3D Part & Assembly Design

I am trying to find the easiest way to make a pdf and dxf of a sheet metal part in creo 8. The current way I achieve this is by having a part and drawing with the same name and then a separate drawing with partname-dxf. This dxf drawing is not copied when a new part is generated when save a copy is used. Is there a way to have this extra drawing copied as well. The pdf is needed by our break press operator to show bend locations. The dxf we make is of the part in saved flat view with hidden lines removed for a machine to cut out that can only read dxf files.  I have been thinking of ways to add this dxf drawing to the drawing that that shares the part name, however this comes with problems of its own.1. The drawing format we use has number of sheets in the corner, so by adding the dxf drawing increases the number of sheets. I was able to set the total to a parameter in the drawing but then it has to be set manually if the drawing pages increases. is there a way to change the

After launch of EZ tolerance, whenever I select the first surface to find the clearance the application throws Fatal error pop up and get closed on it's own.  

Hi All, I know the basics of creating a section view. i am trying to get a specific section view if possible? below are images. I want to cut a section view on this part shown in the first image just like this with the arrows placed the way it is, but only show this specific part and not the whole part (shown in image 2). how can I do this? I tried so many ways, but cannot do it. the only way to do this is by creating a square cut to only obtain that area. by doing this, the arrows on the main view will be weird( Image 3 & 4). is there a possibility? thank you all 

corner1corner 2I have a sheetmetal part, where i try to achieve uniform corner gab between 0.1 - 0.4 mm so that i can do minimum weld to get best finish. But i am not able to get uniform corner gap, and also getting interference. need to know any option is there or workaround is there? i also have attached the creo .prt file for your reference.Creo version 10.0.3

Hello, I work for a large company with many designers who all work in the same models. Last year, I incorporated pro program parameters to configure top level General Assemblies. It works great because you get a pop up menu & can just paste in numbers from a spreadsheet (much easier than manually replacing). The problem is, when another designer runs a project & creates new models, my pro program breaks & errors out. Creo doesn't know how to find the new interchanges & it takes quite a bit of expertise to fix it every time (not feasible with over 100 designers working at a given time). Here is a short example of some of the pro/program that I added, with unneeded details removed for confidentiality. I am looking for advice on a better way to manage the pro/ program for configuring assemblies so that a designer cannot break it just by replacing one of my interchange assemblies with an unrelated interchange. INPUTELBOW_NUMBER STRINGMOTOR_NUMBER STRINGE

Hi,I have created an External Simplified Rep from my assembly and created a drawing for it.  I am now trying to do the same with an opposite hand version of this assembly and I get the following message when I try to save and upload to Windchill: "External Simplified Representation "xxx.asm" cannot be saved. ID passed in the rule is not found in the member dependency of "xxxx.asm"." Has anyone ever dealt with this and were you successful in finding a solution?

HelloI have this restricted value parameter definition set in Creo 8. { Name = TOLLERANZA_GENERALEType = stringdefault = 'ISO 2768-mK'Enum = {'ISO 2768-mK','ISO 2768-fH','ISO 2768-cL'}Access = full}, I thought that with the option "access=full" you could change the entered value as you wish in Creo with the possibility of choosing a value not included in the list, entering it from the keyboard.But it seems that this is not the case. The only possible values ​​are those of the list.So what is the meaning of "access=full"?

Hi team,I am converting Drafting sheet into PDF with pentable file. While exporting there's an error appears like "\Pentable.pnt : Syntax error on line 8" but the file saved as pdf. I can get the pdf file. I have separate pentable file in notepad. I don't know whether the line 8, 9& 10 can be used or not.   Can anyone explain me the following format of Pentable is correct or any corrections to be made?  pen 1 thickness 0.04 cm; color 0.60 0.20 0.10pen 2 thickness 0.01 cm; color 0.350 0.00 0.10pen 3 thickness 0.015 cm; color 0.00 0.100 0.00pen 4 thickness 0.02 cm; color 050.00 200.00 0.00pen 5 thickness 0.03 cm; color 100.00 0.000 100.00pen 6 thickness 0.013 cm; color 0.2 0.00 0.00pen 7 thickness 0.013 cm; color 0.00 0.00 0.00pen 8 thickness 0.013 cm; color 0.00 0.00 0.00pen 9 thickness 0.013 cm; color 100.00 0.00 0.00pen 10 thickness 0.013 cm; color 0.00 0.00 0.00 Thank You...  

Does anyone know how to make subconnectors in Creo Schematics?The Creo page on subconnectors is kind of vague to me.  I've messed around trying to get it to recognize my ports as subconnectors, but it's not working.Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks!Schematics 4.0Creo 9.0.3

I have created assembly with skeleton model. I have assigned a parameter part_thickness=0.179 in the skeleton model. Now I want to create a part with this thickness value with this parameter (which is define in the skeleton model). How to import parameter which is created into the skeleton part, to the part part file?

I am on Creo parametric 7.0.10Here is my problem. I am trying to export a clean DXF from a curve inside a part. I need the dxf to have no notes and be at scale 1 for cnc machining. I need to do this for many parts so wanted to automate it or speed it up somehow. To speed up the process of exporting, I created a drawing template with the view "Front" set to scale 1. I then created a mapkey to open the part as a drawing with the template, then save as dxf. My issue is that doing it this way creates a note for the scale of the view "Scale 1.000".I would like to not have this note. I tried removing the set scale of the view in the template and use mapkey to set the drawing scale before exporting, but I was not able to get mapkey to modify the drawing scale.I also was not able to find an option to not have the note show up in the template view. If there is a better way to export DXF files from part files I am also open to changing my method.

