Creo+ and Creo Parametric

I know there are countless topics on this with many answers.  I still seem to struggle with what a proper pen table should look like.  I've copied several pen tables that have been posted in here and tried them out to varying degrees of effectiveness.  I haven't ever really come across one that worked with EVERYTHING i wanted.   I would like my phantom lines to be different than my hidden lines some of the pen tables allow this to happen, but i can never find out what pen is controlling the phanton lines over the hidden lines.  When viewing in a PDF its often that the Phantom Line is showing up basically as a solid line unless you zoom in very very close. I don't have a good screen shot detaling this i would like my Detail Circle to be properly spaced.  Some of the pen tables i've tried has the detail circle as super tight(basically a solid line when viewing in a PDF and on the drawing file itself) The attachment for this bullet point is zoomed in pre

I have some GD&T that was placed in the model(flatness and parallel).  I can show it on the drawing but there's no way for me to make it tanget to a surface.  I can create the GDT in the drawing(draft) and place it tangent.     So whats the deal here?  Am i missing something?   See image below.  The one circled in RED is the one that i did in the model.  The one circled in ORANGE is placed via the drawing.     ALSO,  doing GDT in the newer versions of creo is an absolute mess.  its so buggy.  Its taking me over 30 minutes to put a handful of GDT in the model and get it to accurately show on the drawing.  Also my flags no longer snap to a snap line.  

Hello everyone, I'm designing a car and would like to calculate drag with flow analysis. Is this possible and is there a tutorial that I can follow? 

I'm basically trying to create a surface that looks like a tarp over the geometry. Basically to take a rectangular surface and "drape" it over geometry.   I've tried a number of different techniques, and using Wrap is the closest I've gotten, but it's still not quite right.  The reason I was using wrap was I wanted to keep the lengths of each edge of the tarp a fixed length, and then have them just end up wherever they go.   However,  when I try to do this, I can't seem to get the beginning and the end of the curve to match up. Creo seems to be trying to force the sides to be horizontal, when they shouldn't be.   I tried using a spline to as an experiment, so that I just had a single curve, but there was still the discontinuity at the beginning/end point. Is there any way to force the wrap to keep the closed shape of the original sketch? I've played some with the Center option and a sketched coordinate system in the wrap command, but I haven't quite figured out

I seems that since we added this "pattern" with hundreds of holes to a part in our assembly, that it has bogged down the model.  Is there a good way to make the model respond faster?     Thanks

Hello, In Creo 5, I am trying to delete a part from my workspace that used to belong to an assembly.  I have removed this part from the assembly and erased objects.  I even went as far as re-starting Creo.  When I attempt to remove this part from my workspace, I receive a Windchill error stating that I must delete the next assembly if I am to delete this part.  Can someone explain to me why this part is still referencing the next assembly or vice versa such that I cannot delete the part without having to delete the assembly?   Note: I have gone into the Reference View for both the part and the assembly and removed all references and dependencies to one another for each where applicable.  Also, after cancelling the deletion of the part from my workspace (because Windchill would not allow the transaction), I received the attached error.

I need to add Parameters for nearly a thousand parts in pro/intralink. Currently me and my team is opening each path, add these new parameters and checkin. Is there any way I can automate this or even a faster approach. Can someone point me in the correct direction.

Just installed Creo Parametric 7.0.0.0   Launches OK but I need to be able to prevent the internal browser from displaying all of the pages for learning tips, Punditas services, etc.  I am getting an unacceptable amount of delay until all of those pages load.   Help! Note that I already have web_browser_homepage about:blank in our config.sup.    Barry

Hello all,   I am wondering if anyone has ever modeled a length of chain in Creo Simulate as part of an assembly. I would imagine would be best model it as several small idealized beams with there vertices shared. I know in ANSYS there is a specialized beam element that can simulate chains but I was not sure about Simulate.   Thank you for your consideration.

Hello,   Please how to export (save as) lattice formula driven (gyroid, diamond, primitive) to a step or iges format file ? I found this article. But I could not open it. https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS303867   Thanks

Hi, I'm sorry if it's been asked before, but I haven't found anything. When i importing an image to put it on a plan the image looks very strange. I tried with bitmap and png but both don't work 😕 The image is a drill. thank you in advance!

Hello; I am writing a Jlink app for our ME team to place informational custom (aka User) symbols on Drawing2Ds. The app jarfile  and the symbol file are both installed into the users ptc/creo3/ directory:   Directory of C:\Users\bob.smith\ptc\creo305/07/2020 11:18 AM <DIR> .05/07/2020 11:18 AM <DIR> ..04/01/2020 04:46 PM 27 config.pro05/07/2020 11:20 AM 14,559 autoplacer.jar05/06/2020 10:24 AM 4,343 autoplace_test.sym   the code in the jar file uses RetrieveSymbolDefinition() to load the DetailSymbolDefItm DetailSymbolDefItem DefItm =prts_dwg.RetrieveSymbolDefinition("autoplace_test", null, null, null);   The good news is that it finds the symfile. The bad news is that it fails to load it and tosses an XToolkitFound exception.   The stack looks like this: C:\Users\john.utz\ptc\creo3>more pst.txtcom.ptc.pfc.Implementation.pfcExceptions$XToolkitFoundat com.ptc.pfc.Implementation.PFCRemoteCommImpl.makeObject(PFCRemoteCommImpl.java:2144)at co

I'm using Creo 4.0.  I have a line in a Sketch that I am dragging back (selecting the line and Ctrl select the endpoint) to an endpoint of another line, hoping that it will automatically create a coincident constraint and close my sketch (At least that's what happened on the YouTube tutorial I was watching).  I'm having no luck with this.  I'm aware that I could use the CORNER command, but I would just like to know why this isn't working for me?     

