Creo Parametric Ideas

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What product and version are you running? Creo Parametric 8.0.8.0 2. What is the problem? Reference:  Case: 15985425 SPR: 13172667  Article: 351209   When we convert a model from one unit to another, any regular "Real Number with units" parameter gets updated properly. Both the unit and the value changes. However, the mass properties units only get updated, the number stays the same as the old unit. For instance, if the value for PRO_MP_VOLUME is 1in^3 and then the model gets converted to metric, the parameter will now show 1mm^3. The value should be updated WITH the unit automatically, like a regular parameter. Having mismatched data like this, can cause serious issues downstream. 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. We need to regenerate the model after the update, before we get the correct values. However, until a manual regeneration is done, there is a significant error in the parameters. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. We use mass properties and there is a risk that the incorrect data could be sent to Windchill due to this issue. The idea is simple. When the model unit is converted, the mass properties value should be updated with the unit. 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) Incorrect data in Windchill can cause countless downstream errors, including supply chain, legal, purchasing, etc. Hundreds of users, and hours could be affected. In addition, there could be contractual issues where we assume a certain amount of material is being procured, but the truth is very different. ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What product and version are you running? Creo Parametric 8.0.8.0 2. What is the problem? Reference:  Case - 16406179 SPR - 13945104 Article - 373237   If we are working in design exploration, and update objects in our workspace that are in the current checkpoint, a new checkpoint is created which flags those items as modified. If you are not in session, updates to the workspace do not cause this problem. However, once the problem occurs, there is no way to undo it. This was noticed too late by our users and now when they try to push a checkpoint out, it includes hundreds of instances from family tables that are also getting pushed out.... because they were in the DEX modified session. Cleaning up these issues are very difficult. Please enhance this capability, as we can't use DEX if it has such large gaps in workflow. 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. No. We have stopped using DEX. In theory it is a great tool. In practice, it needs much improvement, specifically regarding Windchill. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. Idea: Any time an object is updated in the workspace, while DEX is opened, it loads the object and does NOT flag it as modified. Maybe even a prompt asking the user whether they want it modified is sufficient. 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) ~50 users. HUNDREDS of hours. Maybe thousands. We were trying to use DEX as a way to jump-start designs, but we can't jump start designs if workspaces can't be managed with thousands of hardware parts (screws...) getting pushed out from DEX that shouldn't be. ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What product and version are you running? Creo 8 and Creo 9 2. What is the problem? The "References" menu needs additional control options to enable efficient workflows.  "Remove" and "Remove All" do not provide enough capability for large "reference sets" 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. The only workaround is to do lots and lots of clicking. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. One example is if an annotation has references which get altered.  Especially in an environment where semantic references are defined.  Then is no way to only remove the failed references.  The user can only remove ALL the references, or go through the list one by one.     This issue applies within many contexts of Creo Parametric.    Another example is if a large round set is messed up 50% of they way, then the user has to choose, do I redo 50% of the original work, or do I individually remove 50% of my references?   The References interface should also support: The screen area selection capability of Creo Parametric. Bulk selection of references in the list using the common "Ctrl+LMB" and "Shift+LMB" practices. "Select All Failed References" might be better then "Delete all Failed References" Sorting the list by status A nice stretch goal would be the ability to "Copy and Paste" references between annotations.  I could image a case in a semantically referenced model where some kind of important overlap might exist between surfaces.   (Surface Finish vs Anodize where is might be handy to not have to "reclick" a bunch of surfaces again, or maybe a similar note needs applied to a very similar copied model.) 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.)  It wastes a substantial amount of time which would not be needed with some minor software improvements. ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What product and version are you running? Creo 9.0.3.0 2. What is the problem? We draw kinematic skeleton assemblies to describe a linkage system with fixed pivot points, constant member lengths, and one actuator. This skeleton pushes data forward into downstream component models. The length of the actuating member changes, and during development, so do the fixed points and lengths. I use copied dependent sketches with varied items and vary the actuator member length to show the system in various states of travel- this is quicker and much more efficient than drawing a new system and constraining it to parent members. When you modify the parent (copied) sketch creo automatically changes the name of the children sketches to "Copied Sketch ##" This makes the model tree cluttered and disorganized as the children sketches should have names describing the system's state.    How I would like my model tree to look:   How it looks after updating parent sketch "MASTER_KINEMATIC"     3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. I am currently adding a note to the sketch to keep it organized in the model tree    4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. Don't automatically rename or override the manually inputted name of dependent copied sketches when the parent is updated.  5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) This problem causes confusion among team members sharing skeleton files. Not knowing the state of the linkage system represented in the sketch makes collaboration difficult,    ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What version of the software are you running? 8.0.8.0 2. What is the problem? Reference: Case: C16962197 Article: CS397024 There should be an option that controls angular dimension decimal places for ALL angular dimensions in Creo, even those created in the sketcher. Right now the sketcher dimensions all have the same number of decimal places, even the angular ones!  In today's MBD world, this seems to be a gap. Please help fix! 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. No 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. We were trying to work with Creo Parametric files we received from another company. However, their default decimal places were different than ours. With our configs, we were seeing issues with incorrect tolerances for angular dimensions from sketches.  5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) This is a relatively new issue and we are still trying to determine the full extent. Currently, it is causing errors in our department scripts as these scripts analyze dimensions and their tolerances. ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What product and version are you running? Creo Parametric (7.0.9.0, applies to all versions) 2. What is the problem? I can open this model in an empty simp rep, open the simp rep manager, and create or edit a simp rep--all without loading any 3D CAD. But if I want to get past this screen, my only choices are to Open (saves the simp rep definition and opens it to the graphics window), Cancel (undos any changes I made), or Apply (opens it to the graphics window but does not save the edited simp rep definition). This feels like what was most likely an oversight in the original UI design and was just never properly addressed, I should be able to just press something like "OK" and return to the previous screen without being forced to load all those models. 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. A full workaround is not possible. While you can modify simp reps from the model tree to avoid the dialog window mentioned above, you can only choose default (e.g. Master, Exclude, Automatic, etc.)--not user defined--simp reps this way. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. Every designer working with assemblies (which is to say, all users of Creo Parametric) would benefit from being able to modify simp reps without activating them in the graphics window. For large assemblies, this would present massive time savings. 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) In our organization of several hundred Creo Parametric users, everyone spends countless cumulative hours dealing with this issue. I could not accurately put a number on it, but it easily surpasses 1,000 cumulative hours per year across the enterprise spent waiting for Creo to load our massive assemblies, when we don't necessarily need to open the model after making those simp rep definition changes. ... View more

