System Administration

Is there a reason Creo 7 installs forcibly restart my system with no warning and no option to not do this? I'm working on building a silent installer and this is not acceptable

I am trying to prevent users from launching Creo if they are not using the company startup script. I start with no psf file in the <load point>/bin folder (deleted it as part of the install). Then I copy the psf into the bin folder, launch Creo and then delete the psf file.   Is there another way to do it? Deleting the psf file so quickly after launching Creo leaves me a little leery although it appears to be working. I tried putting the psf into a different folder other than the bin folder and calling it from the start up script but I wasn't able to get that to work. That could entirely be me.   I have users that launch Creo from the start menu or pin the program to their task bar and then complain when the program isn't behaving the way that it should (because they aren't using the company settings).

When you want to add a part to an assembly, you can browse for it or fill in this part's name. The problem with this is that you must know what you are looking for. In my experience in many cases its easier to place the name of a part to the clipboard when it's still open and use this when adding this part to an assembly etc.   When you want to create a simple mapkey which copies the name of a part/asm you have open, you are going to fail because for some reason this doesnt work.   I overcome the "copy name" problem by creating a mapkey which does the following:   first create a log-file which contains the name of the current part in the working directory. Then a batch file with DOS script copies this name to memory and then the log-file is deleted.   Im sure you can do this even more efficient with Pro/Toolkit but I'm not familiar with and I dont know why PTC does not just program these mapkeys themselves.     Do the following steps:   1. find the pa

I am trying to setup an xml driven install that I can push through SCCM to install on around 90 machines within our school District.  We are using the student edition of creo 7.  I am not really sure where to start.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.   Thanks.

I would like to try setting the "License Timout Parameter"I don't see a PTC.OPT file under our \flexnet\licensing directory? Is this where I should find it? Is it just a matter of creating one?I have also seen conflicting info regarding the 120 minutes being the minimum and elsewhere indicating that it can be set as low as 20 minutes.Does anyone know what the minimum is?[cid:image002.png@01CE4685.7A594AF0][cid:image003.png@01CE4685.7A594AF0]Thanks in advance,[Description: cid:012445618@15012007-1FE4]

How to check the expiry date of a borrowed flexnet license?   ptcstatus.bat does not show the expiry date, only # of licenses borrowed and type.   Pls help!

Hello,   We are trying to see how many users were using PTC for the last year.  I would like to get username and computer name. Our network license server is running on Windows OS. Any ideas/recommendations are appreciated. Thank you Leo

I am trying to pinpoint a problem with many users expierencing random crashing while running Creo 2.0 M100 off a server install. I am looking through some of the traceback.log files and I see patterns but I want to know if there is a way to tell what is actually causing the problem (hardware, software, graphic, etc). I am not the one using Creo when it crashes and PTC support always wants to know exactly what was being done when the crash happens. I can't always tell them since I am not familiar with the program to even relay the message between the users and PTC. All users are on Win7 x64 that meet PTCs min requirements to run Creo. The one thing that may be causing issues is the graphics cards. They are not included in PTC's support\certified list.   The two things that I see in all of the logs are lines referencing xtop:0x0000.... and atio6axx:0x0000..... PTC did tell me that most atio6axx lines mean an issue with graphics cards. Two parital log files are below. Can anyone tell

Last year I added a config.pro option below which allowed .dwg file to be black & white (WF5). intf2d_out_dxf_mapping_file   (Directory path to dxf_export.pro)   We are now switching to Creo 4.0 and it is back to the color of the drawing on the screen (Yellow with white [black on the scree] background. Very hard to see on a file viewer.   I could not find that config option while searching Creo 4.0 options. Does anyone have a suggestion for another one? Thanks, Dale

Hi Guys!!   I hope this message finds you all safe and well especially during these hard times.   First off this forum has been INVALUABE over the years. Even though this is my first post, reading through the forum has helped from countless nights of pulling my hair out. Just a big thank you really for putting in the time to answer the questions put forward by users.   I have been using PTC software since University, first WF4 then CREO 2 & 7…. I think the phrase might be “Hook ‘em while they’re young”   I have just started freelancing and looking to upgrade my current system at home. My current lifestyle dictates that I need to have a portable workstation. Which doesn’t help as my budget is low especially for this category. Would love to be in one place and have a desktop workstation…..one day.   I have been combing the forums, checking reviews and PTC’s advised hardware etc.   I have whittled my search to two systems, one verified by PTC and one no

Old license at 7788@xxxxx not longer valid, how can I change this to new target directory? Please help

I am curious if anyone has any experience with this.  If so and your willing to share your experience/thoughts I would appreciate it.  My company is considering using the service but would like to hear about some actual usage.    https://www.ptc.com/en/customer-success/success-management

Hey folks!I've got a problem with my Creo 4.0 license at my workplace. I suspect the problem is server based and not locally, because I've tried to access Creo on two different computers now (same license server).Several times now IT has reported the problem solved, but I still get the same old error message.Does anyone have a clue?Greetings,Sebastian

Hello,   I hope some people are out there still using Wildfire or know what is wrong. My Pro/e was working fine but I had to do a clean install of windows 10 and then reinstall my Wildfire version for the DVD. Now I cannot get my Pro/E to install correctly. I get the frustrating error: (-96) License server machine is down or not responding This is a node locked installation and I have the license file. I have tried what I understand from this article https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS21768   Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Justin

We have 5 licenses that are being shared by 10 different people.The timeout setting is too short, how do I increase the time so people don't lose the license when they are idle for a few minutes?

