Creo Parametric Ideas

Currently in Creo 4.0 M040. When creating a revolve feature you must create a solid line on the axis of revolution for the sketch to be determined as closed. This is a waste of time, and just more items to clutter the display. If the endpoints of a continuous curve lie on the axis of revolution consider it closed.  ... View more

Some of our customers are requesting some functionality to simplify a downloaded assembly. Lots or users download parts from the internet, from suppliers, but are not interested in every detail of this assembly. Only the outer faces are important, and since Annotation now can update face parts, it even can be a face part. The reason is that downloaded assemblies sometimes take up to a lot of Mb's, and filesize could be reduced multiple times having only 1 part or face part. Resulting in the ability to load bigger assemblies, less graphic performance... Cleaning them up takes quite some time, which is lost in the end, so you would gain also man-hours! The current Simplification functionality is not sufficient in this case, and a relation to the original part is not necessary anymore at all. Breaking it down, we would like to have some functionality to select only visible faces in a certain direction, just like Annotation does when it creates a view from a part. Doing this in 6 directions would give us already a pretty good result. Just keep in mind: it should work with an assembly! ... View more

In Annotation it should be possible to create isometric dimensions with correct orientation (see picture). ... View more

Creo will find automatically pick an alternate reference for many features when you make a change that modifies or replaces a feature in the model, such as adding a draft or combining similar features.  The reference is then marked with a yellow dot to indicate this.  I would like to be able to "accept" this substitution to remove the indicator that something may not be correct.  Currently the only thing I can do to remove the substitution is delete it and reselect. ... View more

Standard parts, stored in class LIBRARY_3D, can not be changed. Also with admin rights Model Manager prevents changes. There are reasons to prevent this changes. Because the standard parts are often used and changes have consequences. However, there are many reasons for which standard parts need to be changed anyway. Wrong density , errors in geometry, unfortunate position when loading , missing attributes , color, cut protection ... We have therefore created a workaround software that directly accesses the SQL database and the stored models in a semi-automatic approach. This allows the examination and modification of standard parts . Normteile, die in der Klasse LIBRARY_3D gespeichert werden, können nicht mehr geändert werden. Der Model Manager verhindert dies auch bei Admin-Rechten. Es gibt Gründe, diese Änderungen zu unterbinden. Denn die Normteile sind vielfach verbaut und Änderungen haben natürlich entsprechende Auswirkungen. Es gibt gleichwohl viele Gründe, aus denen Normteile trotzdem geändert werden müssen. Falsche Dichte, Fehler in der Geometrie, unglückliche Position beim Laden, fehlende Attribute, Farbe, Schnittschutz... Wir haben deshalb als Workaround eine Software erstellt, die direkt auf die SQL-Datenbank und die gespeicherten Modelle zugreift und in einer teilautomatischen Vorgehensweise die Prüfung und Änderung von Normteilen ermöglicht. This is too expensive for many cases .Therefore the idea to improve the Model Manager, that with appropriate admin rights, the change of standard parts is allowed by default. Das ist jedoch für viele Fälle zu aufwändig. Deshalb der Vorschlag zur Verbesserung des Model Manager, daß mit entsprechenden Admin-Rechten die Änderung von Normteilen standardmäßig zugelassen wird. ... View more

If you load a model and want to position this model in the assembly it often could be, that the loaded model is not visible, because it is located anywhere outside the viewing area. It would be better., if the loaded model is on the cursor and you can pick the position for the loaded model in the area, where you wanted to position it. Look to Creo Parametric. If you want to insert a model into an assembly the model is on the cursor. It doesnot matter, what area is visible in the viewport. ... View more

Spaces are allowed in Windows for file names, they should be allowed in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling for part names. -> Is now available with Release 20.0 ... View more

should be great if user defined or face set features could be saved and reapplied on different parts, in different Modeling sessions. similar functionality like templates in annotation. ... View more

I have often selected elements to start a command, and then mistakenly selected the wrong command (Move Face instead of Pull Face, or Align instead of Offset). I would like a function to select the  "Last Selection" so that I don't have to manually select the same elements again. In the past when I have brought this up, there were some technical issues which made if difficult to do. To make it easier, I only want that list kept until a command has been completed (i.e. the model has changed). Once a command has been completed, the "Last Selection" list is cleared. ... View more

This is an enhancement request regarding dimensioning isometric views in Creo elements direct modelling. The problem is that you are not able to smart draw dimensions that relate to the drawing on an Isometric view. When you dimension an edge on the isometric view it shows the actual length of the line on the view and not the dimension relative to the part. Below is a screen shot example: When creating drawings it would be more flexible to have the option of showing a dimension in the isometric view. It can help isolate an idea or put a new perspective into the drawing. Currently because there is no option to have the true length of the part displayed. The dimension has to be manually inserted which does take longer. Creo Parametric does not also include this feature. I can understand because traditionally engineering drawings are best presented in a 2D format where dimensions are easier to read. The idea of having this feature enhancement has arisen from a number of our clients asking why this is not possible. The point had been raised in 2010 as an SPR but recently it has been advised to log as an enhancement request. This feature could introduce a new level of engineering drawings where you can freely express dimensions on any orientation. Thank you for taking this into consideration. Regards Harry Naden-Caldwell High Peak Systems ... View more

