Preferences and Properties
Windchill 13.0.0.0
Description
The following preferences (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
Functional Area
Name
Status
Description
Default Value
Type and Attribute Management
Enable Dictionary Translation Display
New
Provides the ability to enable or disable translated text for the end user based upon their Windchill Language Configuration. This preference is available as a Site preference in Preference Management under Display.
For more information, see Translated Text Preference.
No
MPMLink
Structure Synchronization Criteria
New
Specifies the criteria to synchronize the upstream structure with the equivalent downstream structure when using the Synchronize Structures action. You can select multiple values as criteria.
All Changes
MPMLink
Reconciliation Assistance Criteria
Updated
Specifies the criteria to reconcile differences between the upstream and downstream parts. The new Association Discrepancy criterion detects parts with added, updated, or removed document associations for EPMDescribe Link, Part Reference Link, and Part Describe Link.
You can configure properties to also detect discrepancies in alternate and substitute parts.
For more information, see Key Points.
Out Of Date
Visualization
Load QuickView for nodes having filtered structure
New
The nodes having filtered structures, configuration specification, or access restrictions, might not resolve to the exact iteration to match with QuickView. Use the preference to choose whether or not you want to load QuickView for such nodes.
NO
Visualization
thumbnail.fidelity
New
Enables generation of 2D and 3D thumbnails for multi-fidelity representations using schedulers.
com.ptc.FidelityHIGH
Business Administrative Change
Maximum Number of Objects to Display on Preview
New
Determines the number of objects displaying on the Preview page. The minimum is 100, and the maximum is 5000.
1000
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We are in the process of converting existing properties into new preferences. It is recommended that you set the values correctly for newly introduced preferences. As part of the setup, you should review the settings of the new configuration and reevaluate the default values of preferences.
The following properties (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
Functional Area
Name
Status
Description
Default Value
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.enableSSAAction
New
Determines the visibility of the Synchronize Structure Associativity action in BOM Transformer and SAPSB.
false
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.includedTypes
New
Specifies the types of objects, such as documents, standard control characteristics, and alternate and substitute parts, that should be included when creating or updating downstream structures.
wt.doc.WTDocument
wt.epm.EPMDocument
wt.part.WTPart
com.ptc.windchill.mpml.processplan.MPMProcessPlan
com.ptc.windchill.mpml.resource.MPMProcessMaterial
com.ptc.windchill.mpml.resource.MPMSkill
com.ptc.windchill.mpml.resource.MPMTooling
com.ptc.windchill.mpml.resource.MPMWorkCenter
com.ptc.windchill.mpml.pmi.MPMStandardCC
com.ptc.windchill.mpml.pmi.MPMControlCharacteristic
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.excludedTypes
New
Specifies the types of objects, such as documents, standard control characteristics, and alternate and substitute parts, that should be excluded when creating or updating downstream structures.
Not set
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.associations.wt.part.WTPart
New
Specifies the document associations for a part that should be carried over from upstream to the downstream structure.
wt.part.WTPartReferenceLink
wt.part.WTPartDescribeLink
wt.epm.structure.EPMDescribeLink
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.associations.wt.part.WTPartUsageLink
New
Specifies the part usage associations that should be carried over from upstream to the downstream structure.
Not set
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.associations.wt.part.WTPartMaster
New
Specifies the part master associations that should be carried over from upstream to the downstream structure.
Not set
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.inheritFromParentType
New
Determines whether the subtypes of the types mentioned in the following properties should be considered when creating or updating downstream structures:
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.includedTypes
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.excludedTypes
When set to false, subtypes of the specified type are not considered.
true
MPMLink
wt.properties.allowProps
New
The properties without any visibility constraint to the end user, are listed here. Only the properties listed here are visible to any user.
By default, this is an empty list.
MPMLink
wt.properties.restricForTrustClientsOnly
New
The properties that need to be restricted to the IP-based trusted clients only, are listed here. Make sure that the properties listed here are also listed in wt.properties.allowProps.
When a property is listed under wt.properties.restricForTrustClientsOnly but not in wt.properties.allowProps, it will not be web accessible to any user including trusted IP users.
By default, this is an empty list.
Additional Information
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Certain help resources may not function properly in the OOTB installation of Windchill 13.0.0.0. For more details on the specific issues, see CS395454.
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