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Hello I've got to machine a box type component about 300 x 200 x 150 size with a wall thickness of 4mm. On one wall there is a recess on the inside of 1mm. I wasn't sure what type of cutter to use was thinking of a woodruff type but not sure about the finish it would leave.Any ideas of the best way?Thanks in advance MickThis 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 have customized our table of threaded hole sizes for the machining module in order to customize the way threaded holes are called out in Annotation. Currently I have just UNF, UNC, and metric sizes. I now need to add NPT (national pipe thread) and BSP (british standard pipe thread) sizes to our table. Does anyone have the table for these thread sizes for me to add to my customization file? These may be in the out of the box machining module however I can't seem to find the default table of thread sizes for the module.   Thanks for your help.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.

Dear all,I was asked to design molds(attached below) for a car roof box(made by someone else) in proE 5 or creo.My teacher sent this to help me but it didnt...Mold Design and Casting lets you simulate the mold design process, design die assemblies and components, and prepare castings for manufacturing.Use the Mold Design and Casting area of Help to learn about creating, modifying, and analyzing mold components or assemblies. Mold Design and Casting Help shows you how to quickly update mold components to the changes in the design model or to design die assemblies and components and prepare castings for manufacturing. You will learn how to create and modify design parts, cavities, mold layouts, and drawings.However my teachers assistant told me that they are very simple, however he didnt know what is needed to add...should i add or fix something?Thanks and sorry for my english.This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply an

what's a good way to extrude the fluts on an end millThis 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.

Hi all,I can't find any way to modelize an open belt.I would like to do so to simulate an echain carrying cables on my machine.I tried to do it with relations but this would work only after regenerating and would not move on the fly as I move the other moving components I defined with MDX.Any solution ?Thank you EricThis 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.

Hi All,Today's question is this:I need to cut (machine) a goorve about the circumfernce of a round part, a cylinder. It's a zig-zag cut, that repeats twice around the part. The width of the cut needs to be constant, as well as the depth. The inner points of the zig zag need to be sharp. Ideally, I envision the part being chucked in a lathe, then the end mill would drop down & cut the groove.The attemp shown is done with the graph sweep path, but the feature that sweeps remains constant to the part axis, it's not 'normal' to the intended cutting path, which is what I'm after. I'm assuming there is a simple way to 1) make the path I want to cut along (Assumign the graph path I created above), and 2) then sweep a solid feature (the end mill / a cylindrical shape) along the path to remove the material. this feature wodu be tangent to the surface of the cylinder..Any ideas?This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and r

What version of Vericut should be included with Creo 3 M010? It is using 7.1.5 on my system. I thought it was supposed to move up to 7.3.

Hello,I'm discovering the new volume milling with Creo 3. I have a volume milling which contains 24 regions. I would like to reorder them like in Creo 2, I mean by picking directly in the window. It looks like, we're supposed to use the two arrows you can see in the image below but it's really not efficient ! Any idea to do this the old way ? 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.

can anyone explain how to create option file in creo2.0?

how to install CIMPRO and FIL in creo how to get started with gpost ? clearly define me what is cimpro and fil??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.

Hi all,I have been working on some heavy engineering problems and need some good reference to try out load analysis softwares and tutorials.From what I have learnt so far, dynamic analysis of load is not feasible due to the random nature of real world environments so the best we can do is try to model a static load which is 4 times the maximum possible load applicable to a machine. But there is no data on how and where to apply loads and constraints. I request some guidance on how to approach this subject as there is very little data available in the forums (or I have been searching wrong).Thanks in advance.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

Good morning everybody,I have a question about the managing of 3D models. We are a plastic industry company and we make our molds.When we make a mold, we have a 3D model of plastic article in CREO, then We apply a Shrinkage and have parts of mold. Then manufacture all the mold parts, assemble and test until desired plastic parts. Often the obtained plastic parts in the injection process does not coincide with the plastic article drawing but these plastic parts are good for our customers. In this moment, We edit manually the dimensions in the drawing and then our customer approve this specification drawing.The problem is that the plastic article 3D model does not coincide with the drawing dimensions. Could you know about the best practice to manage this situation?We think that our current practice is not good because We are losing the system (CREO)association and is difficult to manage the changes, We have problems for human carelessness.We appreciate a lot your help.Have a nice day.Thi

Good morning, I am trying to figure out which to go with for my department. I wentto IMTS last week and was set on going with Vericut after I got back fromthe show. At the show I saw the NCSimul software and was blown away at thespeed and all the neat features that was in that package. Example if thereis a collision in the program I can click on the collision in the graphicswindow and the section of the program will also be highlighted. I was reallyimpressed with how you can rotate the model while it is still cutting andnot have to wait for it to regen like in Vericut. The presentation from theNCSimul was really informative compared to the Vericut booth. When I wentover to the Vericut booth to ask for information on their software, all Igot out of them was that NCSimul was running another developers source code,the verification is calculated and lack of support.Currently we are using the embedded light version of Vericut inside ofProMAN and I was planning to upgrade to the full version

Anyone out there using software to control the release and distribution of CNC files to the machines? Specifically, I am looking for companies that need to maintain history, and release control such as FDA, DOD, FCC or other requirements. An example of this type of software is ForCAM.If you use software like this could you answer the following:Why did you select this software?Are you using Windchill with it? If so, how does it work?What do you like best about this software?What do you like least?Would you recommend other companies buy this software?Thanks, in advance, for the time and feedback.Regards,Michael BraatenSenior PLM/CAX Systems Analyst - Synthes, Inc.

