Load Drawing References When Drawing is Opened in Autodesk Inventor
In wgmclient.ini file, you can set the following preference:
force.load.drawing.references: Controls whether to load drawing references in session when a drawing is opened in Autodesk Inventor.
Yes – Drawing dependents (references) will be fully loaded in Autodesk Inventor session provided the referenced models are available in Windchill workspace.
No (default) – No additional drawing dependents (references) will be loaded. Drawing dependents will be loaded according to Autodesk Inventor load options.
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Setting this preference will have some performance impact that depends on the time taken by native CAD application to load all the references.
Example
In the following example,
1. A drawing CONROD.idw references the part CONROD_CAP.ipt. The parameter values of CONROD_CAP.ipt are added in the parts list of CONROD.idw.
2. In Windchill Workgroup Manager workspace, modify the CONROD_CAP.ipt part as shown below:
Initial Parameter values:
CONROD_CAP.ipt (PTC_WM_NAME)
A (PTC_WM_REVISION)
In Work (PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE_STATE)
111 (WF_INT1)
Modified Parameter values:
CONROD CAP_CHANGED (PTC_WM_NAME)
B (PTC_WM_REVISION)
Released (PTC_WM_LIFECYCLE_STATE)
222 (WF_INT1)
3. With the preference force.load.drawing.references’ =Yes, CONROD.idw (drawing) displays the modified parameters of the part CONROD_CAP.ipt as shown in the following image.
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If the preference force.load.drawing.references = No, you must reopen referenced part CONROD CAP_CHANGED.ipt in Autodesk Inventor to reflect the modified parameter values in CONROD.idw (drawing).
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