Modeling

Dear Community Is it possible the export subassemblies from a top assembly as PVZ files, with the coordinate system from the top assembly? The goal is to use these PVZ files to reassemble the top assembly in an Vuforia Studio Experience and not have to reposition them. We are using the newest version of Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Thanks for your help! Alex

CS130292 : what is exactly the difference between -restart 0 and 2 ?

Until now, as shown in the attached video it is possible to share several parts or assemblies from different owner in one owner only but not for in their owner...

I just upgraded to 20.6.0.0.0.  Every time I load from Model Manager or from a local drive, Modeling does a part check.   I have assemblies with thousands of parts and this really takes a long time.  Is there a way of turning off the part check at load?   This is really not necessary since I create and saved the files and know they are good.  I manually run part checks when I think they are required.   Tom  

To get the a part volume, in LISP we can use the function(sd-call-cmds(get_vol_prop ...Is there a way to have the total surface area of a part? I am using PTC Creo Direct Modellin v20.5.

How can I load a sketch via command line that is placed as a child of the frame?In my case I would like the "logo" sketch to be placed as a child of the "cart_A3" framethe command line command to load the sketch is:sd-am-load-sketch  I' have Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.5.1.0

Then I have assemblies with mechanism constrains, Creo wants to check out the components then I drag it.Are there any config options to set, or any things to do. So the components didn't get an update in the workspace?

Im working in teh Creo Elements/Direct 20.2.1.0 For example if a i have 50 threaded M6 holes and i want to change  all of them at the same time to partially threaded blind hole is it possible?  Thanks in advance

Good Morning, I have some difficulty with the English language. My company recently purchased a Creo 10 license. I was wondering if it is possible, and I hope so, to be able to convert parts of surfaces into a solid part by knowing the thickness. Thank you

Greetings! Is there a module/macro/expansion for Creo Elements Direct Modeling similar to the Toolbox in Solidworks? Currently, when I want to grab a fastener. I have to go to a webpage built by our organisation. Download a .sdexp file and drag that into Creo. And Creo loads it from the database. This works fine. But I'd much rather have an interface within Creo itself that has this functionality.  My previous post was about customising my toolbar. And since then I've familiarized myself a bit more with the LISP programming language and the Syntax used by Creo. I am not a programmer by any stretch of the imagination, but i do have some basic knowledge. So if there is no such module available. I would like to try my own hand at developing such an interface. Both to make something useful and to learn to program such a tool.  I downloaded a Pipe Measure Tool from the  http://osd.cad.de/ website. But I was not happy with how it functio

Hi - I'm a very fresh newbie so hopefully an easy question... I have generated some 2D geometry and want to export it to IGES (or STEP).When I go to File/Save I do not see the IGES or STEP option under file type - any ideas? An associated issue perhaps - the 2D geometry sits on the active workplane do these need to belong to a Part for export, and if so how? I'm using Direct Modelling Express 8.0 thanks

I have a file that has a long tree of features. One of the early features has a sketch geometry extrude. It has a pattern of three spots. I want to undo one of the three areas and select another pattern. How is this done? Right clicking on the feature or the sketch doesn't give me any options. 

Hello community members, This is my first post on this forum. So i hope this place is somewhat active.I have an issue where my assembly is loaded many meters away from the origin.I can fix my issue by moving the parts within the assembly to the origin.But then a more annoying problem arrises.Now my origin is correct when loading in the model. But when I go to create a view in my 2D drafting environment, my origin is now still at the original location.And my view becomes hard to allign to other views. So my question is: When and how is the model origin decided? And can I change this within an existing model that is saved in a database?

Im using Creo Elements Direct, when i press this part the cursor is not straight.Can i change this?    

In previous years i could easily log into Creo Elements Direct Express 6.0.  But for the last year or so it is very haphazard, and only can be accomplished by accident.  I can ask for a new authorization, which does not usually work.  And somehow I obtain a temporary ability to log in.  it often says "cannot access internet connection".  But my Norton 360 firewall shows access allowed for this software.  Please,, how to correct this.  I'm guessing it has something to do with windows 10, or Norton 360 security.  

Hello friends, In Creo Elements Direct Modeling 19.0, how can I measure distance between the axes of two holes?Every time when I want to measure the distance between axes of two holes, I only can get the minimum distance between two holes. 

Hello i want to add new sizes for threaded holes. For example i only have until M16x2 and i want to to do a M24 hole. See picture below. 

I will rendering an animation... and i will use FFmpeg....In the Help-Center is only this litte text.... Add an AVI codecSeveral AVI codecs are defined in the customization file ani_customize, which is found in <installationdirectory>\personality\sd_customize\AdvAssembly_Parametrics. You may add a new codec to this file if desired. Please review the comments in the file for more information. Now in the "ani_customize" i will add FFmpeg to creo.... but it dosen't work... FFmpeg is installed on pc. How does it works? Any tutorial available??  Here the code lines:;; customize the AVI codecs available for save animation (codec must also be installed on PC);; First string is the 4 character code (i.e. "MPEG") - second any description;(anim-add-avi-codec FourCharacterCode Description)(anim:anim-clear-avi-codecs)(anim:anim-add-avi-codec "FFMP" "FFmpeg")(anim:anim-add-avi-codec "MSVC" "Microsoft Video")(anim:anim-add-avi-codec "DIB " "Uncompressed")  I hope

The existing rendering module in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling is from Lightwork.Lightwork was acquired by Siemens in 2018.Nothing has changed in the rendering module for several years and the possibilities are limited.My suggestion is to replace Lightwork with KeyShot, analogous to Creo Parametrics.

I want to change the origin of my part to the opposite side? Creo/Elements Direct  

If I have Creo Elements Direct 20.3, can I set 20.1 as default file version?

Hello there,I would like to ask if its possible to change structure browser of Creo Elements/Direct modeling(20.5.1.0) to different color please. It is very eye tyring if used on daily 8-10 hours basis.I have managed to change Ribbon UI with command: (uib::win-set-skin-style :black). I tried to look through Creo files but couldn't really find clue for structure browser.This background of structure browser: I dont mind paying for this information, or if it requires some custom code creation.Thank you very much.    

Hello Everybody!Is there a way to  convert Creo 9 part file to Creo 8 part file with model tree?      

Hello, Is it possible to put chain dimensions in a set so that they are linked with each other? It's handy when you move one of the dimensions that the other ones also follow. Kind RegardsSEEBO

Hello everyone, I am experiencing performance issues with working in annotation. The best example of my problems is when i copy a piece of text.When i try to move the copied text it follows my cursor with a 5 seconds delay.I also have those kind of problems with placing and moving views and dimensions.Our local ptc support told me that it is graphics card related. I am using Creo Elements Direct Modeling 20.4.1 on a HP Envy laptop with a Nvidia RTX3060 graphics card and windows 11. I have installed the latest driver for the graphics card. When i loop up in the HP compatibility matrix, my laptop and graphics card are not listed.Could it be that te laptop is not compatible enough to run Creo elements direct modeling annotation correctly? Or could it be a graphics setting that is not correct? Thanks in advance.