topic CAD content extraction for WBM in Windchill

CAD content extraction for WBM

MA_14433707 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:40:11 GMT

Hi All,
While doing Windchill migration through wbmff,
Metadata for the EPMDocument is extracted through wbmff-extraction utility.(source data(Creo files) resides in file system)
Do we need to extract CAD content data separately, if so how to extract EPMDocument content from file system(source)?

Re: CAD content extraction for WBM

avillanueva — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:53:29 GMT

Linking to guide.

https://www.ptc.com/support/-/media/support/refdocs/Windchill_Bulk_Migrator/13,-d-,0/WCBulkMigratorUtilInstallUsage_13_0_2_0.pdf?sc_lang=en&source=search

I have not used this personally. If source CAD data is in file system, clarify what you mean about extracting separately.

Re: CAD content extraction for WBM

MA_14433707 — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:36:54 GMT

Hi avillanueva,
While doing migration for source data(Creo files) from file system using wbmff, i don't see any information about vault content for the relevant migrated objects in the document..
I'm looking for-
1. how the data((hexadecimal)) will be created in the vault, so that migrated files can be retrieval in Creo without any issues from target env.
2. where and when DB tables required to modify to map vault content for its relevant metadata.

Thanks,
Milan