Chapter 4. 3Dfindit - PDM Integration

Table of Contents

4.1. General information
4.1.1. ERP/PDM as leading systems
4.1.2. Basic workflow for "direct" PDM linking
4.1.3. Comparison: "pool integration" - total integration
4.1.4. Write a log file
4.1.5. Duplicates with Simple Assemblies
4.2. General Configuration in PDM
4.2.1. Activation of the interface
4.2.2. Key "AppBeforeCreate" and "AppAfterCreate"
4.2.3. Enable PLMTABLE2
4.2.4. Key "ACTIVE_CAD"
4.2.5. Additional Tasks
4.2.6. Revising
4.2.7. Return Mapping
4.2.8. More notes on configuration
4.2.9. Show CAD documents (PDM-ID) in 3Dfindit / PARTdataManager
4.2.10. Installation ERP / LinkDB
4.3. PDM-specific information and configuration
4.3.1. Creo - Windchill
4.3.1.1. Important Terms Related to Creo-Windchill
4.3.1.2. Important Features
4.3.1.2.1. Login
4.3.1.2.2. Checkout
4.3.1.2.3. Checkin
4.3.1.2.4. Attribute Mapping for Windchill
4.3.1.2.5. Set Status
4.3.1.3. Installation / System Requirements
4.3.1.4. Additional Installation
4.3.1.4.1. Register DLL
4.3.1.4.2. JSP files
4.3.1.5. Configuration
4.3.1.5.1. The Most Important Settings
4.3.1.5.2. Additional Settings
4.3.1.5.2.1. Search using MasterOBID instead of filename
4.3.1.5.2.2. Additional Tasks
4.3.1.6. Special Notes
4.3.1.6.1. Windchill-Creo-Cache Empty automatically
4.3.1.6.2. Creo - Windchill with PLMsynchro: Auto-login
4.3.1.6.3. Creo - Windchill: "Failed to add the document <wt.epm........> to the workspace!" during conversion
4.3.2. Windchill REST
4.3.2.1. Windchill REST Endpoints
4.3.3. Teamcenter
4.3.3.1. General information
4.3.3.1.1. Important Terms Related to Teamcenter
4.3.3.1.2. Determine Object/Reference Names
4.3.3.1.3. Custom Logging Category
4.3.3.2. General configuration (for Teamcenter-CAD combinations)
4.3.3.2.1. Add PSOL queries to TC
4.3.3.2.2. Additional Tasks
4.3.3.2.2.1. Additional Task: Change Owner
4.3.3.2.2.2. Additional Task: Move to Dynamic Folder
4.3.3.2.2.2.1. Troubleshooting: Problem saving the document when using TC_HOOK_SERVICE.moveToNewFolder
4.3.3.2.2.3. Additional Task: Attribute Mapping
4.3.3.2.2.4. Additional Task: Create Custom Dataset
4.3.3.2.2.5. Populate Teamcenter classifications with ECLASS Basic or ECLASS Advanced information
4.3.3.2.3. Revise Document
4.3.3.2.4. MFK (Multifield keys)
4.3.3.3. Teamcenter - NX
4.3.3.3.1. Requirements
4.3.3.3.2. Minimum configuration for export
4.3.3.3.2.1. Mapping between entries in the .pax file and ifnxteamcenter.cfg
4.3.3.3.3. Test Run
4.3.3.3.4. Additional Configuration
4.3.3.3.4.1. Set the destination folder in TC
4.3.3.3.4.2. Return Mapping
4.3.3.3.4.3. Teamcenter Required Properties
4.3.3.3.4.3.1. Configure the "pax" file
4.3.3.3.4.3.2. Configure ifnxteamcenter.cfg
4.3.3.3.4.3.3. Record a journal entry
4.3.3.3.4.3.4. Set "CadDocumentAttributes" in ifnxteamcenter.cfg
4.3.3.3.4.3.5. Schema
4.3.3.3.4.3.6. Test Export
4.3.3.4. Teamcenter - SolidEdge
4.3.3.4.1. Problem solution
4.3.4. SAP ECTR
4.3.4.1. General information
4.3.4.1.1. CAD systems
4.3.4.1.2. System preconditions
4.3.4.2. Installation (Basis and Addons)
4.3.4.3. Minimum interface configuration
4.3.4.3.1. General PLM configuration
4.3.4.3.2. SapEctr_public_api.cfg
4.3.4.3.3. ifSapEctr.cfg
4.3.4.4. Test run
4.3.4.5. Other configurations
4.3.4.5.1. General notes
4.3.4.5.2. Additional tasks
4.3.4.5.2.1. Revise Document
4.3.4.5.2.2. Checkin1
4.3.4.5.2.3. Document Set Short and Long Texts
4.3.4.5.2.4. Set Material Short and Long Texts
4.3.4.5.2.5. Document Create Variants
4.3.4.5.2.6. Create and Link Material
4.3.4.5.2.7. Set Document Classification Data
4.3.4.5.2.8. Set Material Classification Data
4.3.4.5.2.9. Document Apply Status Chain
4.3.4.5.2.10. Material Apply Status Chain
4.3.4.5.2.11. Search Document by Material
4.3.4.5.2.12. Begin Checkout Transaction
4.3.4.5.2.13. Text Preprocessing
4.3.4.5.3. Preview images
4.3.4.5.4. Return Mapping
4.3.4.5.5. Config for dll paths
4.3.4.6. Customizing the 3Dfindit ERP interface
4.3.4.7. Different use cases
4.3.4.7.1. Most simple case (only PLM interface and CAD export)
4.3.4.7.2. Simple case with automatic material master creation (PLM interface, CAD export and CreateAndLink additional task)
4.3.4.7.3. Create document from empty line (without ERP number) - Manual assignment of SAP material in PSOL
4.3.4.7.4. Timestamp ERP_PDM_NUMBER - Dialog PSOL attributes - Material per additional task - Return Mapping
4.3.4.7.5. Timestamp ERP_PDM_NUMBER - Dialog PSOL attributes - Material per SAP mask - Return Mapping
4.3.4.7.6. Note on PLMSynchro
4.3.5. Vault - Inventor
4.3.5.1. Trouble Shooting
4.3.5.1.1. Error when checking in a document
4.3.6. More systems