Configuring FlexPlus for Use with Windchill Environment Management
The following procedure describes the basic configuration steps required to use FlexPlus to manage CATIA V5 with Windchill:
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To use FlexPlus with Windchill, you must set the Managed Environment Variable preference in Windchill to V5_PROJ.
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To configure FlexPlus:
1. Launch the FlexPlus administration utility, located in the base installation directory by default.
2. Click the CAA & Applications tab.
3. From the CAA Management tab, enter the following values:
a. Name—Enter the name presented to the user when launching an environment.
b. EnvName—Select each environment from the drop down menu that you wish to be able to launch with Windchill Workgroup Manager for CATIA V5.
c. MSWin32—Enter <PTC_WF_ROOT>\.wwgm\.cadadapters\<OS>\cv5R$V5_REL, where:
i. <PTC_WF_ROOT> is the location used in the environment variable PTC_WF_ROOT. If not used, the default location of <APPDATA>\Roaming\PTC\ProENGINEER\Wildfire\ should be used.
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ii. <OS> is x86e_win64 for 64-bit systems and i486_nt for 32-bit systems.
4. Click Save.