From the Software dowloads section, I can download any of the WWGMs depending on my CAD Platform. Our business is mostly one-off designs that are 'never' the same. A search of our system would easily return 2500+ files called 'PLATE, A'. We have the filename customization because we do not utilize a naming convention for a components. Our CAD Document number is unimportant to us.

Our configuration for the 2 auto-numbers is intentionally set up as our WT Part numbers match our ERP. Our Reseller keeps saying it works the same than with Creo.

I may end up with Windchill and Inventor so I am quite touchy at the moment about Inventor integration. This is something you should clarify with your consultant/reseller.

I would have assumed that when you use a Workgroup CAD Manager, Windchill can be configured the same regardless of the CAD application you use. I can't speak for Inventor but with Creo files which are uploaded into a EPMDocument, we configured Windchill to create and auto associate WTpart and it takes the same number than the CAD Number.ĮPMDoc Number = WTpart = Filename + extension

Creo and windchill