Creo+ and Creo Parametric

Hi everyone,I’m working in Windchill with parts and drawings stored in my workspace. I’ve generated the drawing PDFs, and now I’d like to link all related information—such as design calculations, supporting documents, and relevant email correspondence—to the specific part in Windchill.The goal is to have a complete design history or data package for each part, similar to how it’s managed in Teamcenter, where all associated files and communication are traceable and connected to the part.What is the best way to achieve this in Windchill?Is there a recommended workflow or structure to ensure everything stays linked and easily accessible later?Any guidance or best practices would be greatly appreciated!Thanks,

Hi everyone,I’m working with Creo 11 and trying to use the APIs ProDrawingViewDetailCreate and ProDrawingViewPartialVisibleAreaGet, both of which require a ref_point of type ProSelection. I’m facing consistent “bad input” errors and would appreciate any guidance from someone who has successfully implemented these.Here’s what I’ve tried so far:Method 1: Programmatic datum point creationCreated a datum point → SuccessUsed ProPointInit → SuccessConverted using ProPointToGeomitem and Modelitem APIs → SuccessAttempted ProSelectionAlloc() → Failed to return a valid ProSelectionMethod 2: Manual selection approachCreated a datum pointSelected the point using ProSelection → SuccessPassed this selection to ProDrawingViewDetailCreate & ProDrawingViewPartialVisibleAreaGet → Both failed with “bad inputs”Method 3: Drawing entity approachCreated a point in the drawing using ProDtlEntityCreateUsed ProSelectionAlloc() → SuccessPassed it to ProDrawingViewDetailCreate & ProDrawingViewPartialVisib

Dear expertsI'm just frustrated about very primitive exercise in Creo Simulate 12. See the sketch below. In creo there is an assembly contains 2 composite parts, in real glued together. The cored composite board (composites 1) is bonded on composite frame L profile (composite 2). The target is to see how the rigidity of L profile affects the modal frequencies of board.Only composite quilts are supported in Simulate, it means the virtually gap is observed, the layup guilts are not in touch, bonded connection is not supported in this case. I have tested a lot of procedures, rigid link, spot weld...etc., but only bonded interface is closest to real surface - surface bonding.Another test I have made, in assembly the 3rd part - glue was created, the thickness was a gap, but there is a material interference - glue + laminate in real. Does anybody have an idea how to fix that? What is the correct connection feature between two composite parts, or generally between two shells?Thx a l

I have an assembly with two components. Every components has a simplified rep with the same name; UDSR where one feature is excluded. When I create a simplified rep in my assembly, I can select the User Defined Simplified Rep, pick UDSR,  from each component. Works perfect. Now I want to create a rule-based simrep, where every component is loaded with the user defined simrep "udsr" in it.In the rule editor, I am on the Status Tab, selecting Display. Is it possible to search for a user defined simrep with a particular name?   

We have three variations of Notes: 1.Generic2.Harness3.Fabrication and AssemblyHow to let system give me option to use what I want on drawing in NOTES: ?SEE IMAGE 

Hello everyone, I am working with Creo Parametric 12.4.2.0 and I want to export a .dxf file from a drawing, using:File > Save as > Export > DXF I usually use a sketch or a solid from a .prt file and place it in my drawing to do so. This works perfectly fine in Creo 3 and 6. My problem is, that whatever is contained on my drawing, gets turned into a image, when exporting it via Creo12. So if I open the .dxf file in another software, I do not have single splines or curves anymore, I have one big, very blurry, image, as seen on top here:  What have I tried:using a solid part as a baseusing a sketch as a basetrying different dxf versionsdeleting layers for the export checking unit is the same between .prt and .drw export without drawing boarderexport with drawing boarder What I found out:creating the sketch directly in the drawing file returns a clean assembly of lines - but I do not want to re-draw my designs from the .prt. So this is

