Creo Elements/Direct Ideas

Our users need to open Creo Parametric files made by colleagues from the Windchill Workspace with CEDM. We know the Unite Technology that permits to open CEDM files from Windchill Workspace with Creo Parametric but we need the opposite. Now users that need to open Creo Parametric files add to workspace the models with the embedded browser, they export from Workspace into the file system and then they open files in CEDM from the File System. These steps are very annoying for them, they prefer to use step files instead but they would like to open directly to have more quality. Thanks   ... View more

show the memory status (30%, 40%, 50%) and estimated time for the storage (check in) process of our 3D models. If we store bigger models, we wait a long time without feedback from system. Because of this some colleagues start the "Check In" process again or click into the system which cause a milky window or increase the risk of a system crash. ... View more

The check-in functionality from CED to WorkgroupManager should be extended so that it will be possible to select a checked-in assembly and all checked-out and changed children can be checked in without the need for individual selection.   ... View more

It should be possible to switch of warnings "Data will be loaded as a new drawing. Please confirm to continue" when load a drawing from Windchill Workgroup Manager to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. It is possible to switch of this warning with CED Model Manager using the command (setf modelmanager::*db-load-2d-enable-warning* :off).   At the moment it is not possible to have any automation with a drawing when a user have to agree this dialog manually. ... View more

When we use "Sel unshare" command to create a Selective instance the panel asks 3 field: 1) Source 2) Name 3) Context   It would be useful an Icon to see the choosen context in the model tree to undestand in Which level the change was made.   For example: we used "MRID..." for source and "Comodo" for context but we can't see it. I can see the "unshare" icon for source and parents of source that are childrens of context (then "MRID..." and "Albero") . Windchill saves the change on the first parent of the context ("Reggiatrice"). We have to know that the "context" is the first level parent of an "unshare icon" and that the change is active only on the parent of the "context". It's very confusing.   Thanks Nicola     ... View more

Can "Clip Planes" be used to view internal surfaces (not inside the material - just an internal surface i.e. a cavity in a body)?   If not, would this be a feasible "Product Idea"? ... View more

The export of Creo Simulate model into the FEM Neutral File includes only 13 predefined material properties like YOUNG_MODULUS, POISSON_RATIO, .. etc. The export of user defined material properties is excluded from export to FNF-file. This malfunction disables proper use of user defined solvers, which require additional material properties. We propose in this idea/enhancement to include the user defined material properties into the fnf output. The current fnf format can be used, for example: %MATERIAL 1 YOUNG_MODULUS : 1 %MATERIAL 1 POISSON_RATIO : 0.3 %MATERIAL 1 USER_DEFINED_NAME_ONE: 1.2 %MATERIAL 1 USER_DEFINED_NAME_TWO: 5 %MATERIAL 1 USER_DEFINED_NAME_THREE: abc %MATERIAL 1 USER_DEFINED_NAME_FOUR: yes This allows to handle all data types of the user defined material properties: Real_Number, Integer, String, Yes_No  (the real number is the most important).   Optionally, the export to fnf-file can be controlled by a config option e.g. fem_export_user_properties no*/yes. This would allow to preserve export format for old models.   This Idea/Enhancement is very important for management of CreO models in PDM. Without this feature maintenance of simulation models integrated with CreO is disabled in our company.   We have submitted tis idea on recommendation of PTC Support after consultation with CreO Simulate developers. The corresponding case is 15603739.       ... View more