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The final community challenge of 2026 has an electrical engineering theme, combining one subject from college I enjoyed (differential equations), and one that really went over my head (Bode plots). We will use an RLC circuit to explore both. (R is for resistor, L is for inductor, and C is for capacitor.)Our RLC circuit is in series and consists of a 60 Ohm resistor, a 0.01 Henry inductor, and 100 microfarad capacitor. It has a Direct Current (DC) voltage step of 12 Volts applied at time 0.Challenge 1: Time Domain Problem (Differential Equations)Write the differential equation governing the capacitor voltage for the RLC circuit. Compute the neper frequency, resonant frequency, and damping ratio. Is this circuit underdamped, critically damped, or overdamped?Challenge 2: GraphingUsing an XY Plot or Chart Component, graph the capacitor voltage as a function of time.Challenge 3: Frequency Domain Problem (Bode Plot)Find the Transfer Function H(s) for this circuit assuming all initial conditi
Hi, Everyone,I just wanted you all to be aware that there is a new Visualization Category Section Under this new category, there is a new forum Product View and PTC Illustrate discussion forum and Product View and PTC Illustrate Idea exchange. All the Creo View and Creo Illustrate posts are moved. You will need to subscribe to the new boards, but your current subscriptions to your posts will follow to the new space. Thank you! Jaime Lee
PTC is hosting a new webinar on November 17, 2026 (10 AM EST, or 15:00 UTC): Mathcad API in Action.After the event takes place, our presenters will be available during the weeks that follow to answer your API-related questions posted on this Ask Me Anything About Mathcad board. If you already have questions before the webinar takes place, you can ask those starting now, but you won’t get answers until after the webinar ends.Ask Vipul Trivedi (PTC Mathcad Application Engineer) and Ilia Novikov (PTC Mathcad R&D) your API questions! We won’t be taking Q&A during the webinar, mostly because we anticipate API-related questions could be quite involved and lengthy, which is better suited for discussions on the Community (with paragraphs, images, and attachments) than the very brisk, timed setting of a Q&A during the webinar.
Our new Creo Community Challenge focuses on two powerful tools that are already included with your base Creo installation: the Advanced Framework Extension (AFX) and the Intelligent Fastener Extension (IFX). What the Challenge Is AboutAFX (Advanced Framework Extension) helps you quickly design structural frameworks using standard steel and aluminum profiles. It simplifies the creation of frames, supports, and welded assemblies, and makes it easy to modify your design as it develops. IFX (Intelligent Fastener Extension) lets you insert industry-standard fasteners such as bolts, nuts, washers, and screws, with automatic hole creation and intelligent placement. It ensures that your fasteners fit correctly and that your assemblies look realistic and complete. The challenge is to combine AFX and IFX to design something practical, creative, or just plain fun. The goal is to show how these two extensions can work together to build realistic structural assemblies with automated intelligence. C
PTC is hosting a webinar in early September about using templates in PTC Mathcad Prime. We want to promote how thoughtful template use saves users time and are great for efficiency. We’ll be going into quite a bit more detail than the basics of putting your company logo in the header. While our internal PTC expert presenters will present great insight, you may also have great use cases or experiences that we haven’t even thought of that all Mathcad users could be inspired by!In this thread, please share or describe your Mathcad Prime templates and how they help you: be it function libraries that you regularly reuse, or sophisticated set-ups for accelerating the creation of client reports. (Note: This is a public forum; please don’t share your confidential or critical intellectual property. I may also collate your responses and share them in a PTC.com blog at a later time so everyone can benefit from best practices!)
Hello. I'm a PTC Service Designer conducting research with partners who sell or support Creo+ and Windchill+. If you'd be willing to share your experiences, please provide your contact email.
