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Contents © 2016, ASCENT - Center for Technical Knowledge® iii Chapter 4: Orientation to SolidWorks Integration ..................................... 4-1 4.1 Windchill Workgroup Manager Overview ..................................... 4-2 4.2 PTC Windchill Toolbar in SolidWorks ........................................... 4-4 PTC Windchill toolbar........................................................................ 4-4 4.3 Embedded Browser in Workgroup Manager ................................ 4-7 4.4 Navigator in Workgroup Manager ................................................. 4-8 Search ............................................................................................... 4-9 4.5 Registering Windchill Server ....................................................... 4-10 4.6 Introduction to Workspaces......................................................... 4-12 Creating Workspaces ...................................................................... 4-13 Edit Workspace Options.................................................................. 4-14 Change Active Workspace .............................................................. 4-15 4.7 Search and View Design Information in Workgroup Manager.. 4-17 Searching ........................................................................................ 4-17 Browsing ......................................................................................... 4-18 Using File Open .............................................................................. 4-19 Using Open from Windchill.............................................................. 4-19 Viewing CAD Document Information............................................... 4-20 Practice 4a Registering Windchill PDMLink Server and Creating Workspaces........................................................................... 4-22 Practice 4b Browsing and Searching for Design Information ......... 4-28 Chapter 5: Procedures for New Designs .................................................... 5-1 5.1 Windchill PDMLink Workspace Architecture ............................... 5-2 5.2 Populating the Workspace with New Designs ............................. 5-5 New CAD Documents from SolidWorks ............................................ 5-5 New CAD Documents from Workspace ............................................ 5-6 5.3 Adding New CAD Objects to Commonspace (Check In) ............. 5-7 From SolidWorks PTC Windchill toolbar .......................................... 5-7 From Workspace ............................................................................... 5-7 5.4 Managing CAD Documents ............................................................ 5-8 Remove Documents from Workspace .............................................. 5-8 Lock Documents in Workspace......................................................... 5-8 5.5 Generating Viewables for Non-CAD Users ................................... 5-9 Practice 5a Creating New CAD Documents ....................................... 5-11 Practice 5b Create New CAD Documents Using File Open.............. 5-15