Managing Drawings

This section contains information about drawing management. An engineering drawing and the 3D CAD model that the drawing represents are distinct CAD documents stored or awaiting storage in Windchill. Windchill Workgroup Manager supports a “Drawing” reference link from the CAD application-derived engineering drawing to the 3D model(s), from which the drawing gets its geometric and parametric information. This link can be used to collect drawings related to 3D models (that is, all 3D CAD documents can gather their derived engineering drawings in the collector), and to automatically relate the drawing to the same Windchill part as the 3D model.

• Creating owner associations between derived drawings and Windchill parts is not permitted. Legacy associations are retained, but are not shown in any reports or tables that list associations.

• Engineering drawings that are created in a 2D system can have an active association to a Windchill part. These “drawings” are classified as CAD parts or assemblies in Windchill solutions. Other reference links created for either derived or engineering drawings from 2D systems can include associatively referenced drawing formats and drawing overlays.