Mathcad Prime Worksheets Collection OverviewThis set of Mathcad Prime worksheets is a curated collection of ready-to-use examples, templates, and solved problems organized by engineering and math discipline. All worksheets created in PTC Mathcad Prime 2.0. What you’ll find in each categoryAlgebra & Geometry - A collection of Mathcad worksheets covering core mathematical concepts such as complex numbers, interpolation methods, eigenvalue analysis, geometric modeling, and iterative computation techniques. Calculus, Statistics, and Data Analysis - A collection of Mathcad worksheets covering differential equations, statistical modeling, regression, simulation, and data analysis techniques for mathematical and real-world problem solving. Chemical Engineering - A collection of Mathcad worksheets covering solution chemistry, thermodynamics, equilibrium modeling, and process engineering calculations to support chemical analysis and system design. Civil Engineering - A comprehensive collect
We have created this technical tip to help Mathcad users Install software on own. This is a one stop shop for Mathcad software users to get information ranging from - Software Download, Installation, Licensing, Error's Troubleshooting to General queries related about the product. This is just a start - We'll keep enhancing this page, as we tend to capture issues or when someone shares his/her findings. Mathcad Download How and from where to Download Mathcad Prime Trial or Express Edition From Where to Download Mathcad for Single User Account or for Student Edition Mathcad Downloadable for Prime Version 11.0 Download Installer for PTC FlexNet License Server Manager Mathcad Installation Step by Step Installation Procedure for Mathcad Prime 8.0 Express Edition Step by Step Installation Procedure for Mathcad Prime 9.0 Step by Step Installation Procedure for Mathcad Prime 10.0 Step by Step Installation Procedure for Mathcad Prime 11.0 Mathcad Licensing Transferring Mathcad License
I want to explore running model check on save, but do not want the report to show everytime I hit save. I have the details of the report writing to a file so I can review later.What is the setting to do this if there is one?I have tried show_report set to N but that does not seem to work.
Hello together,I am currently trying to add a mapkey which adds a enclosure volume feature to existing parts. In addition, it has to add 3 relations to the end of existing relations, but I can not make it work out unfortunately. So if there are for example 5 lines with existing relations, it should add a new relation to a new line 6, insert a parameter, jump into line 7, insert a parameter, jump into line 8 and insert a parameter.Do you have a quick solution for that issue?Thanks in advance!
I am using Creo Simulate Release 7.0 and Datecode7.0.10.0 SUBJECT: Creo Simulate: Nonlinear Static Analysis Fails at Pass 1 (Thermal Drift & Contacts) 1. SETUP SUMMARY: - Objective: Evaluate deformation/stress under thermal drift. - Model: 2-body assembly in Creo Simulate Structure Mode. - Constraints: Fixed displacement on support frame. - Loads: Thermal drift (20°C to 40°C). - Contacts: Surface-to-Surface with finite friction (Static/Dynamic = 0.74). - Fasteners: 2x screw-type (Ø4 mm, X5CrNi18-10, 6.8 head/nut) with 5949.6 N preload. - Mesh (AutoGEM): Default settings (no extra controls). - Analysis: Nonlinear static, Large Deformations, Contacts, Detailed Stresses at Contact Interfaces. Single-Pass Adaptive (Medium Accuracy). 2. ISSUE: Nonlinear static execution stops immediately after Pass 1 with status "Run Failed". 3. SUPPORT REQUEST: - What is the recommended procedure in Creo Simulate for defining frictional contacts to prevent nonlinear iteration failure? - If replacin
I'm working with one of our users who is unable to use the "explode" feature on an assembly. Every time they toggle the "Exploded View" on/ off - CREO just dies & has a fatal error. However, we tried exploding/ unexploding that assembly on 2 different laptops & it worked just fine, so we don't believe its anything with the model. Comparing this machine to the ones that worked, we verified the exact same setup (same version of CREO which was uninstalled & reinstalled 2x, same version of Windows, same GPU, same NVIDIA Driver version, same power/ battery settings, same corporate/ standard config.pro file, brand-new workspaces, etc). Any ideas/ obvious fixes I may have missed?
I open a part model in Creo 10 and double click on the model, but the dimensions are not displayed. Creo 7 is able to display the dimension on the same part number. I am not sure why and still cannot get it displayed.
Are there any configuration file settings or modeling practices that help improve 3D PDF export performance in Creo 12.4.5? My company is looking to switch from 2D drawings to an annotated 3D PDF, and it works great from individual parts and small assemblies. When trying to export higher level assemblies, especially ones that have multiple PCBs in them, Creo almost always crashes during the export process. We still experience this issue even when heavily simplifying PCB parts. Has anyone else had this issue and were able to mitigate it?
I’ve been following this Creo documentation article about how Creo Parametric loads config files on startup.I wanted to have Creo load a custom user specific config.pro file that, according to the doc, should be stored in the user’s Login directory, described to be the home directory for my login ID. In this case, I placed it in C:\Users\<current_login_id>\config.proHowever, Creo Parametric would not load my config.pro file in any of the following locations:C:\Users\<current_login_id>\ C:\Users\<current_login_id>\OneDrive\ from HOME env variable set to C:\Users\<current_login_id>\Any help as to how to load a config.pro file from a user specific directory? I can’t just add the config option to one of the config.pro files in the C:\ drive because this is on a shared virtual desktop environment with multiple other users.
