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Unfortunately I have a feature I simply can not figure out how to model in Creo, and I would prefer not to model it in solidworks (which can easily create this feature) and then import to creo.The feature is a cut on a planar surface (call it X-Y plane for datuming purposes) generated by a 5/16 diameter , 0.06 radius tipped end mill moving in an arc defined from the tip center of the tool.  the arc is in the X-Z plane and the tool stays parallel to Z while traversing the arc.I can not figure out how to create the feature correctly.  It must be correct for FEA analysis, and has been vetted by experiment to be vastly superior to our older geometry for making similar features, otherwise I would just use different geometry.Any tutorials (I could not find any) or tips to create this geometry?This 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

I'm interested in a solution which supports multiple gates, primarily so I know where weldlines will be. How do these products differ? Are there different tiers of each product as well?ThanksThis 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.

If any one can help me out with this problemThis 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.

I know that some of you have begun playing around with the new functionality in PTC Creo 3.0 M040. And some questions are coming up about how it works, who gets access and what enhancements are coming out next.   Unfortunately I don’t have answers on the last part. But, from what I hear, the plans for PTC Creo 4.0 are exciting. Now, back to those first two questions. Here’s the deal with the new functionality:   How does the new functionality work?   The new design for additive manufacturing (aka 3D Printing) features, are meant to make your life significantly easier when you’re designing and printing. What that means for you is that you can:   Connect and define settings for multiple printers Reduce errors by identifying printability issues before you print Scale, position, and show a clipped view of the model and probable support material on the tray with a “print preview” Save the CAD data, model translation, and position in the tray as one STL file   If y

Every time I try to post I get a "post processor fails" message. I was getting it last night but it went away after resetting my machine. Well its back tonight. I have tried other programs that I know work and have even tried on a different machine and it fails on everything. Has anyone else had issues with this?This 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.

We have purchased and started using IMSpost and would like to change the load point when clicking on "Post a CL File" to IMS instead of Gpost. Is there a way to change this icon or replace it with a custom executable icon?This 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.

Productivity enhancements to PTC Creo 3.0, like draft analysis, help you quickly and easily determine how to optimize your models. The draft analysis feature was designed to be intuitive so that you can make analyzing your molded parts a part of your regular design process. In today’s post, Paul Sagar, Vice President of Product Management, explains how to open, interpret, and customize the draft analysis feature in PTC Creo. 3.0:   You can now take lighting into account when displaying draft analysis results. In addition, you can also choose to display the surface boundary edges, to allow for easier interpretation of the results. To begin, navigate to the Analysis tab and click Draft to open the Draft dialogue box. Here you can select the Surfaces, Direction, Draft Angle, Sample, and Quality of the analysis. Use the Flip feature, as necessary, to quickly flip the direction.   Use the Draft dialogue box to customize your analysis. PTC Creo will color code the surfaces of the

Mold Analysis Lite was integrated into Creo 3. PTC dropped Plastics Advisor after Wildfire 5, I think. I was happy to see it back because in the initial phases of a design I just want to look at fill patterns as related to feature sizes, but PTC has really crippled the mold analysis lite. The Lite feature list indicates materials as 10 and gates as 1. The aspect that is not clear is you can't move or redefine the one gate. You literally get one try to define a gate. If you want to move it or change its size, you have to quit and start over. Then on top of that, you can't customize the material beyond the 10 candidates they give you. If your PP resin has a meltflow of 20, you can only select the existing PP material with a meltflow of 15.Just thought I'd let everyone knows some of the limitations I found, which make Mold Analysis Lite less than useful as an engineering tool.This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and

The only place that I can see is the *.mdk under the bank-Folder. I have no suitable editor for these file.Is there anyone how has added own Material?Thank youThis 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.

Technical surfacing and analysis has become a whole lot easier with PTC Creo 3.0. The latest productivity enhancements enable you to quickly and easily investigate the challenging parts of your geometry. In today’s blog post we will discuss how to analyze the curves and surfaces in your model for position, tangency, and curvature continuity using the Connection Analysis feature. The Connection Analysis features shows where geometric connections are not met based on the desired input and tolerance. In this post, Paul Sagar, Vice President of Product Management, explains more here:   To begin, click on the Analysis tab, open the Inspect Geometry drop down menu, and select Connection to open the Connection Analysis dialogue box.   Use the Inspect Geometry drop down menu to select Connection.   The Connection Analysis dialogue box allows you to analyze the Position, Tangency, or Curvature connection between surfaces or curves. For example, if you select Tangency, you can pe

I want to use cutter compensation in a profilmilling sequence. I enabled the options for cutcom, witch prints G41/G42 in my tab file.The problem is that already in the cl-file are the wrong coordinates. They are not influenced by turning the cutcom option on.What can I do to get the right path for my cutter compensation? (In the attachment is my little test project)This 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.

Register now for the PTC/USER Benelux Event 2015 Thursday November 19th Hotel Eindhoven  Paul Sagar, VP of PTC Product Management will present a PTC Corporate update and PTC Creo Roadmap.  He will be accompanied by many PTC Product Managers who will also attend the closing Ask The Expert session. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to ask your most compelling questions. Check the Program and the many parallel sessions about PTC Creo Parametric, PTC Windchill, PTC Creo Direct, Model Based Definition, 3D Printing, Manufacturing and Simulation Make sure to register on time for one of the following PTC University 2 hour courses: Using PTC Creo Layout 3.0 Effectively Administering PTC Creo Parametric Data with PTC Windchill 10.2 At the event you will be able to get a free login code for two weeks access to all PTC's eLearning courses. And check out the exciting User Experience lab, where you can evaluate new unreleased functionality of the PTC Software.  Don’t hesitat

Product designs can become very complex when they require cabling or harnessing systems. And the process of creating the manufacturing documentation can make a challenging task even more difficult. Luckily, there is a new out of the box solution in PTC Creo 3.0 for all PTC Creo Cabling customers who are on active maintenance. The new Harness Manufacturing Extension reduces the time it takes to create fully detailed harness manufacturing drawings. Jim Barrett-Smith explains more here:   To begin, open the Applications tab and select Harness Manufacturing to open the Harness Manufacturing Extension dialogue box. Next, select the Harness for which you plan to create a manufacturing drawing. If your manufactures prefer to have the flattened harness, BOM, Pin out tables, From To lists and 3D view to be on a single sheet simply check the option Variable sheet size. Finally, choose whether you would like to bend the harness to reduce the height of the drawing and to display cosmetic feat

I need some help from someone, please.I have a problem in that my head office requires me to use set bend tables, however the flat unfold produces the folds in all the wrong places for the manufacturing process my UK suppliers use.I have been told by head office that in Creo, once the Neutral factor has been put in, it should never be changed. This in itself is a big problem to me as I cannot use any output for my UK supply chain.When I attempt to change the neutral factor, every extrude in the sheet-metal fails to a Yellow traffic light. The only way to get back to green, appears to be, is to delete each extrude and replace in turn, always loosing vital design intent on the way.Recently I have got the vital settings that I need for the UK supply to get a reasonable output with the fold-lines in the correct place, but this is not going to help me with the 6 years of models that all need these updates. In another package I have test driven recently it all changes and is correct as soon

We are actually using ProEngineer Wildfire 5.0 M260 integrated with Windchill 10.1 M050. We are looking for an upgrade to Creo Parametric 3.0 M060 without any upgrade on Windchill side: workspace functionality interaction tests are ok, Creo internal browser appears more powerful, hardware performance on client machine (cpu and graphics) looks good. Anyone have some suggestions? There are relevant warnings or relevant bugs?This 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.

Does anyone on here fully use model based definition and model based manufacturing?If so could they give an in to pro's and con's of working this way?I currently use Creo with Creo View as a tool to show large assemblies and visualisations for presentations etc.Are there other tool available to use with ease.Also I would be interested in speaking / hearing from people who use windchill and or PDMlink to control their BoM structures.Might be a big subject this one but would like to know as much about good and bad points as I can getThis 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.

Hello every one please tell me how to add mold base extension in creo 2.0This 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.

Dear allI have a basic doubt can anyone clarify, for the below function from where does the function search for data , whether it search from .NCL File.Please help me to understand.      WHEN/(ICODEF(LOADTL))        TOOLNB=POSTF(7,4)                  $$ Get tool info.        FIVWOD=POSTF(7,5)        SIXWOD=POSTF(7,6)thanks in advanceE.Paulson

Dear all,Can you please help me to clear the following doubt,for below function where does the function search for the   Tool  info , whether it search  from .ncl file WHEN/(ICODEF(LOADTL)) TOOLNB=POSTF(7,4)                          FIVWOD=POSTF(7,5)        SIXWOD=POSTF(7,6)Thank you in advance.E.PaulsonThis 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.

plz tell me how to add component in expert moldbase extension 7.0...by using component editor...how to apply quilt on component?..how to apply udf on component.This 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.

hello,I am trying to convert my program from Creo 2.0 M030 on Win 8.1 into heidenhain language.I have read all post on this forum but still I can not find answer for my troubles.First of all, what I am doing:step 1after finishing creating tool paths > save a cl file > nc sequence > selecting cut > file > cl file i interactive checked  > done > lokalization on disk  > ok > file *.ncl.1 is createdstep 2click on "post a cl file" > selecting file from step 1 > verbose i trace checked > done > list from uncx01.p11 to uncx01.p51 > I do not know which shell i select >  selecting uncx01.p11 > smd windows appear > "enter program number"  = "1111" > enter > files .lst .mbx .tap .acl are createdquestion #1what can I do with files .lst .mbx .tap .acl?question #2how can I get file for heidenhain machine?Please describe as clear as possible because I am not good enough in it!cheers!This thread is inactive and closed by the

Na versao nova do CREO 3.0 M20 não consigo executar (local mill) após uma operação de (Windows mill ou Volume mill), mas é uma operação normal no CREO Parametric .Como resolver este problema?Na versao M50 ja esta resolvido.Manufacturing‌""In the new version of CREO 3.0 M20 I can not run (local mill) after an operation (Windows Volume mill or mill), but it is a normal operation in CREO Parametric. How to solve this problem? In the M50 version is already solved?""This 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.

Hello all, first time for me I'm stuck on sheetmetal !Here's my problem. We have planned to make an aluminium sheetmetal 3mm thick part with just one simple bend. Our customer asked us to have a very small bend radius. As the part is only a cosmetic part (no heavy load or whatever) , we have thought of milling the bending area to make it 1mm thick on the bending zone. So it would look like something like this :This one is made in solid mode. And of course I can't convert it to sheetmetal as it hasn't a constant thickness.So I thought making it directly in sheetmetal mode, starting with a 1mm thick part. Then trying to thicken the part where I want. So far I thickened with surfaces but I can't solidify to make the part and it looks like this.Your help is very welcome as we have to produce the parts this month !!Thanks.This 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 refe

does anyone have HEIDENHAIN iTNC530 post processor, pls mail me to -.........This 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.

hello i am using ptc creo 3.0 m020. when i done manufacturing (mill) and save ncl and then used this file to convert post to a cl file then file is saved. when i open it it has noting g code and m code in process manager tool is working perfectly.i want code for run the cnc smiluation. any one has idea what happenend i have also atted the acl file.This 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.