Hi all,Creo+ Version - 13.1.0.1-001Windchill+ Version - 12.1.2.17 I'm trying to map attributes from Windchill+ to our start parts and then drawing templates to populate our change block. I feel like I'm probably not the first to try this and imagine there's a solution out there I just can't find. One major issue I face is that due to being on a Windchill+ system, I don't have the ability to change attributes through Type & Attribute Management without moving through PTC. If that is the only way to achieve my goal I will, but just need to know if that's my best bet. The attributes I would like to map would be :Change Notice NumberCA II DescriptionResolution DateCreated By If anyone has some information I would be grateful! Attached is image of an ECN with red outlines for the desired information to be mapped. Thanks,

Hi, I'm new to the forum. I've been using the free version of Creo Elements and I have about five files in pk2 format, one of which is important. I now have a Creo Parametric license, but I can't import pk2 files. How can I transfer the files from one software to the other? Can someone convert them for me so I can use them in Creo Parametric? Thank you very much for your help.

I am using Creo Parametric Release 12.4 and Datecode12.4.2.0Hello,in 2D drawing, I'm not longer able to fix the symbols to the dimension, but now just on the viewI remember in the old relase (9 - 10) It was possibleIs the a configuration needed or other to have the possibility?Thank's in advance

I am using Creo Parametric Release 11.0 and Datecode11.0.1.0How can we change the sequence of the ply when using trim option

I am using Creo Parametric Release 9.0 and Datecode9.0.11.0Bonjour,j'ai une pièce en tôlerie avec des formes en répétition (nombreuse). Sa mise en plan est très longue à s'afficher et son exportation en STEP par exemple est très longue aussi. Pouvez-vous m'aider à comprendre le problème ?Peut-être faut-il ajouter une option au config.pro ?Merci par avance pour votre analyse.

I am using Creo Parametric Release 12.4 and Datecode12.4.2.0Meshing problem. I have 2 assembles. Each are messing fine. But when I combine them it fails.Here are the errors that I facedCould not complete creating elements on all the seleted entities.

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Why is the diameter symbol box shape? Wherever I dimension a round feature, it show this box as diameter symbol (and R as radius symbol). However, in a different drawing, the correct diameter symbol shows up but with bold font, which is another problem. I have waited for several days before posting for help. Which configuration options should be checked? Thanks. 

Hello,My motivation was to create a pattern of points to be used as measurements (in this case the rotation of these points in relation to a selected CS in the main assembly)As rotation cannot be used in solid elements, I created a pattern of point to points linked by rigid links to do the job. This is after imported in the main assembly and finally patterned. My hope was to not have to define rotation measurement manually from each point later. With measurements in a pattern, this would be made automatically by Creo Simulate.However, I cannot select this pattern using the “pattern” option for anything – but I can use other patterns – and this does not make sense.Is there a bug or a limitation that is not clear? Is there any work around?I am avoiding manual solutions, as it may involve hundreds of points. Here the explanation:Pattern 1 cannot be selected for any feature that has “Pattern” as option. However, I can select another pattern made in the same assembly And I ca

Hi,Creo 11.0.4.We use Auto Ballooning to some degree but I am 'new' to their usage. I am a bit sceptical regarding them and many shortfalls seem to be fired at me that is 'putting me off'. One of the main aspects is not being able to use Auto Balloons with Simplified Rep Views in a drawing. I have been using Simplified Reps extensively over many years and ballooning using a basic symbology method. Simplified Reps has been a standard basic functionality tool within Creo for many years and I find it difficult to accept that PTC have not enabled Auto Ballooning to be possible in conjunction with Simplified Reps in a drawing. IS THIS STILL TRUE???

