Creo Parametric Ideas

Bounding Box as a Feature Please make a feature in Creo Parametric representing the smallest area or volume in which a design can fit, bounding box. Please spend a few minutes looking at this video from SolidWorks, it is very simple and easy to understand. Bunding Box   Chees Erik Sallingboe ... View more

Hello, Many users are requesting the possibility of having a new feature for oblong holes. At the moment creating a simple hole is very easy and customizable. But creating an oblong hole require more time : 1 - creating a cutting extrude 2 - sketching the oblong shape, or importing it from sketcher palette...   But still longuer than having a dedicated "Oblong Hole" Feature Inside of Creo Parametric. Thanks in advance. ... View more

In Creo Simulate you can display the World Coordinate System (WCS) in the lower right corner by using the config.pro option sim_display_current_csys_triad=YES   This helpful information must be available in ALL modules of Creo Parametric !!!!   Vote for it !!! 😉 BR - Urs Simmler ... View more

Currently the setting Continue is the default setting when the save operation encounters parts that Creo Parametric thinks need to be modified upon regeneration.  "Make read only" is not available as a default setting. PTC, please allow "Make read only to be set as default.  Also, fix the failure on save problem when objects are marked as read only on the fly. Reference: Setting the value of "Make read only" as a configs option for dm_checkout_on_the_fly in Creo Parametric https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS44903&art_lang=en&posno=2&q=%22make%20read%20only%22&source=s… Saving issue https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/thread/57191?&art_lang=en&posno=10&q=%22make%20read%20only%22&source=search Creo Elements/Pro fails to save when components are set to "Read only" during save operation https://support.ptc.com/apps/case_logger_viewer/auth/ssl/case=10183831 Save in Pro/ENGINEER fails when objects are set to Read Only during save operation https://support.ptc.com/apps/case_logger_viewer/auth/ssl/case=10216950 Creo Elements/Pro fails to save when components are set to "Read only" during save operation https://support.ptc.com/apps/case_logger_viewer/auth/ssl/case=10222468 Save fails when components are set to read only during save operation https://support.ptc.com/apps/case_logger_viewer/auth/ssl/case=12412875 What is the difference between messages "The object is read only as it is not checked out" and "Model is Read Only" when attempting to save in a Creo session linked to Windchill https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS45765&art_lang=en&posno=1&q=make%20read%20only&source=search ... View more

Today there is no reasonable possibility to create solid geometry of cables or harness parts. PTC only refers to a workaround by using other data exchange formats: CS41458 - Thick Cables or Wires are not shown in Shrinkwrap format after exporting from Creo Parametric CS66555 - Export of thick cables does not work for for interfaces such like IGES, STEP, CATIA V4 (.model), ACIS, Parasolid, UG in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 But this workaround breaks the parametrization and thereby is not a preferred solution. PTC should provide a better possibility (parametric) to create solid geometry of cables/harness parts! ... View more

Currently in Creo 4.0 circular refences are shown as existent in the Notification Center, but if you click on it, it is not shown in detail. Not in every case in the message log line is observed by the user and they are not really sure how and where to open the complete information given in the .crc file. There are so much actions to avoid additional clicks in a release update, but these clicks are very strange. Please implement the full .crc file content in the notification center and allow to jump to the real effected components not on the main assembly.     ... View more

With the deployment of Creo3 we lost the ability for our user base to run 2 session of Creo while connected to Windchill.  This has affected many users in our company.  On their behalf I am requesting that they regain the option to run 2 session of Creo when connected with Creo. ... View more

Idea Message ID:  8127   Now most customers are using multi-CPUs(processors) machines. But for creo current release, only support multi-CPUs(processors) for graphics area and mechanica mode. Buy expensive machine and expensive software, it is very waste for us. As I know, NX 8.0, solidworks 2012 and CATIA are support multi-CPUs(processors). ... View more

With ModelCheck Interactive you can run ModelCheck on an assembly and the related sub components within that assembly. However, you need to go check each sub component drawing 1 by 1. Please add the ability the check drawings with same name for all levels of the assembly. ... View more

Currently (Creo Parametric 3.0-6.0) one can adjust errors and warnings in Creo Parametric via Notification Center. When one tries to adjust the error messages for additional applications like Mechanism or Simulate there is no way to adjust the errors and warnings.   The lack of control leads to massive amount of error messages in Creo Simulat/Mechanism if one drives Creo Parametric part/assembly with Pro/PROGRAM or some other way using Suppress/Resume features. This is due the fact, that some of Simulate/Mechanism features will fail (as they should) due missing geometry.   At Creo Parametric 2.0 (and earlier product versions) there is no errors with failing simulation features.   Product Idea: Enable Notification Center settings for the Creo Simulate, Mechanism Design etc  ... View more

