Customizing Windchill Service Parts
Soft Typing PartList and PartListItem Objects
Windchill Service Parts supports soft typing of PartList and PartListItem objects. Specifically, soft typing is support to allow attributes to be added to PartList objects and to allow columns to be added to the PartList table. (You can add attributes to the existing PartList object type, but a best practice is to first create a softtype of the PartList object before adding attributes to the type.)
Use the Manage Types area of the Type and Attribute Management utility to create softtypes of PartList and PartListItem objects:
• PartList — Create a softtype of the PartList object by creating a new subtype of the object using the Actions menu. You can then select the softtype from the New Parts List window when creating a new parts list.
• PartListItem — Specify the softtype of PartListItem items in a parts list by setting the value of the Part List Item Type attribute of the PartList object to the required softtype. Any items added to the parts list is of this softtype.
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When using customizations of PartList objects, only one softtype can be used in a parts list. If a parts list already contains objects based on the standard PartListItemType attribute, do not change the value of the attribute and add more objects to the parts list. Parts lists containing objects of multiple types are not supported and can result in unexpected issues.
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See Working with the Type and Attribute Management Utility and its surrounding topics for detailed instructions on using the Type and Attribute Management utility.
Custom attributes of the new part type appear as appropriate on the Parts List Editor pages. However, some customization of tables on certain pages can be necessary.
See Managing Types and its related topics for information on customizing type information pages.
Be aware that for custom attributes to appear in published output, you need to modify the stylesheets used to publish the service information.