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Extract X, Y, Z, and C Offsets of All Components Relative to Main Part in Creo 10

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I need to retrieve the X, Y, Z, and C offsets of all components in an assembly relative to the main part’s coordinate system. Ideally, I’d like to export these values into an external file (CSV or TXT).
Is there a built-in method or mapkey/API/Toolkit solution to automate this?

Best answer by tbraxton

In case you are not aware the matrix generated by the measure transform tool may not be in the form that you need it to be in for your downstream use. This is something I ran into previously. Check out this old thread that may be useful to you.

 

https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Calculate-the-transform-matrix-between-two-CSYS-features/td-p/680239 

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December 2, 2025

In a CREO 10 assembly, starting from the main part’s reference coordinate system, I need a quick way to extract the X, Y, Z coordinates and the C angle of the reference systems for each component in the assembly. Ideally, I would like to gather all these values into a single file.Thanks

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December 2, 2025

When you do a mass properties on the assembly, creo automatically generates a text file with an .m_p extension in your working directory.

It includes x,y,z location of each component CG with respect to either the defualt assy coord sys or a chosen coord sys if desired.  Is this what you are looking for?

 

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December 2, 2025

I don’t mean exactly that. What I need is to obtain these coordinates based on well-defined reference systems, similar to the “Measure, Transform” tool, but with the additional possibility of including the “C” rotation (around the Z-axis). I would need all the coordinates — X, Y, Z, and C — compiled into a single supplementary file. The ultimate goal is to retrieve these offsets so they can be transferred to an EDM machine.

tbraxton
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December 2, 2025

In case you are not aware the matrix generated by the measure transform tool may not be in the form that you need it to be in for your downstream use. This is something I ran into previously. Check out this old thread that may be useful to you.

 

https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Calculate-the-transform-matrix-between-two-CSYS-features/td-p/680239 

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