Configure Windchill Connector

The Windchill Connector requires a simple one-time configuration within Windchill before it will be ready for use. Windchill Webjects, the standard way for communication between third party integrations and Windchill, need to be added to the Windchill server. The configuration requires administrative access to Windchill.

Windchill Connector can also be used to publish simulation files back into Windchill. To create the Webjects, follow the steps below.

  1. Copy the webject tasks from the webjects folder in the HyperWorks installation to the /tasks/ext folder under the Windchill installation.
    For example, the webjects can be found in C:\Program Files\Altair\<version>\javaapps\win64\pdmconnector_server\webjects, and the Windchill server location would be similar to C:\ptc\Windchill_10.0\Windchill\tasks\ext.
  2. Login to Windchill as Administrator.
  3. From Windchill home, expand the Navigator.
  4. Click the Site button in the Browse tab.
  5. Click Utilities > System Administration > Task Delegate Administration.
  6. Log on.
    Base URI is automatically populated by Windchill. LDAP Server Administrator is customer specific. Password is also customer specific.
  7. Go to Create Delegate.
  8. Create the following delegates.
    • Repository Type: com.ptc.windchill

      Name: HWCheckConnection

      Source URL: /ext/HWCheckConnection.xml

      Type Identifier: com.ptc.windchill.ws

      Description:

    • Repository Type: com.ptc.windchill

      Name: HWExpandBOM

      Source URL: /ext/HWExpandBOM.xml

      Type Identifier: com.ptc.windchill.ws

      Description:

    • Repository Type: com.ptc.windchill

      Name: HWGetBOMOccurrence

      Source URL: /ext/HWGetBOMOccurrence.xml

      Type Identifier: com.ptc.windchill.ws

      Description:

    • Repository Type: com.ptc.windchill

      Name: HWGetRelatedCadDoc

      Source URL: /ext/HWGetRelatedCadDoc.xml

      Type Identifier: com.ptc.windchill.ws

      Description:

    • Repository Type: com.ptc.windchill

      Name: HWGetWTPartCad

      Source URL: /ext/HWGetWTPartCad.xml

      Type Identifier: com.ptc.windchill.ws

      Description:

    • Repository Type: com.ptc.windchill

      Name: HWQuery

      Source URL: /ext/HWQuery.xml

      Type Identifier: com.ptc.windchill.ws

      Description: