Creating a Creo2 Tool with Toolkit

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Hello,I have worked since a few years with Creo2, but I never had to use the Creo Toolkit before.I want to create a tool for Creo, that automatizes the construktion of a blend feature.Unfortunately, I don´t know much about the use of Toolkit and the Information aviable on the Internet is very rare. Therefore, here are my Questions:Which with version of Visual Studio should i work for creating a tool for Creo2?What are the options, that i need to adjust before starting to make the code for the tool?Is there any tutorials or a list with toolkit specific commands in C++?Which libraries and headers to i have to include in my project?Or to summarize my questions: How do I start?I hope you can help me with that, since i see no other chance to gain some basic knowledge about this topic.Thank´s a lot.GerritThis thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

GabrielZaha · Accepted Answer

Creo has several development environments available:

Toolkit - (ProToolkit and Object Toolkit): C/C++ API's - require specific license

JLink - Java based API's

VB Link - Visual Basic

WebLink - JavaScript

Some of these are selected by default during the installation. The others need to be selected at the installation time. All the documentation and also the example files are then copied into the Creo loadpoint. In my opinion the Toolkit documentation is fairly well written. I can't say about the other modules.

There are huge differences in terms of capabilities: Toolkit is the most powerful. Specifically for your goal is the only one that allow construction of features. All others has just a limited subset of what can be done with toolkit.

To answer to your question:

1 - Make sure you have the required license

2 - For Creo 2 you will need Visual Studio 2010

3 - Install Creo or modify an existing installation to include ProToolkit and Object Toolkit

4 - Under the <load_point>\Common Files\M120\protoolkit directory you will find the user guide. Personally I prefer the web-based documentation located on "protkdoc" directory. Is all explained on the first pages of the user guide

5 - Protk_appls directory has a good number of examples. Use those, together with the documentation to get you started

Good Luck

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