PTC Education

Hi all,I made an Instructable of our Arm gripper. I made some rendered images in PRO E and explained how we used it in the design process.check it out and tell me what you think ? here is the linkhttp://www.instructables.com/id/Robotic-Arm-Gripper-for-FRC-Logomotion-Competition/

Hi,I am running out of hard drive space and i wanted to know what is the best way of deleting old versions of parts or assemblies? (for example it saves prt.2 and prt.3 and the latest is prt.4, so i only need the latest)thanks,Itzik

Got this odd message while fiddling with Expert Machinist in WF 5.0 Schools Edition. I do not know what this error means.As far as I know, X axis is left/right, Y axis is in/out, and Z axis is up/down.Meanwhile, the SpectraLIGHT 0200 mini-mill has the milling head hanging above the workpiece, so it seems to me that the mill head is parallel with the Z axis.Yet if I try to create a toolpath milling the top surface of the virtual object, I get this error message that I can only mill perpendicular to the Z axis. This is totally mysterious.,I suppose I could've changed some default parameter in the program while trying to learn it. I have not yet done a full uninstall and reinstall to see if that clears this message.Also I suppose not all mills necessarily have the cutterhead above the workpiece, which might explain this message.

I do not know what the capabilities are of Schools Edition beyond "just" 3D modeling. (I am assuming the latest downloadable Pro/E version.)Can you produce 3D shapes that can be exported for milling?Can Schools Edition directly generate tool paths, or would I need a converter/path-generator like MasterCam to do that?Our school has the "Light Machines" miniature mill and lathe, which mainly are used to cut wax, plastic, or wood for student assignments.The students are mainly doing simple handwritten G-code programming, but it would be nice to allow exposure to more realistic CNC with generated parametric surfaces.

Hi, my name is Juan Camilo Loaiza V, i´m studying product design engineering at the university EAFIT in Medellín, Colombia. Work as a monitor in the area of 3D modeling and I would like to know in Latin America, Caribbean and others parts of world that universities teach Creo(Pro/E), to build relationships between universities and expand knowledge.Thank you very much.

I am using Ansys 64bit version to do my structural analysis. Unfortunately it does not communicate with Pro/E WF4.0 x32bit.How and where do I get the 64bit version of Pro/E?Thanks so muchHartmut

Hi, my name is Juan Camilo Loaiza V, i´m studying product design engineering at the university EAFIT in Medellín, Colombia. Work as a monitor in the area of 3D modeling and I would like to know in Latin America that universities teach Creo(Pro/E), to build relationships between universities and expand knowledge.Thank you very much.

I use the PRO-E student edition on my home computer. I have 64 bit computer with Windows 7 Home Premium.While assembling parts, and when I click on middle mouse to pan a part, the program closes itself without saving the work.I have 6MB of ram. Is this a ram issue? I can add 2MB by replacing two 1 mb with 2 , 2MB chips.Also there is no 'PRO-Program' available in Tools with this edition? Thanks. Ajit

I use disk imaging to make maintenance of our computer labs easier. I have one image for the business education lab, one image for the elementary computer lab, one image for the industrial arts lab, and so forth.How do I go about including Pro/E schools edition in these images? I see something about the license being "locked to the MAC address", though I haven't gone deep into testing this yet.Is it the tiny license file that is all that really matters between the machines? If so, then I can store backups of the license files on the network and drop them into place on each machine after the imaging is finished.Probably could write up an automatic AutoIT post-imaging script to handle this....$LAN_MAC = GetHardwareMAC("Local Area Connection")IF $LAN_MAC = "11:22:33:44:55:66" THEN COPY "\\Server\share\imaging\ProE-Licensing\112233445566\*.* C:\ProE-License\."END IFIF $LAN_MAC = "11:22:33:44:55:77" THEN COPY "\\Server\share\imaging\ProE-Licensing\112233445577\*.* C:\ProE-License\."END IFIF

Hi everyone,I have started using ProDesktop at our school as our main resource for CAD.I have a number of starting up problems and I was hoping to find a group who are using the same CAD software.regardsSimon Watts 

I have a weird problem running creo 5. It doesn't happen all the time, in fact I couldn't get it to happen for my teacher.When I am in sketch modeand I start to scketch, the screen shows everything i done at the same timeit is really weird.I can't figure out how to make this stop. I.ve deleted and reloaded creo 5 many times and it always happens againi can't use the program as is and I don't have the time to find a machin to complete my assignments. please help.if i move the middle button on the mouse it will go to a proper looking screenbut when I move the mouse to draw it goes back to a funky screen and I can't tell where i am drawing in the mess here is what the screen looks like

Tsk tsk, looks like this software is not multithreaded very well. Spinning around the PTC Academy / Aston Martin model using "enhanced Realism" brings my computer to its knees, takes a second or more to redraw the 1680x1050 screen as I spin the model around.And what do I see on the Windows XP Task Manager? PTC is only using 25% of the system capability to do this, which means it is single-threaded.Listen PTC, with multiple cores, assign 1/n of the display area to a core (4 cores = 1/4 th per core), and have them divide up the work. Checkerboard division of the screen (say, 100x100 pixel blocks) will deal with distribution of large blank/used render regions better across all cores.

