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Workgroup Manager Client Category (AutoCAD)
The following table describes the most frequently used preferences that can be set or modified from the Workgroup Manager Client category and subcategories.
Name
Context
All Values
Workgroup Manager Client > AutoCAD Blocks Configuration File Location
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
BlocksConfig.txt
Workgroup Manager Client > AutoCAD Standard Drawing Definition
• Site
• Organizations
• attribute_only (default)
• filename
Workgroup Manager Client > Disable Check out on the fly
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
Controls the display of the Conflicts (for Check out on the fly) window upon execution of Save action and resolves the checkout conflict with one of the following options:
• Check-out — Disable the Conflicts (for Check out on the fly) window and checkout the document.
• Revise and Check out — Disable the Conflicts (for Check out on the fly) window; revise and checkout the document.
• Continue — Disable the Conflicts (for Check out on the fly) window and continue to save the document without a checkout.
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Documents that are not explicitly checked out are not eligible for a check in.
• No (default) — Enables the display of the Conflicts (for Check out on the fly) window.
Workgroup Manager Client > Enable generation of a WTParts Structure from AutoCAD DWG files
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• Off
• Blocks
• Custom
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > CAD Document Iteration System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_ITERATION
• CAD Document Iteration System Attribute
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > CAD Document Life Cycle State System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE_STATE
• CAD Life Cycle State System Attribute
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > CAD Document Life Cycle System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE
• CAD Life Cycle System Attribute
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > CAD Document Name System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_NAME
• CAD System Attribute
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > CAD Document Number System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_NUMBER
• CAD System Attribute
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > Created By Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
The default name is set to a blank value.
Setting the property name to PTC_WM_CREATED_BY creates the property that displays the name of the user that created the CAD document.
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > Created On Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
The default name is set to a blank value.
Setting the property name to PTC_WM_CREATED_ON creates the property that displays the date and time when the CAD document was created.
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The Date.Type.Parameter.Format preference in the wgmclient.ini file controls the date and time string.
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > Modified By Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
The default name is set to a blank value.
Setting the property name to PTC_WM_MODIFIED_BY creates the property that displays the name of the user that last modified the CAD document.
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > Modified On Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
The default name is set to a blank value.
Setting the property name to PTC_WM_MODIFIED_ON creates the property that displays the date and time when the CAD document was last modified.
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The Date.Type.Parameter.Format preference in the wgmclient.ini file controls the date and time string.
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > Organization ID System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_ORGANIZATION_ID
• <CAD System Attribute>
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > Part Name System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_PART_NAME
• CAD System Attribute
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > Part Number System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_PART_NUMBER
• CAD System Attribute
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > Revision System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• PTC_WM_REVISION
• CAD System Attribute
Workgroup Manager Client > Note default soft type
• Site
• Organizations
${internet_domain_name}.Note
Workgroup Manager Client > Open Collector > Include Dependent CAD/Dynamic Documents
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• Required
• All
• None
Workgroup Manager Client > Open Collector > Include Related Drawings
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• None
• All
• Initially Selected
Workgroup Manager Client > Standard Drawing File Name
• Site
• Organizations
<search string>
Workgroup Manager Client > Synchronize Number and File Name
• Site
• Organizations
• Yes
• No
Workgroup Manager Client > Undo Checkout Overwrite Local Content
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• Yes
• No
Workgroup Manager Client > Update Overwrite Local Content
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• Yes
• No
Workgroup Manager Client > Upload After Native Save
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• Yes
• No
Workgroup Manager Client > Upload CAD/Dynamic Document and Attachment Filter
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• CAD/Dynamic Document Type
• Attachment File Type
• Content Category
Workgroup Manager Client > Upload Related Drawings
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• Yes
• No
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping Custom System Attributes and File Properties
Site
Specifies the additional attributes from the objects related to the CAD document that are shown as parameters in the CAD tool
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• When you upgrade from an older release to Windchill 11.1 M020, a performance issue may be observed when you open a large CAD assembly saved in the previous release with one of the above properties configured with non-empty name. This is because for Windchill 11.1 M020 onwards, the Windchill Workgroup Manager enforces to propagate additional Windchill system attributes to CAD models when opening CAD documents from Windchill by default. This propagation of the Windchill system attributes increases the loading time of the files as compared to that without propagating these attributes.
• If these Windchill system attributes are not a part of your requirement, you can ignore these attributes by setting their attribute names to blank values. The Windchill Workgroup Manager will not propagate the Windchill system attributes to CAD models and performance degradation for legacy data will be avoided. The following image displays how the Windchill server preference setting were set and the default system attributes were propagated.
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