Creo+ and Creo Parametric

Recently changed a part modeled with a countersink to a countersink with a counter bore. It is a simple part with this feature patterned once. By doing this, though, the pattern is lost. Why would this happen if all of the changes are make within the "Hole" feature for the first hole?        

Hi   I am new to piping and would like to know how bend angle and bend radius is calculated? I could see that there are multiple entries separated by space unlike diameter value. In such case from line stock, we can find what is the diameter , but how to find out value of angle or radius for same?   Any pointers towards this would be  of great help. Thanks in advance..!

While practicing using the Schematics to Parametric Cabling application, I am successfully getting my harness to populate with the correct wire gauges and colors. When I save and upload this assembly to my workspace, I can still close it out and reopen it just fine. However, once I have closed Parametric and restarted my computer, my wires lose their color. The Appearance manager still has all of the colors named the same as the spool colors (all in lower case). I'm obviously doing something wrong, but I don't know what. Has anyone else experienced this or know where the error lies between my keyboard and chair? Thanks a ton!

Hi there, is there a function or method in the toolkit / web.link to get all combined views of a part? I am already using ListViews() in combination with RetrieveView() to cycle through all views and export them as jpegs. I hoped that there would be something similar but could not found anything in the web.link documentation.   Thanks!

Hi everyone...I know I've been absent quite a bit. I'm heavy into a very large design task and therefore I'm using Creo 2.0 very, very heavily. While I do prefer it to Wildfire 5... and even to Wildfire 3, there are some parts that drive me insane. I guess I just wanted to get everyone else's impressions as a sanity check.The Measurement Tool in Creo 2.... how do you feel about it? I spoke to the developers in Anaheim about it and told them I did not like it. I tried to demonstrate some of the issues but I don't think they were "getting it". The implied notion they gave me was that I simply wasn't using the tool correctly. Instead of staying in "Summary", I should be using "Distance", etc. I went back to my job resolved to take another crack at it. Perhaps I was missing just how great the tool was!Eh... no.I've making measurements very, very frequently and I do not like the tool. I'll admit my opinion may be colored by fatigue. I've been working 16-18 hours a day (12 on weekends) and I

Hi there,   I wrote a script that cycles through all Views of a model (Assembly or Part) and exports screenshots. Works quite sweet. But there seems to be a problem with -at least- parts with combined views.   The function "ListViews()" does not work and throws an error "pfcExceptison::XToolkitInalidItem" var mGlob = pfcCreate("MpfcCOMGlobal"); var oSession = mGlob.GetProESession(); var CurModel = oSession.CurrentModel; CurModel.ListViews(); What's wrong?

I'm relatively new to Creo and just started working with sheetmetal with it and can't seem to find a efficient work flow. When making my base surface, then individually adding flanges to adjacent edges I can't figure out how to model the edge rips how I would like or modify the corner reliefs.   What I do find I really like is taking a shell of my part and using the Conversion tool to convert it into a sheet metal part, as it gives me a good control over the two aforementioned parameters. The one issue I can't seem to figure out is how to modify the flanges when I do this. I can't make cuts to the flange along the bend edge without the part retaining a bend where I removed the material.   Does anyone have any advice? Is there a way to add edge flanges to flat sheet in relation to each other so I have better control over the edge rips and corner reliefs? Is it possible to modify Conversion flanges so I can adjust the length parallel to the bend edge?

All:I am running Creo 3.0 and trying to install Parametric on a handful of machines. Found the install guide and tried setting up a batch file to run the install silently and remotely. It worked on Creo 2.0 but I am unable to get Creo 3.0 to install. I can show you guys my batch file to run it but it is nothing special and mirrors the one that is working. I was just informed that the licenses servers are having some issues but would that keep this from installing?OS: Win 7 SP1 x64SW: Creo 3.0 M100%~dp0setup.exe -xml %~dp0xml\sim.p.xml -xml %~dp0xml\pma.p.xml -xml %~dp0xml\creobase.p.xml

Hi, my goal is to export an specific amount of parts (or better the model with a subset of parts) from an existing model from windchill via the rest api, in order to use/convert the model for further applications (okino polytrans -> unity, ....)   Detailed description: There is a complete model with all variants/features within windchill - we call it the 150% model. The task is to export a specific variant of the model.   What I have done/reached so far: I'm able to get the part tree list for the model via the rest api (parts for the 150% model), filter the tree in order to get the specific variant and get the visualization data (pvz/ol file) for each part.   The Problem: For my understanding the pvs file is the "glue" (I guess it contains the coordinates) between each ol file. Using the PTC visualization domain will give me a lot of pvz files - one for each part. It is not possible to open this e.g. in polytrans. Another solution was to export a pvs from creoview and

Hello everyone and welcome to blog post #6 in this multibody blog series.   I got asked recently : How can I display a user-defined body parameter in the model tree? If you are interested in that as well, here is how you do it. Let’s walk through an example step-by-step.   Step 1) Let’s assign a body parameter (and let’s call it for example “MY_BODY_PARAM”)   Step 2) Open the Model Tree Columns display dialog   Step 3) Select the Type: Body Params     Step 4) You might notice that the list shows system parameters related to bodies (e.g. PTC_ASSIGNED_MATERIAL), but not the newly added user-defined parameter  Step 5) Manually enter the user-defined-parameter (in our example “MY_BODY_PARAM”) into the Name field     and click the double-arrow to move it into the displayed columns     Step 6) Click “OK” and ensure model tree columns are displayed. Now you should be able to see your body parameters as part of the displayed model tree

