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regcurry16-Pearl

Mathcad

Help with MATHCAD 15 solve block

Attached are two images of my solve block.The example in screenshot 192200 does not work. 🥴 I am trying to define functions to be used in the equation to be solved.The example in screenshot 192321 DOES WORK.😀 I have explicitly put the functions in

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35 minutes ago

MikePhillips12-Amethyst

Customization

Visual Studio Code for Creo Parametric Toolkit development

Is anyone using Visual Studio Code for Toolkit development rather than full blown Visual Studio?If so I would like to know how you configured VScode to use the Visual Studio Build Tools. Thanks.

KM_109273377-Bedrock

3D Part & Assembly Design

Mass properties via "Geometry and Parameters" not updating inertias

(I'm using Creo 8.0.3.0.  Thanks in advance for any help with this!)Hi, my situation is the following:I start with a simple single body part file. It starts out with a default PTC_SYSTEM_MTRL_PROPS material assigned. The density field is blank.

Amirtharaj_K17-Peridot

Windchill

Muti Bom Report generation (CAD Structure)

Hi Guys,I am looking for a way to generate multiple individual BOM reports in a single run through Report Management. I have more than 100 object numbers, and each object has its own BOM structure.If anyone has a solution or knows how to achieve this

fanyo1903-Newcomer

Data loss in KEPServerEX and 6.17 and 7.0.

We are running KEPServerEX as an OPC UA Client in a production environment to connect to an IGS OPC UA Server. The total tag count is around 6,000.The issue is that KEPServer frequently suffers from connection losses and reconnections, accompanied

bmancini15-Moonstone

3D Part & Assembly Design

Annoyance with the “Open File” and “Assemble Component” commands in Creo 12

Hello,Yesterday I upgraded from Creo 9.0.8.0 to Creo 12.4.3.0 and noticed an annoyance with the “Open File” and “Assemble Component” commands.The problem is that Creo 12, unlike Creo 9, keeps the last selected setting in the filter “Type”. In Creo 9,

mvargas4-Participant

Windchill Workgroup Manager 13.0.1.1 with NX 2312

I’ve used WWGM with Solidworks 202X for years with no issues.Recently I’ve been tasked to import a few hundred NX prts into our Windchill “commonspace”.We are on Windchill 12.X.After installing NX, I went to WWGM Application Management and added NX 2

DaveMartin16-Pearl

Mathcad Community Challenge May 2026: Starman Star Geometry for the Greatest Rock Band of All Time!

This month’s challenge is inspired by the greatest rock band of all time: Rush! Specifically, it is in honor of the 50th anniversary of their concept album 2112, which gave us the Starman logo. Here you can see the logo along with geometry in Creo pe

mprasad12-Amethyst

Windchill PDMLink migration on Microsoft Azure VM cloud

We are using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.1 CPS M020-CPS08 and we want to migrate to new windchill  13.1.0 version.The current windchill environemnt is clustered with 1 master and 2 slaves server (slave 1 and slave2) running on RHEL, one softwar

JM_146056613-Newcomer

Customization

Smart assembly/Creo 10 stops working with a xtop.exe (not reponding)

I am trying to run a program out of smart assembly and it gets about 260 lines into it and just freezes. It looks like the xtop.exe has stopped working. Even leaving the file alone to run for a bit it never comes back and i have to “Kill” the program

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9 hours ago

MikePhillips12-Amethyst

Customization

Visual Studio Code for Creo Parametric Toolkit development

Is anyone using Visual Studio Code for Toolkit development rather than full blown Visual Studio?If so I would like to know how you configured VScode to use the Visual Studio Build Tools. Thanks.

Amirtharaj_K17-Peridot

Windchill

Muti Bom Report generation (CAD Structure)

Hi Guys,I am looking for a way to generate multiple individual BOM reports in a single run through Report Management. I have more than 100 object numbers, and each object has its own BOM structure.If anyone has a solution or knows how to achieve this

fanyo1903-Newcomer

Data loss in KEPServerEX and 6.17 and 7.0.

We are running KEPServerEX as an OPC UA Client in a production environment to connect to an IGS OPC UA Server. The total tag count is around 6,000.The issue is that KEPServer frequently suffers from connection losses and reconnections, accompanied

bmancini15-Moonstone

3D Part & Assembly Design

Annoyance with the “Open File” and “Assemble Component” commands in Creo 12

Hello,Yesterday I upgraded from Creo 9.0.8.0 to Creo 12.4.3.0 and noticed an annoyance with the “Open File” and “Assemble Component” commands.The problem is that Creo 12, unlike Creo 9, keeps the last selected setting in the filter “Type”. In Creo 9,

mvargas4-Participant

Windchill Workgroup Manager 13.0.1.1 with NX 2312

I’ve used WWGM with Solidworks 202X for years with no issues.Recently I’ve been tasked to import a few hundred NX prts into our Windchill “commonspace”.We are on Windchill 12.X.After installing NX, I went to WWGM Application Management and added NX 2

DaveMartin16-Pearl

Mathcad Community Challenge May 2026: Starman Star Geometry for the Greatest Rock Band of All Time!

This month’s challenge is inspired by the greatest rock band of all time: Rush! Specifically, it is in honor of the 50th anniversary of their concept album 2112, which gave us the Starman logo. Here you can see the logo along with geometry in Creo pe

mprasad12-Amethyst

Windchill PDMLink migration on Microsoft Azure VM cloud

We are using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.1 CPS M020-CPS08 and we want to migrate to new windchill  13.1.0 version.The current windchill environemnt is clustered with 1 master and 2 slaves server (slave 1 and slave2) running on RHEL, one softwar

JM_146056613-Newcomer

Customization

Smart assembly/Creo 10 stops working with a xtop.exe (not reponding)

I am trying to run a program out of smart assembly and it gets about 260 lines into it and just freezes. It looks like the xtop.exe has stopped working. Even leaving the file alone to run for a bit it never comes back and i have to “Kill” the program

AM_99969783-Newcomer

Cannot create new user in Windchill

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.1 and Datecode with CPS M020-CPS04 I am trying to create a new user in Windchill 11.1. When i go to site - utilities - participant administration - create user is does not give the fields to enter name - firs

JM_146056613-Newcomer

PTC eSupport Help Discussions

xtop.exe is "Not Responding"

I have a model that i am trying to create drawing from using a template. I am running it through Sigmxim’s Smart assembly to do a bunch of things. This program has worked plenty of times before this but in the last 3-4 weeks in locks up and the only

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