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Hello everyone! This is my first year in FRC and I've been chosen to lead my school's CAD team. I have very little 3D modeling experience and have never worked on something like this. So far I've learned very basic functions of Creo 2.0 such as Revolve, Patterns and Swept Blend. All my studying has been done through the internet.What I've been wondering is if anyone would be willing to share some tips, guides or parts to practice on. Currently I have a few people working with me who I need to hand out tasks to, but I'm finding it difficult to find them part pictures that they could work on. Help would be appreciated.

Hi, I´ve installed Creo 2.0 student edition on a hp workstation (8gb ram, nvidia quadro fx 1700) but the program isn´t running. Is there an issue with the graphics board? Thank´s for your help! SP

This year First has allowed a number of different "new" parts. I've been slowly working on designing some of them for our schools 6 teams to work with, but the corkscrew inside the WormDriveGearbox is baffleing me. Has anyone designed this yet? Are there any tutorials on this? Any recommendations? Thanks for your help.This worm wheel should be pretty simple to make by creating the teeth and patterning them around a cylindar .The worm gear (corkscrew) is what I'm unsure of. It has two spiraling sets that run parallel to each other. If anyone has the time and wants to do a screenshare with me, I'd appreciate your time.Thanks

The Graphics Toolbar is missing from my workspace in Creo Parametric 2.0. Could someone please let me know how to make it visible again? Thanks so much.Jean-Ann

In response to a question from teacher Desmond O'Neil I put together this helicopter model to show belts and gears in action.A belt connection links the motor and the main rotor pulleys with a reduction in rotational speed.The main and tail rotors in a helicopter are at right angles and in real life can be linked using a twisted belt but Creo Parametric doesn't allow this. However, a PTC Creo gear connection will work and links them in the model with a gear ratio that makes the tail rotor spin faster.The model also demonstrates the Freestyle tools applied to the fuselage. Video Link : 4434

Hello All,I'm new to this forum, so by way of background - I am a 2nd year FRC engineering mentor, and a long-time (20+ years) Pro/E user. The team that I am mentoring had never used CAD before (the school does not offer any classes that use CAD). Last year I downloaded the free license of Creo that PTC gives to FIRST teams onto the team's lab computer, and the kids showed some real interest.This year, I'd like to get the kids more involved in using CAD, but a question has come up. The other mentors believe (and I agree) that it would be helpful for the kids that are intersted in CAD to have a copy of the software on their laptops so that we don't all have to share the one computer. There has been some talk of switching to another CAD software that hands out multiple licenses. Of course, we don;t have anyone that knows the other software. Can I just have several of the kids download the student version of Creo? Is use of the software for FRC an acceptable use of the student license? Ar

Two optional exercises were mentioned in "Phase 2 Detailed Design" (page 15) of the How to Develop a Product Workshop. The text said that these exercise are found in the Phase 2 Folder but I could not find them. They both sound interesting, are they available anywhere else?

Hey everybody, My team's trying to train for the Real World Design Challenge by following the How To Model Almost Anything manual on the site's Getting Started page. However, we have Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 and we need to update to Creo Parametric 2.0 in order to make it work. As a team that has participated in RWDC in the past, do we get free updates for Creo?IS Creo Parametric 2.0 the latest version?

Some customers are seeing the following message when installing Mathcad:Mathcad PDSi viewable support: Setup has detected that you already have a more functional product installed. Setup will now terminate.Mathcad is trying to install an Adobe driver but a more recent version of the driver is already on your computer. You can ignore the message and continue with the installation. This has no impact on Mathcad.

hi to everyone,i done the installation of creo 2.0 student edition. Everything is good while i install. After installation while i am trying to run my cero modules, the dialogue box show like this, "CREO 2.0 from PTC has stopped working". What i have to do to resolve this error. I am using windows 7 64 bit os. pls help me.

Getting Started with the Product Development Process The first phase of the Product Development Process transforms great ideas into the intital concepts and preliminary designs of the products that will be developed.   It is also the phase in which a project plan is created that will identify who owns which tasks and when they need to be completed.   Click Here to view the downloadable version of this video.   (view in My Videos)

If anyone is in need of some of the new parts for this years challenge, I was asked by another team to create the new beefy tire that FIRST has allowed. It's as close to the correct measurements as I could make it. Feel free to use it if you want!

Most people will be familiar with the Impossible triangle, often referred to as the Penrose triangle and the classic solution with a gap at one corner.  The illusion only works looking from one viewpoint and with monocular vision.This PTC Creo model show an alternative solution with no gap between the three elements.  It too only works from a single viewpoint (and from behind) and with monocular vision.

Oh, you know you want to do it, but where do you start? Lemme give you a tip and a starting point. Check out this document in the Creo Community. If you get good, try submitting to the contest. Would be cool to have some robotic or FIRST jack-o-lanterns this year.

Production & Field Support:In this webinar, we will cover how the prepared product in PTC Creo will be introduced into the field. This involves developing a field support plan and preparing a product retirement plan.   Click Here to view the downloadable version of this video.     (view in My Videos)

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I need to set a flat surface tangent to a hole (so a screw will go thru a slot). When I try to make the constraint, it ALWAYS selects the tangency such the the slot is next to the hole, instead of over. There are two valid tangency points (either side of the hole) but I cannot find any way to tell it to use the other point. How do I instruct the program to set the tangent constraint based on the other valid location?

Design and Optimization of a Reciprocating Saw Mechanism Todd Kraft will take you through the process of creating and optimizing the design of a reciprocating saw mechanism in Creo Parametric. This is a really cool demo and shows the power of Creo to create kinematic assemblies and drive them to an optimized design.   Click Here to view the downloadable version of this video.   (view in My Videos)

(view in My Videos)Detailed Design Phase three of the Product Developlment Process involves transforming the detailed designs of the second phase into manufacturing plans, assembly plans, a supply chain network for obtaining all the parts and pieces required for manufacture and assembly and the necessary documentation as well.   Click Here to view the downloadable version of this video.

I caught up on the Webinars this week and I have been very impressed with the qulity and usefulness of all of them. Now we are working on completing the exercises. We created an outline for "How to Develop a Product" and "How to Model Almost Anything". It helps us locate a specific exercises. I am posting here in case anyone else is interested.

I am a 'Team Member' on windchill; I have been trying to add a workspace to my windchill workspaces page. The dialog asks for me to select a context, when I click the drop-down box, nothing appears. If i leave it blank, Windchill gives me an error saing that I must select a context. As I understand it, the available contexts shoud be any windchill projects that I am a part of. In the help documentation, it says that in order to access a context, I must both: be a team member and have read access to the project cabinet. I have been unable to find how to get to the cabinet to figure out if i have read access or how to get it. If anyone can help me figure out how to create a workspace, that would be very helpful.

Whenever I start up Creo Parametric 1.0 a message pops up saying " You must register the quality agent in order to continue running Creo Parametric in tryout mode". Another window pops up saying "Creo is shutting down because it could not register the quality agent , which is required in tryout mode. If you called technical support about this problem, report error 8". ( I can't contact technical support apparently because my account type which is a student and it's free)

A quick guide to changing the grain direction and scale of the wood grain appearances in the render module of PTC Creo.

In this video we will go over how to verify that your PTC Creo 2.0 is working correctly. Additionally we will go over some of the most common problems that can occure after installation.   If you have any questions which are not addressed in this video, please leave a comment below or start a new discussion and we will get back to you.           (view in My Videos)