3D Part & Assembly Design

Access to Varied Items window either through Flexibility or InheritanceClick on Set Displayed ColmunsVaried Dimension Table Column Setup window is openFrom the Not Displayed list move  Assoc. Param to the Displayed listClose Creo and restart, the Assoc. Param column does not exist and needs be added again.How to save the column configuration?

My company recently gave us 3DCONNEXION spaceballs and they're pre-mapped with a special orientation wheel menu. I don't use a spaceball, but I would like to assign that function to one of my mouse buttons. Is this possible? 

does anyone know how to fix this creo license issue  the status of the license says unreachable

Is there a Quick Installation Guide and a Product Code for Creo 12 Student Edition? If so, where can I find them?

Hello all,i am having a hard time trying to model a part based off the measurement report that we have gotten and i am wondering what i am doing wrong or how to more accurately model the part.  when i try to use a sweep function, i find that one or more corners (depending on if it has 3 or 4 faces) tend to be slightly off. is there a different function i can use to force creo to make a body that fits within the coordinate boundaries? the surfaces should be flat .    CREO Parametric 6.0.6.0 

Hello, I am looking to ensure a connector is related correctly to another subassembly. I would like to relate this connector to a skeleton model, but am having trouble doing so. This connector was originally brought in through ECAD/MCAD collaborator with an IDX export from my ECAD tool. If I delete all the instances from the ECAD import and manually place these related to the skeleton model I am unable to push their locations back to ECAD. I am using version 10.0.4.0. Thanks in advance for your help,Tanner

What is the funtion for the section option, "Single Part Surface"? How do I reverse the command?

Hello, I need to start out by saying Im new to Options modeler, trying to explore the possibilities. In my scenario, I am creating a configurable product of a Hydraulic cylinder. In this scenario I have some options like Bore size, port type, temperature range etc. Is it possible to suppress or un suppress certain features of one of the parts, for eg. the cylinder barrel can have different type of port feature based on the option selected. Additionally for option like temperature, I need to be able to switch the material of certain parts in the cylinder. Im exploring this since the permutations and combinations keep growing and my understanding is that you can only add or remove a part/sub-assembly in the final BOM. The current approach would involve having a CAD part for every Port configuration and different parts for every material which again is not promoting reuse.

We have dozens of older parts/drawings that were made before we found our footing with Creo... Now, whenever we open an older part/drawing and try to bring it up to snuff (adding shaft tolerances, using the block tolerance for what doesn't need to be explicit, etc.) someone has to make a note of all the existing tolerances because changing from ANSI to ISO changes all the explicitly set tolerances to the "standard".   I understand this might be useful to some people, some of the time - but am I really to understand that this "best of the best" software package isn't smart enough - or can't be configured - to leave what is explicitly set, well enough alone?

Hi, I have a lot of "imported feature" files that seem to slow the parent assembly when opening, rotating and zooming the view.I believe this is related to the fact that CREO 9.0 tries to access the local path T:\DEFINITIVI\... linked to the imported 3D model: is there a way to unlink the 3D model from the original file path?   Thank you

I'm trying to exclude parts from the BOM. I was instructed to open Repeat Regions, then select Filters, then click on the BOM and 2 options would appear, Remove: By Rule or Buy Item. But it will not even let me click on the BOM. Not sure why its not functioning properly.

Hi, Just joined the community, and I got some doubts in applying color coding thru EMX. I'm not still not quite good in editing parameters. and just want to implement this in our shop. so detailing will be minimized. for example I want to differentiate relief hole to a sliding fit holes (screw hole and Dowel hole).   Kindly, I want to know how to control this color coding. kindly site some examples and where to locate the configuration and how to set it up.   thank you,   Christopher,

Why is Floating license needed to use replace feature in assembly. When picked new-assembly-interchange- OKError message: You have not checked out the license option. Please click "File->Options->Floating Licenses" and choose required option. SEE IMAGE ATTACH

Hi all,I have a broken piece I need to fix. How can I superimpose the pic in sketcher to draw exact profile to match and give me a accurate or close match. I have to make the red piece (See Image). Thickness is known (1.2MM). This can be a good lesson for reverse engineering. Copying the existing for  upgrade .Thanks in advance. -Yo

I am using Creo Parametric Release 11.0 and Datecode11.0.0.0Dear PTC Support Team,We recently upgraded our Creo software from version 8 to version 11. Since this upgrade, some users have reported a significant decrease in the quality of 2D drafting outputs. Specifically, when zooming out in 2D drawings, the lines and texts appear blurred and less sharp compared to Creo 8.We have thoroughly checked the graphics card settings on the affected workstations, and everything appears to be correctly configured. Additionally, we have tested all the solutions recommended in the PTC community article (Article - CS169272) without success.Could you please confirm if there are any known graphics-related issues in Creo 11 that could cause this blurring effect? Furthermore, we would appreciate any effective workarounds or fixes that you could provide to resolve this issue.Thank you very much for your assistance.

