Managing Secondary Content
The administrator specifies files that the system automatically attaches to a supported model’s CAD document. The functionality assumes that the name of these related files is not random and is based on of the main model’s CAD name. The following file specifications are defined:
• Extension of the file to be automatically attached
• Existing category for the file
• New category
◦ Behavior for downloading attachments of this type
◦ Validity of the attachment after the primary content is modified is also defined by the attachment
• A pattern-matching string to find the name of the additional content. For example, if CAD Name = *.prt, then attach *.JT, or if CADName = *.prt then attach *_PRT.ans. . Valid wildcard characters are: *, ? and &
By default, no automatic attachment settings are defined. These can be set by any user. Automatic attachment preference can be set at all levels (User, Context, Organization, or Site) from and the wgmclient.ini file.
To define the automatic attachment settings:
1. In the Preference Management utility, configure the Windchill Workgroup Manager preference, wgm.autoattach. This allows content that is uploaded to Windchill to be configured as additional content for a CAD model.
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The parameters are case sensitive. For example, to upload a PDF attachment for SolidWorks the value would be:
wgm.autoattach=*.sldprt,*pdf,GENERAL
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2. Set the upload.autoattach.search path. This indicates that the specified paths, separated by a semi-colon, be searched for attachments that need to be automatically added to a CAD document on upload.