
Hand wash warm
washE.bmp
Machine wash warm, normal cycle
washF.bmp
Machine wash warm, permanent press cycle
washG.bmp
Machine wash warm, delicate-gentle cycle
washH.bmp
Machine wash hot, normal cycle
washI.bmp
Machine wash hot, permanent press cycle
washJ.bmp
Machine wash hot, delicate-gentle cycle
washK.bmp
Do not wash
washL.bmp
Bleach
Bleach as needed
bleachA.bmp
Non chlorine bleach only
bleachB.bmp
Do not bleach
bleachC.bmp
Iron
Iron, steam or dry, low heat
ironA.bmp
Do not iron with steam
ironB.bmp
Iron, steam or dry, medium heat
ironC.bmp
Do not iron
ironD.bmp
Iron, steam or dry, high heat
ironE.bmp
Dry clean
Dry clean
drycleanA.bmp
Do not dry clean
drycleanB.bmp
Dry
Tumble dry, no heat
dryA.bmp
Tumble dry, permanent press, no heat
dryB.bmp
Tumble dry, gentle cycle, no heat
dryC.bmp
Do not tumble dry
dryD.bmp
Tumble dry, low heat
dryE.bmp
Tumble dry, permanent press, low heat
dryF.bmp
Tumble dry, gentle cycle, low heat
dryG.bmp
Line dry
dryH.bmp
Tumble dry, medium heat
dryI.bmp
Tumble dry, permanent press, medium heat
dryJ.bmp
Tumble dry, gentle cycle, medium heat
dryK.bmp
Drip dry
dryL.bmp
Tumble dry, high heat
dryM.bmp
Dry flat
dryN.bmp
Changing Care/Wash Symbols
You can change the symbols used for the care/wash images attribute by modifying the carewash.config file in the Windchill\codebase folder.
The carewash.config file contains a line for each care/wash element that you want to configure. The system does not require that you include lines for the care/wash symbols that are not changing.
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You must enter a minimum of one line for each care/wash family.
Care/wash symbol configuration lines are constructed as follows:
<language code>|~*~|<care/wash family>|~*~|<sequential value within the care/wash family>
|~*~|<web root path of image file>|~*~|<care/wash list element name>
An example care/wash symbol configuration line is:
en|~*~|dry|~*~|C|~*~|/Windchill/rfa/images/carewash/dryC.bmp|~*~/Tumble dry, no heat
Each element in the configuration line is separated by the pipe-tilde-asterisk-tilde-pipe separator |~*~|.
Standard Element
Standard Description
Example Entry
Description of Example Entry
<language code>
Defines the language for which the care/wash symbol is applicable.
en
Defines the language as English.
<care/wash family>
Defines the care/wash family for which the care/wash symbol is being configured.
dry
Specifies the dry care/wash family.
<sequential value within the care/wash family>
Numbers the individual care/wash symbols. Each symbol within a given care/wash family must be assigned a unique sequential value within that family.
C
Numbers this particular care/wash symbol as C.
<web root path of image file>
Tells the system where the image is stored.
/Windchill/rfa/images/carewash/dryC.bmp
Tells the system that the image file for this element is located through the /Windchill/rfa/images/carewash/dryC.bmp path.
<care/wash list element name>
Tumble dry, no heat
Names this element as Tumble dry, no heat. The system displays this name when displaying the associated image.
Once you have entered all of the required configuration lines in the carewash.config file, you must perform the following steps:
1. In a Windchill shell, run the following Java class file: windchill.com.lcs.wc.carewash.CareWashManager. This generates the required JavaScript file.
2. Restart the PTC HTTP Server (powered by Apache).
You can change the location of both the carewash.config and carewash.js files by entering the following property settings, respectively. The <file path> variable is the new location of the given file.
com.lcs.wc.carewash.CONFIGLOCATION=<file path>
com.lcs.wc.carewash.CARE_WASH_SYMBOL_FILE=<file path>