Creo Elements Direct

 Hello Community Members,We are currently evaluating and benchmarking some plugins for Creo and need large native Creo assembly datasets for load and stress testing.We have already searched several CAD repositories and community sites, including GrabCAD, but haven't been able to find assemblies that are large enough for our testing requirements.We're looking for native Creo assemblies with characteristics such as:Large number of components (preferably 10,000+ if possible)We'd like to understand how a "large" Creo model is typically defined.Is it based on:File size (MB/GB)?Number of parts/components in the assembly?Another metric commonly used for benchmarking and performance testing?

When I export a PDF, the phantom and hidden lines appear to be the same, but in the Creo drawing, it’s clearly different. The only way I found that will reflect the phantom line geometry is what I did with the line highlighted in yellow. I described how I did it below.Does anyone know how to fix this? I want to use the component display to make the lines phantomopque, and have it reflected when I export a PDF. Yellow - I went to display<Line Style<Modify Lines<PHANTOMFONTBlue - I went to Component Display<PhantomOpqueGreen - Hidden Line Thank you to anyone who can help.

How do you activate the lattice feature, does it require an additional module?

I am using Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Release 20.4 and Datecode20.4.3.0 If one of these situations happen, sometimes the CREO turns-off/dissapears (the window dissapears, as well as the icon in the taskbar) and all the work that has been done and it is not saved is lost. As the Windchill is still running, this are the steps we have to do: 1. Close Windchill 2. Reopen Creo 3. Reopen Windchill 4. Reload the cad. This has a long time consumption, as well as making us lose the work done. This situation SOMETIMES happens when: 1. The laptop is disconnected from the screens 2. The laptop is disconnected from the docking 3. Laptop enters sleep mode or autohibernation Here are the errors that I faced No warning. Only the icon of the CREO in the keybar dissapears, as well as the CREO screen.

Back in 2012 I purchased a WF5.0 Student license. Since it is tied to the network adapter of the computer, I assigned it to a USB NIC so I could move to a new computer without requesting a new license file.While that did work for a long time, I recently started having problems with that network adapter disconnecting. (I used to remove it when I wasn’t using it to “protect it” and probably damaged a wire.)As I recall, when I moved the license from the original computer to the USB NIC, there was an email address I need to send my information to.Is that still the method to make this change, or is there another way to accomplish this task?If this is the method, can someone provide me the correct email address? 

Hi there,I have used Creo Direct V19 on my old laptop for 4 years without issue (even worked when OS upgraded to Windows 11).On transferring to a new PH ZBook Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 265H (2.20 GHz) Win 11 Creo now has strange clipping on flyover selection where the surface highlights in orange (as normal) but now the whole surface jumps in front of other parts, while before only the visible area would be highlighted.After selecting a surface, the whole part also jumps to render in full in front of other parts.When moving a part dynamically, the part (or assembly) will begin clipping and disappear as its is moved.Switching off hardware acceleration (CPU only) resolves these issues but the frame rate is unusable.The new laptop has the latest drivers installed for the Intel Arc Pro 140T (16GB) and NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU.Just wondering if anyone else has seen this and found a solution to it?Thank you Cal

The 3d models that my organization manage almost all belong to a top-level facility assembly in CED all stored in Manager Server of course. The top-level assembly is organized by rooms and the top-level assembly of each room is in a container. The vast majority of the time we are loading just sub-assemblies of the local area that we are interested in when loading from the server to CED Modeling. Occasionally we do need to load the top-level assembly when creating facility layout images for example.Over the 30+ years that we have been using CED (ME30->CoCreate->CED) the top level assembly has gotten quite large. Previously the assembly would take days to load from Manager Server but would eventually finish. Modeling performed pretty well once the load was complete.Recent attempts to load our top-level assembly have been unsuccessful. Most recently the load failed after chugging away for 10 days. The error thrown was “LISP error: Cannot open the file” followed by a file name in a l

Software: Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 19.0Goal: I am looking for a way to automatically rename all components (parts and assemblies) within a specific top-level assembly using a sequential naming convention (e.g., PART-001, PART-002, PART-003...).Details: Doing this manually in the Structure Browser is extremely time-consuming for large assemblies. I would like to find a solution (either a built-in command or a LISP script) that allows me to: Select a Parent Assembly. Define a Prefix (e.g., "MYSYSTEM-"). Automatically apply a three-digit increment (001, 002...) to all children. Questions: Is there a hidden command in the standard UI that supports "Prefix + Increment" renaming? If not, does anyone have a LISP macro or utility that can automate this task? Are there any "Best Practices" to avoid naming conflicts when doing this in a large session? Any help, sample code, or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

With version 20.8 I cannot access anymore the remote license Server status using http://<Remote License Server>:17171. Logged to the server http://localhost:17171 works as expected.Il there any workaround or some administration command to use?