1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders. Electrical connector design.  I am a CAD expert and work with our Creo users to get the most out of Creo. 2. What version of Creo Parametric are you currently running? Creo 7 3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. Sometimes a feature will be located on a centerline or the center of a larger part/feature and it is desirable to pattern out from that point in the positive and negative direction.  The direction pattern type allows for two directions but it is intended for two different directions, X and Y for example, and will not work properly if one direction is +X and the other is -X (you get duplicate overlapping pattern features).  It would be very helpful if there was an option for the direction pattern type to make the pattern symmetric or an option to pattern in the same but opposite direction.  See attached images of a simple example, today what is shown can only be done using a table pattern.    See also this PTC article on the topic giving pattern tables as the answer:  https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS286085 4. What is the use case for your organization? Most connector designs consist of a multi directional pattern of features.  At times these patterns originate from the center. 5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization? Time savings in Creo by avoiding the need for table patterns, which work but take more time then a directional pattern or the need for relocating the pattern leader to an edge of the pattern. ... View more

1. What version of the software are you running? 9.0.5.0   2. What is the problem? Horizontal navigation of the combined views in the modelling window is very cumbersome, when more than 12 combined views exist on a model. It should be possible to place this list in the Model Tree window, to allow user to have easy access to vertically scrolled list, or dock that window on the right side of the screen. I am aware that View Manager can remain displayed, but this is not an optimal solution. 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. No workaround available. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. Standard designer's work, so switching between combined views , must be easily accessible for users. Especially important for MBD.   5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) Switching between combined views being not convenient, causes users to lose a small amount of time every day. With approximately 5000 users however, that lost time sums up to significant amount of worktime, causing company to waste money in effect. ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What version of the software are you running? 9.0.3.0 2. What is the problem? It seems that size of all annotations, except symbols, is related to the maximum dimension existing on the model. I think that there should be a config option, that would allow the size of all annotations to be specified in absolute values related to (for example) screen resolution. 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. No workaround available. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. Standard designer's work, so all annotations on the model, must be easily readable for users. Especially important for MBD. 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) Dimensions not being read correctly might cause need for reworks of components, delays of the products release, and in effect - loss of money and the market share. Number of users affected : approximately 5000, not including downstream processes users. ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What product and version are you running? Creo 9.0.5.0 2. What is the problem? I cannot select multiple adjoining surfaces from a quilt to offset. I am required to select the surfaces, make a copy then offset from that. 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. Copying the surfaces, then offsetting them. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. I only need to offset a few parts of a quilt and am not able to do so. When designing plastic injection molded parts, we use offsets very often to provide a uniform wall thickness as the thicken command is not adequate for most parts of the complexity which we work with. So we have to use the work-around which adds another feature and another point of model failure and adds more clutter to the feature-tree. 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) Every user in our design department is affected by this. Productivity loss is low, but this is still somewhat of a no-brainer option to have in this feature.  ... View more

1. What product and version are you running? Creo Parametric 9.0.5 2. What is the problem? The layer tree is not large enough. Layer names are truncated. Work to spec according to PTC ... 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. Manual column widening for each window 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. We avoid systematically changing the width of the layer tree 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) Lost of time, end user frustration ... ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video.   1. What product and version are you running? Creo Parametric 9.0.+ until 10.0.+ and Creo+ 2. What is the problem? There is no config options that allows us to set the default selected radio-button for the "Cut Geometry From Body" setting in the Body Options tab when creating/editing an Hole- or Extrude-feature,  The default selected radio-button is set to Selected while in some scenarios All would be more useful  as the default selected radio-button 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. No - I know it's possible to change this option through a mapkey but this is pointless (you'll more or less have to perform the same amount of clicks as you'd do changing this option manually) 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. Improves productivity and ease-of-use 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) All users have to manually change this option each time they create an Extrude (remove material) or Hole feature ... View more

When importing a section from the palette, Creo sizes the imported section in relation to the bounding box. To avoid mistakes, it would be great to have settings that puts the scale default on "1", this way, some sections that are related to slotholes for certain bolts are shown correctly at once.   ... View more

1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders. Electro Mechanical company. I'm the Windchill responsible and using Creo as mechanical engineer. We just migrated from Solid Edge to Creo 2. What version of Creo Parametric are you currently running? 7.0.2.0 3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. As described above we migrated our organization from SolidEdge to Creo and missing certain "basic" functions which were available there. One of the features we are missing is the "Quick view cube" which was available there.     A simple cube in any corner, rotating with the displayed model. When clicking on the cube, the view oriented as selected, so in above example it would then orient to the Front view. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Especially in bigger assemblies you are quickly lost how you are looking right now at the model or you just want to very quick orient it in a certain manner, e.g. looking at an angle of 45° at the back top edge.   Here you see all the available options: 5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization? Basically it's a matter of effiecency and user friendliness, not needing to save and each and every possible view in a table, but have it in a graphical way available. ... View more

1. What version of the software are you running? Creo 9.0.5.0 GD&T Advisor 6.2.2.30   2. What is the problem? This is an improvement proposal for GD&T Advisor. To improve user experience, and to better select annotations (after tolerance features are created) the selection should automatically switch to "Annotations" and not to "Geometry" or "Surface". • Already existing behavior: Starting creating tolerance feature, it switches to “Surface” (this is correct). • Missing behavior: After creating a tolerance feature, it should be switched to “Annotation”. This is currently not the case. Annotations that are placed in front of the model cannot be selected. It is necessary to set the selection filter to "Annotations" manually each time.   3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. No workaround available.   4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. Standard designer's work, modifying and validating dimensions using GD&T Advisor.   5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) Having to switch to “Annotations” every time, causes users to lose a small amount of time every day. With approximately 5000 users however, that lost time sums up to significant amount of worktime, causing company to waste money in effect.       ... View more

Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. What product and version are you running? Creo Parametric 7.0.8.0 2. What is the problem? Mass tolerance is estimated not calculated- Creo mass does not have the ability to show maximum material condition and minimum- ie max mass and min mass. Creo Parametric's dimension boundary tool does not understand that for the mass to be maximum, the external dimensions must be max and the internal dimensions must be min. 3. Are you using a workaround? If yes, please describe it. Estimation 4. What is the use case for your organization? Describe how your idea would work in context or how it would apply to a practical situation. Would allow all parts to have a Max, Min and nominal mass (and also a mid limit mass- ie for machining of non symmetric tolerances) 5. What impact does this problem currently have on your organization? (Number of users affected, hours of lost productivity, etc.) No-one trusts Creo's mass, this is one issue- another issue is the lack of mass removal for taped holes. 100's of hours are spent re working what should be a relatively simple equation ... View more

1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders. Our organization is active in the field of construction machinery, combustion engines, and hydraulic components. I work in the IT department of the company, and we have a CAD-CAM integration project. We want to use the Model Based Definition on Creo Parametric (drawingless). 2. What version of Creo Parametric are you currently running? Currently, we use Creo Parametric 7.0.7.0 3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. I noticed that when we use the function ''Merge/Inheritance'', we can activate the option ''Toggle Inheritance''.  This allows the functions of the base model to be inserted into the model tree of the final part (Ext Inheritance Cut). So associativity between the two models is possible, but only in one way (Parent to Child).The risk is that the inheriting part is modified and that the base model is not updated.   We don't want to give the possibility to create Varied Items in this case. The base model must remain the absolute reference.   In conclusion, we need the benefit of the Ext Inheritance Cut Out feature to show annotations but without the ability to create Varied Items. 4. What is the use case for your organization? We want to integrate MBD into our construction and manufacturing methodologies. 5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization? CAD-CAM integration, manufacturing and design process improvement ... View more

1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders. Mechanical Engineering 2. What version of Creo Parametric are you currently running? Any 3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. Ability to fill surface with with members with approximately same distance to boundary and members themselves.   The FEA mesh nodes on triangular elements are representing the locations for pattern members. Then additionally one could have offsets from boundary - to be able to say, drill holes etc completely within surface. To create this in Creo Parametric one must use highly manual ways of working. Sample on approx location finding with FEA mesh. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Create robust models, that will not require human interaction. 5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization? Time to Market ... View more

1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders. I´m resposible for CAD-methodology at an OEM car manufacturer. We´ve more than 500 CAD users. 2. What version of Creo Parametric are you currently running? creo 7 & 8 3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. The picture shows an example: The red arrow marks the inner geometry, that must not be part of the surface copy of the whole assembly. We utilize shrinkwrap functionality for surface copies of huge assemblies. Coworking with internal departments and external supplieres requires certain degrees of detailed information. In some cases, it is a must to hide inner contures/geometry. Only outer shell geometry shall be collected. Inner components have to be excluded from shrinkwrap. Additional auto hole-filling functionality is also necessary by option. Selection of bounding surfaces shall be quick. For all ways to create shrinkwrap, the result has to have at least same quality as original data. Solid original geometry shall result in fully closed shrinkwrap (closed quilts as well). Result should be similar to a single merged component, coming from an assembly, but no inner geometry.     Currently, "Copy geom" functionality is only applicable components. For assemblies: merge and filling holes manually is high effort. No chance in case of assemblies with several houndreds of parts.  4. What is the use case for your organization? Data exchange with partners and supplierers / further processes in company (simulation, mockup,...). Know-how protetction Outer surface copy of whole engine / gearbox assy as a single, lightweight part. No inner geometry shown. Closed volumes without loss of surfaces. 5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization? Huge reduction of manual data collection: faster and easier geometry creation. Huge reduction of manual data repair time Know-how-protection: No inner geometry and holes shown No loss of data (single outer components will be missed compared to manual collection) Reduction of data size: resuling geometry is less complex than made by current methods   ... View more