Questions About Fixing Components, Section Views, and Free Movement in Creo Assembly

[ENGINEERINGXYZ]

I'm currently working on an assembly project in Creo and have run into some issues that I hope you all could help me resolve.

1. How to Fix a Component in an Assembly?

   • I've been trying to fix a particular component within an assembly. Could someone guide me through the steps to do this properly?

2. What Does the Square Symbol in Front of a Component Name Indicate?

   • I've noticed that some of my component names in the assembly feature a square symbol in front of them. What does this indicate, and how does it affect my assembly?

3. Steps for Creating a Section View?

   • I need to create a section view of my assembly for analysis. Can anyone provide me with a step-by-step guide on how to accomplish this in Creo?

4. How to Make a Component Free-Moving in an Assembly?

   • I want to allow a component to move freely within an assembly, separate from the fixed components. How can I set this up?

Your guidance would be immensely helpful for my project. Thank you in advance!

[BenLoosli]

If this is a student project, then you need to learn how to do a lot of those things to be proficient in using Creo.

The square box says the component is placed in the assembly and not fully constrained within the assembly. If something changes, your unconstrained component may stay where it is instead of shifting to its new location based on the other component's change.

Your imported SolidWorks parts cannot be edited in Creo, as they are just solid blobs representing the space of the object. Try to remodel them as Creo parts and learn the functionality of the software.

[ENGINEERINGXYZ]

Not a student project, changing from Solidworks to Creo. 😥

[Pettersson]

1. Edit Definition, remove all contraints, add a "Fix" constraint.

2. As Ben mentioned, it means the part isn't fully constrained, and it's usually a bad thing. If it's the first part in the assembly, you still nedd to constrain it (often not the case in other software). Easiest way to do this is with the Default constraint.

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuU1TZuObvw

4. That would be the mechanism constraints. Research Mechanism in Creo. It's far too much info to detail in a forum post.