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Attention FIRST Teams attending the 2015 FIRST World Championship   PTC will be hosting the final day of the Creo Modeling Challenge in the FRC Robot Service Center on Friday, April 25th. Be there before 3:00 to get your challenges completed and chances to win a GoPro camera. Creo Modeling Challenge #1 - Plowie (aka. Dozer) Creo Modeling Challenge #2 - FIRST Logo Sketch Creo Modeling Challenge #3 - 4 Bar Linkage Mechanism Creo Modeling Challenge #4 - Robot Gripper Mechanism Creo Modeling Challenge #5 - Production Model Drawings Creo Modeling Challenge #6 - Production Assembly Drawings Creo Modeling Challenge #7 - FTC Game Piece Gate If you were not at the 2015 FIRST World Championship, you've now got some sweet post season CAD examples to work on 😉

I have operational the Creo Simulation 3.0 Students Edition when I try to simulate it says,I must get the license for it. I sent to customer care the following note.Copy My original request regarding license for Creo Simulate student Edition.I have the Simulate 3,students edition which requests a licence entry before I can study via PTC University precision LMS lessons. I would appreciate if you would email me the license to activate it.My query is it possible to get a license for it

When I try to run Creo I get a message saying "License request failed for feature".I am a student at the University of Minnesota, I downloaded the software for free from the college of science and engineering website. How do I reactivate my license or get a new one?

This video is a short animation of two 4 bar linkage mechanism used for the 2015 FIRST World Championship Creo Modeling Challenge. There is no audio, just a quick view of each mechanism operating.     (view in My Videos)

Creo Parametric CAD Modeling Challenge For this sixth Creo Parametric CAD modeling challenge, you will be creating a detailed drawing of a complete assembly model. You need to know basic Creo Parametric drawing capabilities, along with some advanced capabilities to complete the drawing. It is a complex drawing to create and you will need to master Creo Parametric drawing annotations to complete it.   HINTS Use a BOM table to identify all the components in the assembly Use BOM Balloons to identify all the components in the drawing views Use Snap Lines and Cleanup tools to organize and arrange items Use the attached FTC robot or use your own assembly Make sure you have configured Creo with the "Schools Configuration" to access formats, notes, tables, etc. Sample drawing courtesy of FRC525.   Extra Credit Try using BOM Balloons with QTY Add custom parameters to your models and show them in the BOM Use detail views, cross sections and other methods to describe your model as a

Creo Parametric CAD Modeling Challenge For this fifth Creo Paramedic CAD modeling challenge, you will be creating a detailed drawing of a single part model. You need to know basic Creo Parametric drawing capabilities, along with some advanced capabilities to complete the drawing. It is a complex drawing to create and you will need to master Creo Parametric drawing annotations to complete it.   HINTS Use one of the attached CAD files from FRC114 (STEP) and FRC4818 ‌(Creo) to create your drawing Use of your own complex CAD files to create the drawing Make sure you have configured Creo with the "Schools Configuration" to access formats, notes, tables, etc. Use proper Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Sample drawing courtesy of FRC525.   Extra Credit Try different dimensioning schemes; regular, ordinate or hole charts Create detail views, cross sections and other details to document your model Add tolerancing to dimensions For Creo models, try using Show Dim

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Creo Parametric CAD Modeling Challenge For this fourth Creo Parametric CAD modeling challenge, you will be creating a full assembly of the robot gripper shown below. You need to know basic Creo Parametric assembly constraints, Kinematic constraints and assembly structure to complete the design. It is a complex model to create, but you will need to master Creo Parametric Pin constraints to make it work correctly.   HINTS Assemble the gripper plate first and make sure it is grounded Add all the hardware at the end Create one side first to make sure it works as desired After placing the gear, add a second constraint (Slot) using the curve (blanked on layer) to control the range of motion Use a Parallel constraint for the gripper_tips to make sure it does not ground (fix) the whole model Watch a video of the mechanism motion   Extra Credit Create a 1:1 gear connection to synchronize the motion Add a motor to one of the gears to simulate the full motion Create a rendered video

Creo Parametric CAD Modeling Challenge For this third Creo Parametric CAD modeling challenge, you will be creating a full assembly of the 4 bar linkage shown below. You need to know basic Creo Parametric assembly constraints, Kinematic constraints and assembly structure to complete the design. It is a fairly simple model to create, but you will need to master Creo Parametric Pin constraints to make it work correctly.   HINTS Create sub-assemblies for the fixed and moving components with equally spaced linkage arm mounts Assemble the fixed sub-assembly first and make sure it is grounded Add all the hardware at the end Set limits for the first control arm to make sure the mechanism does not freely rotate through 360 degrees Use a second set of constraints to connect the moving sub-assembly to the linkage arms Watch a video of the motion     Extra Credit Create a copy of the linkage arm and try different lengths

Creo Parametric CAD Modeling Challenge For this second Creo Parametric CAD modeling challenge, you will be creating a full sketch of the FIRST logo. You need to know basic Creo Parametric sketching tools for drawing and editing. It is a fairly simple sketch to create, but you will need to master Creo Parametric's Ellipse and Delete Segment commands to get it done right.   HINTS Simplifying the display to remove dimensions and constraints will really help out with this one. Try using the Shift button to sketch geometry without snapping to existing geometry and references. Draw the full shapes first and then using Delete Segment to cleanup the intersections.     Extra Credit Sketch the whole thing freehand, using the attached image as a reference Add the attached image to a datum plane for some quick tracing (View, Model Display, Images)   Crazy Extra Credit Model all three shapes as solid parts and arrange them in an assembly!

