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The attached zip file contains a PTC Creo model of a Raspberry Pi circuit board sourced from RS web site here: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/products/7568308/The case was modelled by John Forth using PTC Creo and is described in the PDF guide contained in the ZIP file.  The case was modelled from DXF files John downloaded from the web.  Once you have the case as a Creo model, it's very easy to modify or adapt the design.  John's description is below.Many of you will be getting to grips with the Raspberry Pi computer that arrives bare bones, i.e. no case.   On-line there are many examples of cases you can purchase but this one comes courtesy of just a DXF file for use with your laser cutter.  Reverse engineering it to make modifications and to personalise it you can use the DXF file to create features and parts in CREO. This short tutorial tells you how to do this. You can then produce your own DXF file from your CREO model and use it to cut out the parts o

3D modelling has a lot to offer when developing a design including customisation and design for manufacture. To illustrate this I will describe a common project in secondary schools, a small, laser cut acrylic box.Currently students might hand sketch on paper their idea with key dimensions.  They then use a non-parametric 2D draughting program to re-draw the outlines. Checking whether everything will slot together properly requires considerable 3D spatial awareness.  Some schools might use DXF fomat files imported into a 3D modeller like Creo to assemble for checking prior to laser cutting.  Without the 3D model there is every chance something will have been missed with parts needing to be modified and re-cut.  I skipped over the difficulties of importing a non parametric DXF into a parametric environment and editing it to become valid for 3D feature creation.. It's no surprise the majority of schools use this method, 2D draughting has been around much longer than 3

PTC will be sponsoring a CAD Design Competition at the 2013 FIRST World Championship again this year. Stop by the PTC booth in the America's Center exhibit hall to learn more and get involved.This year we are challenging all CAD designers to stop by and check out Creo to learn how to create true kinematics models from your existing CAD designs.Details on the competition are available at www.ptc.com.Hope to see you all next week. Good luck at the Championship and good luck if you choose to participate in our competition

A brilliant site for anyone wanting to make precision engineered parts from 3D CAD models using CNC machinery. http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/gcnc/

We are trying to set up CREO2 on a RM Connect 4 network. I have created a number of Drawing formats that include borders, title block and School badge and they have been placed in C:\program files\ptc\creo2.0\common files\MO30\creo_standards\formats. When I try to create a new drawing from a part and select 'Empty with Format' the formats do not appear.Can anyone explain what is happening here? I have used the same formats in the same location on my own stand-alone computer with no problem.Thank you

When I try to open a part or an assembly , it always show this information as above. Is there anyone know what is the problem and how to solve it? Thanks.

A Golden Ratio calliper design with locking screw.

This is a rendered image of a Diamond modelled in Creo by John Forth.Diamond appearance from the built in library was applied to the model and one extra spotlight added. The model was used to test an updated driver for his AMD FirePro V4900 card. The TIF image in the attached zip file took 1min 45 secs to render at Maximum resolution.You can use the Creo model in the Zip to design your own bling!

The 2013 PTC Design Competition was a lot of fun and filled with some very exciting submissions this year. There were an equal number of FTC and FRC submissions of some amazing robots and all the teams that participated did an amazing job. The booth was busy with students converting their static models into kinematic models by creating kinematic connections (pin, slider, planar, cylinder, ball, etc) between components and subassemblies in their robots. Teams not only brought in native Creo models, but we also converted SolidWorld and Inventor models to Creo to build the mechanisms. Excellent work by all and congratulations to everyone that participated

I have a problem when I want to make the revolution of an area that I have defined in the sketch. I get the following error: "This function is defined with very small dimensions compared to the rest of the piece. Is advisable to change the precision of the part to be less than 0.000304513."Please, how do I fix it? I do not know where to change the precision of the part...Thank you very much.

Hi all does anyone have an active link for the Creo2.0 DVD zip as the on i have backed up on Email is not reponding.CheersSimon

Since I can't find any place else to put this, I'll put it here. If anyone knows a way to send this to PTC directly or if there is a more appropriate location, please tell me, as I have no idea if it will even be seen by PTC here. These are my observations about how the current iteration of creo works. Most of these have to do with clearly legacy behaviors that need to be corrected.It should always be possible to select where to save. Currently, if a new part,drawing, etc. is made, it MUST be saved in the folder of the last file I opened. The options to put it elsewhere are greyed out.Closed files should be cleared from the environment. Currently there is a massive memory leak. Even if you close a file, it is still in memory so long as Creo is. If you are forced to move a file due the having saved it in the wrong place, need to reuse a name of a file that you stopped making or did not save, etc., you have to completely close creo and open it again because the name clashes with the clos

