State-based Revision Sequences by Life Cycle State

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The versioning schemes for Windchill PDMLink are identified based on the object type through object initialization rules.

For a specific object type, such as a part or document subtype, each object type can use a specific version scheme referenced by a scheme name.

These version schemes are then identified in an XML file. For example, the out-of-the-box XML file loaded with Windchill PDMLink is:

StateBasedVersioning.xml

This file contains the sequences and seeds (for example, NUMERIC and MILSTD).

To change version schemes, do not manually modify the XML file. Use the steps to load an updated XML file described in Setting Up a File-based or State-based Versioning Scheme.

For information on setting up the state-based versioning scheme that corresponds with the Version Series drop-down list that is available for each state, see Administering the Versioning of Parts, Documents, and CAD Documents.