Creo+ and Creo Parametric

Hi everyone, Reference topic: Midnight Theme not loading from default. | Community has anybody figured out how to change icons when using Midnight theme? Most of them are OK as they are, but some (such as Edit references) are almost indistinguishable from the background. I found the folder, where the icons are stored (Common Files\text\resource), but unfortunately it seems, that when Creo starts, icons are not loaded from here. I also tried deleting creo_parametric_customization.ui files in CommonFiles/text and in Start folder, but to no success. After trials and discussions with AIs, it seems that the only way is to create small mapkey macros for all such problematic icons and replacing system icons with custom ones where I can use my light variants of the icons. Is there some other way that you know of, how to do it easier? 

  This month’s challenge is a part design problem based around curves and sweeps: Using part modeling features, design a twisted wire pair that passes through at least three non-planar points. (Bonus) Using Flat-to-Screen 3D Annotations, create parametric notes so that a user can modify the twisted pair. For example, diameter of the wires or rate of twist (similar to the pitch of a helical sweep). Is your modeling robust enough to handle dimension changes? (Extra) Model 2, 3, or 4 twisted pairs that travel along the same trajectory, similar to a CAT6 cable. (Super Challenge) Can you make two twisted pairs that twist around each other? Post a picture or pictures of your work as well as the models. Indicate what version of Creo you used. This challenge is based on a technique I saw in a PTC newsletter 20 years ago, so this can be done using a standard license of Creo (or even Wildfire or Pro/ENGINEER). Note that this is NOT a cabling challenge; you should use part modeling featur

We are upgrading from Creo 10 to 13 and noticed mapkeys where removed from the config.pro in Creo 11.  In Creo 10 we have a global config.pro on a network drive that is loaded when users start Creo and can be updated by the admin at any time.  In Creo 13 (11 and on), the admin mapkeys only seem to work when being stored in C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 13.4.0.0\Common Files\text\mapkeys.pro.  This makes changes difficult and requires updating the file on every users PC to make a change.  I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this and any potential solutions would be appreciated.

Hi allIs there a way to show the names of user selected datum points in drawing views?Point Names coming from point cloud as these:Can be listed in hole table like this: but should as well showing up on a drawing view unlike this, because here I cannot specify the location by my self and I can not deselect unused points.and I do not like to activate the option, becaus this is a user setting and the names need to be on the drawing all the times. Does any body know a way to do it in a way that the names in the point cloud is linked to the name on the drawing view?Many thanks in advance for your inputs.Pius

We are planning to use some AAX extensions to our global licensses PROE_DesignEssG.Is that possible and how can that be achieved fo specific selected users. 

Creo has since creo 11 the possibility to use tables as an annotation in a 3D Model and to show them on combined states. The issue is you cant show these tables directly in a 2D drawing files, so you have to copy the table on the harddisk and then to reimport it in the drawing file without a depenmdence. The idea is it that if there are tables shown on combined states that they can be also shown like normal dimensions and symbols on drawing in an associative way. so that if someone edite the table in the model the drawing will show an updated version.

We just switched from Creo 7 to Creo 10. There used to be a way to import a saved drawing sketch into a new drawing. I can’t locate that function in Creo 10. Any help would be appreciated.

We are using two life cycle for our product. CAD item and WT partCAD item which is used for Drawing release- Concept/ Release/InworkWT part which is  for shop floor people to Identify wehter the product is Prototype/production.For CAD item to show inthe drawing  - we use &PTC_WM_LIFECYCLEFor WT part to show in the drawing - we use &PTC_WM_PART_STATE_FOR_DRAWINGwe cant add this parameter in the drawing. its throws error (The name is  reserved ).Please help us.Thanks in Advance.

I’d wanted to model one of those twisted flouresent light bulbs for a while, thought I’d do it for fun.  Only, instead of a simple barrel shape like they are, I made it look (though not measured) like a normal incandescent bulb.  I actually HAD a watch with radium numbers and hour and minute hand tips that was given to me as a kid by my grandfather (RIP).  When the big radium paranoia happened in the late ‘60’s or early ‘70’s my mom made my dad throw it away.  Bummer. 