Service Temporary Unavailableというエラーメッセージが出て対処方法がわかりません。無償版が使える環境にするにはどうしたらよいか対処方法を教えていただけませんでしょうか？適切なご回答がいただきたいです。

Hi, the server for using direkt modeling express is down therefore i cannot copy an activation key, can you help please?Best Andre  

Current version: Windchill 12.1 with Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.7 When using CED Modeling in combination with Windchill, it is possible to show Windchill attributes in the structure browser through structure browser views. It would be great to have these attributes also shown in the tooltip when hovering over a component (instead of showing the structure browser path of the selected component) in order to have more clarity/information when navigating the viewport.

When you are trying to install Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager on a Server with multiple network interfaces, it is a more a gamble than a real specified process, whether the installation will succeed or not.Even when you have succeeded in installing Model Manager on a server with multiple network interfaces you may get wrong answers from the http://<server>:9898/ port, where IP-address is mentioned again.....In the past the typical server within a CAD installation had one network interface working (simply unhooking the cable) and everything goes fine.In the meantime you will encounter other configurations:1.) network interface to the management net2.) network interface to the production net (e.g. 1GBit)3.) network interface to the production net (e.g. 10GBit)4.) network interface via the USB connection to the KVM system used for dealing with problems standing directly in front of the rack.* When the algorithm within the product selects the wrong interface during the insta

Creo Elements Direct Modeling 20.7.1.0 (English):I can't "snap to" or "catch" an intersection when dimensioning.In this case I would like to dimension from the bottom of a key slot to the top of the shaft at the 12 o'clock position. The only way i have found is to draw a very short vertical geometry line at the point where the center line intersects the diameter line. When I create this line I can snap/catch the intersection of the center line and the diameter line WHY can't I catch the same intersection when dimensioning?Thank you for your help.Tim Higdon

Hi, I need an expert advice on how to export a BOM generated in Creo Elements drawing sheet to excel or any other formats which can further connect to any other applications.Appreciate your response. ThanksNaresh

Hi, I need an expert help who can provide the right procedure to customize the BOM in Creo elements Direct modeling under 3d Documentation. The generic documentation is bit confusing & doesnt show which file need to used for adding the syntax. Appreciate you quick response.ThanksNaresh

I'm looking for a Creo expert (paid if needed) to assist me moving all my customizations to a new PC.A back and forth thru this forum/emails is not workable for me. I need someone to connect to the PC then resolve all issues preventing my Creo customizations from working on the new PC. Old PC with working customize files = Creo Direct Modeling 20.7New PC that these customizations do not work on = Creo Direct Modeling release 20.8 Thank you for your help.

Hello, Right now a supplier is using Creo elements direct modeling latest version and they create annotations drawing files and send .bd2 files to us. I wanted to ask if there was a way for us to open it or convert it without having to turn it into a neutral file? We tried step file but my issue is when it comes to Creo Parametric the models are broken? Is there no direct way to address this? Thank you. 

ME10  cannot initialize its Windows print subsystem on Windows Server 2025.The error win_prt_mgr is not defined proves the ME10 print macro is not loaded. any idea to make it work

The attached files are on an old PC that are working with version 20.7.When I copy these files to the new machine (in the same file location) that do not work on the new machine running 20.8. How do I get them to work? Thank you for your help

Hi everyone!I need to copy multi Holes as in picture. I'm using Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.7But, I didn't find out the Pattern or Multi-Copy function.Could you Instruct me the step or Document to take?Thank you

Unfortunately, this was never fixed.  Now, the Activation Key server is down (URL). Is Creo Elements Direct Modeling Express still a usable product?  If so, what's the fix?

Hi, I will want download the sw Element direct modeling with 30 days freeHow many licenses are possible for this period?How do they work? Locally or on the company network?Thank you

I went from Creo Elements 20.4 with Workgroup manager 12 to Creo Elements 20.6.2 with workgroup manager 13.0.2.1In the drawing browser, the name of the drawing used to be the Windchill file name, and now it is the Windchill name.Is it possible to change it to the windchill number or file name?I used to use it in a lisp, for example:display (oli::sd-am-inq-drawing-no)But now I get a different value then I used to.Also I can't find how to get the windchill attributes (like PTC_WM_NUMBER) of the drawing in lisp.I tried lot's of things but I can't find it. 

Hello Community, we are facing an issue with Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.7 + Annotation connected to Windchill+. When creating a new drawing from a 3D model (e.g. model name TEST) and saving it to the Windchill workspace, the drawing receives the correct Windchill number (e.g. CAD0000403) according to the OIR.However, in CED Annotation the drawing name is not updated – it still shows the original model name (TEST). In the TRACE log we can see that the number (PTC_WM_NUMBER) is correctly transferred from Windchill to Annotation, but the expected macro (Docu_set_drawing_no) is not executed. On another CAD workstation running Modeling 20.6 with Windchill 12.1.2.5 (on-premise) the drawing is renamed correctly, which corresponds to the standard behavior of the CED–Windchill integration. So far we could not identify a configuration difference. We also checked PTC documentation but did not find any known issue related to this behavior. My questions:Has anyon