Installing Windchill for Your Development Environment
Pre-requisite
• A development environment is required for all Windchill+ packages to function appropriately. You can build this environment in conjunction with the PTC partner. Alternatively, partners can use a virtual machine hosted by PTC on the PTC Cloud Portal.
• You must provide the necessary details when using the PTC Solution Installer for installation. You can navigate to the integration environment to find the following details:
◦ Base DN — Must be set as your organization name. This entity is available under the Organizations tab of Windchill+.
◦ Initial Organization — Must be set as your organization name. This entity is available under the Organizations tab of Windchill+.
◦ Organization Internet Domain — Must be set to ptcmscloud.com.
◦ The LDAP adapter name must match the Windchill+ target environment.
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PTC recommends the use of the PTC Cloud Portal because of the following reasons:
• The PTC Cloud Portal comes pre-configured to align with your Windchill+ target environment. The partners can efficiently build the development environment by using templates. This cost-effective solution saves you the hassle of maintaining a locally-hosted development environment.
• The costs associated with the virtual machines are minimal. You can reduce the costs further by setting an automatic daily shutdown time for the virtual machine. You can easily set the shutoff time on the portal.
• You can request the virtual machine image. Once you open a request, the virtual machine image is made available within an hour for development and usage.
• You and the partners can stay updated on the new features and evolving technical notes by referring to the Release Notes published for each release.
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Installing Windchill
Perform the following steps to install Windchill:
1. Use the following link to access PTC’s software download page: PTC Software Download.
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• PTC recommends building the environment on a virtual machine to leverage the snapshot and rollback capabilities.
• Landscape compatibility requirement — PTC environments are hosted on the Linux operating system using the Oracle database. While the Oracle database is mandatory, PTC strongly recommends using the Linux operating system to avoid issues during the release management due to the operating system changes.
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3. Proceed to install Windchill as per the standard Windchill installation guide. Consider the following points:
◦ To get started with basic use cases for customization and configuration, a simple monolithic installation of Windchill is sufficient.
◦ To get started with the development and configuration processes, an installation of PDMLink is sufficient.
◦ A Windchill+ default module set may be needed in your local environment for complex scenarios to secure the release management pipeline and build the promotion process. For more information about the default module set, see Windchill+ Default Module Set for Local Development Virtual Machine.
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The availability of these modules in your development and Windchill+ environments does not entitle you to their usage. Consult your PTC Software Bill of Materials to ensure that you have the appropriate licensing for usage.
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Installing Your Preferred Integrated Development Environment
Install your preferred integrated development environment (IDE) on your development instance of Windchill. For example, Eclipse, NetBeans, and so on.
Use the following link to install Eclipse: Eclipse.
Windchill+ Specific Settings
You must add the following properties in your Windchill+ development environment for it to be compatible with Windchill+:
Windchill property:
<Property name="WindchillPlus"
overridable="true"
targetFile="codebase/wt.properties"
value="true"/>
overridable="true"
targetFile="codebase/wt.properties"
value="true"/>
BAC related property:
<Property name="com.ptc.windchill.bac.ignoreGUIDList"
overridable="true"
targetFile="codebase/wt.properties"
value="All"/>
overridable="true"
targetFile="codebase/wt.properties"
value="All"/>