I have searched several forums and cannot find an answer to this. This question is specific to a PART, not an assembly. Is there a way to calculate the mass properties of a part for a given simplified representation? I need this information when making a drawing package for an assembly - certain features (holes, finished surfaces) are not represented in the part or weldment drawing, but are later shown in the final machining drawing. I do not think family tables are a good fit here as this does not change the overall part or assembly of parts in the model, I just need to show representations of the parts at different stages in the manufacturing process and their associated weights.   I have seen two config options for this, force_new_assem_mp_in_simp_rep and mass_property_calculate but this seems to only reflect assemblies, not individual parts or part drawings. Any suggestions? Thanks, ScottThis thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like

Modelingのユーティリティグループ > Anno作成で作成した寸法や、 Mold Design>モールド集合体>プラスチック集合体で作成したモデルの寸法や、 PartLibraryのパラメトリックパーツに登録してある寸法を、モデルに属性として付加させたい。 例えば、ギヤなどの諸元表がある部品。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 recently updated from Creo 2.0 to 3.0 F000. Now I cannot locate the custom trajectory toolpath. I can fake it using a regular 3-axis trajectory, but custom trajectory did a better job of integrating the sketch into the step. It would be nice to have back. Does anyone know how I can find it?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.

PTC's new option for the 3 axis trajectory Helical Cut tool motion will not create a desirable tool path when the parameter OVERTRAVEL_DISTANCE value is greater than ZERO. If that value is set the tool motion zig zags or appears to be a spiral motion. This issue has been reported to PTC support.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.

I have a volume with an angled top. I have set the angled surface to be the "top surface" in the toolpath settings. When I try to run a volume rough on it, the tool drops down until it fits all the way into the volume, putting it around a half inch deep on the one side. Looking around through the Creo 3.0 help documents online, I believe that the manufacturing parameter fix_skipped_slices is what I need to use to fix that. Problem being I can't find that parameter. Would somebody be able to guide me to it? Or even just verify it actually exists in 3.0?Or suggest another method to rough this volume without making it flat-topped and taking mulitple air passes on one side of the volume?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 produc

Is it only IE and Mozilla that will work with Creo or can you use Chrome. What versions of IE work? My new install of OS has IE V11. I got new hard drive in my machine and now I can not see whindchill in my browser after I start up. I can register the server, and login but my status line at the bottom says that an install of Product View express was started and nothing happens in the browser window. I get a rotating pin wheel and that is all. Any Ideas?Ron RichMechanical EngineerKeithley A Tektronix Company28775 Aurora RdSolon, OH 44139440-498-2842This 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.

Wow,Quite a Different Look to the icons and the new trajectory is nice and clean looking. I like it so far. I am Just looking right now probably won't start using untill after they get all the mold stuff running this fall or winter.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.

I almost have a die complete in Pro Mold.I only have one problem, and that is that I can’t seem to move the imported solid objects which is important.In our industry we have to mismatch the top die impressions independent of the bottom die impressions.If I do a copy and move of the solid component for the top die it attempts to keep both of the solids. I can’t remove the original solid by hiding it. I can’t delete the original solid without unhinging the die model.I just need to offset the top impressions and get rid of their original location in the top die.Would you have an idea of how I could accomplish this?It appears that you are stuck with the original position that you import the reference model. If there isn't a work around for this problem which should be simple I'm afraid ProMold is going to be worthless to us. There must be some way around 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 threa

We've only really used Project for sharing a copies of files with end consumers. For example the manufacturing shops.We are now looking at using it for a more collaborative process.We have two classes of users.A. Those that have access and modification permissions to files in the ProductB. Those that only have access to a ProjectUser A will share files to a Project from a Product. That user B will use to develop other files. Typically they would not have modification ability to the files shared from the Product.When these additional files are done and we want to manage them in the Product, they get Sent to PDM.Now the question come up when user B wants to make a change to that object how to we give them permissions to do that without giving them permissions to the Product.David HaighPhone: 925-424-3931Fax: 925-423-7496Lawrence Livermore National Lab7000 East Ave, L-362Livermore, CA 94550This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provid

Here are some additional commands to gather system information.I have some of this in a script, I need to get it all in there so I can capture a line of data on each machine.=========Get the CPU=========C:\Users\haigh1>wmic cpu get nameNameIntel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHzFOR /F "tokens=2 delims==" %%A IN ('WMIC cpu GET Name /VALUE ^| FIND /I "Name=") DO SET machinecpu=%%AThis 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 have a user that would like to have a parameter on the manufacturing drawings they send out to the shops that lists the version and maintenance build of Creo that was used to create the file.We've been hard coding that information on our formats and ignoring the maintenance build.I'm not sure there is a parameter for this, but I told him I'd ask.Any ideas?David HaighPhone: 925-424-3931Fax: 925-423-7496Lawrence Livermore National Lab7000 East Ave, L-362Livermore, CA 94550This 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.