I am running Creo 7 from a server install.  There is one machine that will not run it though and it isn't making sense so far.  At the end of the batch file that I use to set different attributes I call out the the server location for the batch file.  If I pause my batch file right after the call I get the error: Device is not ready.  Why would it not work on this one machine?  Is it a network issue?  Where should I even start?

I have updated to M140 from M110 but whenever I attempt to open any file (.asm or .prt), it instantly pops up a fatal error.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled 4 times with no luck.  When operating with M110, I experienced no issues.  My other users were all able to upgrade to M140 and have had no issues opening the exact same files I have attempted to open. Anyone experienced anything similar?

Hi,   at first, I know that Win10-Home is not supported by Creo (see Creo4 hardware notes), but somtimes ist works on Win10-Home without any problems. Mostly "Creo Agent could not be registered" or somethig like that occurs. Nearly every student has an own laptop but in 99% with Win10-Home as OS. Are there any hints or tricks to get Creo work on Win10-Home? I don't understand that PTC gives the software to students for free but the OS the students normaly use is not supported...   Thanks for comments and tips

Hello, Another obscure Creo issue that I will try and describe.  I just attempted checkin of a new drawing.  The assembly was checked in by itself already.  Upon checkin of the drawing, a new part having nothing to do with the drawing is being checked in.  This same part did not "want" to be checked in with the assembly, only the drawing.  Where is this link taking place and how do I break this link?  Thank you.

HI Guys,   We currently run Creo 3 m090.    We are also in the process of testing out Creo 7   can someone explain how to return borrowed license files from each Creo 3 and Creo 7?   When I try and return them, I get an error saying that they are borrowed from multiple VD's, and i need to specify which.   How do i do this?   Here is what my return script looks like. @echo on😧cd d:\PTCAPPS\"Creo 7.0.1.0"\Common Files\x86e_win64\obj\lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 PROE_EngineerIlmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 125lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 192lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 59lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 6lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 67lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 135lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 32lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 339lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 341lmutil lmborrow -return -c 7788@azuse2lic10 10124lmut

All:I am running Creo 3.0 and trying to install Parametric on a handful of machines. Found the install guide and tried setting up a batch file to run the install silently and remotely. It worked on Creo 2.0 but I am unable to get Creo 3.0 to install. I can show you guys my batch file to run it but it is nothing special and mirrors the one that is working. I was just informed that the licenses servers are having some issues but would that keep this from installing?OS: Win 7 SP1 x64SW: Creo 3.0 M100%~dp0setup.exe -xml %~dp0xml\sim.p.xml -xml %~dp0xml\pma.p.xml -xml %~dp0xml\creobase.p.xml

One of our clients has recently moved to Creo 3.0 after we migrated their servers to 2012r2 and 2016 boxes. We installed PTC LMAdmin on their new licensing server and added the needed licenses. When we go to the needed machines and install Creo 3.0 it discovers the license server and adds the licence however when we open any of the creo products it prompts us with the following error:   License request failed for feature Requesting PROE_EssentialsM... 7788@LicensingServer: (-96) License server machine is down or not responding..   We have made sure PTC LMAdmin is running and that the needed machine is able to ping the server, and see its network shares. we also decied to run the reconfigure setup and entered the licensing server again, it once agian saw there was an available license on the server and added it. When opening Creo simulate it once again displays the same error as ab above. Is there something else that we are missing here?     

What is the format of files created with "Home-use license" ?? When file was created in trail version of Creo there is no possibility to open it in comersial version. Question is: Will it be possible with home-use license?? What in case when user did some work at home an took it to office?

I need some help in creating a parametric model in Creo. The Creo needs to run in batch mode to do the following:Fetch the input parameters from text file > Modify the geometry using the parameters> Write geometry file to diskI am successful at creating a pro/program that can take input file parameters ( regenerate> input file>specify text file). I can even run trail file to do the same. However all that only works in GUI.I need a windows batch command to run creo that takes input geometry and parameter file as input and writes updated geometry back.Is that too much to ask from a software?

Hello, I have a red stop light icon in the lower-right corner of my drawing.  I clicked it and nothing launched to reveal the cause.  What is the purpose of this stop light?  Thank you.