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bbrejcha
15-Moonstone
January 2, 2025
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Creo "Freestyle" Community Challenge #7: design a toy, robot, fun product or packaging

  • January 2, 2025
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Happy New Year, PTC Community! 

 

After my guest talk Class A  Creo Surfacing on 11/21, the PTC Community Team asked me to come up with the first Creo Community Challenge for 2025!   Freestyle surfacing is impressive if you haven't used it yet consider this challenge.  1 Modeling: using Freestyle  2 Rendering: Creo Render Studio 3 Movement:  Creo Mechanism   The latter 'movement' might be fun for those robotics engineers looking to dress up their robot.

 

On the heels (and continuation) of the gift giving season for many, I am asking you to think about and be inspired by your favorite gifts such as Kidrobot characters, Isaac Asimov I, Robot or from the Foundation Trilogy and Artemis space suits, space robot exoskeletons, pendent or jewelry, Star Wars or Star Trek spaceships, armor, baby elephant or underwater drones.

 

As the first challenge of 2025, lets get as many community members involved as possible!  Decide which of these three categories you fit into.  Or, maybe you are an overachiever and want to participate in all three!

 

1 Modeling: Freestyle

2 Rendering: Creo Render Studio

3 Movement:  Creo Mechanism

 

Along with your design entry, feel free to provide some info about yourself and your submission!

 

Once you submit your screen grab and subsequent model, consider answering these questions. 

 

  • What specific Freestyle tools were used?
  • How long was spent modeling in freestyle?
  • Approximately how much time have you had using Creo Freestyle before this model? 
  • How long have you been using Creo in general?
  • What would be your dream job?
  • Have you ever used Creo to model and 3d print a Christmas tree ornament? 

 

Baby Elephant pendant modeled during my WEEK TWO surfacing course.  

 

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2 replies

10-Marble
January 9, 2025

here's my start at a dragon toy, will keep adding details and pushing pulling the shapes.   I'm thinking along the lines of a Mr Potato Head type toy

 

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10-Marble
January 9, 2025

been more than a few minutes since I worked in the toy industry

 

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10-Marble
January 9, 2025

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8-Gravel
February 4, 2025

Not quite a toy, but this "mechanized" part uses the "Freestyle" feature extensively.  It could use boundary blends exclusively...but I like to explore other methods.

 

~CP Hendsbee

Not quite a toy, but uses "Freestyle" heavily.  And boundary blends...

 

 

bbrejcha
bbrejcha15-MoonstoneAuthor
15-Moonstone
February 10, 2025

the challenge does not require the product being a toy.  We are looking for any creative use of Freestyle.  I've conducted four  various lunch & learn events teaching designers, product designers and mechanical engineers to use Creo Freestyle.   Some ideas to get you thinking.

 

using crease to manage draft for the plastic injection processusing crease to manage draft for the plastic injection process
organic carbon frame developmentorganic carbon frame development
 
consumer durablesconsumer durables
 
 

Bart Brejcha

designengine.com

 

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