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Hello all,I'm trying to do an exercise where I have a set of pairs of spline points which correspond to different sections of a wind turbine blade. I've managed to define a set of co-ordinate axis and space several planes away from one another.How do I form a blade with these spline points?Much appreciated

Two things prompted me to create this model.I saw a student designing a Celtic weave pattern and remembered a Freestyle technique I learned from Vince Haley in his lovely presentation "Geometries that delight". http://communities.ptc.com/docs/DOC-3318. Could PTC Creo Freestlye create this pattern?At the same time I am in the middle of writing an article on 3D modelling for schools and one of the unique selling points (USP) for 3D printers is they can build objects that would be very difficult or impossible to make using other methods.The model above has two separate parts woven together. Using traditional manufacture, the first part could be fabricated from strip material formed into shape and joined together. The second part is more difficult as it needs to be interwoven as it is formed.As long as there is clearance between the parts, most 3D printers will build assemblies. In this case it shouldn't be too difficult to remove support material.Recognising Valentines Day just around the

I just downloaded Creo for my college course and it is giving me a licensing error 26. it will not even open parametric or direct.

I downloaded the free student version and it didn't come with the license, therefore I can't run it. Has anyone else come across this issue?

Hi, I am new to using the creo 2.0 student edition and can not create an assembly. when I create a New Assembly and save the assembly the screen does not change to the assembly tool bar? Do I need the Parametric Program, if so How do I also get that edition?

Can anyone explain to me what the highlighted areas are for in CREO2 Render-Scene-Lights. Despite much playing with rendering, I have not, as yet, found the purpose of these.Thank you

Hello PTC Community,   This is my first thread and i have no idea were to post, i just got lost in my rendering problem and had to ask someone to help me, i hope someone will help me here.   So i have a part, went through this rendering tutorial and i started rendering with an output of an .jpeg file. I had maximum on all options and i've set all parameters and lights and scenes as i pleased.   Now this messege showed up just when i clicked "Render window". I have no idea why, i have no idea what i've pressed...   By the way, i have the student version PTC wildfire 5.0 installed. If there is some information you need to know to help me please do tell me.     Thanks in advance, cheers!   / Emel

For this year's challenge, does our UAV still have to follow the 2-step sensor process (detection and then identification)? If so, how will we know how many pixels we need for detection or identification? Is there also a specific amount of time necessary for each step? I know last year there were fixed numbers for each step: 4 pixels and .5 seconds needed for detection, 20 pixels and 5 seconds for identification. Are we to use the same numbers this year, or estimate new ones based on our search pattern/sensor?Also, if we do have to follow a 2-step process for sensing infestation, how many times will we be expected to perform this during our flight? This will affect our mission time. Last year there was a fixed number of 5 object detections and object identifications during the search. Thank you for your help.

A quick snapshot of Tom from FIRST FRC team 3970 working on mechanisms for this year's robot. It constantly amazes me how quickly these kids pick up both Creo and Windchill!

The very first Scalextric4Schools prototype had a sidewinder motor layout.  To fit everything in we used 2mm acrylic sheet.Early in the development of the challenge we moved to using inline motors as this layout is much easier to build.While the inline motor layout has been standard for the online introductory tutorial and classroom use, many of the teams entering the competition and nearly all slot racing enthusiasts use the sidewinder motor layout. Responding to this we have updated the PTC Creo model which can be downloaded using the link below. We now have a sidewinder layout car with 3mm acrylic chassis.  The ZIP includes a DXF file for cutting the chassis and an STL file for machining the body mould.  If you want to 3D print the body increase the shell thickness to suite the minimum thickness your machine will create reliably. Build the body upside down to reduce the amount of support material. This model has a body shape with wheel arches that are easily removed u

Hello,I remember hearing somewhere that live webinars would be scheduled for this year's challenge, similar to last year. Does anyone know if these are going to happen/where I can get access to them?Thanks in advance

Will there a Mission Planning worksheet to plot out our mission this year?

When would the Mission Planning document be available?

Do all of the UAV options provided in the detailed background require a launch/catapult system? For example, we were considering using a Rotary Wing (Helicopter) and didn't think it required one to get it in the air.

Will there be CAD models for the cameras to put on our UAS?

Hi, I would like to link my excel file with my model built using top down approach. I would to use this excel file to change the parmeters of model and regenerate the model. I know there are tow methods by which i can do this, one by pro-gram and other is excel analysis. Need some help to understand both the methods.Thanks, Satish

Hello,Whenever I start a new 'part', I get a blank screen with which I cannot do anything. The Front, Top, and Right planes are not shown. thus I cannot start any project or work. Here's the picture ... Any idea?Any help is greatly appreciated. For your information, I have a school's edition of Creo Parametric.Thanks,Kevin.

Hi there,Does anyone know where to download creo elements pro/e? I need it for my home computer to work on a university project but i can´t seem to find it on the website. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Matthew

Hello,I have downloaded "MED-60825-CD-370_M080" zip file from http://apps.ptc.com/schools/references/install_cep_schools.pdf, but will extracting the files, an error is coming saying "file is broken". What are the steps to overcome from the problem.

We have found that the relationship between zoom and field of view is denoted by an arctangent function such as FoV=arctan(d/2f) where D is equal to image size (horizontal length in mm, for example) and F is the effective focal length. For sensor payloads with zooming capabilities (such as the X3000) is there a focal length correlating to the zoom factor that could be used in this equation, or is there another way to calculate field of view based off of the numbers given in the background guide?

Hello, I have recently downloaded PTC Creo 2.0 student version but I am getting the following issue during installation step.I have agreed to the term and conditions. In the very next step the window asks about the product code but I am not able to click or type in the box. Please help to resolve it.

I'm a mentor for FRC, and I have a new computer since I got a Creo Academic license. What do I need to do in order to transfer the old license to the new computer, or should I just apply for a completely new license? Both computers are mine and perfectly operable

Dear PTC community, I have a question about the training resouces that are available to students. I am on an FRC team and I am supposed to use PTC Windchill for eligibility to a grant that my team applied for. My mentor has already started the project, and I can access it from my PTC account.Lewis HicksCaptainFRC Team 1432

Is your FIRST team using social media to update folks on what your team is up to? Be sure to include PTC and subscribe to some of our feeds if you want to stay updated on what we're up to. Check out http://www.ptc.com/company/social-media.htm for a complete list of social media channels PTC is using. For FIRST, you can target PTC on Twitter with @PTC_FIRST and on Facebook with @PTC Academic Program.

Hi guys,I may be reaching back to another release of Windchill, but shouldn't we be able to set the "Number" to the same thing as the "File Name" when doing a rename? Is that a Windchill preference? If so, can we set it for all team members, or does each team member have to change their own?Thanks,Josh