Windchill Attribute Types

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Windchill supports five types of attributes:

1. Modeled (see Modeling Columns for more information)

2. Global

(see Creating a New Attribute for more information)

3. Local (see Creating a New Attribute for more information)

4. Alias (see Creating a New Attribute for more information)

5. Calculated (see Creating a New Attribute for more information)

Calculated Attributes and Alias Attributes

Alias attributes and some calculated attributes are derived from the values of other attributes. So these attributes should not be used on Create or Edit clients. If they are used in create or edit layouts, “(Unassignable)” will be displayed. They can be used on UIs that display persisted values of attributes.

Calculated attributes that are based on constant values may be displayed in create and edit clients.

For more information on defining these attributes, see Creating a New Attribute.