PDM Actions in Autodesk Inventor
PDM (Product Data Management) actions are used to manage your CAD data in Windchill. These actions are available from Autodesk Inventor and from the Windchill user interface.
To connect to the Windchill Workgroup Manager from Autodesk Inventor, you must first do the following:
• Register the Autodesk Inventor application with the Windchill Workgroup Manager
• Register and connect to the Windchill server
When Autodesk Inventor is connected to Windchill Workgroup Manager, some PDM actions become active in Autodesk Inventor, such as Check In and Check Out.
Beginning at Windchill 10.2, the PDM actions available in the Autodesk Inventor application are available in the Windchill toolbar. The table below lists these actions and their access paths.
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PDM Actions
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Access from Autodesk Inventor
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Access from Windchill Workgroup Manager Client
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|---|---|---|
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New CAD Document
|
> New CAD Document  |
> > CAD Document  |
|
Open from Windchill
|
> Open from Windchill  |
Not applicable
|
|
Save to Workspace
|
> Save to Workspace  |
Not applicable
|
|
Check In
|
> Auto Check In  > Custom Check In  |
>
|
|
Check Out
|
> Check Out  |
>
|
|
Undo Check Out
|
> Undo Check Out  |
>
|
|
Revise and Check Out
|
> Revise and Check Out  |
Not applicable
|
|
Update
|
• > Update Active Model  • > Update All Models  |
>
|
|
Save Viewable with Models
|
> Save Viewable with Models  |
Not applicable
|
|
Lock
|
No access
|
> Lock  |
|
Unlock
|
No access
|
> Unlock  |
|
Rename
|
No access
|
>
|
|
Upload
|
No access
|
>
|