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Hello CAD admins, you probably also provide your users with a company-config.pro with standard mapkeys in the text directory of the Creo installation.In our case it happens again and again that users create their own mapkeys (which is legitimate), but when saving them they manage to write out the complete company-config.pro into the local one in the home or start directory.Since the local mapkeys have the sovereignty, the users do not get changes to the mapkeys in the company-config.pro anymore.As far as I know, the default mapkeys can't be packed into a config.sup either, because then the users can't create their own mapkeys anymore.How do you deal with the problem of overwritten default mapkeys?   Regards, Domenic

Hello,Is there a search function for Creo Illustrate figures? In the future I will have large Creo Illustrate files with a lot of illustrations (20....100 and more), all consisting of 11-digit numbers. In order to find one of these numbers (illustrations), I urgently need a search function similar to the search function in the parts list. Unfortunately, at the moment (it seems) there is only a filter function for figures that isolates the figure I am looking for (see picture below): However, I would like to have the figure I am searching for highlighted in the list of all figures, so that I can see the location (see picture below): If I am wrong, please tell me how to search for figures. Best regardsRamon

Hi Guys,Can we use the model check to detect the ghost reference and break it, is it possible?Regards,Aj

Can anyone here tell me why I can not plot the X-Y Point from that DATA TABLE?

Hican anyone here explain, why I get this error`? 

Hello, I am trying to create a map key that will auto create the new "enclosure volume" feature then take its x,y,z dimensions and add them to a parameter in my bill of materials. My biggest issue is the enclosure volumes parameters have an "internal feature ID" attached to them and is unique between components if I want to reuse this map key which then causes failures in the relations for PTC_BBOX_X:FID_(should have an ID number instead of stars.) I tried to incorperate copy and pasting the the feature ID from the feature information but that part of the map key doesnt work as it only pastes what was copied when map key was made. I also tried inserting the bounding box parameters in the map key and that failed as well because it cant find the parameters agian because of the internal feature ID. Here are my current Parameters:FINISH_SIZE stringXR real numberYR real numberZR real numberX stringY stringZ string Here are my relations:XR=CEIL(PTC_BBOX_X:FID_****,3)YR=CEIL(PT

Hello everyone, I'm trying to find a way to show the file save iteration number in a drawing in Creo (Version 4.0 and higher). It will be used for projects without a PDM system to show the exact save iteration, in addition to a revision parameter.For example for a drawing of a part named DUMMY.PRT.35 I would like to extract the number 35 either directly in the drawing and show it in a note -or- in the part model by placing it into a parameter I can reference in a drawing note.I haven't found if this is possible somehow. The rel_model_name and model_name parameters do not seem to provide this functionality?Any help is appreciated!

  This month’s challenge is a part design problem based around curves and sweeps: Using part modeling features, design a twisted wire pair that passes through at least three non-planar points. (Bonus) Using Flat-to-Screen 3D Annotations, create parametric notes so that a user can modify the twisted pair. For example, diameter of the wires or rate of twist (similar to the pitch of a helical sweep). Is your modeling robust enough to handle dimension changes? (Extra) Model 2, 3, or 4 twisted pairs that travel along the same trajectory, similar to a CAT6 cable. (Super Challenge) Can you make two twisted pairs that twist around each other? Post a picture or pictures of your work as well as the models. Indicate what version of Creo you used. This challenge is based on a technique I saw in a PTC newsletter 20 years ago, so this can be done using a standard license of Creo (or even Wildfire or Pro/ENGINEER). Note that this is NOT a cabling challenge; you should use part modeling featur

Dear all,long time ago after I did programming MathCAD.How can I filtering on DATA Matrix here for all submatrixes which have conc = 0.5 f.e.I did this but is buggy. Maybe some one can tell me, so that I can remember my knowledge Ihave forgotten. thanks

I have downloaded a trial edition of MathCAD prime 10. However it has defaulted to an express account and cannot use the prime features during the period. How is this resolved?

Engineer here, I need help understanding the limits of my approach. I have a fairly simple electrical circuit, which I can solve very easily by hand - there is only one voltage source which is in series with 3 impedances, and then two external impedance branches.  BUT, I want to simply write the various equations and solve them in an AX=b approach. With the specific impedance values you see above, this approach fails. A is singular, and using lsolve(A,b) in Mathcad reports, "the calculation is not converging".  If I change the bottom left impedance from j1.224 to j1.2 and change the one directly above it from j1.224 to j1.5 I get a solution. But, the lsolve solution differs from inv(A) times b solution and both are wrong.  The current leaving the + terminal of the source will be -j0.30 A by my hand calculation. I've attached a pdf explaining my circuit and a Prime 9.0 file with my simple calculations (I can provide an 8.0 if needed). I'm sure it just

Hi everyone. I am unable to create an animation in CreoView. I am new to CreoView and I'm not sure if we have to first create an animation in Creo parametric and then import it into CreoView.If I click on 'Advanced' option in CreoView, I get the message "The animation (edit) license is not available at this time. Can someone please help me with this issue. This option will really help me in assembling the components together.Thank you in advance.

I'd like the "T" shortcut to permanently be mapped to a command, not a map key. So I click on the command option. However, whenever I restart Creo, it forgets my selection and this dialogue box appears again. How do I make it remember my selection by default (automatically)? I am running Creo 10.  

hello community.need some support. im trying to calculate all possible combinations of Voltage * Current need to display all combinations in a matrix with only 1 columnin this case have 3 voltages and 3 currentsmatrix result should be of 1column and 9 rows.  this is what I have up to now, but not been able to display each iteration.  