Hi,I installed Creo 13.4.1.0. When I click on "Creo AI Assistant," the program prompts me to log in; I enter the same email and password I use for the PTC portal, but it doesn't work.Has anyone else experienced this? Do I need to create new login credentials?Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer.

Hello all,I’m interesting in hearing from anyone that has used the Creo UG/NX Collaboration tool?We are starting manufacturing a product in the UK that is currently manufactured by our sister company in Germany. They have all the cad data in NX, but I think they use windchill as data management.  The question is, does this extension really allow you to edit the NX data in CREO.  I have seen something similar in Solidworks where it interrogates the CREO model and basically redraws the part in Solidworks automatically.  This produced something that looked correct on the outside but the way the model was generated didn’t make much sense and consequently made editing difficult.I suspect that I’m going to have to redraw the parts on CREO manually as they are mostly sheet metal components, and I am doubtful that the conversion will be seamless.Does anyone have experience of this?  Bearing in mind these converted files will be used for manufacture and be subject to revisons.  Brian MenaghDesi

Hi everyone, i have tried all settings in Creo illustrator standard (12.1) and have changed my line thickness for 2D and it still no luck in seeing two different line thickness when opened in Adobe illustrator.Below is what i have done.Render mode set to HLR Change pen settings - In File/Options/illustration/Pens/Thick/edit - changed 0.35 - Apply Change pen settings - In File/Options/illustration/Pens/Thin/edit - changed 0.25 - Apply Export to svg - File/Save Figure as/Save as illustration file/File name - Tick Thick/Thin lines - Tick Polylines - Tick Fixed Size - Include hotspots for callouts - Tick Combine hot spots for same item. then click “OK” Open file in Adobe illustrator and all lines are the same thickness, so no difference in line thicknessNOTE: Only other change is my 3D page size to W170mm x H242mm            When viewing in Creo Illustrator HLR i do not see line thickness difference either, not sure if you are supposed to.Thanks for any helpKind regards Gareth 

Check out this video on Creo Schematics from PTC Application Engineers Presenters: Lino Tozzi (Solution Consulting, Fellow) and Ryan Butcher (Solution Consulting, Fellow). Creo Clearance and Creepage Analysis Learning  

Select multiple parts within an assembly and pull up all constraints in one go for all components selected.The idea is one can delete all constraints for the components selected in one go, or delete only a few of the constraints for some of the components selected

I am using Windchill Service Information Manager Release 12.1 and Datecode with CPS 12.1.2.3 The Windchill Method Servers is crashing or fluctuating between Up and Down states. We are experiencing unexpected restarts and service interruptions. Please see the attached Method Server and Server Manager logs. After this we add-on the Heap size for server. Here are the errors that I faced 2026-09-10 10:22:16,641 ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8010-exec-5] com.ptc.ms.jwt.controller.JWTController Satyarth.S - Exception occurred : Failed to create token to send Feature Usage report to PTC as the port 443 is blocked. To resolve this, open port 443 and restart server to allow Windchill to fetch key from PTC. Close the port 443 when done. 2026-09-10 10:22:16,641 ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8010-exec-12] com.ptc.ms.jwt.controller.JWTController Satyarth.S - Exception occurred : Failed to create token to send Feature Usage report to PTC as the port 443 is blocked. To resolve this, open port 443 and restar

We are currently considering how best to design a frame using Creo Multibody, and we would like to ask for your advice on the most appropriate workflow.From a design perspective, the frame can essentially be considered as one box-shaped structure. Therefore, we would prefer to design the entire frame as a Multibody Part rather than creating and managing multiple individual Parts from the beginning.However, from a manufacturing perspective, the actual frame is divided into four sections: the top, bottom, left side, and right side. Each section is manufactured and welded separately, and these four sections are eventually assembled to form the completed box-shaped frame.This creates a difference between the way we would like to design the frame and the way it is actually manufactured.At the moment, we are not sure which approach would be the most appropriate in Creo: Keep the frame as a single Multibody Part throughout the design process and somehow use the individual bodies for manufactu

In Creo 3D MBD, when a dimensions is created (Annotate->Dimension) a Select Reference window will popup.Default options active is Select a surface means you can select only surfaces.Designers would like to Default to be active Select a reference means you can select even edge, planes, axis or surfaces without switching between Entities or Surfaces.It’s frustrated for end users always when a dimensions is created to change this Reference type.     

