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1. Do transitions work for angle bend in sheet metal design? I can use transitions for roll bend, but I don't have much of an idea about angle bend. Does anybody have a help file regarding this?2. What is the Distinct Areas In sheet metal unbend? Any help file will be appreciated.

Hello All, I have attached P9 mathcad sheet. I am struggling to do four "if" statements. I have  four different exposures A,B,C, and D. I managed to do up to exposure B. I just did exposure "B" and I don't remember how i did it.I am not able to add another "else" statement for exposure C, D.  Thank you!Sam

When I am working I screensnip and paste sources I am using for my calculations on the side of the document for easy reference. If I try to copy them further down the same worksheet or into a different worksheet often the image doesn't paste and instead I get a "Browse for Image' button. THE IMAGE IS BEING COPIED FROM THE SAME WORKSHEET!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN??? It doesn't always happen, which makes it even more frustrating!! The problem is that the image is a screensnip and may have been taken by someone else using the document or not saved to my computer, so there is no file for which to browse.  I am kind of new to mathcad, so maybe there is something I am doing wrong, but this is a very aggravating problem to have.  Attached is an example of what I am talking about. Some of the images pasted, but not all of them.Also some screensnips.   Any help is appreciated!!

Hello, I defined an electron volt in terms of Joules, and tried to convert Joules to electron volts in prime 11, and got an error saying electron volt was undefined.   What am I doing wrong? I get the same error when I replace the J with the eV in the 2nd to last expression.  This worked in MathCAD 15. Thanks for the help, Paul

How to make the formula vertical alignment?I have some formulas like the picture below, how to make the formula vertical alignment in one vertical line?Now i use "Tab" key in keyboard, but it is not convenient.

In Creo sheet metal, K factor / Y factor are fixed during the material selection. During modeling, when I change the sheet metal thickness, this K factor / Y factor are not changed automatically. This leads to wrong development length calculation. As per the below mentioned PTC article itself it is mentioned as K factor should change according to the thickness. (K factor = δ/T). This fixed value is blocking me the automating the DL drawing preparation https://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/r11.0/usascii/index.html#page/sheetmetal/sheetmetaldesign/About_Y_factor_and_K_factor.html

we are using windchill 12 and don't have access to creo view as the chromeOS doesn't support this app.i saw the chrome browser has webgl enabled but when i am clicking on the visualization, nothing is happening. please guide me here.

HiI make a very simple sheat (mechanical problem), i don't understand why blocksolve  fail ?I can to solve it with my hand and paper.  For example , i find with my hand:FA = -8978613,01FS = -1038187,81FO = -9333161,37Can someone help me ?

Our Mathcad Community forum has an Ideas section. They don't let me in there for political reasons. Thank God they're still allowed in here.The best idea for Mathad is to take all the good things from SMath.I will post pictures here describing some of the benefits of SMath over Mathad.I ask those who have access to the Ideas section to transfer my drawings there.

I would like to measure the distance between the centre of 2 holes, usually I would select the measure tool and select the surfaces within both holes to get a distance between the centres. I have tried to do this but the measure tool seems to only want to select certain surfaces and selecting the point rather than face. Can anyone help with this please? 

I am using Creo Parametric Release 3.0 and DatecodeF000Buongiorno,vorremmo spostare la licenza dal computer al server,grazieAndrea GrippinoNuove Officine Vivaldi

Schönen guten Tag,wir haben eine Mathcad-Lizenz und nachdem ich nun einen neuen PC bekommen habe, funktioniert der Zugriff darauf jedoch nicht mehr.Wie könnte man das beheben?Nach Eingabe des Produktcodes sowie Eingabe der Kontoinformationen des PTC-Kontos (ich habe ein neues erstellt) kommt die Fehlermeldung "Der Remoteserver hat einen Fehler zurückgegeben: (403) Unzulässig."Viele Grüße

Creo AFX parameter and relation modificationsHello, I am working on trying to put in custom parameters and relations within the AFX parts. I figured out how to add parameters that are user defined by modifying the AFX  config start_mdl.cfg file, but the relations are not working. I need relation - driven parameters for multiple parameters when any beam profile for AFX is opened so I want them applied globally. I cannot find the afx_start_model that the start_mdl.cfg in AFX seems to reference for the current relations, and I have tried adding .rel files to reference relations within the start folder and also have tried editing the param_relations folder within the beam profiles without any luck.  I am not sure if it is a file location or syntax error, or if there is something I am missing. I essentially need to populate the AFX start parts for every beam profile with my own parameters and relations. Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated.&nb