Hi, I want to measure minimum distance between two components from Protoolkit. Please can we know API and process to do this. We want to make it automate process so no selection. Component we will identify by its attribute and provide to API.   From front end I can measure minimum distance between two components by selecting components and then Measure -> distance then it displays. So need process through protoolkit.   Regards, Prashant Pandarkar

One of our clients has recently moved to Creo 3.0 after we migrated their servers to 2012r2 and 2016 boxes. We installed PTC LMAdmin on their new licensing server and added the needed licenses. When we go to the needed machines and install Creo 3.0 it discovers the license server and adds the licence however when we open any of the creo products it prompts us with the following error:   License request failed for feature Requesting PROE_EssentialsM... 7788@LicensingServer: (-96) License server machine is down or not responding..   We have made sure PTC LMAdmin is running and that the needed machine is able to ping the server, and see its network shares. we also decied to run the reconfigure setup and entered the licensing server again, it once agian saw there was an available license on the server and added it. When opening Creo simulate it once again displays the same error as ab above. Is there something else that we are missing here?     

I got a .stl file, shrink wrapped the file and saved to a solid. So I would like to make it thinner, anyone got any suggestions? 

  I'd like to be able to tell at a glance when I'm opening a sketch whether something is a radius or diameter dimension. Is there a way I can make so that these dimensions will always automatically appear in the sketcher with the respective prefix, i.e. R for radii and D or ⌀ for diameters?  

Hi,I would like to mirror a part and give it a new item number. Let's call the first model "Model A" and the mirrored model "Model B". Is there any way to copy the drawing from Model A to Model B?Thanks in advance,Jason

How can I set IFX to use different .hol file for pins and screws? I can't find a way to change this behavior in the configs. Which would be even better is to be able to use different .hol files for different screws, like setting it in the .dat file.    

You can add multiple materials to a part, but what's its use if you can't apply both at the same time? For example I need a M16 nut in stainless steel 304 and a M16 nut in brass in the same assembly. If I change the material for one nut, the other changes as well.   Do I need a separate part file for the same geometry/different material parts? Or is there another solution?

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  Our webinar week starts on Tuesday, 27th. We will present different topics short and sweet in 30 minutes and we are very excited to meet you there! Have you already looked at the agenda? Did you find an interesting topic for you?      If not, don't miss to register now!We are happy to invite you to join any topic that will catch your interest. See you next week! 

Hello!   There is a possible bug with IFX thread coloring. The problem occurs when I put a screw in an assembly, and the 2nd plane (Nut or thread surface) is in a sub assembly AND it is on a surface that is extruded in the sub assembly it self (so IFX actually puts the hole in the sub assembly it self, and not the part, which is cool btw). If these conditions are met the color of the thread won't change based on the configuration.   I included an assembly to download. I put the screws in the assembly, one is a regular working one, and one where the coloring doesn't appear.   Creo 4.0 M060 IFX 6.0.5.0

I am trying to import some artwork from visio via .dxf export.  The visio artwork has some solid fills which correctly import as fills (solid hatching).  However, when I try to group the imported lines with the imported fills via Draft Group, the lines stick together but the fills refuse to be associated with the group.   Does anyone have any idea why this might be? Do you have any suggestions for making the fills stay with their associated lines? Thanks!

I have a repeat region BOM set up for an assembly with a family table of 3 configurations (-1, -2, -3). Currently all of the components are sorted by name, but I would like to sort such that the -1 components are grouped first sorted by name, then the -2 components, then the -3. Is this possible? I tried using a relation that checked if the qty_m#r# existed (what showed up for the column when I switched symbols) and set a parameter to a different value based on the result, but that didn't seem to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.   Edit: I've attached a zip file with a test drawing that resembles my situation.

What is the format of files created with "Home-use license" ?? When file was created in trail version of Creo there is no possibility to open it in comersial version. Question is: Will it be possible with home-use license?? What in case when user did some work at home an took it to office?

Hi, I'm wondering if it's possible to create its own manikin model (assembly) and then use it within manikin module. Thanks,  

Ok, I've been on Pro/E since v15, and I have to say this is the WORST revision I've ever seen for detailing.  Congrats PTC, just when I thought you couldn't make it any worse, you lower the bar.   Dimensioning is a nightmare, the ribbon is somehow worse.  Nice.   Trying to do any GD&T is absolutely absurd.  You can't add a GD&T model datum axis to a dimension anymore, which is completely FUBAR'd.  So, I guess PTC has decided not to allow the following of ASME Y14.5 anymore because they know something better?  So, we're supposed to make dwg datums to put where they're needed on the dwg because we can no longer use the correct model datums?  So now we can put control frames in there using datums that don't exist in the model?  Nice.   Unbelievable.  If I don't get the new position where I'll need to use this wretched excuse for a revision, I'm going back to Creo 3 M180, which I like.  Yeah the ribbon still sux, but nothi