Creo+ and Creo Parametric

Hello,I'm in engineering class and I'm currently working on a caterpillar cam toy.I'm trying to figure out how to define my second cam (the follower) for the mechanism.When I select my fllower pole surface, it says " please sleect some cam geometry.I have no problems defining my cam gear (concentric)I have attached an assembly with my parts.

Hello Firstly, let me state that I know absolutely nothing about Creo Simulate 4.0, only how to open it and create a mesh within a component. Our team are discussing how best to go about running fea on Creo assemblies.  These assemblies are made of machined parts, machined from castings.  Our current philosophy for casting to machined is to model the casting, then when we create a machined model, we merge the cast model (using the Get Data > Merge/Inheritance) into the machined model, then add all the machined features, predominantly weld preps etc. The guys running the FEA, in years gone by, have run into problems using the machined models, as there are invariably gaps between the components, usually filled with welds when the parts are assembled in reality.  If we use the cast models, then invariably they will overlap, which Simulate doesnt like.  We had a student in our team for a while and he came up with a good idea of cutting each cast model, while in the a

How does one create a spring with lift off?  If I place a block on top of a spring, compress it, and then let it go, the spring should launch the block into the air to some height and then gravity should pull the block back down on top of the spring.  In Mechanism, the spring seems to act like both a compression spring and an extension spring.  As soon at the block exceeds the free length of the spring, the spring begins actively pulling it back down.  This isn't realistic.  How do I model a compression spring with lift off so the spring stops pulling down on the block after it's thrown into the air?

I have an annotation with type PRO_SET_DATUM_TAG. ProAnnnotation Annotation Annotation.type == PRO_SET_DATUM_TAGHow can I retrieve the data of this annotation, like name, ...? I'm using Toolkit wit PTC Creo Parametric 6.0.4.0 Any advice is much appreciated.

Hi, i have a problem.   My Live Simulation don't show result, it show 0 MPa, like picture. I need help because i tried fix but i can't

I've a requirement where in I need to automate a shaft modeling and drafting. There are many segments in the shaft that will have spur gear or a helical gear. The number of segments and type of segment is an user input. Hence the shaft has to be generated in runtime. To do that I was planning to keep different types of segments built in separate files and based on the user requirement the program will chose a segment and copy the features from the respective file and paste it in to the current model being built. It is possible to copy paste features in native Creo2. Is there a function in jlink/tool-kit/otk api that could do this? Or is there any other work around?Kind Regards,Abbas

I want to make an UDF, but i’m not finding a way to do it.   I have two parts, one in the top, other in the bottom. In the top the part has a hole feature created, and propagated with pattern. In the bottom part, i have created an axis system centered in one of the holes, patterned (with reference), and then created a hole centered in the previous axis system and patterned as well with reference.     Now I want to make an UDF, to generate all the holes in the bottom part. But as this holes were created with reference with top part, I’m unable to create it.   When I’m in the step to select the features, that belong to UDF, it appears the following message:   “Including pattern (feat id 6420) by reference must include its reference (feat id 6061, model 3330005-102-001) or entire reference model.”   My question is, how can i select this features, and at the same time, includ its reference?   At the end in the UDF, I only want to select the cylindrical su

We are on an environment which has Creo 2.0 and we are trying to run the jLink application with it. The jLink app was made with Creo 3.0 in place and we are just testing the interoperability of our app with Creo 2.0 as well.   But while we are running the JLink application, we are facing a few problem.   When we try to launch the application, when we can see on the console the following lines printed   pm_is_portmapper_port_busy: bind failed, error = 10013 pm_is_portmapper_port_busy: bind failed, error = 10013   This happens when the PortmapperService is running on that machine. When we stop the PortmapperService, the message is not printed any more. Here first question is, does JLink APIs require the PortmapperSerivce to be running?   Our next problem is, irrespective of whether the PortMapperService is running or not, we get the following exception while getting the Async Connection to Creo.   com.ptc.pfc.Implementation.pfcExceptions$XToolkitBusy  &

