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Hi there, is there a way to deactivate "auto check in" in Windchill or in Creo 10?The thing with check in comments is, that our engineers tend to be lazy, when it comes to make "meaningful" comments.I tweaked the "custom check in" dialogue on the Windchill side to run some test on the comment, before it is accepted ( e.g. minimum length where "bla bla" does not count). But since there is this "auto check in" button in Creo, those lazy engineers can easily circumvent those tests. I already asked a similar question herehttps://community.ptc.com/t5/Customization/disable-quot-auto-check-in-quot/m-p/358999#M7254But the "solution" was not working for me. My hope is, that from Creo 3 to Creo 10 (and from Windchill 10 to 12) some things have changed ( and improved 🤞 ).

Hello,I would be grateful if someone could help me with the following design. Being unable to do 3D sketches as I used to do in Solidworks, I am confronted as to how to proceed.Thanks in advance.

I am getting notifications for parts in Creo see attached screeenshot. Kindly request you to advise the fundamental base reason for the same?I would appreciate your help with it.

I am trying to run a structure mode analysis for a support plate assembly i have put together. Ive put together an assembly (fully constrained, and all part materials are defined) but I keep getting errors saying that i have cracks in my model.  This prevents me from running any sort of simulation. Ive looked online as to what creo means by cracks and from what i see.  "A crack exists in the model, probably caused by adjacent placement of free or contactinterfaces and bonded interfaces in a configuration that results in multiple coincidentcurves connecting the same pair of nodes. Please modify the interfaces to avoid this."Im unsure of what to do since everything is fully constrained.  nothing is overlapping or has any duplicate parts, and i cant really put the braze in that will hold everything together when this is manufactured. because of this, alot of the assembly has .002 or the like spacing.  

I am using Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Release Wildfire 4.0 and DatecodeM140Uninstall thumbnail viewer for Creo 4 not working.I copied the Thumbviewer_32_64.msi to local C drive folder and executed below commandC:\tmp\Thumbnail_PlatformServices>msiexec/uninstall C:\tmp\Thumbnail_PlatformServices\Thumbviewer_32_64.msi/passivesame way I need to uninstall for Creo 6 and Creo 8.The main intention is to uninstall in silent mode all non-latest versions of Creo

Hi All, We have recently carried out some testing on a system which has generated quite a bit of data on a spreadsheet. A calculation was set up to prove the original operation, but since there is now data, our client would it processed. Is there a way to obtain data from an excel spread sheet (one column), put a single value (one cell of the column), process via mathcad calculation and then export the cell to another spread sheet with the result variable desired?

(view in My Videos)I need assistance with connecting 2 different surfaces, please see the attached video.  Your help and suggestions is greatly appreciated

I'm installing a single user, windows, MathCad 14.0 from the CD Disk with Date Code: M020. Since this was an upgrade from a previous version, the installation is asking for the "old serial number," which I don't have. I contacted PTC customer support, and they kindly generated and sent me a License Pack file. Where and how to use this file?

I am using Creo Parametric Release 9.0 and Datecode9.0.3.0In a sketch, the function to "Convert Selected Entities to Construction" is grayed out for some entities but not others. I used to be able to convert any sketched entities to construction. Edit:  I don't know why this topic was created in the "System Administration" category...

I am using Creo Parametric Release 5.0 and Datecode5.0.4.0   The software crashes when opening and exporting models in Creo workspace. The model can be opened normally when downloaded to the local computer by other means ---------------------------------------------------------- Translated text from Simplified Chinese to English using google translate:-  Subject - Creo工作区中打开及导出模型出现软件闪退Body - Creo工作区中打开及导出模型出现软件闪退，模型通过其他方式下载到本地可以正常打开 - By Community Moderation Team.----------------------------------------------------------

I want to repeat certain steps in side a program in Mathcad. Is it possible?For example in a beam cross section i will fill the bars in one layer until the spacing of the bars is not less then minimum spacing and then i will check if the design moment is less than or equal to resisting moment. If not i have to repeat certain steps and place the bars in more than one layers until the design moment is almost equal to resisting moment. I have a program to place the bars in one layer, how can i tell mathcad programming  to repeat these steps for the second and third layers?

The color displayed in Creo is inconsistent with the color when exporting STP and other files using UG, especially when opening with Creo. I have checked the "Appearance and Layer" option during export, but tried many methods but it was not effective. This is very troublesome for me. If you know how to solve this problem, I would greatly appreciate it.

I have a question regarding the deletion of a feature in Creo Pro Programming.I have created a parameter called BOSS and I am trying to run the below code.IF BOSS==YESDELETE FEATURE (initial number 😎INTERNAL FEATURE ID  123PARENTS = 2(#1) 6(#3) 4(#2)ENDIFI am able to delete the feature irrespective of the value I give to BOSS Parameter.The questions are as followsDoes Creo Pro Programming allows me to delete a feature depending upon the parameter value?If the above question holds good what is the correct syntax to use the delete command?Suppression is happening if I try to use the else or add statements but I want deletion.Thank You,

