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TmetcalfEmeritus
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June 9, 2016
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A Creo Challenge for fun

  • June 9, 2016
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Good day everyone,

Amit Deshpande‌ and I have returned from LiveWorx; it was excellent to say hello to community members in person.

One of the most popular stops on the expo floor was this Creo "race."  How about some friendly competition for bragging rights?

Please give this part a try and let us know how long it took you to draw it.  Feel free to set up some video with a timer

Best,

Toby

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    dschenken1-Visitor
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    June 10, 2016

    It took about 20 minutes. I had to redo the radii a couple of ways because the radius solver seems to try to solve multiple radii sets simultaneously (Set1, Set2, Set3) as opposed to sequentially, so I ended up creating multiple round features. I don't do a lot of rounds, so maybe I've missed a shortcut.

    The part is double-dimensioned where the R10 on the lower boss is. This is covered by the  R50 and the assumption that the 40 dim for the depth of the web in section B-B applies through the entire lower branch.

    A more interesting challenge would be to give a drawing, an amount of time to build a compliant model, then give a new drawing that is roughly based on the first to see how flexible the original model was and how adaptations need to be made to get there.

    I've seen this in practice and the results aren't pretty.

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    JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    June 10, 2016

    David Schenken wrote:

    A more interesting challenge would be to give a drawing, an amount of time to build a compliant model, then give a new drawing that is roughly based on the first to see how flexible the original model was and how adaptations need to be made to get there.

    I completely agree!  Better yet, give your first model to a colleague who then has to make the required changes, and take the total time...

    Toby, before I start on this, do you have a job code that I can book to on my timesheet?

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      TmetcalfEmeritusAuthor
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      June 24, 2016

      Greetings all -

      Would you like a quarterly challenge like this?  I would be willing to consider some type of prize for the winner.

      Cheers,

      Toby

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        Inoram14-Alexandrite
        14-Alexandrite
        June 28, 2016

        Random 2 cents here. Just to echo what was said above, a speed challenge, isn't much of a challenge. Robustness of the model would be more challenging (and educational), but that can also be partly subjective.

        I would say go back to the Nest smoke detector thread a couple years ago where we were figuring out the hole pattern. Those are the kind of challenges I prefer.

        edit: this

        Nest smoke alarm: How to create the "fibonacci-like" hole-pattern

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        TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
        17-Peridot
        June 28, 2016

        I would agree with that perspective.  Also maybe add challenges regarding processes that could reveal some less that obvious solutions.

        Us stand-alone people still have challenges with things like revisions, duplication, and other things that PTC has put hard earned development into that get very little recognition, and thereby,  very little use by users.  Maybe they are there to help other developed routines but if the user never learned about them, it is a waste of good tech.

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        TmetcalfEmeritusAuthor
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        June 29, 2016

        Thanks for the feedback guys!

        I agree regarding accuracy over speed: not only would it be very hard for me to monitor (unless each person wanted to video themselves ),  but it does not how fast you do it if you are doing it wrong.  I will give this consideration and report.

        Best,

        Toby

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        TmetcalfEmeritusAuthor
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        June 29, 2016

        I am sure no one in this group would ever try to pull something over on me Steven

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        dschenken1-Visitor
        1-Visitor
        June 30, 2016

        That's why I would use AutoIt instead of a trail file or mapkeys. It makes the mouse pointer move so Camtasia can see it. The end product is much more convincing.

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        TmetcalfEmeritusAuthor
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        July 22, 2016

        Thanks everyone for your comments.

        I think this will be a fun idea, now I just need to do some planning.

        Best,

        Toby

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