When sketching in Creo4 Parametric, the default option "sketcher_snap_model_geometry  yes" needs to be improved. The background geometry appears non-stop and conflicts with the visible geometry on which we would like to snap on. The environment doesn’t help to filter what is "snapable"or not. You snap on invisible geometry or references. Please improve “sketcher_snap_model_geometry” option ! ... View more

Today I can set the setting to 0, which allows full use of the hard disk as cache. Furthermore, you can set the cache to a fixed size in megabytes.   As an extension of this setting, we would like to be able to set negative values. This should result in the maximum size of the cache equal to "size of the hard disk" minus the value of the config.pro setting. This would make it easy to ensure that a minimum of disk space would always remain free, regardless of the hard drives used.   Today we have the problem that some computers have 256 GB and some 512 GB hard disks installed. If you want to prevent caches from becoming corrupted due to a full hard disk, the value of the setting dm_cache_limit must be limited to 261120 MB (= 255 GB). But the computers with 512 GB hard disks would allow much larger caches. ... View more

Currently one can drag mechanism using CTRL+ALT or with Drag Components tool.   When mechanism have multiple joints one will find it hard to drag just one of them. If one could have a slider type control for each joint, then it would be much easier to control the movement of mechanism.   Today one can isolate movement to only one joint using joint locks, which is a cumbersome workaround at best. ... View more

There are several use-cases for hatching of surfaces in 3D. - Visually indicate the direction of surface finishing, e.g. for polishing - Differentiate between two surfaces which appear to be on the same level but actually are not - Indicate an area of interest in the 3D - Indicate an area off-limits for manipulation - ...   I imagine the feature to work something like this: - You could choose between existing hatchings - You could choose the angle and spacing - Maybe orient the hatching according to other geometric elements - Control visibility of 3D hatching with layers should be possible Example dialog ... View more

I've been asked to raise this enhancement request on behalf of a couple of colleagues. Their main issue was: " When trying to drag a component for reorder in the model tree, the holding time is too short to reorder well, the component will get restructured into another sub-assembly" And the response we got from TS was: "The issue is considered as works to spec since the holding time was implemented per PD's decision." The users are finding that when they try to drag a component in the model tree to reorder, Creo is restructuring the component into a sub assembly. Once this happpens, the ability to undo is lost and it is a pain to back out of. Components are snapping way too quickly into a restructure. We would like to see either: 1. Slow down the process (back to 2 sec as it originally was) so the the user has time to see that a restructure is going to occur instead of a reorder. 2. Have the ability to toggle and choose b/w restructure and reorder if the system defaults to a restructure. 3. A config setting to allow the user to set the default time to a longer value. ... View more

PTC should create simple config option, which controls if Model Tree Columns are hidden or shown. show_model_tree_columns_on_start yes/no See the pictures below. ... View more

Currently, all legacy Mate/Align interface constraints are always reversed in Creo Parametric. This causes the user to have to flip them every time they are used. To work around this, companies are forced to modify hundreds of thousands of files, changing the mate/align interfaces to the new coincident/offset ones, or users are required to make tens of thousands of extra operations flipping everything.  Additionally, there is no differentiation between coincident constraints, so there is no way to tell which "coincident" applies to what feature. PTC, please fix the new coincident/offset constraints so that legacy mate/align interfaces still work. ... View more

Hello, ModelCHECK is not optimal to use for assembly components checks and corrections.   Explanation : End-users are always complaining that modelcheck (interactive or regen) only shows results for top level assembly (not for its components) in the first result screen.   Example : Assembly "Test_Assembly.asm" is containing "Test_part.prt", both of them in my MC configuration should show "LAYER_MOVE" check as they both have layers with old names :   - When i launch Modelcheck interactif => All levels , the first screen only shows results for the main assembly (test_assembly.asm) : - If i want to see/correct the components, i need to add 3 more clics (asm models => then choose the parts => then launch the MC correction), and this has to be done for all the components one by one (time consuming!) : Can you please allow the possibility for choosing what to correct (Assembly AND/OR Components) directly in the first result page, this will save us a lot of time !   Thanks in advance ... View more

For Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 and Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (and maybe even older releases), there were these documents "Getting Started Guides" (mobile phone tutorial) available: Getting Started with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 - A Tutorial-based Guide to Workflow Getting Started with Creo Elements/Pro - A Tutorial-based Guide to Workflow Since Creo Parametric 1.0 this guide isn't available anymore. This is really a pity, because it was a very good tutorial to get an overview how parametric modelling and design is working and the three main areas part modelling, assembly and drawing creation were covered quite well. In our company we efficiently used this tutorial to train new users! But as the user interface of Creo Parametric has changed a lot, the old tutorial is applicable for the new releases only very limited. PTC, please re-introduce the "Getting Started Guide" for Creo Parametric! ... View more