The copy and paste selections are available in numerous places in the Windchill PDMLink user interface. With the release of PDMLink 8.0 M020 they are now available on change object forms for attaching affected and resulting items to the change objects. 

Depending on the type of data you are trying to gather, the ease of collection can be facilitated by navigating to the correct page in Windchill PDMLink. The following are a few simple tips on where to find the data before copying to the clipboard.

• If you are trying to gather related Windchill parts and structure, navigating to the properties page for the top level object is the most straightforward. Figure 1 shows the product structure home page with copy icon.

• Often times you will be trying to gather multiple related types of data to copy. The product structure page can be useful here as well. See Figure 2, and note that WTParts, CAD Files, and Documents can be gathered here.

• If you desire to collect related CAD files and copy them to the Windchill PDMLink clipboard, a good place to gather them from is the Updates page on the PDMLink home page. Assuming that the models have been recently touched in a workspace, they are available here with the needed dependants collected, making it easy to gather them for copy to the clipboard. (Figure 3) below.

• If you want WTParts, CAD files or others, then either using search or the folders page can be efficient. The search page location technique provides flexibility and allows you to combine needed parameters to find the needed objects. The folder page provides a browsing approach to gather data for copy to the Windchill PDMLink clipboard. (Figures 4 & 5)

Using the location techniques described above, you can collect various types of Windchill data, in a more efficient manner, and copy it to the Windchill PDMLink clipboard for use in the change objects and elsewhere.

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