Creo+ and Creo Parametric

I have a short video to share on "Managing Casting and its upstream model appearances".  Check this out. Share your experience and best practices in the comments below; Thanks.

In my company, from last year I had to work on different workstations, based on their availability after shifts. And it can be hard for anyone, who has different files and folders in his dedicated system. In an organization, work files and folders can be neglected for some extent when you work in PLM and you have different logins to store the files from the network folders. You can access them from any device, anytime.   But when you have your software settings in your system, you will feel the real pain of migrating to new system, so did I. After studying the customizations storage path, I have learnt that I can avoid this UI gap in other systems in a simple way. I have made a short video on this. Please check this out.   In todays situation, when we are working remotely from system to system, we can definitely go mobile with UI and be more productive as we are on our own system.  What is take on this, please share in the comments.

I have an assembly with thousands of parts made from various aluminum extrusions. All of them have been assigned a material named "AL6061", and that material file has a custom aluminum appearance assigned to it, which is stored in the global.dmt in the materials folder. "global_appearance_file" points to that, and I have "mat_assign_appearance" set to yes. Everything seems to work fine, until......I need to change the generic aluminum color for some reason. I can load the global.dmt file into the editor, change the appearance, and then save it. Or do it manually or any other way I want. I can verify the changes are in the global.dmt, but the part colors never update unless I un-assign and then re-assign the material. Even with some scripting and automation, this is a tedious task on thousands of parts buried in configurable assemblies.This leads me to believe that the appearance definition is loaded into a part when a material is assigned, and stored with the part. If so, that is

Is there a way to quickly update an inheritance that is set manually update?   I have a model that I am using to drive many other models by turning on and off several features.  To prevent regeneration errors in upper level assemblies I have set the inheritance to manual update.  If it is set to automatic update, it will update during regeneration is the base model is in memory.  Also, there is a command, update inheritance in the RMB menu.  The update inheritance command (which sounds like a manual operation) is not available if the inheritance is set to manual update.   I have to edit definition to change it to automatic then edit definition again to change it back to manual.   The only method I have found so far, to speed up the process, is to use a mapkey which requires no deviation in the command flow such as checkout warnings.

Imagine having an assembly with patterned groups of bolts and nuts of different sizes. You want to include these components in the family table. The menu manager asks single or all. What does this mean? All components in the group? In the pattern? In the subassembly? In the main assembly? Does it make sense the menu manager even asks for this? In a pattern, the components are supposed to be the same right? Where can I see if CREO picks a single one or all of them? How can I change it from "single" to "all" and vice versa?    

How to calculate total weight of assembly in PTC Creo Parametrc?  

Hello. I'm new in Creo (version 6.0.4)  and I've a problem with color in drawings. I like the default color in part and assembly mode (with blue geometry when see the part in wireframe). But in drawing I want all the geometry black. If I change the color of geometry in System color from blue to black, it change in part mode and also in drawing mode. There is a way to change the color only in drawing mode?

Hi all,   I am running Creo 4.0 M050. On installation (a few years ago) I set system environment variable LM_BORROW_DURATION  to a value of 179 to allow for a longer period to borrow the license. I don't recall I was ever able to borrow for that maximum number of days. Around 150 days, more or less, that would work. I usually would start at ProE_Borrow with a value of 179, get an error 'Can not borrow that long' when Creo started, and decrement that number until Creo would accept it. Yesterday, I had to go as low as 35 days to borrow before Creo would accept it. So, there seems to be another mechanism besides LM_BORROW_DURATION that limits the number of days that you can borrow. Does anybody know what it might be? And how I can get around it?   PS. You would think that if Creo knows that it 'Can not borrow that long', it would be kind enough to let us know how many days it CAN borrow .... 🙄  😉   Kind regards Eddy

So the problem was the user would right-click on objects in the Reference Viewer and not get the menu commands to show.PTC replied with a request that we update video card drivers. I did that along with a bunch of other things (see below) and the problem remained.HOWEVER - I just started playing with all the controls on the Reference Viewer and discovered that if you shrink the window so that scroll bars appear in the reference viewer, and use the scroll bars to lower or raise the viewer, then the right-click menu will appear (see attached image).Weird. But it works.Thanks everyone for your suggestions. For future ref, here's the list of my notes:NOTES:- updated build from M190 to M220- removed config.pro & config.win files- started ProE in vanilla mode (no configs, start dir, start parts, etc.)- rolled back video driver (reinstalled current after testing failed)o previous = nvidia quadro fx 580 9/12/2009 8.16.11.9100o current = nvidia quadro fx 580 12/4/2009 8.16.11.9175- performe

 

So I have a mapkey that exports a part to make it to a symbol. A problem I've found is that if csys and datum plane display is on, that will tend to be exported with it. No problem! I add an instruction to turn off the csys display, right? I know I've done this before. I record one and look at the code:   ~ Command `ProCmdEnvCsysDisp`  0;\   This should turn off the display of csys. Problem is, if the display is off, this is turning the display on! And this version:   ~ Command `ProCmdEnvCsysDisp`  1;\   Does exactly the same thiong. It's toggling, rather than turning on or off. I know in the past I've been struggling to GET it to toggle, rather than turn on or off (and there are old Community threads attesting to others struggling with the same thing), but now suddenly I can't get it to NOT toggle. Has this behavior been changed? How can I get the mapkey to turn off the display of csys if it's on?   I'm on Creo 4 M080, so it's not even a very recent

