Creo Plastic Part Design Tips n' Techniques

Webcast Q&A

Question from Chirag:  Can you do draft check in two directions at the same time?  Molding part requires action in different directions.  Good to see all at once when doing reviews.

Answer:  No, but you can change the direction of the draft.

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Question from David:  Is there any way to not show (turn off) the first instance of a pattern?

Answer:  Any and every item in the pattern can be toggled on or off.

Question from David:  That is not the case for Creo 4.0 M120 that I am using.  The first instance cannot be toggled off.  Can you provide many examples of 4 not allowing first instance of patterns not being able to be toggled off?

Answer:  Pattern Fill - you can remove the first.  All other patterns, in 4.0, you can't remove the first but you can with a flex modeling remove.

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Question from Rajesh:  The draft hinge can be a curve?

Answer:  It can be 3D but it does need to be a surface for a draft check.  The draft creation can be relative to a curve.