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Hello!
I have made a Punch tool off a form that I repeatedly use in Sheetmetal. I use it to make holes. The form has a lot of surfaces. When I want the command to work, I have to select all of the surfaces one by one. Is there a way to select the whole form and deselect the one surface I don’t need?
Stefan
Solved! Go to Solution.
Interesting, you can only create one annotation for a punch through the dialog but you can repeat or duplicate it in the list
If you have an account and current maintenance:
http://learningexchange.ptc.com/tutorial/36/utilizing-punch-model-annotations
It is a matter of creating an annotation feature that tells the SMT module what surface to remove.
You can find this feature in the pre-loaded punches.
I remember seeing a knowledge base video on the subject but you could start with one of the preloaded punches and use the same annotation template and re-assign the surfaces.
The preloaded punches are located in the Creo install folder under ...Creo 2.0\Common Files\M0<n>0\text\smt\punch_models\ ...just pick an "open" punch.
Interesting, you can only create one annotation for a punch through the dialog but you can repeat or duplicate it in the list
If you have an account and current maintenance:
http://learningexchange.ptc.com/tutorial/36/utilizing-punch-model-annotations
Thank you Antonius. I have modified my tool as you explained and it works! Is there also a way to create the handles which are shown in the tutorial?
Stefan
They used the CSYS in the punch as an assembly constraint so that is how it is placed.