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JW_117801904-Participant
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September 16, 2024
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  • September 16, 2024
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I'm really in need of someone's help in completing the discussion task.

 

I carried it out perfectly at work and had no issues, I thought I'd try it again to confirm my knowledge and now Creo is acting COMPLETELY differently and it's driving me crazy, it's like the app is set up differently.

 

 

 

Best answer by Matt_Huybrecht

No problem, James. We call this "flexing the sketch".

 

Just an FYI that this tool doesn't work in every case. What I mean is, if dragging the slider causes the geometry to fail at a specific value it'll just stop updating the geometry. Again, as you play around with it more and more you'll get familiar with it. You'll find that the most "delicate" geometry in a Sketch tends to be arcs adjacent to other arcs. You'll be flexing the sketch and suddenly an arc fill flip 180 degrees. But this is good because you'll see what can happen and could give you insight if, say, an Extrude feature that uses that sketch suddenly fails after modifying a dimension.

 

Regards,


Matt

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JohnWalker-TCD12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
September 16, 2024

Hello,

Based on the information you provided I am not sure what you are asking - can you please provide some additional info?  As in which behaviors are different?

You mentioned that the experience in Creo is completely different, did you use two different versions (one version in the VM and one version locally installed at work?)

Your post and image reference one of the discussion tasks. The discussion slide is framed to get you to think through how you might create the sketch, as there are multiple ways one could approach the sketch. As such, it is not a traditional task in the sense that you follow steps to create the sketch.

Any additional information you can provide to help me understand what you are experiencing will help me be able to assist you.

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    JW_117801904-ParticipantAuthor
    4-Participant
    September 16, 2024

    HI John,

     

    It just seems to be different, the constraints are acting differently and I can't seem to replicate the sketch. it's adding angles and dimensions that I do not want and it's also always displaying in red and I can't get the sketch to show up in the pinkish colour, which to my understanding means that it's a legitimate sketch and it's constrained properly.

     

    I have got as far as the image attached.

     

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    JohnWalker-TCD12-Amethyst
    12-Amethyst
    September 16, 2024

    Thank you for providing the additional info and the image. The pinkish color you are referencing in the training guide is the color used to represent a closed sketch, regardless if there are constraints or not. See an example of a sketch with only one coincident constraint and weak dimensions.  The filled in color is only for indicating a closed loop and does not indicate a fully dimensioned and constrained sketch.

    JohnWalkerTCD_0-1726495172437.png


    My best guess for the discrepancy is one of two things (or both):

     

    1. Your company has set their own default colors for closed loop regions and the text. Older versions of Creo used the yellowish color instead of the pinkish color so it's possible that this was modified internally within your company. You can see this info in the "Options" menu found by clicking "file" in the top left.:
      JohnWalkerTCD_1-1726495254678.png

       

    2. You are using a different version of Creo Parametric. The course content you are using was updated for Creo 10.0 (and it is switching over to Creo 11 today). So some of the UI may look different, but you should be able to constrain the sketch the same.

     

    Based on the image you provided, it seems as if you were able to match the dimensions and constraints of the image in the discussion slide. This leads me to believe, your company has a different customization than the default "out-of-the-box" Creo Parametric install. If you are noting differences like this, focus on the concepts and skills. In this example, if you are able to successfully recreate the sketch and apply appropriate dimensions and constraints, it seems as if you are doing things correctly.

     

     

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