Using Prime 9.0Hello,I have an Excel program with VBA code. When you click the "Calculate This Tab" button, it configures the input values in the designated Mathcad sheet (relative file path in cell D3) , and calculates the outputs accordingly. The point is that these values can easily be changed from Excel and the outputs are calculated based on the latest values and outputted back to Excel. The real program is working on a much larger scale, but I created a small scale version for simplicity here.The problem I am having is when trying to output a Matrix back to Excel. I have not been able to get it to work in a seamless way. One thing I have tried is writing the Matrix output to a temporary csv file and then importing the data into excel through a sub function defined in the VBA code. This sort of works, but the problem with this is that the WRITECSV() function in Mathcad does not update when I run the macro from Excel even if I assign it as an Output like the others. I have to manua

I have some old custom symbols that I have used throughout the years. Did something change in Creo 9 as to how the parameters are edited/filled in? If I load the template custom symbol, I do not get the various parameters to fill in (or at least I am not aware of their presence). When I copy and paste a custom symbol from another drawing to a new drawing, I cannot find a way to edit the value of the parameter. When I go to redefine, this is the name of the parameter shown.   \fillet_leg1_OS\x\fillet_leg2_OS\ value on old: 4X EQ        

I am using Creo Parametric Release 9.0 and Datecode9.0.2.0I am facing an issue model part does not show in the folder, and the same model shows when opened in CreoHere are the errors that I facedI am facing an issue model part does not show in the folder, and the same model shows when opened in Creo

Hello, we have a problem in a company with workflow using PTC Creo and Windchill.In attached assembly there is a mechanism of a theoretical machine. We want to be able to check for collision in different configurations during design process in different machine configurations. So we've created snapshots of those mechanisms using mechanical constratraints and checked in whole assembly. Since than there is no possibility to move with any parts at all. We can't activate any of snapshots while it's not checked out or continued. We need have to move mechanism during design process while it's checked in. For example we create new tool that will hang on paralelogram and during design process there is a huge need to always check if there are collisions and stuff around for safety purpose. Why we don't wont to use continue options and check out. those model are in it's final state and there are no changes needed to apply to them so data has to stay in it's initial shape before checkin

I have a multi-sheet assembly drawing where I have several projected views on one sheet and an exploded view on another sheet. The projected view balloons are driven off one repeat region and the exploded view balloons are driven off a second repeat region. Everything works fine but I find it incredibly annoying and extremely time consuming that I need to pick the repeat region before I pick and place the balloon when more than one repeat region exists in the drawing. Is there a way to set the default repeat region for balloons so it doesn't continue to ask you to pick the repeat region each time?

Creo Parametric 10 introduced a new collector in the sketcher that requires an extra step to complete the function.Users must now click the tiny check-mark in a floating menu bar or all collected references are lost for Project, Offset, etc.If the user clicks anything else before clicking the check-mark, all references are lost.I have lost so much productivity due to this change, and several others have complained about the same issue.It would ease the adoption of this new step if there were a warning, such as "Are you sure you want to quit?" instead of just deleting all of my work. PTC, please add a quit warning to the new sketcher reference collector so work and productivity is not lost.

I'm using Mathcad Prime 9.0.0.0 and I need help comparing the values in 2 matrices. To be more specific, I need a program that will start with the first column and compare the values going row by row, then return the value if there is a match, and if there is not a match then move on to the next column and repeat the comparison process.   In the example matrices, Column 9 Row 4 (-1.63) should be the only value returned.

Working on linear interpolation of a coefficient from a 7x4 matrix, utilizing x and y axis ranges, Pg_Vector and R_vector respectively. From the first part of the linterp function worked perfectly for the x-axis  solutions, but the second time working on y-axis returns an incorrect answer. See attached Prime 10 file.

Let's say I have a generic system block diagram as shown above, where I have two unknown inputs generating one output based on several scaling, offset and addition blocks. M1-3 and B1-3 are known parameters that do not change. I'd like to take the derivative of of the output with respect to M1 with some known inputs as setpoints. That's easy to do with the following:My problem arises when I try and define that same equation as a function of the inputs: I can get around this issue by defining the function with ALL variables, but this is tedious and cumbersome especially as the equations grow with many more variables Is there another way to do what I am trying to do without having to define a function with every variable? I've attached my sample mathcad showing this example in detail.   

Good morning, I am starting to compile more custom functions. I thought it was possible to have these appear in the "insert function" action. However, these do not show up.  I did stumble on CustomFunctions =  to show the content. Is this possible?   This was a note from pre-Prime DLL construction: Making the function available through the Insert Function dialog box In order to make a function appear in the Insert Function dialog box, you must provide information in the file USER.XML located in the subdirectory \DOC\FUNCDOC. Each function is an entry between <function> tag. Use the <name>, <category>, and <description> tags to specify the function name, its category, and its description as they should appear in the Insert Function dialog box. Between the <params> tag, indicate the parameters the function accepts. If you create a CHM Help file for your functions, use the <help_file> tag at the top of the XML fil

Hi,I am looking to cleanup my hardware inventory and IFX tool. How can I export all of the IFX hardware that I have created into a spreadsheet? I have a spreadsheet with all the parts created in Windchill and want to compare it to all of the parts that are able to be populated using IFX, ensuring there are not duplicates or unwanted hardware in Windchill. Is there an automated way or a tool to do this so that I don't have to manually copy all the data from each family table into one spreadsheet. I am using Creo 9.0.5

Hi,We currently run Creo 10 and Windchill 12. When looking at the compatibility of Creo and Windchill a newer version of Creo, version 11 in this case, seems to require an update of Windchill. Out of curiosity, what is the reason for having to update Windchill with an update of Creo? This makes it difficult and takes a long time to get a budget for such an update.