Hi, i have a part where i am using copy geometry(external).  I put in the assembly i want to reference, deselect Publish Geometry, and then choose Bodies and select the body i want to reference.  I want to hide the body when i'm all done.  Creo is not hiding the body.  I have created a new layer and hidden the layer but that isn't working either.  See screenshot attached.  The Tubing should be the only piece that is visible. Creo 8.0.10.0Thanks  

Is there a way to create a copy of an existing assembly for a new part number, as well as the drawing, while maintaining the link between the new part number and drawing? I tried to make a copy of each, but when I look at the new drawing, it still references the old assembly.

In a drawing in creo I am creating a notes section, but some of the notes are boxed. When adding a box, the height of the row increases from the text height. This causes horizontal misalignment in the column to the right. How can I add a box without adjusting the row height? Can the height of the box be reduced without adjusting font size? 

Hello gurus I am trying to create a Cap in sheetmetal because the process resembles the making of a milk carton.We start with a flat paper cloth, fold in half, bend the ends together into Seam SSn-1 and stich it, the upper end (see closed fold image) is stitched and the upper section is folded into a triangle frame shape.  I am stuck creating the triangle frame using boundary blend and cant match the geometry inside the cap,    Makes me wonder if I there is a better way to model it in sheetmetal.  At the end, i would flatten but not all features flatten either.If anyone has modeled a milk carton or similar, it would certainly help thanks    

Hi,  I am using Creo Parametric 10.0.4  I've created a hole table in my creo drawing and I want to modify the parameters in the hole table. For example, in the picture, the fourth column is the description of the hole and it currently reads 'M5x.8 ISO' instead of this I want it to read 'M5 x.8 Tap THRU'  Any ideas on how I can make this change. 

Why would I not get the "delete pattern" option for a pattern?  It's an axis pattern. I checked placement, it's good. Nothing related to the pattern or the component placement is failing. I happen to have 4 patterns of the same components and none of them are offering a delete pattern option. Alternatively, the next 4 different components are all pattern (axis pattern also) and they all offer the delete pattern option. 2 images below, first on is the pattern RMB with no delete pattern option 2nd image shows another component with a delete pattern option.   (I had to cover some of the filenames due to I cannot expose my customer name) There are some random model errors. I don't have control over all the models, so sometimes I have to live with errors      

Offset line broken after replacing the component , unable to redefine this feature in Creo Parametric 7.0 .Is there any option to redefine offset lines?

I have a assembly drawing of two almost identical  parts (made separately) shown by simplified representation. Horizontal and circular edges of only one of the parts are not getting selected for dimensioning.PTC Creo Elements/Pro 5.0Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit.

I am using Creo version 7. My system decimal places are 5. My drawing decimal places need to be 3.   Is there a way to set the default drawing decimal places to 3? Presently I need to place all of my dimensions and then when they are placed I need to select each dimension to change them from 5 to 3 decimal places.  I keep thinking that there should be a way to modify the default drawing decimal places whether it be on the drawing template or in the config options but I just never found this.  Just to be clear I need the system decimal places to be 5 as there is a large positional difference on curvature within a given sketch unless the decimal places are increased to preserve the needed position.

hello alle,  I'm so angry about the backwards development ot PTC creo wish involve the  extrude of sketch on a surface this funktion was working great in the creo 4 version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOE9L8zE0qs&t=275s&ab_channel=CADHUT after that they change it and its not possible to use an existing sketch but you have to redo the sketch as an internal one wish its not possible to add numbers to the sketch. if you want number you have to do them in normal sketch than reselect the curves in the internal sketch how an invective work is this. I hope for PTC to learn from things that already works and stop breaking them while developing creo funktions.  

Is there a quick way to project a bunch of separate (imported) curves to a single sketch without clicking through them all? So i have a bunch of curves or faces that i would like to turn in this case into a cosmetic sketch, but I have had situations where i have wanted to extrude a complex projection too. So in this case i have a bunch of planar curves (yes they are planar they start out as a projection):  So any quick way to project all of them into a sketch? A script perhaps? Running creo parametric  9 though i can update to 11 if necessary.

I am trying to place a surface finish symbol on a drawings and the message box at the bottom says, "The selected surface is already consumed by surface finish sf0 as a restricted reference. Select another surface"   Where would I find sf0, and how did it get consumed?          

So I have multiple models in a single drawing, if I just select "&view_scale" it pulls the parameter from I'm not certain.  But IIRC there is a way to select the ID number for the individual component and pull up what that parameter is. I want to say I used this successfully many years back in a large assembly and/or family table.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.   Please see the image for reference.

For reasons I don't want to bother you with, I would like to export the mechanism model (like the set of mechanism connections or constraints ) of an assembly to MatLab. A mechanism model is basically a set of coordinate systems with transformation rules the describe the relation between a slave coordinate system to its master coordinate system.How could I export the relevant information out of an assembly or mechanism model? (This is not a Creo version related question, but I use currently version 9.0.5.0,)