Hi all,I am trying to automate PDF creation with Distributed Batch, and it works fine for parts only. Assemblies are failing, because of: "[-4] Error: Incomplete input data."I understand, the problem is missing files, because some parts (supplier components) are placed in another location. My config.pro contains all the search_paths needed for this, and it is already added to the DSM Configuration Files tab; but apparently it still doesn't work.(When using Creo normally, the config.pro works fine without issue).I tried some workaround by running a macro first (changing the working directory, and regenerating the drawings) before the PDF print (chaining tasks in the TTD), but without any results.I also tried absolute paths instead of relative paths in my config, but also no success. Finally, the method described here (https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/error-with-distributed-Pro-Batch/m-p/278132) worked, but it is very tiresome in my case, and need scripting,

Version: Creo 8.0.6 I import EMN files using the GET_Data->Import function.  I also have the config.pro flag to use the 'alternate ECAD name' so parts are created with the actual part number instead of an ecad geometry name.   When importing, Creo will check the current workspace for an existing part of the same name.  If found, Creo will use the existing workspace part geometry.  This is useful for certain COTS parts like commercial connectors since the vendor models are often far more detailed than the EMN/EMP's prismatic geometry. Pre-populating the vendor's CAD to the workspace results in Creo placing the vendor's CAD during the EMN import.  However, this only works when the vendor's CAD is a .prt.  If the vendor CAD is a .asm, then Creo does not find the "part" during the ECAD import.   A workaround is to convert the vendor's .asm to a .prt file using a variety of techniques, but often there are losses in cosmetic

I am using Creo Parametric Release 11.0 and Datecode11.0.4.0the spinal bend features not proper workHere are the errors that I facedmodel deformed

Hello, I am using Creo 9 on a Windows 10 laptop. The issue is that I am trying to add a surface finish symbol in the drawing, but am getting the following error message: "The selected surface is already consumed by surface finish sf1 as a restricted reference. Select another surface." As far as I know, I never placed a surface finish symbol in the model at any point. I only added them on the drawing side. I deleted sf1 from the annotations tree, but the error message still pops up. Looking through message boards, I found an instance where someone used Semantic Query to select surfaces with finish symbols and then clearing them. However, when I use the Semantic Query tool, use RMB, and select clear, the symbol does not go away and is still showing when I reselect the surface. Any idea how to remove this symbol so that I can place a symbol in the drawing.

I am working on a project where I want the size of the balloons to be reduced to less than the text size or close to the text size. I tried the min_balloon_radius and max_balloon_radius options, but they only allow increasing the balloon size because the minimum value for the balloon radius can only go down to 0, which is the same as the text size. However, I want to reduce the size to less than 0.Is there any option available to reduce the size of the BOM balloon that 0?

I am using Creo Flow (not Creo Simulate Live) , as part of Creo 11.0.4.When I use the 'Generate Mesh' option, the geometry will mesh correctly the first time.However, after this, even with a very simple geometry (simple cylinder), if I make any changes to the mesh parameters, the part does not get re-meshed, it stays with the previous mesh.The only way to update the mesh is to remove the fluid domain entirely, add a new fluid domain, and then apply a mesh.There must be a way to update the mesh without having to remove the fluid domain each time?

We just recently switch from Creo 9 (because of end of life) to Creo 12 and are having major problems when importing sheets from other Creo drawings into a new Creo drawing.  Continue to get random errors, but the most common error is "Unable to merge. Target drawing contains incompatible elements. Please contact Technical Support." Never had any problems with Creo 9.  I can open a Creo 9 drawing in Creo 9 and import sheets without any issue.  Open the same drawing in Creo 12 and try to imports sheets and after 2 or 3 sheets it starts throwing error messages and will not import any more sheets. Anyone else have this issue? Contacted PTC support over a month ago and still no answer. Thanks

Hello all,   I have a mapkey (ex) that opens the windows explorer in the working directory. I have recently switched to directory opus as an alternative explorer. I would like to make a macro that launches directory opus in the working directory. Do you know how I could achieve that ? How would you do ? Thanks.

Hello all,Anyone aware of any protoolkit api functions to update dimensions into the cad model and regenerate it. FYKI, i have fetched dimension from cad active model using dimension visit api call and saved into a text file already.