Hello everyone,after I exclude the display of individual components using the Simplified Representation function, I can no longer edit KEs until I close and reopen the session. How can I, for example, edit sketches again?

Hi I want to transfer Solidworks properties into PTC Creo, I am able to directly open the solidworks part through the unite technology but when I look at the parameters tab my solidworks properties don't have a unit quantity or unit. Is there a way to transfer these aswell?

Hi,  When I was working with Solidworks, there were options in sub-assemblies to show, hide or promote the components under it.  When the option is set to "promote",  all components in this sub assemblies were shown in the drawing BOM in the upper assembly drawing. If it was set to "Hide", then the sub-assembly was treated like a part in upper level assembly drawing BOM.  It is a common practice to gather parts together so they can be used as a group.  It seems there is no easy way to do it in Creo.  I made a parameter called "SYSTEM_TYPE" and set the value to "Phantom_Assy", then tried to use 2 repeat regions and use filter to include and exclude parts with this value. But I couldn't make it work. Has anyone tried and success? I attach a diagram here showing what I am looking for.  The BOM in GA drawing should contain comp1, Assy1. Comp3 and Comp4.  Assy2 is a phantom assembly and doesn't show in the BOM.  Thanks for the

getting invalid file or format while uploading the license file. tried saving it as ".txt" format but still doesn't works.

Hello,Right now we have a customer who is giving an NX file project, so we imported the model into creo and it was opened as an assembly and then I used IDD to clean it up. Now I need to extract one specific part as a (.prt file) since we will put it in CREO tool deisgn extension (which requires .prt file). I have tried (1) Copy/publish geometry however the part does not appear when I open it. I have tried (Shrinkwrap). however this option leaves holes in the surfaces. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

Hello, I am unable to change the width of a fiber shape. No matter what value of "width" I put in for shape properties of that fiber, the width remains the same on the diagram. Any help would be appreciated!Example: One of the fibers here has a width of "10" and the other had a width of "1" but it does not change the appearance 

Ordinate Dimension Orientation: I want to flip my Dimension text around 180 Degrees.  My Parts 0 is at the left of my drawing and is the bottom of my part. And what is at the right would be the top.  So I want the bottom of my text facing the other way.    Any Ideas. I don't have room to flip my text horizontal.     

Hi Guys,  I'm working on the rollout of MBD and boost in my company and facing a few problems that I can't find solutions for.   I'm exporting Sheetmetal parts to CreoViewer (.pvz file) with a combination state set as the flat pattern, but the export combination state does not reflect the Creo displayed model.  CREOVIEWER FLAT DISPLAY STATE:Creo Parametric Flat Display State:  If Someone could point me in the correct direction to get these creo PVZ file to export with the same info as creo parametric that would be ideal.  I've alot people who have abandoned all hope over this small problem.

I have a fairly simple parting faces quilt that I need to finish out but I can't get the boundary seam of the opposing cylinders to become tangent.  After completing the parting faces quilt I need to use the thicken option to uniformly thicken these faces to build a gutter model; as is I can only thicken the quilt to about .125 where it will need to be .500 in thickness.Shown below is the area I am struggling with.  The highlighted edges show the area that I am working on.  I have penciled the non-tangent seams in red.I have attempted different options from Boundary Blend to the Style function.  I have attempted this with and without curve rails in the red highlighted areas.   I know that there naturally is an area of twist due to the conflicting up facing and down facing cylinder extrudes.  Might there be some kind of option that would iron out the natural seams to allow tangency throughout?  (I also tried this as a simple 4 sided boundary

Hello, everyone. The challenge is: How to identify wire harness/cable components directly from a repeat region.Version: Creo 10.Assemblies, parts, and skeletons can be easily identified from the common repeat regions. Then, piping and sheet metal parts can also be identified from their unique parameters. Is there a way to idenfity cables/wire harness components from their parameters or properties?- By clicking "Bill of materials" button from ribbon, we get the .txt file with cable details, but this is totally useless for general BOM purposes.- Adding a new parameter is not feasible, considering the "universe" of assemblies/parts that would need to be revised. Then, not this way. Thank you in advance.