MathCad xyz points to Creo Parametric

 Hi,

1. A similar question was asked earlier: 

• "Data Points from Mathcad to Creo": https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Data-Points-from-Mathcad-to-Creo/td-p/644521
• "How to make curve with equation": https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/how-to-make-curve-with-equation/m-p/408640/highlight/true#M160247

2. From "Help Center" - "About the PTC Mathcad Prime Analysis and PTC Mathcad Prime Analysis Feature": https://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/r7.0/usascii/index.html#page/model_analysis/bemod/About_Mathcad_Analysis_Feature.html#wwconnect_header

This is likely not the best place on the forums to get answers to this kind of question.

If you can't find a direct way to get the points from MathCAD to Creo, you could go about it in a more indirect way:

(1) Output the points to a file from MathCAD (Excel? Text file?) I don't know what your options are here since we don't use MathCAD.

(2) Use the X, Y, Z points to make a .ibl file. It's a relatively simple file format. Here's a sample:

open pointwise
begin section !1
begin curve
4.152635490642E+02 -4.494745914095 44.8
4.150263689969E+02 -4.475489942293 44.8
4.147892274691E+02 -4.455765001303 44.8
4.145521254190E+02 -4.435571073514 44.8

 (3) Import the .ibl file via Model -> Get Data -> Import and changing the Type field to "Ibl file (*.ibl)

It's not elegant, but it'll get the job done.

Hi,

1.]

In Creo create datum point feature using Offset Coordinate System option and Save datum point list into pts file. You will get something like this ...

!
! DATUM POINT ARRAY DATA FILE
!
! Comment lines should begin with an exclamation mark (!).
! You may have as many comment lines as you wish.
! There must be at least one space between values.
!
! Enter values with respect to datum arrays' coordinate system:
!
!CARTESIAN coordinates:
! X Y Z
!
 0.00 0.00 0.00
 1.00 1.00 1.00

2.]

Create pts file using your x,y,z values and import it into datum point feature.