Preferences and Properties
Product: Windchill
Release: 12.1.0.0
Benefit
Several preferences and properties have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill.
Additional Details
The following preferences (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
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Functional Area
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Name
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Status
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Description
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Default Value
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MPMLink
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Save Position of Resources, EPM Documents and Operated-on Parts During Process Plan Playback Without Launching the Update Position Dialog Box
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New
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This preference impacts the working of  Update Position action in the Visualization tab.The new position is saved if the preference is set to Yes. If it is set to No, the Update Position dialog box appears for you to further edit the position. |
No
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MPMLink
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Apply Configuration specification to the originallyselectedobject
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Updated
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Allows you to specify if the selected configuration specification is applied to the originally selected items.
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No
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Options and Variants
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Variant Specification Filter Method
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New
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Sets the default filter method to be used when creating variant specifications and provides the ability to prevent user selection of the other filter method.
The values are:
• Default Filter Method: Sets the default filter method to be used when a new variant specification is created. Available values are Standard and Alternate.
• Enable User Selection: Allows or prevents users to select the filter method not assigned as the default filter method. Available values are Yes and No.
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For Default Filter Method option, the default value is Standard.
For Enable User Selection option, the default value is Yes.
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Change Management
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External Associated Change References
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New
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This preference controls the addition of external objects to the Associated Reference Objects table.
Set the preference to Yes to create association of external change objects as reference objects. This configuration will enable the associating external change objects as reference objects feature.
Set the preference to No to disable the association of external change objects as reference objects.
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No
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The following properties (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
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Functional Area
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Name
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Status
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Description
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Default Value
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Options and Variants
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ato.constraint.engine.class
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Removed
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This property was used for specifying the default constraint solver between Drools and PTC. The PTC constraint solver is now used to resolve the rules related to options and choices when applied to configurable structures through the option filter.
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Windchill Visualization Services
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worker.exe.allowlist.prefixes
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Updated
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MPMLink
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com.ptc.windchill.mpml.coproduce.migrate.folderLocation
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New
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Specifies the default location for saving the existing co-produce objects when upgrading to Windchill 12.1.0.0. The objects are saved under the context in which the associated primary part is located.
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/Default/CoProduce
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MPMLink
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com.ptc.windchill.mpml.copyOver.CopyOverPlantAndDepartmentData
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New
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This property enables the copy process of plants, plant attribute values, departments, and department attribute values. If this property set to false, the plants, plant attribute values, departments, and department attribute values are not copied, even if you add other properties that are related to the copying of specific plants, plant attribute values, departments, and department attribute values.
For more information, see Use Cases: Copying Entities from Upstream to Downstream after Creating Split Assemblies
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false
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MPMLink
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com.ptc.windchill.mpml.copyOver.mapsb.split.create.com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.data.EnterpriseData.com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.data.enterpriseData.PlantSpecificEnterpriseData
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New
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This property ensures which plants and attributes are copied to the downstream view.
For more information, see Use Cases: Copying Entities from Upstream to Downstream after Creating Split Assemblies
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MPMLink
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com.ptc.windchill.mpml.copyOver.update.com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.data.PlantFunctionalData
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New
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This property ensures that you can detect the updates on attributes and effectivity on departments using the reconciliation actions.
For more information, see Use Cases: Updating Entities from Upstream to Downstream after Creating Split Assemblies
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MPMLink
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com.ptc.windchill.mpml.copyOver.update.com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.data.EnterpriseData.com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.data.enterpriseData.PlantSpecificEnterpriseData
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New
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This property ensures that you can detect the updates on attributes and effectivity on plants using the reconciliation actions.
For more information, see Use Cases: Updating Entities from Upstream to Downstream after Creating Split Assemblies
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MPMLink
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com.ptc.windchill.mpml.copyOver.mapsb.split.create.wt.part.WTPart
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New
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This property enables the copy of part attributes and part associations while creating split assemblies. If this property does not have a value, the part attributes and part associations are not copied, even if you add other properties that are related to the copying of specific part attributes and part associations.
For more information, see Use Case: Copying Specific Part Entities from Upstream to Downstream after Creating Split Assemblies
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MPMLink
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com.ptc.windchill.mpml.PropagateMPMOperationToPartLinksOnReplace
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Updated
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From this release onwards, you can also use this property for raw material allocation.
In the case of the Replace Made From action, the replacement happens only if this property is set to true. This property is present in the mpmlink.properties.xconf file located at Windchill/codebase/com/ptc/windchill/mpml/xconfs.
For more information, see Key Points About Use of Raw Materials in Process Plan
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true
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Workflow
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wt.workflow.worklist.escapeHtml
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Updated
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The value whitelist was earlier used for the property. From this release, the property takes the value allowlist in place of whitelist.
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