3D Part & Assembly Design

Basically I am making grooves for a tiny coil of diameter like 0,5mm on a small cylinder body. I have made my 'groove', and revolved it around the axis of the cylinder and then patterned it using fixed spacing (pitch).But I have to manually adjust the length of the cylinder body sketch to make sure it doesn't get interrupted.Let me break it down to two objectives.I want the coil groove to be patterned automatically till a fixed reference edge/plane. The pattern cannot be interrupted midway unless it falls with 0.0Xmm of the seed pattern or 'whole'. (In other words, the last pattern cannot be broken or broken by a specified dimension 0,0Xmm. If it is broken then the wire diameter will not fit and that space is wasted.If this cannot be fulfilled, then the length of the cylinder is automatically reduced or increased to make that happen for the last pattern to be intersected by the given length 0.0xmm or be 'whole'/'undisturbed'.I hope it is clear now. What is the best way to go about this

I am using Creo Parametric Release 6.0 and Datecode6.0.6.0Creo Piping inserts fitting models that do not match the configuration files. Watch the video at the linkhttps://youtu.be/wipiKDBfFhg

Is it possible to create BOM in model base definition on CREO 11

Hi, This might be a basic question. I am trying to create a duplicate of an assembly with a different name in a different folder to the original. For example: I need the assembly name to be different but i want to use the same names for the parts but have changes in the number of parts between the two assemblies .  Assembly 1 - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 Assembly 2 - part 1 - part 2  When I try to do this with the save a copy function, any changes in the new assembly reflects in the original assembly. I know I can do this if I change the names of each part within the assembly but I'm hoping I can use the same part names.  Hope that makes sense, thanks in advance !  

Hello   I have created a tapped hole in Creo part file. Once I go to edit definition -> Shape, I am able to find option for through thread. Option is disabled for me. Any idea how to enable the same?   Thanks and Regards Ketan

Hello everyone, I am beginner on creo, my company is switching from solidworks. I would like to know the easiest way to change the thread callout. M4x.7 ISO - H TAP DEPTH 7.923.3 DRILL (3.300) DEPTH 9.900 - HOLE I would like to delete the (3.300) bracket and reduce the 7.92 to 7.9. ATM I'm updating it manually to every single thread feature and it is consuming a lot of time.

Hello all,Is it possible to create a surface from a file containing XYZ point info that is formatted like thisContour 1 +0.00015719 -0.00385578 -0.00240279 in +0.00000000+0.00015722 -0.00485578 -0.00205918 in +0.00000000+0.00015724 -0.00585579 -0.00172874 in +0.00000000+0.00015727 -0.00685579 -0.00141855 in +0.00000000+0.00015729 -0.00785579 -0.00109718 in +0.00000000+0.00015732 -0.00885580 -0.00080014 in +0.00000000+0.00015734 -0.00985580 -0.00048563 in +0.00000000+0.00015737 -0.01085580 -0.00016993 in +0.00000000+0.00015739 -0.01185580 +0.00013890 in +0.00000000+0.00015741 -0.01285581 +0.00044022 in +0.00000000+0.00015744 -0.01385581 +0.00074184 in +0.00000000+0.00015746 -0.01485581 +0.00107004 in +0.00000000EORThere is only one line stating "Contour 1", then a boatload of point data followed by the "EOR".I can read this into excell and reformat it a bit, but the only point data examples that I have seen are always formatted like this.Begin section ! 1Begin curve ! 11 5 0 02 4.890738

Hello, I'm looking to see if Creo (3.0) can support GD&T with a Position tolerance on a hole, representing directions of X and one for Y. With the image in this post, I'm looking to create a Size on the Hole, with two position tolerances: X and Y (or a specific direction; no diametrical zone).   This will represent a rectangular zone, rather than a diametrical zone.

We use Creo 9.0.4.0. I have created a piano hinge from an imported STEP file. This involved cutting the fixed hinge and reassembling it so I can change the open angle of the two leaves of the hinge. The screenshot below shows the assembly list of the part.  After closing out Creo for the day 0n 2/22 and attempting to work on the file today, Creo crashes and I get this error message:I found that I can open asm.1 and asm.2 outside of the working directory, but the .asm more recent of .1 and .2 cause Creo to crash. Has anyone experienced this?I developed a work-around by copying asm.2, renaming it. I can get the assembly to open. Why would the latest files crash?Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you.

I am using Creo Parametric Release 8.0 and Datecode8.0.0.0I am making Custom hardware for the AFX library based on the vendors we use (Automation Direct vs 8020.net) - When I add my new hardware (New Connector Equipment) the first one adds correctly with the right Part number in the model tree (151099.prt), but anything after the first defaults to the base part name (t-nut_ad.prt) which is controlled by the tab file similar to the bolt_kit parts in the 8020 libraryEdited to add - This is the command string when trying to add the subsequent parts which is supposed to be additional 151099:151099 regeneration completed successfully.Part '151099' not changed since last regen.T-NUT_AD has been saved.Select axis as component reference: PLACEMENT_AXISSelect face as component reference: PROFILE_SURFACET-NUT_AD regeneration completed successfully.Part 'T-NUT_AD' not changed since last regen.C

Working with Creo 10 Rev: 10020:I created a new drawing and with "show annotations" I can show dimensions of my part features in all the views.But when I click on a shown dimension the tolerances tab is grey and I'm not able to show tolerances of the activated dimension in the drawing. I can add/see/edit this tolerance of dimensions in the part itself.Even More strange is, that in old drawings this works without a flaw!Can you tell me what I do wrong?

