Creo+ and Creo Parametric

I  am having trouble creating properly dimensioned drawings of compound miter cuts on HSS square tubes. The annotations are difficult for the shop to interpret. ( see picture attached) So the next best thing is a pipe wrap template that the shop can use to mark the tube for cutting.I've had some luck:1. converting to sheet metal and then making a flat pattern drawing and exporting to DXF for laser cutting a marking template and also2. some luck creating a surface wrap and unfoldng that as well. Neither one is ideal however, and both were found by accident and not easily repeatable. Furthermore the "convert to sheet metal" method was irreversible so it requires making copies of all the tubes in the model which is a royal pain when there are more than a few parts.  

Hello, I am wondering if there is a method to use Distributed Batch to backup drawing files (and all associated assembly + part files) to a directory ? I attempted this using the mapkey.ttd and then including my config.pro containing a mapkey that recorded: Save a backup (while in a drawing file) > OK > Yes to the two prompts that appeared. The error I receive in the log is [-4] Error: Incomplete input data. The manual information suggests that this is due to required dependents not being retrieved, but I haven't been able to find a remedy for this (if any). The mapkey sequence itself is as shown, as runs as expected in Creo Parametric. mapkey bk @MAPKEY_NAMESave backup to working directory without prompt. For \mapkey(continued) use with distributed batch;@MAPKEY_LABELInstant save backup;\mapkey(continued) ~ Close `main_dlg_cur` `appl_casc`;~ Command `ProCmdModelBackup` ;\mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `file_saveas` `Current Dir`;~ Activate `file_saveas` `OK`;\m

Hi, we are looking to implement a custom fastener library using IFX in our department. It will require customisation of all fasteners, forming new file names and assigning custom parameters. On the positive side, I think I can find all of the required types of fasteners in default IFX library, which makes building a custom one much easier. I have tested it for a couple of weeks with building a couple of custom fasteners and it went almost flawless.  Now the question is - what unforseen challenges may arrise during development and using it? As any other system, there is something always to learn which is difficult / impossible to forecast, but would be great to know before we spend effort developing the custom library and start building assemblies with them. Just to demonstrate my point - a reference example for issues with Solidworks Toolbox would be:- Solidworks doesn't always import the excel files correctly to build the configurations- Solidworks toolbox dat

IFX definition window allows to modify the countersunk diameters while using countersink head screw but UI we can find only counterbore , we need this countersink name enabled at the IFX UI level”

I m struggling to find a way to create a single draft entity line on a drawing sheet.   Looking to create a line at 0,0 and go to 1,0 (x direction) or from 0,0 to 0,1 (y direction).   Can someone point me in the right direction?

I have a UDF that creates threaded internal holes.  In the UDF family table exists all the information that is needed to create a note on the drawing for describing the thread, depth etc.  Is there a way to create a note from the table columns without having the user select each dimension?Note should read as below:     1/4-20 UNF-2B     Major Dia.: .5000     Pitch Dia.: .4565/.4500     Minor Dia.: .4340/.4170What I would like is an annotation to be created when the thread UDF is ran.  The UDF may be ran several times on one part & this is the reason to need it created as the UDF is ran.  This way the user can show/erase the annotations and reduce the chance of errors.

Hi guys Good Morningis there any Api call is available for reading or retrieving the model from the windchill workspace?Please let me know if you know any other Possibilities. regardsAravind

Hello all, I am facing a problem related to the conversion of my files to the Creo Parametric 9 version. Currently, this version of Creo only allows you to change its results into the following formats: I want to convert my analysis results from these above formats to Excel format. I tried surfing online regarding the same but couldn't find it. If anyone can help me, then I request that person offer me that information to convert those results into readable text or Excel format.Thank you,Rushang

Hi,Does toolkit offer the possibility of developing a CAD model directly using programming language. Like all command like extrude and all can be programmed according to dimesional requirements without building any CAD model in actual.   

I was wondering if anyone knows how to select the surfaces highlighted from a semantic query? For example, I want to be able to select all GTOL annotations in my model and put the surfaces related to them under a layer. By right-clicking the GTOL layer and selecting "select items", the surfaces I want all show up under semantic query, but they aren't actually selected for, say, changing the appearance. If anyone knows how to do this with or without the semantic query tool, your help would be much appreciated. Also, my company is removing licenses with the GD&T advisor, so something like that wouldn't be an option. Thanks! Version: Creo 11

CREO 8.0/5.0Inserted exploded view on sheet-11 of the parts is like transparent. Outlined, Like the tangent lines you can see all the way thru the part.The part in the assembly model is solid. Not toggled to transparent.The part is an imported part from McMaasterCarr. But we use hundreds of their models with no issues. 

Hello, I've been trying to simulate one interesting case in which i did stuck. Here is an image of what i've been trying to achieveHere is an example of using advanced rigid link beam is discontinued after first rigid link is applied                   Here is an example of using advanced spring (point to suface(projection)). It is deforming in wrong direction                             Can you help me solve this mystery?

I tried wrapping OTK C++ to create a dialog. What I learned is that it is possible to manipulate the user interface of CREO when setting the style of the dialog to uifcDIALOG_STYLE_PARENT_AND_MENU_MODAL. At the same time, when you open the dialog interface of other creo, the dialog created by OTK will be closed. In general, there are no exceptions as follows the sample code. LIKE：uifcCreateDialog, uifcActivateDialog, uifcExitDialog and uifcDestroyDialog return 0 andno exception is thrown.But I get an exception when I call the function uifcActivateDialog in a function that is rewrapped. After the uifcActivateDialog dialog is blocked, an exception occurs when open other CREO dialog boxes.Thanks in advance. Versions:Creo Parametric 9.0 - 64 bitWindows 10 64 BitC++ Object Toolkit 

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

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

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!

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.  

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,

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!

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