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10-Marble
October 2, 2023
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spline - to impose tangency conditions in the splines at the intermediate points

  • October 2, 2023
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Hi, I still use the WF4 version and I would like to know if on the latest versions of Creo Parametric it is possible to impose tangency conditions on lines/planes/curves in the splines at the intermediate points as happens for Catia.
The curves referred to are external to the spline profile.
To better understand what I mean, look at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba8ycG1dPtA
at minute 30.45
forget the rest

You can also get there by building but it's quicker that way

HI

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kdirth
21-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
October 2, 2023

As of 7.0, you cannot impose constraints at interpolation points on a 3D spline.  You would have to create multiple splines with constraints on the end points and then create a composite curve.

There is always more to learn.
22-Sapphire II
October 2, 2023

The Creo features that would be an analog to the CATIA functionality you are looking at are ISDX curves and surfaces. ISDX curves have more control available to them than "regular" splines. You must of course have access to the ISDX Creo extension to use ISDX features.

mamobono10-MarbleAuthor
10-Marble
October 3, 2023

I tried using Style but I can't impose constraints on the intermediate points.

See Attachment

Maybe it's my old WF4 version that doesn't allow it.

HI

mamobono10-MarbleAuthor
10-Marble
October 3, 2023

What you say is correct and in fact that is what I did to recreate the hook design.

I didn't use style but created splines in pieces and then intervened manually by modeling the curve by adding control points and in the end I succeeded.

 

In their example these operations are done automatically taking the external curve as a reference and this is what I point out.

I was asking if there had been an upgrade of the spline function in the latest versions of creo but it seems to me that this has not happened.

Nothing changes for me, I always use WF4, it was just for information.

Maybe it could be a suggestion to forward to PTC.

 

Thanks for your answers