Publishing Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Drawings to PVZ Format Using Creo View Adapter and CAD Workers
You can automate the conversion of 2D drawings to a variety of standard and native geometry formats and additional viewing formats using the following applications:
• Windchill Visualization Service (WVS)
• Creo View adapter
• Creo Elements/Direct Drafting worker (CAD worker)
You can configure the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting worker to generate additional file formats. Controlled by publishing rules, the Windchill Visualization Service (WVS) can automatically publish additional file formats, which can then be accessed from the Representations view in Windchill.
For information on how to view representations, see Viewing Representations. For information on how to generate additional file formats, in the PTC Creo View MCAD Adapters 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide, see Generating Additional File Formats for Creo Elements/Direct Drafting with Windchill.
Prerequisites
To automate the format conversion of 2D drawings, you must have the following applications installed and configured:
• Creo Elements/Direct Drafting registered and connected with Windchill Workgroup Manager
• Creo View Adapter. For information on how to install Creo View Adapter, see PTC Creo View MCAD Adapters 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide.
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The PTC Worker Daemon is installed with the Creo View Adapter. The PTC Worker Daemon is required to run the ccdraftworker.bat file.
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• Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Worker
For information on how to generate the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Worker scripts, in the PTC Creo View MCAD Adapters 3.1 Installation and Configuration Guide, see Using ccdraft2pv_config.
For information on how to configure a Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Worker, see Configuring the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Worker.
Ensure that your computer-specific log-on details are available on the GS Daemon Services properties. For more information, see Publishing Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Parts or Assemblies
to PVZ Format Using Creo View Adapter and CAD Workers.
Publishing the 2D drawings to the Creo View format from Creo Elements/Direct Drafting
To publish drawings to the Creo View format, perform the following steps:
1. Ensure that the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting worker is offline. To do this, in the Worker Agent Administration window, in the On-Line column, clear the check box for your Creo Elements/Direct Drafting worker.
2. In Creo Elements/Direct Drafting, custom check in the drawings to Windchill Workgroup Manager using the auto associate option. For more information on custom check in, see Custom Check In.
3. On the Worker Agent Administration window, in the On-Line column, select the check box for your Creo Elements/Direct Drafting worker.
4. Click Reload to bring your Creo Elements/Direct Drafting worker online.
5. Close the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting and Windchill Workgroup Manager applications.
6. To open the WVS Job Monitor,
a. At site level, click Utilities.
b. On the Preference Management window, under Business Administration, click WVS Job Monitor.
7. On the WVS Job Monitor window, refresh the list and log in to Windchill.
8. Under Job Summary for demo, select the drawings that you need to publish.
9. Right-click the selected parts and click Resubmit. The Job Status column displays the status and under Job Detail, the Job log displays the successful or failed jobs and the reasons for failure, if any.