Sweeping a 2D-profile is not realistic bore/mill . The sweep of a 2d geometry is not the real result as you would get it when sweeping / lofting a real 3d body. In Sweep you should be able to select 3D Bodies as well to sweep them along a curve to have the correct / realistic sweep. Then it would be possible to see the undercuts as well. Many 3D CAD Programs support sweep of 3D-Bodies. Modeling should also be able to do this. Screenshot of SolidWorks 2011 Help: ... View more

Simplification of parts or contructions 1.) The goal: The goal should be to create a part which shows or contain the outside hull of the part or assembly ONLY! The hull part may contain neither any mechanical functions or details nor any internal geometry. The original part or assembly should simply merged! Cutting the merged part may subsequently not be possible. So that you can send out the part or assembly to customers or suppliers, only that they get to much informatiosn or details about the part or assembly and only that they can copy the parts and get to much information about the working principle of construction. 2.) Current situation: After simplification of a part or assembly you can cut and dimension these simplified part in 3D and Annotation module further on. A "normal" write-protected (locked) part or assembly can be copied and the part or assembly contain all details so that the part or assembly can be recreated from any other people, who get the assembly. With the current Modeling "Simplification"  module you can "partly" simplify the assembly but in the most cases the parts or internal geometry are not merged in all consequences as we would expect this. The cause in most cases are different resolutions of parts, locked parts or not touching parts. 3.) Current situation to create a face-part as hull geometry As workaround, currently we create a face part from the complete construction or plant, so in most cases the result of face part are "nearly" them what we do expect, but only "nearly". Because the face part are not really STEP compatible so that you can not exactly measure the over all dimensions of contsruction and you can further on cut the part and see some details inside outside of the plant or construction. What we do expect: We expect a simplification module, where you can only create a hull part of your construction or plant without too much expenditure of time. 1.) Ziel Das Ziel ist ein einziges Teil zu kreieren, welches aber nur die äußere sichtbare Hülle wiederspiegelt. Jegliche Mechanik die sich im inneren der Anlage (eines  Bauteiles/Schweißteils) befindet soll durch  einen massiven Körper ersetzt werden.   Also eine komplett gefüllte äußere Hülle. Ein nachträgliches Schneiden usw. ist nicht mehr möglich. 2.) Bisherige Situation Nach dem Vereinfachen ist ein Schneiden, Bemaßen und Einladen in das Modul “Annotation“ immer noch möglich. Der Schreibschutz ist durch ein Kopieren der Baugruppe wieder aufgehoben. So kann eine komplette Konstruktion nach wie vor verwendet werden um die Anlage komplett nachzubauen oder Details zu entnehmen. Bei diesem Vorgang ist eine aufwendige Bearbeitung nötig da einzelne Komponenten nicht automatisch aus dem Vorgang ausgeschlossen werden. (Kaufteile in anderer Auslösung etc. -- Normteile sind schreibgeschützt - diese müssen dann nochmal kopiert werden um Schreibschutz aufzuheben) 3.) Bisherige Situation beim Umwandelm in ein Flächenteil Wenn die Komplette Anlage in ein Flächenteil umgewandelt wird, kommt es unserem gewünschten Ergebnis schon sehr nahe. Leider ist ein Flächenteil nicht mit dem Step Format kompatibel und ein genaues messen und schneiden jeglicher Teile ist weiterhin Nicht ausgeschlossen. Des Weiteren ist jedes Detail sichtbar. ... View more

There are multiple methods for specifying the material of a part depending on which module you are using. Material can be set in the FEA module, the Part Library module, and the Sheet Metal module. Setting the material in one, however, does not set it for another module. For example, if you create a sheet metal part using the Sheet Metal module, you set the material. But that does not automatically set the material for the FEA module, and the Part Library module shows "No material defined" if you inquire the material. Ideally, you should be able to set it once and have it available everywhere, and this should be part of the base functionality. ... View more

Very often a customer asks us if a certain file-extension can be opened in CED Modeling. because we sell both programs I can test in Modeling and in Creo Parametric and the number of file extensions which can be imported is much larger in Creo Parametric then in Modeling. some common examples: 3D DWG, VRML, stl, pvz, ... It’s hard to tell a customer who still pays its annual maintenance fee, why the other program has this much more options, coming from the same family. If you can open it in Creo Parametric, it can't be that hard to make it available in Modeling as well, I assume. I think aligning these capability is a next step forward to make the Creo Elements Direct users migrate to the Creo platform. ... View more

When using the function "Modify Owner" the button "Parts/Assys" must be explicitly clicked to select parts for the new owner. In almost any other function the necessary buttons are already pre-selected while using the dialog menu. So the behavior should be the same in "Modify Owner". ... View more

Hello Community, Would it not be great to have a switch to turn off the auto-rotated of a preselected WP (like the screenshot) and then start the 2D command from the mini tool bar? Whats your optinion? Thank's Thomas ... View more

In the message log, when there is an error, especially one that generates a text file like the circular reference and missing reference, can the message log have a hyperlink to the file?  ... View more

In Annotation it should be possible to create perspective views (see picture) ... View more

As long as I'm dreaming about improved thread tools, I would also love to see a better way to deal with thread definition than the tables in the ma_customize file. Not only should it be able to deal with standard thread definitions, but also custom thread sizes. One tool I use that I find very valuable is ME ThreadPal - perhaps a partnership could be hammered out with http://closetolerancesoftware.com A limitation in the current Machining Outer Threads tool is that it expects the outer thread OD to be nominal, rather than per-spec, i.e. the tool expects a 1/4-20 thread to be applied to a Ø.250 cylinder, when in reality a 1/4-20 male thread should measure Ø.2448. ... View more