1. PTC Navigate & Thingworx based App Development
Preeti Gupta

2. Agenda Thingworx Platform & Windchill Extension for Thingworx
Development
Windchill WebServices
Thingworx Service
Mashup Development
Documentation
Deployment
PTC Navigate
Project Planning Tips

3. Thingworx Platform Modeling User Interface
Object Oriented approach( Java based platform )
ThingShape (Interface) , ThingTemplate (Abstract Class), Thing (Class / Object)
User Interface
Very rich and Modern looking
Rapid application development environment
Graphic application builder

4. Why Develop Windchill Apps in Thingworx
Much shorter development time ( PTC out of the box Restful Web service Infrastructure )
Mobile applications
Modern architecture to integrate with business systems.

5. How to Get Started Software Connect Thingworx Platform with Windchill
PTC Windchill Extension (Thingworx Marketplace or PTC S/W site)
Windchill Patch for Thingworx Integration
Connect Thingworx Platform with Windchill
Both can exist in same environment ( Development environment)

6. Out of the box Windchill Integration with Thingworx Platform
(Latest 7.2)
Windchill Environment
(Support for 10.1 M040, 10.2, 11)
PTC Windchill PLM Extension
11.0-M010-WCTWXExtension_05
10.1-M050_WCTWXExtension_01

7. Installing Windchill Extension
Import Windchill Extension
Import Sample Mashups

8. Windchill Extension PTC-Windchill-Demo-Thing
extends Windchill Connector
Click on Configuration to
connect to Windchill
-Windchill Side TrustedHost for
Development Environment

9. Windchill Connector

10. Environments Development Environment Production Environment
Windchill users have to exist in Thingworx in development environments (wt.auth.trustedHosts )
Production Environment
SSL
Single Sign On

11. Ways to communicate to Windchill in Thingworx
RESTful End Point
Infoengine / SOAP based Webservices

12. Accessing Out of the box Restful Services via Swagger
Enable Site Preference -> Client Customization set to yes.

13. Example of Out of the Box Restful Web Service
Access and Test it via Swagger UI. ( Enable Customization in the Site -> Preferences)
Create a service in ptc-Windchill-Demo-Thing which will be calling Rest Endpoint in Windchill.
Once service is tested. We create Mashup to visualize the content.

14. Windchill Data Visualization in Thingworx2 1
Create a service in PTC-Windchill-DemoThing to access RESTEndPoint
Test RESTful Service in Swagger 3
Visualize the data in the Mashup

15. Step 1 -Testing in Windchill Swagger UI

16. In Thingworx Composer
Write a test service in PTC-Windchill-Demo Thing

17. Visualizing in Mashup

18. Writing your Own RESTful Web Service
PTC does not support adding your own RESTful web service in Windchill
Deployment Requirements
Java Class file deployment
Site.xconf changes
Why Rest?
Modern architecture. Built using server side Windchill Java API
Easy to debug and maintain
Payloads are JSON that are easy to parse in web clients
One Web Service can provide various resources vs several infoEngine calls to fetch the same information
Windchill
JAVA WebService Resource ( RESTEasy Framework)
Register RESTFul Webservice resource in
Rest.properties
REST Endpoint Available in Windchill Swagger
Thingworx
Call REST Endpoints in Thingworx using ProcessJSONRequest service of Windchill Connector

19. Few Examples of custom Restful Web Services in Swagger

20. PTC Navigate View PLM Extension on Thingworx Platform
(Latest 7.2)
Windchill Environment
(Support for 10.1 M040, 10.2, 11)
-PTC Windchill Extension
- Thingworx Utilities
- PTC View Extension
11.0-M010-WCTWXExtension_05
10.1-M050_WCTWXExtension_01
10.1 M040 Special Instructions If you are on Windchill 10.1 M040, you may need to modify the wt.epm.displayCalculatedLink property in wt.properties after the patch is installed. Installing PTC Windchill Extension 25 No changes are required if the property is not set or is set to true; however, if the property is set to false, the View Drawing app will not function unless the property is changed to true. Consider whether changing this property setting has additional impacts at your site. If your site chooses to set the preference to true, use the following procedure to update site.xconf after the patch is installed.

21. Adding Custom App In PTC Navigate

22. Example of Infoengine and RESTful Webservice

23. Documents & Training PTC University courses for Thingworx
Infotable Document for Thingworx

24. Project Planning Tips
Learning curve – Developing in Thingworx composer environment vs Thingworx extension
Skills Required
Javascript
RESTful Service
Infoengine
Soap in Windchill

25. Questions? Preeti_gupta1@outlook.com Or find me on PTC Community
Thank You
Questions?
Or find me on PTC Community