Creo Elements Direct

Tried to start Creo this morning which failed. I have had this before and used manual activation, but when I try this today I get a 404 error (address is https://www.ptc.com/appserver/securePeModeling/peManualLic.jsp?lang=en&u=Niall etc) How can I start Creo?

Creo express is unable to open again due to a proxy verification failure. Nice and all, but the offline verification code (as an cheap fix for the last time the proxy caused express to be down for everybody) cannot be requested due to more errors (see below). So the third problem occurred during me trying to post to this forum, I tried to request a new password. But this is also broken, meaning I created a new account to post my problem. I get that this is a free app, but gives a pretty **bleep** feeling PTC has his stuff not in control. That's just bad marketing....    An error has occurred Please save the source of this page (File:Save As...) and email to webmaster@ptc.com Thank you for your help in resolving this matter. PTC Webmasters"  

Hello, up till now I did not yet go back to the cause of this behavior: I imagine that, based upon the way a part is modeled and possibly moved, it happens that this part, when selected, will show handles that are misaligned with respect to the principal axes (see Handles.PNG).Is there a way to modify the alignment of the handles associated with a part? Thank you Marco

Hello everybody, it is for me incomprehensible up till now how I should manage similar models saved in different pkg files. The global context is not very clear, but the present case is the following. I have two equipment; they are similar, but with different orientation of accessory parts and minor differences. One complete equipment was firstly modeled, saved as Model1.pkg. The original equipment was then rearranged and saved as Model2.pkg. When I load them together, the second one, wich (translating the message from italian)  "was already loaded before" will be "automatically shared (instead of re-loading)".That would be no problem, since it is possible to cancel sharing among groups, but the second model il loaded identical to the first. I guess some trick deal with the "physical" container of parts; but at this stage I need a workaround to load the individual models together as single entities, avoiding the automatic sharing. Thank you for attention and help Marco  

Hello everybody,   i can´t find the Specifications for v20.1 File Formats.   Does PTC Creo Elements direct v20.1 suppport the STEP-242 File Format?   Regards   Michael

Hello, I have been facing this of MODEL MANAGER "abruptly closes" or "crashes" without any crash dump file - when "export" command.  This is very annoying and troubling. Any support on this will be appreciated. I am using Win 10 Enterprise, HP ZBOOK G3, HP ZBOOK G6 - either hardware it MODEL MANAGER [ver:19] keep failing, suddenly program closes. Please consider to review this issue seriously   Best Regards Ahmed

Hello, in the title block of drawing there predefined texts fields such as DRAWN DATE and NAME. When I try to edit them I get this warning:   The selected text has a text reference with group 'tb' and type 'CREATOR' that may be modified by the related update function.   The problem is I can't find the group 'tb' in the Groups table (Open text reference from the toolbar and click Act Group). How can I edit this information? Thanks. Anar  

I'm currently setting up CED to work with our Windchill setup. While I have successfully set up the tree browser to show and pass attributes to the Workgroup manager, I'm having no such luck with passing those along to the Annotation module. By manually copy/pasting the values through the attributes menu in the Workgroup manager, we are able to fill in our title block in Annotation.    My question now is, if it is possible to somehow pass the attribute values from Modeling to the title block in Annotation without manually having to copy/paste the values in the Workgroup manager?  

It looks like with the release of Creo Elements/Direct 20.2 that Model Manager is finally 64-bit! Has anyone tried it out yet?

Hello everyone,   I have done a big project in my university using PTC CREO ELEMENTS/DIRECT MODELING (version 19 or 20, don't remember exactly) and I saved the file in .pkg format. Now, my university does no longer have the license and the software, so I can not access the file. For my job search, this project is really important and I need to take the snapshots of the design to have it in my portfolio. Can someone with the license of this software please convert this file to .step format and send it to me so that I can open the file on my system and take snapshots of the design?   I really appreciate your help and this means a lot to me!   Thank you in advance.

Hello, I cannot find recent reports about Modeling Express license check, but here (Bergamo, Italy) the license server is unreachable since two days ago. I already asked a PTC contact, but am still waiting for response. As a suggestion to PTC, I say that if I had a dream about this subject, it would be that all of these limitations, that make hardly comprehensible how other competitors can release slightly restricted free software, are finally removed. Thank you and have a nice Modeling. Marco

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I am trying to find a numerical value for the sheet scale.'docu::docu_inq_curr_sheet_scale_text) returns a text value. I actually would like a decimal value.Is this possible?Thank youTom

Hi there, can anyone tell me how I can save a BOM that I have updated in Annotator? There are a bunch of default layouts in our Annotator, but once I edit them they do not save when I close Creo and reopen.  So does anyone know how I can save the BOM out (I assume as a mi file) and where I can save it in the custom settings?  

I am a new user, practicing Creo Elements / Direct Modeling. I am using the Express version until my employer gets the license for the regular version. I am migrating from Solidworks.   I am trying to find the *.pk2 files for use in the Quickstart tutorial projects. The first few do not need them, but the later ones do.  Where are these files downloaded or unzipped from? stereo.pk2 printer.pk2 GPS_device.pk2 engine.pk2

Excuse me, sir Creo Elements/Direct has the options of Attach drawing Could you tell me when I can use Variant and Copy?What are the differences between to true copy and to variant?If I use "variant" to replace "copy", am I wrong? Or will have some influence?

Creo Elemnts Direct Modeling 20.3.1 doesn't import Inventor 2020 and 2021 native (IPT and IAM) files. Customers need this data exchange,  Creo 7.0 can import, so it is possible.

Hello, until ModelManager 20.1 we had an option to switch to windows-like look and feel. In run.bat: set JVM_ARGS=%JVM_ARGS% -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.osm.ui.laf.ptc.PtcLaf With 20.2 this switch no longer works.   Does anyone know if there is a new switch to get what I want?   Thanks!

Please use FEA label for Finite Element Analysis content.

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Please use the Data Exchange Creo Elements Direct label with Data Exchange content.

Please use Drawing Manager label for Drawing content.

Please use 2D Access label with 2D  Access content.

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