Hi,
I'm sure that there are a lot of people using Creo Parametrics spec driven Piping and at the sametime using Windchill. My question is, can you integrate the spec-driven piping (master catalog directory) into the Windchill? If not, what is the right way to do it?
The usual way, I think, is to keep the master catalog file directory in your local drive. But then there is the problem of multiple people using/updating the master catalog and thus having the risk of having multiple different versions of Mcat in use. I guess one solution would be to use a shared network drive, so that all the people who are using spec-driven piping would have automatically same files available. But it would be nice if the whole thing could work through Windchill.
And one extra question: Is there any risk using spec-driven piping with Windchill regarding part versioning/duplicates. If I use piping and add multitude of similar valves, for example, and then upload the assembly containing those to the Windchill server, how does it cope with naming similar parts? It is not beneficial to have lots of same parts with different names. And what if I already have similar valve in the Windchill, and I upload more, does it recognize that there is already similar part in the server or does it generate duplicates with different names?
Thanks