Creo Parametric CAD Modeling Challenge For this second Creo Parametric CAD modeling challenge, you will be creating a full sketch of the FIRST logo. You need to know basic Creo Parametric sketching tools for drawing and editing. It is a fairly simple sketch to create, but you will need to master Creo Parametric's Ellipse and Delete Segment commands to get it done right.   HINTS Simplifying the display to remove dimensions and constraints will really help out with this one. Try using the Shift button to sketch geometry without snapping to existing geometry and references. Draw the full shapes first and then using Delete Segment to cleanup the intersections.     Extra Credit Sketch the whole thing freehand, using the attached image as a reference Add the attached image to a datum plane for some quick tracing (View, Model Display, Images)   Crazy Extra Credit Model all three shapes as solid parts and arrange them in an assembly!

I just downloaded and installed Creo 3 Academic and I can't seem to use the hole or pattern feature. I have some experience with SolidWorks and the overall operation seems to be very similar. Just doodling around I created a basic extrusion then tried to use hole tool. From the hole tool pane, I can't get the option to accept the hole. I then tried to use the pattern tool and it will not allow me to select a sketch to repeat or change the number of items in the pattern. Am I doing something wrong or are these features not included in Academic?

So when i try to enter my product SKU in order to install the license, I get a login window which i fill out with my matching PTC account that I am using for my school videos. After a couple seconds of it searching, I get a red Error code. I also tried using the Host ID method and received an error on that as well. Trying to install Creo 2.0

Our school has got Microsoft 2012 virtual server standard R2, and am trying to install the floating license server. Tried to install using the instructions provided: Download media 2. Start setup.exe on the server machine 3. Select Setup License 4. Accept License agreement 5. Type the product code in the field 6. Click Install Licensing - at this point I get - error 7. Click Finish   then read the pdf about flexinet license   In general, the process of using the HPV_UUID would follow this outline:   1. Identify the virtual machine on which the license server will be run, and download the platform-specific   lmhostid utility from the Flexera Software website.   2. Run the command lmhostid -ptype HPV -uuid at the command line of the virtual machine where the license   3. Modify the license certificate to configure server parameters (like TCP port number, options file, or other   4. Launch the license server on the virtual machine by pointing to the

Hallo，I am a student from Universitaet Duisburg-Essen,I have the creo3.0 student Edition with my Uni E-Mail(name.@stud.uni-duisburg-essen.de)registert more than 6 times in one day,but I receive still no E-mail with Licensedoes someone know whyI need Creo 3.0 to do my homeworkthank you for help

hiI have a license issue with my ptc creo 2.0 student version,Could anyone please assist me .

I just downloaded Creo 3.0 and set up the license I got. It worked all fine until the point where I had to install the Creo parts.I am using a two hard-drive setup on my PC. I have a fast SSD for Windows and a normal HDD for everything else. The SSD is almost full.The problem is that Creo wants to install itself to the SSD (path is C:\) but, as I said, it's full. The Installation manager won't let me switch the directory where Creo has to be installed at (I want it to be in D:\....).Is there a way to change the installation directory?I already tried typing in the path manually, but it didn't help. I also tried running the installation as admin, but also no success.I hope someone can help me

l have been trying to download for nearly a week. l have tried registering with different emails and created new several account with different emails but it still not workking

i am installing creo 3.0. there is mathcad prime software in product list but there is a additional ptc mathcad 1.055 GB. both software are same ?

PowerPoint tutorial to help pupils with the initial stages of creating a simple bottle using CREO.

Hello Team,I'm from Hyderabad,INDIA. learning Creo at Engineers CAD Centre, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, India.How would i know whether they are using genuine software of PTC Creo.?If the had original LICENSE, how could they sell it for 300 INR, for their student. Isnt it a loss to PTC.Kindly let me know.

‌Hello, I am a member of a rookie FTC team, and this is our very first year in using PTC Creo. Currently we are learning and doing activities from "How to Model Almost Anything." We know how to to put to parts together and the basics to constraining. However the problem is that in excersize of the PDF "How to Model Almost Anything", we were shown an animation of a flying vehicle. We are no. Very sure how it was done , and would like to learn how , since we will eventuall be simlating our robot in the program. Wsend know faintly how to set up a short animation where we manually drag the prices one by one, and taking a snapshot. But we would like to learn of there is a better way, with more parts and constrainting and how it is done to make more complicated simulations. Thank You

Hi,i am a post graduate student at University of Greenwich, UK.How can I acquire a student version of creo?Thank You and Regards

Hallo Community,Ich habe PTC Creo 2.0 Student Edition installiert und versucht Creo Parametric zu starten. Leider kam außer dem Startbildschirm, der nach einer gewissen Zeit kam, nichts!Ich habe bereits versucht es neu zu installieren, sowie vorhandene Lizenzen vor dem erneuten Installieren manuell aus den ProgramData von Windows zu löschen.Des Weiteren versuchte ich das Installationspaket noch einmal ohne den Download-Manager zu downloaden, um sicher zu gehen, dass die Installationsdatei nicht beschädigt ist.Leider brachte das alles keinen Erfolg.Ich hoffe jemand hier kann mir helfen oder hat eine Idee woran es liegen könnte!PS: Ich habe die erforderlichen 3GB RAM und ein 64-Bit System Windows7Dear Community,I installed PTC Creo 2.0 Student Edition and tried to start Creo Parametric after installing it. After a while the start window was shown but the program wasn´t starting as well!I already tried to install PTC Creo again and removed licenses manually from Windows ProgramData but it