Modeling

I have a brand-new HP laptop running Windows 10 and I just downloaded and installed Creo Elements / Direct Modeling Express 8.0. When I tried to launch it, I immediately got this error: ``` The code execution cannot proceed because mfc140u.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem. ``` I tried reinstalling but the problem remains.    

May I learn how are you managing data revisions? There is no history tree in CED. I tried to put older datas in a container but I think it is not the real solution.

  When we work machine elements like cylinder and piston. We need limiting the distance of two bodies.    Is there a way to limiting the distance in adv. design?  

Can we learn and enter automatically bounding body dimensions in part properties?

To give a better view and reduce the paper usage it should be possible to create a BOM on a docuplane. Every step of making a BOM in Modeling is possible except the BOM draw function.        Modeling                                      Annotation        

Is there a way to extrude assymetric values in both direction?

Is there a way to regen of text? They are too many cracked.

When I make assembly codes 10-11-12 not follows 9. They goes under 1 🙂 Is there a solution for this?

There is no option to emphisize the name of the material. It is insufficient knowledge to enter only the density of material.

Nx has an option to define press fit tolerance with letter and numerical identifier. Creo must have this option. We love Creo

 It will be very useful to fix some dimensions on 3D model. On the other hand, this dimensions are not useful among the other unneccessary labels.

  So many Cad program works with a graph like gannt chart. Creo still use very difficult interface.

Hey guys!   I'm new here and have a question maybe some of you found out a solution for my problem already. I don't know since when exactly, I don't know why at all, my measurement tool "distance in direction" doesn't snap workpiece edges anymore. Only planes now to use the planes normals for direction. Since PTC doesn't seem to have a well existing company support in germany, I thought I'd try it here hopefully someone can help me 🙂   sunny greetings from Mannheim   Fabian Klemm

Hi, When I copy features from one part to another, I get confused about which references it's looking for.  Is there a better way to copy all of the features and relations and parameters from one part into another?  I have a relatively simple part that has all the features and annotations I want.  I have another part that is a family table generic.  I want to delete everything from the generic and replace it with everything from the new part (~26 features).  Yes, this will break the columns of the Family Table, so I know I'll have to repair those manually.  For now, I'm just hoping there is a simpler method of copying the features into the generic. What do you think?Thanks!Devin

Like the welding assistant of NX-CAD,Add the ability to set any shape to the weld feature.

Hello to everybody,   When you switch application from Annotation to SolidDesigner the browser start to refresh the list for many time... ( 7 or 8 or more ) This cause many lost time to regenerete the list of parts/Assembly you have in your project.On some computers this operation is very slow and we do not understand what can be the cause. We have installed the suggest graphical drivers and certificated by PTC but the problems remains.... We have change also the list using show/hidden detail but the problem is the times that the system refresh this list.... Someone has some ideas how to solve this problem? Thnks in advance Rego

Hi,   I require a clarification on Creo Direct system ID for model.   While I upload the files in Windchill it shows conflictions if all Creo Direct models assigned into same systems ID. So the customer wanted to change the system ID of each model created in Creo Direct.   Please help me in solving this issue.   Thank you, Sreedharan

Hello,In Creo direct Annotation, how can we add Hatching to  Glass ? For example Steel, wood, Copper, Etc material has is Hatching pattern. In Creo Direct Annotation, can we add Glass Hatching pattern? THANK YOU,

Hello, Please refer the drawing of 2 plates with several holes. I would like to create lets say smaller plate first and when I need to create bigger plate I would like to reuse smaller plate and by changing only few parameters new model should be ready. I have seen functionality in SWX which is called driveworks.    How to achieve this with Creo modeling? Thanks in advance.  

We recently had a request for information on how to measure the distance or offset between planar faces in Modeling (though these tips really apply for measuring the distance between any two points).  Here is a simple video (about 4 1/2 minutes) that shows a few different options, including one tip showing how to get the X, Y, and Z components AND the overall length between the points using a single operation! https://youtu.be/_4dmHQe5mlk I hope this is useful for some of you! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! andy

I'm not sure what I'm missing. It looks like I've done everything, the feature is displaying, and I'm not seeing any errors/warnings, but ok is greyed out. It's a shelled hemisphere on top of a cylinder, and the whole is going onto the hemisphere. I've projected a sketch onto the hemisphere for placement of the hole, with the idea that there are multiple holes that will each get patterned around the hemisphere (each would be a distinct pattern, with the attention of creating a distinct hole feature for each pattern. Any help would be appreciated. 

The ideas section is not active, so I will pour out my pain here.While this is great software, there are some things I'm sure can be improved, but no one has improved them in decades as far as I can see. Like the good old BOM!How good would be for the designers to be able to create a BOM directly in a 3D modeling application and then just to call it in Annotation application or just to print it in a file. Also directly to set some properties for the parts or subassemblies in such a 3D modeling BOM like the following: ITEM, PART NUMBER, REVISION NUMBER, DESCRIPTION, COMMENTS, STOCK NUMBER, MATERIAL, QUANTITY, MASS (automatic, depending on material) and other properties - like in all contemporary programs!I started reading the help on how to configure BOM and I think I have to finish my second higher education to be able to do something! Then I saw that various people had difficulty with this back in 2007 and still have.Why? ! I hope this will be improved, but my hope is very weak.&

Hello ,  I have a file wihout extension, but according to my researches it is ME10 file with (.mi) extension. Firstly I tried to open it by changing name and extension. As a result I wrote (.mi) and opened it on "Creo Elements/Direct Modelling Express 8.0". So it is succesfull method to open 2d ME10 file. Also I have an another file that it is without extension too. But this file is not working with (.mi) extension on "Creo Elements/Direct Modelling Express 8.0". The reason of this problem that probably this file was created by ME30. It is 3d model. I tried a lot of extension to open it on the program but failed. I cannot drop this file here because of company's policies. Years ago, files as these files without extension created on HP-UX OS. By years by as technology changes, ME30 became Creo Elements/Direct Modelling. I made a deep research in internet and found this kind of knowledges. Can anybody help me to open this "ME30 file" ? Thanks for reading my

Wondering if anyone else has seen a similar issue to this and knows the cause.An engineer shared a complex model with me today and said that when he saved out a STEP file, the STEP was empty. I was able to reproduce the same behavior on my machine. Not only for STEP files, but also for IGES and parasolid as well. For all of these, the "save as" runs instantly, and creates an file with no geometry in it.  I did find a workaround. We're using Creo 7.0.2.0, so I was able to save the single body in the model to a new part file. In that part file, I was able to save out a STEP file. Of note, the STEP file did have an error in the geometry, but at least it saved something out.  Any ideas as to why the original file couldn't be saved out, but a new part with essentially a copy geometry of the original part's body was able to?

This is more of a suggestion than a question! PTC Crew....  My idea is to have a delete button at the edit bar of any feature. This idea came to mind because many in times whenever I'm editing a feature and I realize that it is no longer needed I am forced to click at least 4 times to actually delete it. And with the Delete button it would require just 2 clicks.