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Preferences Managed in the Windchill Preference Management Utility (CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE)
This topic lists Windchill Workgroup Manager preferences supported for CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE that can be set or modified, depending on your Windchill role, using the Preference Management utility in Windchill.
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• Preferences by the same name, managed in the wgmclient.ini file on the client system, have priority.
• Descriptions for these preferences are available within the Windchill Preference Management utility Set Preference window.
To modify the value of a preference on the Windchill server:
1. From the Quick Links menu at the top of the Windchill home page, select My Settings > Preferences.
The Preference Management utility window opens.
2. Begin searching for the preference whose value you want to modify by entering the preference category name Workgroup Manager Client in the Find in Tree field.
The Workgroup Manager Client category is found and highlighted.
3. Click + next to the category name to expand the preference list.
4. Right-click on the preference whose value you want to set (see Preferences Currently Supported in the Workgroup Manager Client Category) and select Set Preference from the menu.
The Set Preference window opens.
5. Set the desired value for the preference.
6. Click OK.
The preference is set.
For more information, see Managing Windchill Workgroup Manager Preferences.
Preferences Currently Supported in the Workgroup Manager Client Category
Name
Context
Values
Workgroup Manager Client > Undo Checkout Overwrite Local Content
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• Yes
• No (default)
Workgroup Manager Client > Update Overwrite Local Content
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• Yes
• No (default)
Workgroup Manager Client > Mapping System Attributes and File Properties > CAD Document Number System Attribute
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• PTC_WM_NUMBER (default)
• <CAD system parameter or property that shows the CAD document’s number>
Workgroup Manager Client > Standard Drawing File Name > Synchronize Number and File Name
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• Yes (default)
• No
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > Drop File Extension From Name
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• No (default)
• Yes
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > Drop File Extension From Number
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• No (default)
• Yes
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > Naming Parameter
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
<CAD tool designated parameter or property from which the CAD document name is copied during initial upload>
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > Numbering Parameter
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
<CAD tool designated parameter or property from which the CAD document number is copied during initial upload>
Revise > Collector > Collection Preferences Not Used in Quick User Interface
• Site
• Organizations
The Include Related CAD / Dynamic, Include Related Documents and Include Related Parts values are set by default.
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