John Lee - UK Trainer emailed: "...the IT manager is refusing to install it on their network citing the batch file security issue..."ProE needs to run scripts – If a school insists on blocking scripts they will not be able to run Pro|ENGINEER. This approach to network securoty reflects an ‘old school’ philosophy of preventing pupils from doing damage at all costs. It usually happens when IT curriculum leaders have abdicated their responsibility to educate pupils about the dangers of electronic communication and may also be done to reduce workload for IT support staff. Thankfully these schools are now a tiny minority. Most schools employ a more enlightened policy, supported by Becta, of allowing pupils more freedom based on a clear policy for IT usage and monitoring/sanctions to identify and deal with transgressors. This is more likely to keep pupils safe when they are at home, often with unrestricted and unmonitored access to the internet.Schools wishing to maintain the block on script

My old computer died and I need to move the license file from my old computer to the new computer. I logged into support but would not let me access the "Reconfigure Software License" section because it said I don't have access to that. Does anyone know how I can get a new license file generated for my new computer? Thanks.

Hello All,I am trying to find out what is required in order to teach ProE. Would I need to be certified with PTC to teach a continuing education course at a local technical college?Also, does anybody know if PTC helps support a course like this in any way?Thanks,Dennis

Hi. Is there a free student download for Wildfire 5.0? If there is can you please post a link. Thanks!

I am attempting to install Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition Wildfire 5.0(M040). The installer went all the way to the finish, however when I attempted to launch PTC.exe, the program folder shortcut did not work. I looked in the correct bin folder and PTC.exe was not present, although other program files were. I attempted to reinstall, and the installer hangs at 2%.Can someone offer some help with this?

I have a bit of a problem with my mouse cursor when using Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 student version. The point at which the cursor selects is not at the tip of the arrow but has shifted down below the arrow. Here is a photo of the problem, you can see the little yellow x is below the arrow but should be at the tip of the arrow. I'm not sure how I can fix this, but it would help a lot. Thanks for any info. [/img]

This Mathcad file calculates the drive train motor (for toughbox and sprocket gearing using a CIM motor). Illustrations and explenations in the file

I just had to ask. 2011 KOP available yet?

Hi there,Just after some advice.I've got a free version of the student edition of wildfire 5 Pro/E through my University. The software is running fine but installed on my old laptop which i have now upgraded. Can anyone tell me if it is possible for me to transfer my license of the software on to my new laptop?ThanksSimon

Has anyone found the middle pole ass'y, part GE-11003, in the 2011_FRC_FOP folder? GE-11003 file shows the fasteners, but not the complete assembly.Thanks,Ken Snodgrass

What is the best/fastest way to load/import all of the KOP models into a Windchill Library or "COMMONSPACE" Folder? Not very good with Windchill yet but it would be tedious to load one at a time or as multiple parts/documents. Can it be put in all teams' Projects?

We are having problems starting Mechanica is ProE. When we go applications and chose Mechanica, the Mechanica Model Setup dialog box opens and we leave the defaults and choose OK. A License Check message box pops up stating, "Unable to get required Mechanica license. Please contact your sales rep."If we go back the to Mechanica Model Setup and check FEM Mode, Mechanica seems to run. The default has Model type selected as "Structure" and the Defalt Interface as "Bonded." And when we check FEM Mode, "Merge Coincident Nodes" under Properties is also checked.This works in the beginning, however, going through the Analysis video, we can get through all the massing of points, weighting of links, and setting surfaces to Aluminum 7001, but when we go to the meshing part, we get stuck. We have the error message that it can't mesh because the weighted link between the spars at Point 53 doesn't work. It says "A Weighted Link with no reference nodes has been found. Meshing is terminated. Source: F

Hi everyone, Our lab has been using ProE/Wildfire 4.0. I cannot open the 2011 KOP with it. I can open parts in Wildfire 5.0 that I loaded at an FRC training in the fall on my personal laptop. Is there anyway to use 4.0 with the KOP? Thanks. Jean-Ann