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Hi,I am trying to run a static analysis of a threaded member and am not sure on how to model it as the threaded member and bracket have clearance.please refer to the image attached. Item # 1 is the object of interest. it passes through and is held in position by the welded bracket (Item # 4). Should i be using a contact interface between the components 1 and 4 ?Could anybody throw some light on how to get this ready for analysis please?   Using Creo Simulate 7.0    

Dear Sir/Madame,I would like to download my PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1 Student Edition – Perpetual License but unfortunately the 'BEGIN DOWNLOAD' button does not work. Please, forward me the instalation file. I would like to install application on the another computer. I do not know what to do because contact with PTC is so complicated. I paid for product and I cannot use it. Please give emails to your support.

Hello everyone, I'm encountering a problem with the attached Mathcad Prime 8 where the custom function MaxRecords(M) isn't yielding the expected results when reading imported data from the attached RAW DATA.xlsx. The input matrix "MaxT3" passed to the MaxRecords(M) function, comprises five sets of results for each ID where there is a total of 289 IDs. I need to extract only the records with the maximum resultant force FR (column 10). The result from MaxRecords should have only 289 records, but it's currently delivering 1445 records (289x5). Could you please review and let me know where the issue lies?.  Also, the resultant matrix of maximum records should keep the same order as the matrix MainRunT3: I tested the MaxRecords function with a smaller data set and is working fine (see snapshots below of the smaller set raw data and the corresponding MathCAD results): Finally, please let me know an easy method to disconnect a large matrix from its formula.&

Hi ALL, How do you avoid unnecessary parentheses that Mathcad applied to each complete expression automatically? It seems to me that it is one of the first information to be learned but it escapes me at present. How do I? Thank much. 

Is there a way to filter repeat regions regions using a rule that filters by simplified representation? IE: &asm.mbr.representaion == "step1" The use case: We show assembly steps in drawing sheets.  IE sheet 1 = step 1, sheet 2 = step 2, etc.Using simplified reps / repeat regions we show a BOM and Balloons only for each step.   (Steps 2 only shows BOM information for Step 2, not step 1 or 3, etc).   Looking at step 2, the repeat region will automatically filter step 3+; to filter Step 1 initially we 'filtered by item'.  Then we started 'filtering by rule'.  (ie &asm.mbr.name == "PN123") for each part in step 1.   This was slower, but improves maintenance (when part are added to the ASM, etc)Additionally qtys doesn't work well with this method.  IE if you use a 1/4 bolt on step 1 and step 2.If there was a way to filter repeat regions by simplified rep or by another repeat region  this workflow would

Creo Parametric 7   I have multiple designs in process that will have thread milled holes in them. What is the best practice for standard thread milled features in Creo? The standard tapped holes are not out of the box configured to deal with these features.   Is anyone aware of the existence of an open-source custom hole chart for thread milled holes for UNC/UNF threads? Would custom hole charts be capable of dealing with thread milled holes?   I am open to other solutions (UDFs) etc. if there is an advantage to using them.        

Hello,  I'm having this strange problem that when I run transient simulations with point measures, the results show a flat '0C' over the entire time period. The initial temperature is well below that, so it can't be that the temperature just never changes. One of my points actually does give me good results, but I can't find any difference between the way any of them are set up other than them being on the surfaces of different components. I've tried remaking the assembly file from scratch, in case it's a surface vs. volume meshing style error I changed the points to all be on surfaces instead of internal (at first, the point that worked was the only one on a surface), and adjusting the mesh density.  Does anyone know what would make point measure results turn out empty?I'm using Creo Parametric 7.0.3.0. Thanks, Jocelyn  

I am using Creo Parametric Release 6.0 and Datecode6.0.4.0We know support for DIAGRAMS (.dgm files) is all but gone but we we do have a pertpetual license (54) and have been continuing to use them, with parameter 'enable_obsolete_modes=True'. But now we can't open the .dgm files any more and we are not sure what changed. Looking at the settings with Creo we see that enable_obsolete_modes has a 'stop' icon next to it (see attached). Doe this mean it is no longer working?

             

We have purcahsed Creo Direct license and it is active till Nov 2025. However we have never installed it and Creo direct application as well. We need support to install the license on license server.  

Hi there, for some reason, when I run interactive ModelCheck within an assembly and select "All Levels",ModelCheck still only checks the top level assembly.To check all components, I have to run MC on each single component manually.This is quite time consuming, when there are 50+ parts to check. Any ideas, what could be wrong? Using Creo 8.0.7.0 

I'm attempting a study of a Macpherson strut and struggling to figure out how to input the damping characteristics.  I have the Creo Mechanism dynamics option but as far as I can tell the damping coefficient would be the same in both compression and rebound.  I'm wondering if there is a better way to represent the damper.  Anyone have experience with this?     

