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Operation Category
The following table describes the most frequently used preferences that can be set or modified from the Operation category and subcategories of the Preference Management utility. For a complete list of preferences for Windchill Workgroup Manager and Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, refer to the Preference Management utility in Windchill. Online help is available for each preference from the Set Preference window.
Preference Name
Contexts
Values
Operation > Auto Associate > Auto Associate Naming Parameter
• Site
• Organizations
No soft attribute in the CAD document is used to name the part (default).
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You need to manually create an attribute to handle this in Site > Type and Attribute Management
Once completed, set the default value for this preference to that attribute name.
Operation > Auto Associate > Auto Associate Numbering Parameter
• Site
• Organizations
No soft attribute in the CAD document is used to name the part (default).
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You need to manually create an attribute to handle this in Site > Type and Attribute Management
Once completed, set the default value for this preference to that attribute name.
Operation > Auto Associate > Auto Associate Truncate Name File Extension
• Site
• Organizations
• Yes
• No
Operation > Auto Associate > Auto Associate Truncate Number File Extension
• Site
• Organizations
• Yes
• No
Operation > Auto Associate > Create Associate New Part
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• Owner
• Owner and Images
• All
• Never
Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Download<preference>
• Site
• Organizations
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling under Operation > CAD Data Management > Content Handling > Download > [preference name].
Operation > Update Operation > Update > Add Primary Contents to Workspace
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
• DOWNLOAD
• LINK
Operation > Update Operation > Upload<preference>
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling under Operation > Update Operation > Upload > [preference name].
Operation > Upload Operation > Upload<preference>
• Site
• Organizations
• Products
• Projects
• Libraries
• User
Select the preference and the appropriate value from the list of preferences for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
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There are several preferences that can be set for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling under Operation > Upload Operation > Upload > [preference name]