Using a File Synchronization-Capable Worker with Windchill Workgroup Manager for Autodesk Inventor
These instructions apply if you are using the Autodesk Inventor file synchronization-capable worker. This configuration uses the Windchill Workgroup Manager to synchronize Windchill attributes with the attribute values in the CAD files prior to publishing Creo View viewables.
The following is an example of the configuration changes needed to tell Windchill Visualization Services to use file synchronization for publishing data. This general concept applies to all file synchronization-capable workers.
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Only the Creo View adapter for Creo Parametric and Theorem Creo View adapter for CATIA V5 support multiple aliased workers (using the dAPI -DA argument) that are also configured for file synchronization on the same host machine.
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To enable the feature for the other file synchronization-capable workers, follow the steps below. Be sure to note the differences in the command string for each of the file synchronization-capable workers.
1. Append the useworkerdownload variable to the publish.cadconvert.<worker_name> variable in the wvs.properties file using xconfmanager. This tells the publisher to use the worker for the file download (useworkerdownload) and that the username and password to give the worker can be found in the auth.properties file in the Windchill directory.
From a Windchill shell, execute the following commands:
a. To display the current value of the publish.cadconvert<worker_name> variable:
xconfmanager -d publish.cadconvert.<worker_name>
b. Append the useworkerdownload variable definition to the publish.cadconvert<worker_name> variable. Using the information results of the display command, append to that:
useworkerdownload=$(wt.home)$(wvs.dir.sep)auth.properties
Use a comma (,) separator when appending the new value.
For Autodesk Inventor:
xconfmanager -s
publish.cadconvert.INVENTOR=com.ptc.wvs.server.publish.CadConvert
INVENTOR,useworkerdownload=$(wt.home)$(wvs.dir.sep)auth.properties
-t <Windchill>\codebase\wvs.properties -p
publish.cadconvert.INVENTOR=com.ptc.wvs.server.publish.CadConvert
INVENTOR,useworkerdownload=$(wt.home)$(wvs.dir.sep)auth.properties
-t <Windchill>\codebase\wvs.properties -p
where <Windchill> is the location where Windchill is installed.
2. The publish.cadconvert.<worker_name> variable edited in the previous step references the auth.properties file. At this time, the file does not exist and must be created. Complete the following steps:
a. In the above examples, WVS will look for the auth.properties file in the Windchill directory, but it may be placed anywhere. For security reasons, the file should not be located in the codebase directory.
b. Create the auth.properties file using a text editor of your choice.
c. Add an authentication variable that includes a user name and password value. This will be the only entry in this file. The syntax is:
auth=<username>:<password>
Replace <username> and <password> with valid values. The specified user name must have read access to the Windchill objects to be published through Windchill Visualization Services, and it must have the authorization to download the content from Windchill.
d. Save your changes and close the auth.properties file.
3. Restart the Windchill server.