Creo+ and Creo Parametric

Hi, my coworker is running into an odd issue. We normally use No Hidden views and use the Edge Display to show certain hidden lines. They ran into an issue where the drawing would not display the hidden lines. If Show Modified Edges is used, they can see the edges that were set to display as hidden. Once checked in, Creo View did indeed show the hidden lines, but the drawing on their PC doesn't reflect this. I opened the drawing on my PC and the hidden edges were showing. Our detail options match, same for system colors. Our config files should pretty much be the same, but that was the next thing I was going to try.   Thanks, Nick

What is the history of the "Insert" constraint for assemblies?   I'm sure there used to be a constraint called "Insert".  I was using another CAD package for a while and when I came back to Pro/E (CREO) "Insert" was gone... What's the story? Thanks

Not a Toolkit developer, just curious about something...   Are there any Toolkit commands that would allow analyzing a Creo Parametric assembly file without actually retrieving into session the entire assembly and all of its dependents?  Somehow the Creo View Adapters are able to do this today when publishing 'positioning assemblies'.  They open the assembly file, extract a list of components and their relative positions, and also extract all of the assembly parameters.  All of this happens without ever retrieving or opening any of the assembly's required dependents.   Is it possible to do this same thing with Toolkit, or is this some hidden capability that only PTC has?  I'd like to be able to interrogate assembly files (read all parameters, get list of components, etc.) without having to retrieve or load any of the dependents components.   Thanks.

Hi All,   I would be keen to have a conversations with anyone interested in or has experience with automated design processes and automated parametric product configurators.   Have we ever compared the 3 major mid range CAD packages (ProE, SW, Inventor) as yet with regards to their set of parametric tools? There is another discussion in AD Inventor Users Group about automated design and product configurators ETO/iLogic. We used iLogic & and Excel spreadsheet and developed a fairly complex configurator. See more here..   http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=130938&type=member&item=190509363&qid=250b0d6d-cde6-4abb-996c-5ffddca51ddb&trk=group_items_see_more-0-b-ttl   But we realised that due to the complexity of our models and our business objectives we have to look further and evaluate other set of tools (CAD & automated configurator options) that might do better than iLogic & excel. So we started evaluating Creo and Solidworks w

Save a Mirror Assembly works fine when "Perform symmetry analysis" is unchecked. When I use "Perform symmetry analysis", it opens up a window containing a list of components that are going to reuse and new mirrored components. If I click on OK of 'Mirror Assembly Components' window, It gives "Fatal error encountered. A traceback is written to 'working directory'. Please send it to Technical Support." traceback.log file is attached. Anybody in the house, who can help me with this?   Thanks

How to get the Grid-Reference of a dimension? I tried to read a dimension by CREOSON   c.dimension_list_detail(name='D14')   and the response is : [{'dwg_dim': False, 'dim_type': 'linear', 'name': 'd14', 'sheet': 0, 'value': 30.0, 'encoded': False, 'text': ['{0:@D}\n']}]  No grid-reference info. So what's the correct way? 

A hopefully not too dumb question. In toolkit, in the structure pro_model_item which is used by ProDimension, ProAnnotation, ProAnnotationElem amongst others you have 3 structure members typedef struct pro_model_item { ProType type; int id; ProMdl owner; } I thought the id would be unique but apparently this is not the case (e.g. a gtol and a datum tag). So I was wondering should they be unique and what is the purpose of this id? Any help is much appreciated.  

Hi I am looking for some help establishing a new machine and getting the correct post processor. does anyone have a post that fits this machine?

Better choose single thread oriented processor instead on lot of cores??   i cant find any benchmark for creo.     

Is there an option to see exact values of pressure, velocity etc. in Creo 4.0? For example: If I create a monitoring point in a pipe, I would like to see the exact velocity-value "xy" at this point. I just can plot a graph.    My actual goal is to get an average value of an area with different velocities (like shown in the picture). I just have the rough information from the legend.

Hello, using CREO 4, I have defined a Datum plane (in 3D model using Annotate Feature - C in this pic) related to a dimension. In the drawing I can see this Datum Ref in the view in which I see the dimension. But, is it possible, with some tricks, to visualize the same datum plane in other views ? I know that it's possible if the Datum is related to a surface, but I need to keep the relation to a dimension.   Thanks Pier

Hello,   I'Ve developed an application using Jlink, and it works! But when i start a second session of CREO, in the second session, the Jlink application, doesn't start. Is that normal?    

Ciao a tutti, c'è una stringa nella configurazione di Creo Parametric o c'è un modo per cercare automaticamente i file nella cartella e nelle sue sottocartelle? Con il percorso di ricerca o il file di percorso di ricerca ogni volta che creo nuove sottocartelle dovrei aggiungere questi percorsi manualmente. Matteo.

Hello community, I would like to ask for help. As I want to write my own script and run it within Creo Parametric 3.0. I would like to know if this is possible. By script, I mean something like an addon that (completely random example) selects a surface(e.g. by projection from a plane)/face and writes 3D letters upon this surface or such stuff. Of course it would be interesting for CAE/CAM menus as well, but for now I am only interested on a very specific thing on CAD and I am wondering if I have to switch to Inventor to do so in case I cannot stay on Creo (that I used for 4 years now and I would feel much more comfortable doing so). So, is there such thing that I can add my own stuff into the software? Thanks in advance, PP

I am looking at running some random vibration analyses with wire rope isolators and I am curious to Simulates capabilities in handling the non-linear linear springs that have different force-deflection curves in tension and compression. The attached image is representative of the type of spring I would like to idealize. Can simulate handle this type of spring? Can I set it up with a table where tension is negative deflection or something along those lines?    Thanks for your help! Typical Wire Rope Isolator Load vs. Deflection

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?