Hi, I have recently updated to Creo 6.0.4 (from 5) and and I can't get to properly write notes with boxed text. I want to represent a geometric tolerance in a text note. Attached picture Note - boxed text Creo5.png shows a typical note I would write rather easily in Creo 5. The way I would do this in Creo 5 was to : write "TOLERANCES ARE : "; then I would click the BOX (apply box formatting to selected text...) button from the toolbar; then click the surface profile symbol from the toolbar; then click the BOX button again to close the first box; then click the BOX button again to open a new box; type "0.25"; then click the BOX button again to close the second box; then click the BOX button again to open a new box; (and so on) Not as user-friendly as you would hope, but it would work. Now, when I perform the same steps in Creo 6, it shows me the result I want while I type, but the various boxes are merged as soon as I click outside the text zone. Picture Note - failed boxed text

Does anyone know of an option that controls the auto zooming in sketch mode. Example: editing dimensions while inside a sketch, if I zoom in to see what I am doing, it zooms back out to the full view after every dimension edit.I found the answer to this question in an old post referring to WF 4 (config option of refit sketcher to no), but where is this option in Creo?

Hello to all, I'm trying to export a Creo Parametric assembly in pvz that contains annotations both at the assembly level and at the part level. Annotations are found in several combined states. The latter are exported to the pvz and I display them in Creo View 6.0. However, only the combined states of the assembly are exported, but not those contained in the parts. Is there a possibility to do it? If so, how? Thank you, Matteo

Hello I am curious to know why there is no specific section for ECAD in this forum ? Does that mean that Creo is not used for ECAD and schemantic designs ?   I am trying to find out if Creo fully support IEC81346   I have found this thread below which is now closed and it would appear that in the past this was not the case. However, I could not find any update nor could I find a datasheet telling me which IEC standard Creo supports. Thank you in anticipation for any clue 🙂   https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-Parametric-Ideas/Feature-names-with-special-characters-and-to-document-Reference/idi-p/459036

Hello everyone!Please tell me how to add dependencies (other jar files) to the project jar file.For example, I want to use logging during development, but I can not start the application, since Creo throws an error that the class will not find.I used the gradle build tool. I pointed out the classpath in MANIFEST, added jar files inside my jar, but it still doesn't work. My gradle code: jar { //from { // configurations.runtimeClasspath.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) } //} manifest { attributes( "Implementation-Title": "Jar Making Example", 'Implementation-Version': "1.0", "Main-Class": "ru.Test", "Class-Path": configurations.runtimeClasspath.files.collect { it.getName() }.join(' ') ) } destinationDirectory = file("build\\tmp\\jar") archivesBaseName = 'app' //C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 5.0.2.0\Common Files\text\java\otk.jar } My jar: My MANIFEST: My code: public class Test { private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(Test.class); public stati

Hello， I have a question about creo toolkit. I want to draw the trajectory path in the creo environment in the completed CAD file. Do I have a way to output the drawn trajectory path lines as point data or other file types that can be read by the robot ? According to the figure below, I want to draw the welding trajectory path on the asterisk surface. How can I use the toolkit to draw and output point data?     Thanks, Roger  

Hello Forum, What is the system parameter for unit that has been used in the model/drawing? I want to use it for title block so when ever a model is introduced to the sheet, the sheet shall update the units of the dimensions.   Also the same parameter for NHA for title block   Thanks in advance, Sanjay

Hello,   I've started my all templates working with 0,005 mm absolut accuracy. I've been talking with the guys in CAM programming, and their software is working with a tolerance of 0,02mm, which is a larger tolerance, compared to the one I'm using in CREO. So I was wondering to increase a bit my tolerance in CREO, for having less constraints in surfacing construction. The value that I want is 0,01 mm.   My question is, I've a few hundreds of drawn parts right now in my project. I don't want to change the accuracy one by one. So, is there any way to change all the parts for the new accuracy tolerance? How to do it?