Hi,I created a subassembly that I wanted to export for the top-level assembly. Since the subassembly file size is huge, I can't use it directly in my top-level assembly. Could you please suggest if there is a way to export the assembly (envelope) parametrically so that I can use it in the top-level assembly?

Using the piping module you can use the Pipe Solid to create pipe parts.These pipe parts have no material. You can add material in the line stock but like many options in creo, this doesn't do anything (doesn't even change the weight/length in the same menu lol)My question is simple: How can I add material to the piping parts (without doing it manually for every single piece of pipe ofcourse)I can think of two options:Option 1: Through the line stock material option.but since that option doesn't do anything...Option 2: Through relations. In the linestock I can fill in stock number which shows up as a parameter in the part. I want to add a relation to the template of the pipe part (still have to find out which template it uses and how to modify it) which basically says: IF stocknumber == A, then material =A. IF stocknumber == B, then material =B etc. Can anyone help me out?

Hi I have a rotating mechanism that travels a total of 60degrees. An inner part rotates with an outer part for the first 40 degrees, and then stops rotation and moves in a linear vertical direction for the last 20 degrees. The vertical motion is driven by a ramp on the inside surface of the outer part. See screenshots. I'm using creo 3. Can anyone help show a good way to set up this connection? I have the 2 parts moving correctly independently but I can't figure out how to make the parts move together correctly.   

Hi,I am getting the error pop up when trying to save file in a Specific folder. "Error Writing file; check disk space or write permission."  * This Is the Error I am Getting Error only on 3 Specific folders only. (I have all access permission. to the drive). Other folder in the same drive are working fine. 1. I have created a new folder tried to save some files it works fine but when i copy 11GB of all drawing file and paste it  in the same new folder i am getting the same error.2. i am able to copy and paste using file explorer it works.3. only with CREO i am getting error writing file. Recently our organization changed local Server to Cloud Server from then i am getting the error. Kindly help me in Resolving this issue. Regards.SAM 

Hi,I have to create three Datum Axes with name D, E, F, based on a custom Coordinate System ("CS_DEF"), which is rotated relative to the original (XYZ) coordinate system.My problem is that, if I create a Datum Axis based on the axis of the coordinate system, Creo puts the axis name on the opposite side of the direction of the coordinate system's axes.How can I move the name of the axis to the opposite side?thank you 

Hello All,Just wondering how people go about creating simplified models of sub assemblies. The specific thing I am working on is an assembly with several different bearings. While I want to keep the bearings in the assembly and it is nice they look like bearings when sectioned etc I would like to to simplify them. By simplify I mean ideally turn them into a single part. The bearings currently are as downloaded from the bearing supplier and each one has a dozen different parts. For this project I want to keep everything in a single folder and having lots of bearing parts is making it more difficult to see the other parts. Also I have to email assemblies and it would be better if the bearing was then just one part, instead of several. I could remodel the, but this seems time consuming and unnecessary. I also could Shrinkwrap them, but this creates external surfaces only.   Any recommendations would be appreciated.Thank you.

I want to hide a part of an assembly in one of the detail view of the drawing but the parent view must have that part to be shown.Can anyone help me on this.

An option to automatically purge features in a model with no internal or external reference. This is for cleaning the model after finish the model.

I am using Creo Parametric Release 10.0 and Datecode10.0.4.0Where can I find (Seat) working cad model?

We are starting to use AFX for designing frames built from standard aluminium profiles.We use Windchill and don't want to have all the separate profile lengths as their own CAD models and WTParts in there so we are planning to embed all the profiles created by AFX to the frame assembly. But we would like to get the different used profiles and their total lengths to Windchill.So I was planning to start using Bulk items in Creo for the profiles and associating them to the profile material items in Windchill. That way we would have the Windchill BOM of the frame to only include the needed profiles and their total lengths:But it's really laborous and error prone to measure the profiles one by one and tI can see that AFX has that information stored somewhere, because the BOM tables created by AFX can tell the used profiles and their total material needs.Can that information be accessed somehow and linked to the quantity parameter of the bulk items? That way we could automate the total profi

I have a file with dozens of independent features that I want to create similar parameters for. I can export the XML data, but it does not contain the appropriate information to re-assign the parameters on import. Any one have any ideas?

Creo 9.0.6 Is there a config available to adjust what tab opens when assembling a part that has predefined flexibility? See the attached image as I'm using a pre-defined feature flexibility. When assembling and using that predefined I'd like it to open directly to the feature tab. I've had users completely miss the little (1) icon next to the text on a tab and not be able to find what to adjust. I understand that dimensions are the most likely to be used and that makes it a great default, but a little order of operations rule would be great here.

Need to create a section that combines a full section and a half section for a concentrically assembled assembly. Please refer "section.png" for detail info. Thanks in AdvancePrakash

I'm designing a Isogrid geometry in Creo 10, but I'm having trouble with the Thicken feature. Creo allows me to thicken only one surface of this "box"—it doesn't matter which surface I choose, it always works for the first one. However, when I try to thicken a second surface, it fails.Does anyone know a fix for this?