I'm a little off the path on this program so bear with me... Everything I am doing is happening in unmanned batch mode using toolkit. I am importing Step model assemblies into session, not linked to Windchill. I am then linking to Windchill while keeping these objects in session.   Objects with the same names as these just imported already exist in Winchill as placeholders.  These placeholders are .asm files that only contain a csys, and they are assembled into this master assy, using Csys contraints. (one simple constraint). Result is the assembly has these imported step files assembled in place to csys.Issue is, Creo realizes the component csys is not the same. So what I am looking to do is fix the component constraint, basically redefine.  ive read up on TK assembly, there is a lot there to grasp, and have studied the UG constraints.c sample. I want this to be as easy as just updating the contraints. The TK guide example is all about user interactive selections a

Hello community, I am using Creo version 6 (educational edition) for a couple of days now and designed a part which I would like to manufacture by using some milling processes. To do so, I click on file -> new -> manufacturing -> NC assembly -> ok, but the screen with the manufacturing options doesn't appear. Could someone please give me an advice of how to solve this issue? 🙂 Thanks for your support. MLC89

Hello all.   My previous coworker created a mold … and i want to be sure it fit with what the demand of our customer.   Is it a way to "fill" this mold and get the actual part ? If not, do you know any tips to do it ?

Gears tutorials include base steps: How to create gear connections in Mechanism mode and definition of gear properties, analysis and animation.   You can capture the following motion relationships using generic gears: Rotational/Rotational Rotational/Linear Linear/Rotational Linear/Linear   Examples of the four dynamic gear types include: Spur — Two meshing gears rotating on parallel axes Bevel — A pinion gear driving a crown gear on perpendicular axes Rack and Pinion — A pinion gear meshing with a sliding rack gear Worm — A worm shaft rotating a pinion on perpendicular axes              

Is it possible to drag/move Datum Feature Symbol's beyond the referenced surface boundary? For example, the attached image show Datum A, and I'm not able to drag it beyond the surface perimeter. The best work-around I can find is to attach the DFS to a dimension witness line, but that's undesirable because I then have to go back and add the surface as a reference. I'd like to be able to move a DFS beyond the referenced surface similar to the attached drawing image. I'm currently using Creo 4 M040, but have tested this in Creo 5 M000, and the behavior is the same.

I have a harness made of multiple sub harnesses and I have been able to hide display of individual sub harnesses by selecting them in the footer and hiding.    However, I tried to suppress a sub harness and after resuming, I no longer have the ability to hide it.  The option is there and it will show the sub harness as hidden in the model tree.  But the actual sub harness remains visible.  This seems to be a bug, has anyone found a workaround?    note: I was able to fix by removing the cables from the subharness and immediately adding back.  But then it causes errors with flattened harness so I am looking for a different solution. 

I've got a part that I want to create a curve through utilizing several points created using a pattern.  Is there a way to have Creo select multiple points in numerical order (based off of feature name like PNT0, PNT1, PNT2, etc. all the way through until your last point)  instead of having to go through and manually select each individual point?  

Is there a way to have an assembly open and then pick and choose what you want to export?  either a new Creo file or a Step file or any file for that matter.

If I use the Properties UI to set a dimension2D as a Basic dimension how then can I find this Basic Dimension2D using the jlink API?   As an example, if a Dimension2D is set to be a Reference dimension then i can use the Dimension2D.GetIsReference() method to find Reference dimension.   I can not find an equivalent function for Basic dimensions, but i can imagine that i am not looking for it properly.   Any suggestions?   Tnx in advance!   johnu   Tnx! johnu 

How to sort bom according to discription in creo parametrics.  

Seems I used to know how to do this, but...  Basically I have an assembly with subassembly that is used in two different locations.  Think of a quick release pin with a cable lanyard on it.  The pin and cable hook on in different configurations for the two different locations.  I have created a family table in the subassembly to create the two configurations.  Assembled those into my assembly and created a drawing of the assembly.  When I add my BOM Table to the drawing, it shows the two instances separately.  What I want is for it to show a single line, quantity two, of the pin and cable top generic assembly.  I have tried using the asm.mbr.top_generic bit, but that STILL shows the subassembly on two lines of the BOM.  What am I missing???     thanks in advance!

Is there any way to set the location of the main window on the screen?  For some reason, when I launch Creo (4), the window opens in a location that is below & to the right of the top left corner of the screen like all my co-workers.  I have to move it up & against the left/top edges of the screen every time.  When I open another part, that new window also pops open in the lower offset location and must be moved.   I have tried deleting my config.pro & creo_parametric_customization.ui files and it makes no change (any combination or both).  I have gone to File > Options and tried to make changes there.  I have tried Window Settings: Restore Defaults.  I have tried to move it into the correct location & export the .ui & create a new .ui for my launch point.  Nothing changes this.     Even setting the config.pro option to open maximized has the window open full width to the screen, but still located down the sa

Hello,   I want to use features ID's to create a note Parameter in a framework part.   Example: IF EXISTS('FID_1744')   TESTNOTE = 'TESTING123'ENDIF   Is there a way to use feature id like this?

Recently a customer has replaced an old HP Designjet 5500PS plotter for a new HP Designjet T1700 plotter. Plotting from Creo 4.0 in the old plotter had no problems but with the new one the lines are very faint and some of them even vanished (as can be seen in the attached image). Plotting from PDF has no problems on both plotters.   Anyone using the same plotter or experiencing the same problems?