Here are some ideas to reduce friction and improve Creo. These suggestions come from my experience using other software (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, FreeCAD, Rhino, ParaView, Discovery). Allow users to customise mouse controls for pan, zoom, rotate and selection. My preference would be to use the mouse alone to pan, zoom and rotate, and Ctrl and Shift for selection and window selection, similar to AutoCAD and ParaView. Add a quick command search (Ctrl + Spacebar) so users don't have to spend time navigating the GUI, similar to ParaView. It's faster to type a known command's name than navigate tabs and ribbons. Allow hotkeys to toggle between states. For example, Show/Hide could be assigned a single hotkey (e.g. Spacebar) to toggle the visibility of selected objects in the Model Tree or Graphics Window, like FreeCAD. Allow sketch points to be fixed without defining dimensions, like SolidWorks. Locking only prevents the user from dragging a point, but does not prevent it from moving when
Hi,I have a question about Windchill Quick Toolbar in Creo Paramteric. Since installation Creo Parametric 10 version in our Company, There is, sometime, a visualization bug, the links disappear without a reason like screenshot.Have you say why ?Thanks a lot
A preview of something that is being tested within CREOSON, looking for feedback and ideas.Keep these questions in mind as you read:Do I (or my company) care about my data going to someone else’s AI / Cloud? What use cases, processes, interfaces cause pain today? How could this change my day? Why do I care?The intent is to provide a FREE AI MCP (Model Context Protocol) interface within CREOSON that enables your AI Agents to connect to and drive Creo Parametric either as a specific set of contextual tasks - or within the context of other systems/environment workflows (e.g. YOUR models, standards, documents, EPR, PLM, etc.). Seems like this would be super powerful, and provide a lot of utility. This screen capture is an example of an AI Agent validating a connection to a new CREOSON MCP Endpoint (prototype currently). CREOSON - AI MCP Endpoint First Connection Test ResultThe CREOSON MCP Server enables you to choose/bring your own AI (Commercial Platform or Local AI). The screenshot abo
I'm experiencing a login blocker on PTC (https://sts.ptc.com/adfs/ls/). Despite resetting my password, the portal continues to reject my credentials with an "incorrect username/password" error. Could you please verify if my account is locked or if there is a credential syncing issue? Thanks,
Hello,PTC article https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS44898?source=search mentiones the steps.But this needs to be manually updated.Situation:Need to restrict Creo license on server level.Server A = Advance Creo LicenseServer B = Basic Creo LicenseSome users use advance and some users use basic licenses.Need help with below:1. Is there a automatic way to restrict licenses for set of users?2. Solution from PTC suggests that its a manual filter list of .opt file to be maintained. Is there way to make it automate the list?If new user joins the name has to be added to list, if user leaves company the name has to be removed.Awaiting for responses.
My colleague and I got a new laptop.We are using Creo 10.0.4.0, connected to Windchill.With this new install the column “Windchill Server Status” is very wide, and much wider than 8, which it should be according to the "Model Tree Columns” settings.Also, the value of 8 cannot be changed, it is greyed out. The other widths can be changed without issues.What is wrong? What should we change to bring the column width of "Windchill Server Status” back to 8?
Buongiorno a tutti,sto lavorando con dei cablaggi in Creo e avrei bisogno di calcolare il baricentro soltanto di una porzione del percorso del cavo.In pratica, vorrei selezionare due punti specifici lungo il cablaggio e ottenere la posizione del baricentro del tratto compreso tra questi due punti, escludendo il resto del percorso.È possibile eseguire questo calcolo direttamente in Creo? Esiste una funzione che permetta di definire un intervallo del cablaggio tramite due punti di riferimento e ricavarne automaticamente il centro di massa/baricentro?In alternativa, qual è il metodo migliore per ottenere questo risultato?Grazie in anticipo per il supporto.
Hello, I’m currently using the GD&T Advisor under the Applications Tab within my 3D model. For unknown reasons, when I display the GTOLs in my drawing, the modifier symbols don’t show up. They just display as a blank box. Please see the attached picture. Has anyone ever ran into this before? Not sure if it’s a config setting or something else.
Ok...I thought I could do this, but I keep getting two holes in the center.I've created the center hole and am trying to pattern one to the right, horiz, 100mm, and one to the left, the same distance, in the same command. I can pick the two directions and offset, but keep getting a duplicate hole in the center. Number of members in both directions must be two or I get an error.I would think this can be done without getting a duplicate hole in the middle, but maybe not? If someone could shed some advise I'd greatly appreciate it!
I need Creo to try to prove to a worksite that I am a good idea to hire, but I never got my confirmation and records essentially say that I never made a request, I tried to resubmit but I can't since my email was already registered somehow. What do I do?
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