Hi all,  I was looking at getting some guidance with simple assembly within CREO.  I've been tasked to a create an assembly in which I am given 2 complete parts as well as am required to create a third part for this assembly.  When creating the third part of the assembly  is should be drawn that A1 = B1 and A2 = B2, meaning that this component updates automatically depending on the modification made to the first two components which exist in the assembly.  How do I go about this? Do I create a seperate brand new model and then add this to the main assembly. OR should I assemble the first two parts together and then create a new part within this assembly. This is to made made that no clashes or gaps happen within the main assembly model 

Hi, everyone. I thought Creo 9 supported semantic references when exporting to STEP AP242 format, but when trying it myself I couldn't get it to work. When I finally looked at the video in the "What's New" documentation and tried to replicate it, I got it to work, and I suddenly realized that the text was carefully written to only mention "notes" (though the title was "Improved STEP AP242 Support for References Included in Annotations"). So just to check that I'm not missing anything, for people who have more insight into this than I have: Creo 9 only supports semantic references in STEP export for note annotations, and not for dimensions, geometrical tolerances, etc.? Really seems strange to me; I would have thought that it would be just as easy to implement this for any kind of annotation, so this omission sounds unnecessary. But then I'm not a programmer.

Hey, Is there any way to fix a 3D annotation to a specific offset from the model.. Please see picture below.My problem is, when i change the length of the ø50 cylinder part the dimension gets hidden in the solid model. I want this dimension to follow the model, instead of just staying in its place.  So far i have not been able to find a solution to fix this, I am running Creo 10 btw!Thanks,

I was using the "Check Pin Numbers" tool while verifying my BID-WID diagrams, and I noticed that every one of my components has one extra pin (according to the tool, anyway).  All of these components are made with a variable group connector and datatables, and each one only shows 6 pins. I've checked their properties, tried selecting children, and using the reorder members tool to make sure none were hidden or disabled.  The only thing I can think of is that Schematics is counting the Block Port as an additional pin on each component. I don't think this will stop me from exporting but it is a bit confusing.  Should I just ignore it, or is there an easy fix? 

Hi, I am converting an old Mathcad 15 sheet to Mathcad Prime 9.0 and am working through it resolving errors that have popped up in the conversion. Currently im stumped by an error that comes up with a summation in a program. See attached picture. The program worked perfectly fine in MC15 but in Prime it throws me a "this value must be an integer" error. I've tried backtracking what could be causing the error and the only thing i could come up with is if the error get's thrown in a step where it's trying to summarise from n=460->0... ? However the same formula worked fine in MC15. Kind regards,Johan

Hello dear colleagues, I wonder if you guys could help me out with this constraint in Creo Parametric 9. I designed this slot feature and I have this screw that I want to place there and have 2 degrees of freedom, one translation back and forward in the slot and another rotation around the screw axis. What types of constraint should I use? I tried Pin and Cylinder but I could not make that work. Thank you so much for the help!

There is an issue we are facing during PDF export from CS 7.0 compared to previous version CS 3.0 (used before CS 7.0) as mentioned below. The exported PDF from CS 7.0 (15MB) file size is 3 to 5 times larger than CS 3.0 (3MB). We just wonder why this drastic file size difference from older to newer versions. Sometime, it is taking more than 5 minutes to create the PDF file on CS 7.0.The exported PDF from CS 7.0 and open in Adobe Illustrator for edit text properties is automatically changing the TEXT format into DARFT format. Please refer attachment for more details.

I have CAD ( step/PVZ) models with parts which are composed of Facetset/Facet entities.I want to export the geometry as well as material data for these parts.I have got the API's to get the geometry data for them.I did not find the API to get the material/appearance properties of these kind of objects.There is one API ProSurfaceappearancepropsGet to get the appearance properties of the surface entities.But I did not get the similar API for the Facetset/Facet entities.Can anyone help me for this?

i am now trying to initial a function to get the dimension of pattern feature member, i can get the pattern member dimension of dimension pattern, direction pattern, but not point pattern.i'm not sure what the problem is ,maybe it is the handle that i'm using is wrong.for now i'm using:status = ProPatternHeaderGet(&pattern,&pFeature); it can successfully get the pattern member dimension for dimension pattern and direction pattern, but not point pattern.as the snapshot below, the dimension of pattern member is stored in sketch, now i don;t know how to get the sketch feature here.i tried ProPatternLeaderGet() function, it doesn't work.what is the difference between ProPatternHeader and ProPatternLeader, what function should i use to get the handle of the sketch for point pattern.many thanks for you all.

 

Hello. I posted this question on Eng-Tips and thought I'd come here. I just started using CREO (started at 7 we just upgraded to 10) and there is something that's been bugging me about how CREO manages Ordinate Dims. So, I've used NX and SolidWorks in the past. In both those programs I could start an ordinate chain by selection 0-0 and place Dim chains. In both those programs - if later on you need to change the 0-0 (origin) you would edit one or both 0-0 Dims - select a new reference and all of the dims updated. When I first started using CREO 7 I thought this would be a thing. Apparently, it was not. My colleagues even warned me if your 0-0 loses its reference (due to surfaces/design changing) you had to trick the origin into finding itself again. I performed a search - and I believe this has been going on within CREO since maybe 3.0. That seems crazy. So, leapfrogging to CREO 10 I was like - this definitely got fixed right? Well, I sense that this still isn't an optio