Happy New Year, PTC Community!   After my guest talk Class A  Creo Surfacing on 11/21, the PTC Community Team asked me to come up with the first Creo Community Challenge for 2025!   Freestyle surfacing is impressive if you haven't used it yet consider this challenge.  1 Modeling: using Freestyle  2 Rendering: Creo Render Studio 3 Movement:  Creo Mechanism   The latter 'movement' might be fun for those robotics engineers looking to dress up their robot. On the heels (and continuation) of the gift giving season for many, I am asking you to think about and be inspired by your favorite gifts such as Kidrobot characters, Isaac Asimov I, Robot or from the Foundation Trilogy and Artemis space suits, space robot exoskeletons, pendent or jewelry, Star Wars or Star Trek spaceships, armor, baby elephant or underwater drones. As the first challenge of 2025, lets get as many community members involved as possible!  Deci

This month we have another 3D geometry challenge. We are projecting squares onto cylinders and spheres and measuring the perimeter. Create a worksheet that calculates any of the following:   Challenge 1: Perimeter Calculate the perimeter of a square with a side length of 50 onto the following: A sphere of diameter 100. A cylinder of diameter 100 and length 100. Clarifications: Note that the square is projected from a plane that is parallel to a plane tangent to the sphere or cylinder. It is projected in a normal direction from the tangent plane as in the accompanying images. For the sphere, the square is centered on the point of tangency for the plane to the sphere. For the cylinder, the square is centered on the middle of the cylinder and the tangent point. If the intention is unclear, please refer to the images or post a comment where the community can help explain the scenario to you.     Challenge 2: Area Calculate the area of the above projected squares. &nbsp

In the attached file - a collection of 100 fractals. Used IFS formulas. If you want to add a collection - you're welcome.Viktor

Could please tell us how we can open creo view for chromeos user and what are application need to install to open the

Creo Parametric version 8.0.7.0 I'm trying to create a mold for my subject and want to split the body using a plane. Which fails. Then I tried to extrude a body out of the plane I want to split, and the use boolean operation feature to either intersect or subtract the bodies. I was successful on one side, but the other side fails, which I believe the same problem it may have faced when splitting using the plane. Any advise, help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Fails trying to split using a planeOne side successful using another body to get the intersectOther side fails trying to do the same operation.

I have some personal designs that were made using an education version and have recently purchased a commercial/personal version (Creo version 12).  I cannot open the files in the new version.  The help talks about using a converter but you have to make the conversion in the education version.  I no longer have access to the education version as I have retired.  I am using Creo for my personal use as I am a self employed farmer/rancher.  Any help is appreciated.

Hello againI have (yet another) possibly trivial question.I want to make a program loop that will add elements to an array as long as the user wants to.Is this even possible in MathCAD?In python the basic loop would look something like below (formating difficult): answer='Y'counter=0array=[]while answer=='Y':    answer=str(input("Add another? (Y/n) :"))    answer=answer.upper()    array.append(answer)print(array) This can look like this when run in Python:Add another? (Y/n) : Y Add another? (Y/n) : Y Add another? (Y/n) : n['Y', 'Y', 'N']

Since the Win11 update, the browser window remains in the background when the option “web_browser_in_separate_window yes” is selectedand can no longer be brought to the foreground by clicking on the icon in the system tray. This affects Chrome and Edge (IE)!

We have an existing part made from sheet metal.  I'm stumped whether or not it's a Creo "sheet metal" part.  I've watched some tutorials and none of them seem to be close to this use case.  I'd rather not have to make punches and dies. Also, as a sheet metal part, I can't figure out how to model to the finished dimensions without creating dummy waste material with dummy dimensions that you have to get rid of at the end of the model.  Seems like poor Creo practice. As a solid part, you could brute-force this as a single revolve feature.  It's bordering on poor practice having that many segments in the sketch.  Ideally there's a "better" way? If you try to use a thin feature instead of a solid feature, the dimensioning scheme doesn't work.  Some dimensions are to the inside surface while others are to the outside surface.  Also, I hate flexible modeling.  You should be able to do this in either as a solid part or sheet meta

I am using Creo Parametric Release 9.0 and Datecode9.0.4.0I am using IFX to load fasteners into my assembly. When I go to re-open my assembly, the fasteners are missing from the model and give errors in the model tree. Is there any configuration settings I need to make to specify a path for these fasteners?

 At our company, we're working to enhance our Creo Sheetmetal modeling practices to better support manufacturing. One idea we're exploring is adding small notches or cutouts at the ends of bend lines to help suppliers align bends more easily, without manual measurement.I've attempted to create a UDF for this purpose, but it's not as user-friendly or automated as we'd like. Ideally, we'd want Creo to automatically place these notches at the ends of each bend line during the modeling process. My questions are:Is there a built-in or recommended method in Creo Sheetmetal to automate the placement of such notches?Can bend line geometry be accessed or referenced to allow for automatic notch placement?

Hi, I'm struggling with a function within a solve block that requires two inputs, a force and an angle as shown below So when I evaluate R3(F1a,_delta_) I get the error that it must be a 3 element vector. I'm pretty sure my mistake is simple, but I just can not work it out.  Any help will be greatly appreciated Shane