Hi all.Can someone please help me with this please?I have a part in my assembly that i want to add grease grooves to the bore 6mm wide x 3mm deep.I’ve tried sketching on vertical plane and then projecting the sketch onto the bore surface - which works, but then i cant extrude that projected sketch.I’m using Creo 11.Thanks 

Hello,How can I make the machines I have visible in the milling work center assembly tab in the milling environment? I have machine assembly files downloaded from Grabcad and from this link (Article - CS314559 - Information about Tool motion Simulation and library of Basic machine assemblies to show Machine Kinematics within Pro/NC). Many CAM software programs show machine movement, could you help me with how to do this in Creo?

Hi,My async OTK C++ application calls:cpppfcAsyncConnection_ptr conn = pfcAsyncConnection::Connect("", "", "", 10);This fails every single time on Creo 11 with pfcXToolkitError, GetErrorCode() = -48 (PRO_TK_CANT_MODIFY), GetToolkitFunctionName() = "ProEngineerConnect".The exact same code worked fine on Creo 6 and 7 — it only failed occasionally there when a feature dialog was open, never unconditionally like this.Already checked:PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE is set correctly (full path + filename), file exists nmsd.exe and pro_comm_msg.exe are both running No Windchill/PDM involved, purely local models My app isn't registered as an auxiliary application (no protk.dat loaded via config.pro)Question: Did something change in Creo 11's async connection handling (permissions, registration requirements, etc.) that would cause Connect() to fail unconditionally like this? Is protk.dat registration now required for async connect to work?Thanks!

Hello All,CREO 10 user here.  I have hundreds of models that are declared to notebooks (layouts).All of these hundreds of models are declared to and use parameters from the notebook, in their respective relations and program.Is there a way to find all the parts and assemblies that a specific notebook parameter are used in?The only thing I can seem to find is in the notebook relations, under the “show” menu, there is a “where used.”  When i choose this, it shows that my specific parameter is used nowhere, but i have an assembly open in that same session that uses it.  I also know of at least 3 assemblies that use this specific parameter but trying to see if its used on any other models or assemblies I am unaware of.  I did not create all these assemblies and parts, just maintaining them.Thank for any help!!

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Hi there, using Creo Parametric 8.0.4.0… I am fixing a BOMs region by using the Fix Index in the Repeat Region command. It is saying the region is successfully fixed, but when I go to my .asm and place a new component in the assembly (bottom of the model tree) it is taking up one of the already empty f/n slots. My .asm is at rev C with many empty f/n slots before and after the slot it wants to keep populating. I have 157 f/n’s.

I've created several mapkeys lately so I thought I'd share some general tips I learned to write it down for next time. Please share your own tips below to expand the collection. This was done on Creo 3 M060 but the ideas should hopefully be not specific to that.Mapkey Writing/Editing TipsGeneral Tips:Mapkeys often break when upgrading between Creo Versions (Creo 3 vs Creo 1) but they can save you a lot of time in the year or two between versions.Open the mapkey menu by searching for Mapkeys in the upper right. Also, if someone knows how find the Mapkey menu behind when its behind other Creo Windows, please share.           Record commands from the RMB or the Quick Access Toolbar to eliminate extra Mapkey lines that just moves around Creo for no reason. Most commands can be launched without being on a specific interface tab.Mapkeys skip any commands they cannot execute. This lets users add in some logic to close menus that sometime popup or d

Hi everyone, I have a very small part (see attached file) under 140 N, (40 Ni Cr Mo 3)How you analize this test?I tried standard analisys definition and Non linear/large deformation: I obtain the same resultsand i think is not good Can You try to analize it?Thank you for helping! Federico