L.S., being on the side of business, I have Prime 9 as free available. I would like to open some older files and need a running Mathcad 15 to convert them, as I have been told.If anyone can do the conversion for me, that would be great.You find the files attached.Gerrit van der Graafg.vandergraaf782@gmail.com    

Hi!Assume the following simple equations, which I want first to define x=b+5 and later solve the second equation for b.How can I do that?  The same question when we add units as well. Here, I think I need a symbolic variable (a) defined first and then solve Z for a to find the a.Any help is much appreciated.     

My Worksheet Converter in M-C Prime 8.0 for some unknown reason got grayed out and I cannot access it.A note says "Worksheet converter is not installed. Run setup to add the installation."Can somebody tell me how to do it. I tried to search for it but I could find nothing about running setup and reinstalling the Converter.

Please see attached Prime 9 file. I want to format graph to look like :  

I have imported excel data and made column vectors from data. When I try to multiply elements with an index beginning somewhere in the range I get this.Why do I get zero values and how might I eliminate this behavior?Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone, The situation is that I have an assembly that only opens in CREO VIEW, so I saved it as a .pvs file to import in CREO PARAMETRIC to save as .IGS or STEP File but when exporting the file does not contain information, it is empty . Any suggestions or method to save this file?  Regards. 

Hi All, I'm creating a reference pattern of screws in a bolt circle.  I need to skip two holes where I need longer screws.  The dots that allow unselecting instances don't show up when I'm in the pattern creation. This only happens on certain components of the assembly. I thought it may have to do with the fact the driving pattern is an assembly feature (in a sub assembly), but it works for other sub assemblies with hole patterns. Any ideas?  It's only 8 holes so I can insert them manually for now but it would be nice to figure this out. Thanks, 

Hi all, This has been raised a few times on here but it seems to have faded away.Is there anything happening with it? This was raised last year but nothing has happened.https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-Parametric-Ideas/ISO-Welding-Symbols-too-long-horiz-line/idi-p/777643   

Hi all,      I need to find the multi bodies parameters. I have a multiple body, like Body1, Body2, Body3, etc... Now I want to find these bodies parameters by iterating each and every Body in the 3D Model. So, I need any sample code in VB API to execute this.      

Hi there I am using Mathcad Prime 8.0 and Excel 365 32-bit. I have a Mathcad Prime 8.0 sheet (converted from Mathcad 15.0) that sends input e.g. NPS:=2.5 into an Excel component and extracts dependent output data. It appears that if I change the Mathcad parameter to e.g. NPS:=8, Mathcad updates the input inside Excel, but Excel does not auto-calculate. Excel apparently only auto-calculates if I force re-calculation through CTRL+F5 from Mathcad, or if I open the Excel component and force re-calculation (e.g. Calculate Now) I have Auto Calculation and multi-threading enabled in Mathcad, and Calculation Options set to Automatic in the Excel component. Has anyone seen this before and know how to enforce auto-calculation without using CTRL+F5? E.g. write a macro inside the Excel component that triggers auto-calculation? However, it looks like a bug. Thanks.

Hi, CREO 7.0.I am working on a robotic arm with piping on the inside. The arm is constrained using pins, so I can free move the arm as intended. I added planes/sketches on the arms and created pipes using the pipe application. When I move the arm, the pipes are stationary until I regenerate, then they update into the correct position. I am creating snapshots and regenerating after each instance so that I can create an animation. When I work on the animations, the arm is moving, but the pipes are not. How can I fix the model so that when the arm moves, the pipes move with it? Thank You,Alan      

We are moving our server environment to the hosted cloud vendor; I was told that we may need a new license/certificate for the Windchill license server to be active in the new environment? We are using a VMware VM in the new environment. So, what do we need to provide to make this happen?

I am using Creo Parametric Release 9.0 and Datecode9.0.0.0Hi, So I went through and changed some of the screw/bolt names within the family table, though I made sure not to change the name of the generics or the heads of each sub family table. I've done this in the past and it worked fine. It also still recognizes all the new names and pulls in the correct bolts with the correct names upon startup. I am also able to open up the top level generic part and all lower level generic parts, as well as the renamed parts just fine.My issue is now that when I go to use the intelligent fastener tool it tells me that a model cannot be found. The way it names the model is very odd too, it seems the model has the same name as a file path, and the file path it gives never held the part in it anyway (the csff.prt file is not located in the "ifx_fastener_data" folder, it is located in the prolibrary folder, and I made sure of that on a differerent machine that had not yet updated their ifx prolibrary).