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hspaulding1-Visitor
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July 17, 2012
Question

Creo2 to Creo1

  • July 17, 2012
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Two questions:


1) Can Creo1 read Creo2 files?


2) Can Creo1 read Creo2 .stp files?

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    KrisR1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    July 17, 2012
    Creo 1 cannot read Creo 2 files. 3D software is typically not backwards compatible without some sort of add on.

    Creo 1 should be able to read Creo 2 STEP files.
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    dbrainsky1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    July 17, 2012
    Creo 2.0 has a folder located under the Creo 2.0 install folder\Common Files\F001\i486_nt\gcri. Or the same location except that the the i486_nt is replaced with the "64 bit folder name" if the 64 bit software is used.

    Copy the file readnewermodels.dll and place this file into the Creo 1.0 install folder\Common Files\F001\i486_nt\obj folder.

    You will now be able to open Creo 2.0 files using Creo 1.0




    David Brainsky
    Certified PTC Instructor
    Chula Vista, Ca. 91910
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    AndyHermanson14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    July 17, 2012
    Are they the full models or a simplified version?

    Andy Hermanson
    Engineering Design Applications

    tel 605.275.1040 x51114 mobile 605.310.8168
    website www.daktronics.com
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    ptc-19327451-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    July 17, 2012
    OK, now this is where it really get weird for me.

    How do any of us 'normal' people learn of these 'features'?

    Is stuff like this only spoken of in hushed tones in the back corridors
    of a Pro-E User Conference?



    Christopher F. Gosnell



    FPD Company

    124 Hidden Valley Road

    McMurray, PA 15317
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    davehaigh13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    July 17, 2012
    Last year, I remember PTC telling us that from Creo 3 on, you will be able to read newer models. Essentially the rev of Creo you and your vendors are using will become less important as Creo matures.

    That was at the time as PTC likes to say "forward looking information, subject to change"

    David Haigh
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    JWayman1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    July 17, 2012
    Perhaps it's a corollary to the old software programmer's rule:

    'Real programmers never write comments in their code; if it was hard to
    write, it Should be hard to understand'.

    Similarly, (or is that 'corollarily'?) if it was hard to write, it Should be
    hard to find out it exists!

    I know it's not a Friday, but you have to laugh now & then...

    John


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    BenLoosli23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    July 17, 2012
    GCRI - Granite Cross-Release Interoperability, has been around since Wildfire 3 time. It is a plugin to the older version and is limited to 2 versions up. WF2 can read WF3 & WF4, WF4 can read WF5 and Creo 1, etc. The plugin is specific to the read and source pair.

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    tmcnaney14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    July 19, 2012
    Chris,

    Please refer to the following KB articles:

    How to open Creo Parametric 2.0 files in Creo Parametric 1.0, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 & 4.0


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