To ensure that attributes and parameters are published in Windchill, they need to be configured in Windchill and the authoring application. If a CAD drawing or part has been checked in or saved in Windchill, the Properties page displays the authoring application default parameters. These parameters are read-only; however if required by your company, they can be modified by a Windchill administrator. The administrator modifies a preference in the Preference Management utility in Windchill by mapping it to the authoring application preference. Mapping is performed so that the preference is recognized between Windchill and the authoring application. For more information about mapping, refer to Attribute and Parameter Types.

Before you create a CAD document and before it is checked in, you can set up attributes in Preference Management. For example, for naming and numbering you can go to the authoring application drop-down list in the Set Preference window and set up the attributes you plan to use.

If a user creates an authoring application parameter that conflicts in type with a Windchill system attribute, then this user-created parameter should be deleted and the system parameter of the correct type should be created by the Windchill administrator. In this way, there is no conflict between the authoring application and Windchill, and the parameter is published to the authoring application user interface. For example, in the Preference Management utility, locate the preference called, PTC_WM_REVISION. Select the set preference icon to display the Set Preference window for this preference.

If you want to change the default Windchill preference value for your authoring application, select it in the Preference Management utility. For example, set the preference PTC_WM_REVISION=XYZ. This allows the CAD modeled system parameter XYZ to be available for revision in the authoring application.