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How to turn on/off the Autonumbering for object types in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 14-Aug-2024   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 9.0 to 13.0

Description

  • How to turn on/off the autonumbering for object types
  • How to disable/enable autonumbering for object types, such as WTParts, WTDocuments, and EPMDocuments (CAD Documents)
  • How to disable auto-numbering on an object using Object Initialization Rules Administrator in Windchill PDMLink
  • How to disable auto-numbering in OIR?
  • How to turn off auto-numbering in OIR?
  • How to implement or set manual numbering in OIR?
  • How to Disable "Autonumbering" for WTParts in Windchill PDMLink
  • How to disable auto-numbering for EPM Document
  • When creating new objects, an automatically generated number is presented in the New dialog or the the number is (Generated) and not editable.  How to disable this functionality and allow one to edit the Number
  • When using save as action, how to make the New Number field display the actual object's number instead of (Generated)
  • The EPM Document or CAD Document number cannot be changed during rename and save as operation(it is grayed out). How to disable auto numbering so that the value can be changed 
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  • How to turn off auto-numbering for Promotion Request
  • How to use a auto-generated serial number when saving a CAD model
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