Hello.   I am facing a desperate situation right now. We received from our customer a 3D model and an excel file containing a point cloud from their CFD analysis. The excel file is structured. There are the x-y-z-coordinates of each point and every point have also an information about the force that is applied in the particular point (also x-y-z-triplet). With this information our aim is to make a FE-Analysis. I managed to write a macro that exports the coordinates into an .pts file that Creo Parametric can handle. In the modeling environment I can see the points in 3D space.   But how can I import these information into Creo Simulate? I could import the point cloud and apply the forces manually to every point. But we have ~5000 points, that would be wasting of time. My first idea was to use the excel macro to generate a file that Creo uses to read all the information about where the points are located and which load is applied. As far as i know Creo Simulate stores the "load

Greetings,   Totally non-Creo. Tapping your drafting skills.   I have wondered from time to time. Perhaps it is written?   Please see attached.   If AA is a section and a view BB is taken from a section - can the view be shown in full or does one assume its partial?   Thanks,   Wayne

Hi all I am working on a project at the moment that has two issues.The first issue in this post.I have created a turret assembly with 8 pockets, and have constraint it with axis & angular constraints.and then using parameter & relations to set the position.now this work fine with the first half of the turret up to 180 degreesthe pockets line up correct, but as soon as I pass 180 it reverts. and the wrong pockets line up.does any one know of a solution so I can rotate 360 degree.Peter

Hello, is it possible to calculate number of total bends in a pipe? thanks

Hello, in CREO 5, I am detailing a relatively small part.  The part contains 2 mounting holes that are located by an arc that is relatively large compared to the size of the part.  When I place a view into the drawing and show this dimension, the dimension is far outside of the drawing view because it references the axis of the large arc.  In other words, the axis is not part of the drawing view boundary.  Consequently, neither is the dimension.  I want to show the dimension, but not consume the entire sheet of the drawing.  I'd like to break the view and bring the axis closer to the part, showing the dimension with a double-arrow.  I think this is perfectly legal and reasonable to do.  Can anyone explain the process to execute this type of detailing?  Thank you.

Is there a way to reload manually edited mapkeys without having to restart Creo?   Thanks

Hi all, I have a doubt about how to do show dimensions in Creo Layout. I need to show the value of coordinates of a point that is the common point among 2 segments. I did the 2 segments and then I created the point at their intersection. The fact is that instead of showing the coordinates of the point,I can only show the angle of one of the segment with one of the 2 axis (x-y). Then how can I show the x-y coordinates of that point? Thank you in advance    

Here's the next set of quick Creo tutorials presented by our expert product managers. Each tutorial in this series is just a few minutes long. These tips are aimed at helping you learn a new skill. Or, for experienced users, helping you learn a new workflow to perform a skill you've been doing for years.   Below you’ll find about 15 minutes of video how-tos to help you improve your Creo proficiency.   Let's get started. Combining Simplified Reps and Augmented Reality for Lightweight Experiences   Simplified Representations allow you to control the amount of data retrieved for a component. These can be helpful for to publishing lightweight AR experience.   In this tutorial, Creo Product Manager, Luke Westbrook, shows you how to use simplified reps with your next AR experience.   Here's how: Using Sketch Region   You can create geometry containing extrude, revolve, fill, and sketch features  quickly using sketch regions. Using Sketch Region reduces the

Has anyone come up with a conversion (other than hand editing) for PC Dmis to read a Creo .pts file?   Creo .pts file is in this format :   ! DATUM POINT ARRAY DATA FILE!! Comment lines should begin with an exclamation mark (!).! You may have as many comment lines as you wish.! There must be at least one space between values.!! Enter values with respect to datum arrays' coordinate system:!!CARTESIAN coordinates:! X Y Z!-1.2653 2.6250 -2.6579-1.2863 -2.6250 -2.6839-2.6250 -1.2267 -2.66652.6250 -1.6155 -2.6591-0.0223 -2.574903437024 -2.2512-0.1108 2.572615081974 -2.2420-0.0842 2.3549 -2.11001283161-0.4211 1.8951 -1.848472440945-0.4356 2.1471 -1.8799082494090.0106 1.9038 -1.9530866141730.1282968822162 2.0410 -1.7895   PC Dmis reads in this format : XYZIJK-3.85840,-4.75000,1.77550,0.00000,-1.00000,0.000003.74890,-4.75000,1.71970,0.00000,-1.00000,0.00000-0.10920,4.75000,1.80940,0.00000,1.00000,0.000005.00000,3.52980,1.79580,1.00000,0.00000,0.00000-5.00000,-3

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Hi Modelers,   Using Creo 4.   I am designing a complex air duct. The duct has two different inlet/out profiles, sweeps downward and moves right to left. There is an mid wall inside the duct which at the inlet end sits about a third to the left hand side and then finishes in the middle at the outlet.   My design approach has been to complete a wire frame of reference sketches, datum points and splines to achieve the shape. I then use boundary blends to make up the different duct wall sections. I then merge the walls, thicken and remove the excess. Wire frame Boundary blends Thickened - Outlet End Rear Iso View - Inlet End   The challenge I face is to maintain a constant (or close to) smooth inner duct chamber profile on both sides. As air flows through each duct chamber the goal is for a stable airflow speed (little increase) and minimal pressure drop at the outlet. This is achieved by transitioning between the start/end profiles in a smooth fashion without coll