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Thought I'd make a nuclear lightbulb for fun. Pretent it's radium...

I’d wanted to model one of those twisted flouresent light bulbs for a while, thought I’d do it for fun. Only, instead of a simple barrel shale like they are, I made it look (though not measured) like a normal incandescent bulb.

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What is the difference between "Work Item" and "Configuration Item"?

Some trackers are classified as “Work Item” (e.g. Requirement, Test Run, Issue, Epic, User Story), some as “Configuration Item” (e.g. Test Case, Test Set, Release, Configuration Items).Is there a description what is meant with “Work Item” and what wi

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Mashup NumericInputMode on ptcstextfield transposes number when Entering Decimals

I have a mashup that contains a ptcstextfield widget. NumericInputMode is selected. Allow decimals is selected. DecimalPlaces is set to 2. When I attempt to enter a decimal value, it transposes the numbers. If I enter .75, it shows the value as

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Deadline date on tasks to set to today's date

This article https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS334782 says we can’t set our task deadline to today’s date. It keeps saying it’s in the past. Is there a workaround that anyone has found. We often have tasks that go to the user the day it’s d

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Times InvokeCodeVentHandler Issue

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How to add AAX extension to PROE_DesignEssG

We are planning to use some AAX extensions to our global licensses PROE_DesignEssG.Is that possible and how can that be achieved fo specific selected users. 

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Missing references - rounds, chamfers etc

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Thought I'd make a nuclear lightbulb for fun. Pretent it's radium...

I’d wanted to model one of those twisted flouresent light bulbs for a while, thought I’d do it for fun. Only, instead of a simple barrel shale like they are, I made it look (though not measured) like a normal incandescent bulb.

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M a r k u S9-Granite

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What is the difference between "Work Item" and "Configuration Item"?

Some trackers are classified as “Work Item” (e.g. Requirement, Test Run, Issue, Epic, User Story), some as “Configuration Item” (e.g. Test Case, Test Set, Release, Configuration Items).Is there a description what is meant with “Work Item” and what wi

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Mashup NumericInputMode on ptcstextfield transposes number when Entering Decimals

I have a mashup that contains a ptcstextfield widget. NumericInputMode is selected. Allow decimals is selected. DecimalPlaces is set to 2. When I attempt to enter a decimal value, it transposes the numbers. If I enter .75, it shows the value as

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ModelCHECK Report/Metrics Directory

N.Barnes15-Moonstone

System Administration

Using Creo 10 on Windows 11. How do I write the metrics and reports to a user folder using the config_init.mc file? Target Directory“C:\data\<username>\Creo10\mc_report” Some details that may help. 1) We do set a username system variable that

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kschwartz10-Marble

Deadline date on tasks to set to today's date

This article https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS334782 says we can’t set our task deadline to today’s date. It keeps saying it’s in the past. Is there a workaround that anyone has found. We often have tasks that go to the user the day it’s d

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pshashipreetham19-Tanzanite

Times InvokeCodeVentHandler Issue

Hi, Recently, I have been facing an issue with the timer, which is very critical for us. Error Executing Event Handler 'InvokeCodeVentHandler' for event Type.Thing:Test.Timer:Event.TimerI have gone through below Articles, but nothing helped:Article -

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Kelvin McE5-Regular Member

Missing references - rounds, chamfers etc

When you modify a feature which a round relies on and some of the rounds/ chamfers fail because of missing references - have an option to remove only the rounds rounds/ chamfers which are missing references but keep rounds/ chamfers which still have

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North Alabama RUG October 1st

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Kelvin McE5-Regular Member

Reveal and Delete constraints for multiple selected parts in one go

Select multiple parts within an assembly and pull up all constraints in one go for all components selected.The idea is one can delete all constraints for the components selected in one go, or delete only a few of the constraints for some of the compo

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