Hi,can anyone help?We are able to install Creo 2 on our school network, thats no problem.When students log onto their own profiles, (which only allows them to see a limited amount of drives on our servers) and go to open a file (File - Open) they are then able to see the entire school network and servers, giving them access to everything, creating a major secutiy issue.My tech guys and managers have either given up or cant work it out. I have 3 staff trained, and over 100 students across 3 key stages ready to use it.Has anyone come across this problem before? Im not a IT technician so I cant give you much information, but is there anything I can try or tell someone to try?Any information will be greatly received.Stuart

Hello,I'm a Mathcad Newbie but need to calculate some stuff for my FEM laboratory.My Problem is I don't really know how to work with functions in Mathcad Prime 2.Please check what is wrong with my calculation run for "w"I want to have w as a function of x. Also want to plot the curve later.What is wrong with my definition of w? Please help me!In the following you can see my definitions and tries of calculation Thanks a lot for your time & support!

Teachers and students using Creo are now very familiar with solid modelling tools like extrude, revolve and variable section sweep and many are now beginning to use the freestyle tools first introduced in Creo 1.0.Not many schools are making use of the ISDX advanced surfacing tools that have been in most versions of Pro|ENGINEER and are available in the Academic Editions of Creo. Australian teacher Huu Huynh is exceptional having created this Toyota 86 using Creo. Huu has very kindly uploaded a series of step-by-step videos showing how he did this.  Thanks Huu.

Could your students design a new livery for the Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE car?Aston Martin Racing in partnership with Gulf have launched a competition and the winner plus a friend will be VIP guests of Aston Martin Racing and Gulf for the 2013 Le Mans event! Entries can be on paper, electronic or, how about a Creo model? Details of the competition are on the web site.http://www.mygulfastonmartinracingcar.com/Good luck!

This design was prompted by Bob Cater in Wales.  He was describing the Visconti Divina Proportione fountain pen which comes with a lovely three legged calliper.A similar calliper could be useful in product design courses so students can measure existing products and determine the proportions of their own designs.The ZIP file is attached containing a PDF, Creo models and a dxf for laser cutting. Start by reading the PDF.If you use this in your teaching please post feedback and examples.

I have a part that can either in one of two positions, in service or stowed. I need to be able to quickly swap the part between these two positions while my professor looks on. By quickly I mean one or two clicks, not 5 min redoing the mating every time. How can I gave a part two switchable matings?

Hello,I am having a persistent problem for last 2 days. I am unable to generate the license file for Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 School Edition. Whenever I click on "Generate File" during the installation, it says "PTC Setups was unable to contact the PTC Download Server. If you use a proxy server with your web browser to access internet you will need to specify that server now for PTC Setup." I am afraid I am connected to internet, besides I don't use proxy. But it keeps giving me this error always. I brought my laptop at the University's IT Help Desk for installation as well, they told me that it might be because the License Server is temporarily down. Could anyone please tell me what the real issue is?Regards,Absar

After installing creo on my notebook i couldnt start the program. there is only a message like "Creo from PTC doesnt work anymore" and then it crash down.Do anyone got the same problem?

As a sort-of-offseason project of curiosity, I've decided to try modeling a robot shooter (for Ultimate Ascent) as accurately as I can. After finally figuring out how to use the Weld application, I'm now faced with a new dilemma: when I render my nice new shooter model, the weld shows up as bright orange! I've explored a bit and found a "Weld Materials" menu, but after some experimentation and a bit of searching, I haven't found out how to actually take any of the materials in there and make them my weld material (which may or may not be the problem, but to be honest all I've learned about Creo is primarily though experimentation, so the gaps in my knowledge are many and wide). tl;dr: My welds are orange. How do I make them not orange when I render?

Hi all,hope you had a good build season. I know we have. one of the kids asked me about a good pdf sheet metal tutorial. i couldnt find one... does anyne have anything up their sleeve? thanks

Form for librarians to issue Creo to students to install Creo at home, The form records the product code issued to each student,It also provides a tear-off slip to be inserted in the DVD sleeve when the student books it out.

HelloI have a korean Windows 7 on my computer atm.I need to install Creo in english so its easier for me to work with but when i try and install Creo, the option doesnt come up to change english and its just installs automatically in korean..Is there anyway i can install in english? or change the language to english after installation?thank you