I am facing problems to select a 3D part in an assembly, when I posisionate the mouse on the part it gets preselected, but when I click to select, it doesn't select the part. After trying twice, three times the part gets selected. It seems to be a configuration problem, because when I use the touchpad of my laptop, I can perfectly select the part, with no single problem. I already replaced my mouse to another one and the  problem is the same.   Can anyone helpe me with this situation?   I am using Creo 3.0 M080. My laptop is a Dell, processor intel i7, RAM memory of 16GB, dedicated AMD video board of 2GB.   Thanks.

Dear All,   My concern is that my company has specific bend table program for this ,and its tough for me to calculate the length and width of the unbended part ,example I have sheet with 3 mm rolled to 100 MM dia with 100 mm length but so whenever I go with the formula of PI()*D for width ,it deviate from the what creo give. Is there any method to join the L & WIDTH in d relation from unbended family part.   Thanks, Manish

Hi,   I am working on a project for CFD simulation, which I have to create a solid block to represent the air. I have tried to use boolean operators to cut out the geometry (or create a negative) from the block. It turned out that the materials were successfully removed, but a warning appeared as shown in the screenshot.     Does anyone know the solution to this?      

Dear PTC Community,I have a fairly simple question which I could not find an answer to. I have created a framework assembly with some rectangular tubes that are welded together. There is one (main) sketch in the assembly that controls the lengths and locations of all the tubes. The tube pieces are parts in the assembly which are auto-generated using the framework AFX. I do now use a family table which is changing dimensions of the (main) sketch in the assembly to build several "configurations" of the whole framework assembly. (I do this because I am lazy and just want to do the drawing once...) The problem I run into is that the parts (tube pieces) inside the framework assembly are auto-generated by the framework AFX and have the same name in each "configuration". This obviously creates the problem that each single (tube piece) part (which is auto-generated by the AFX) can not exist having multiple values for the same dimension so it can be re-used in each configuration of the assembly

While exporting some step files and then importing them, all the extra trim surface that are hidden are coming along with the part. This doesn't work when you are trying to render some parts. Is there a way to have these extra surface remove during the creation of a step file?

... an ongoing thing with regenerating family tables See previous discussions: https://community.ptc.com/t5/Part-Modeling/Regenerating-Family-Table-Instances/m-p/591305 https://community.ptc.com/t5/Part-Modeling/Regenerated-Family-Table-Instances-Part-2/m-p/595097   I just recently notice a behavior (and it is probably - "works as expected/programmed")   I use a lot of mapkeys and some quick keys and sometimes I am a couple steps ahead of the computer. Recently I notice that I randomly get this sketch window pop-up from which I have to exit. I have now found out that this from when I do an "Alt-F, S" (to save) and the computer only "sees" the "S" and thinks I want to start a sketch. The question that I have is that when I cancel out of this command, the model is then looking to be regenerated (along with all the instances). If I cancel our of the command, why does it need to be regenerated?

How can you get/read specific value from a parameter with value series in relations? I assume its with argument value. I can pass entire value series of parameter in relations but i need specific based on argument.    

Hello, does anyone know a way to update all the dependent views linked in a drawing?   Instead of changing all the Display Styles individually, I would just like to change the parent view and then after I change that view the others would automatically update to that same Display style.   I attached the menu for Drawing Views just to make it more clear.

Having been trying to get creo to do a planar bend - it looks like there is an error in either the way I am doing things, or in the way Creo performs the bend:   for example  if the ID = 2080mm, then the circumference should be 6534.5mm. If I create a flat strip 6534mm long, this should bend to an ID of 2080 with a small gap  so why when the part is bent with a radius of 1040 do i end up with an ID circumference of 6387mm? and a 147mm gap when the bend line is on the end of the part? why is Creo making the "blank" shorter than modeled.    i have tried several bend tables, but they make no difference.   also as a side point on a creo forum why cant creo files be uploaded????