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Creo Parametric Tips

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We're offering a series of quick Creo tutorials presented by our expert product managers. Each of these tutorials are just a few minutes long. These bite-sized tips are a perfect opportunity to learn a new skill or ensure you're following best practices.   Below you’ll find about 15 minutes of video how-tos to help you boost your CAD know-how.   Let's get started.   Shrinkwrap All Quilts   When you create a Shrinkwrap feature, by default, Creo automatically analyzes all components in the assembly and determines which ones will be included in the shrinkwrap. This could result in subassembly quilts being excluded. However, you can use the Search Tool to help find and select all quilts in the assembly.   In this tutorial, Arnaud van de Veerdonk, Creo Product Manager, shows you how to use shrinkwrap to copy all quilts from all models in an assembly.   Watch the tutorial now:   Work with Custom Manikin Postures   You can test designs for ergonomic compatibility and other human-centric requirements using a Creo Manikin. If you can't find a manikin that fits your design scenario, you can create a custom posture for your manikin. Then, you can save the posture, use it for an analysis or apply it to any other manikin later.   In this tutorial, Arnaud van de Veerdonk explains how to create, store, and apply custom manikin postures.   Here's how to do it:     CNC Drilling on Imported Geometry   Simplify your work creating hole-making sequences over imported geometry with tips from Creo Product Manager, Jose Coronado.   In this tutorial you'll see how to easily create CNC drilling sequences by:   Creating drill holes on imported geometry (no axes needed). Using the Auto Depth option so you don't need to manually select the end of each set of holes.   Watch the tutorial:   For more tips from our experts, watch the Tips from the Creo Masters main page.  
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Here's the next set of tutorials in the series of Creo tips from our expert product managers.   Below you’ll find about 15 minutes of video how-tos to help you improve your CAD proficiency—whether you just started using Creo or you've been using it for years.   Ready to get started?   Make External References Independent of Their Source, by Default   Feature dependencies can be either local or external references. Local references relate to geometry in the model in which they were created. External references (or external dependencies) occur when you reference geometry (parts, subassemblies) outside the model in which they were created.   By default, external references depend on the model containing the geometry being referenced. The external feature depends on to the assembly where it was created, and every time you regenerate the parts or the assembly involved in the external reference, Creo Parametric looks for this feature’s references in the source part of the external reference.   In the tutorial below, Arnaud van de Veerdonk, Creo Product Manager, shows you how to configure Creo Parametric so external feature references are created without a dependency on the source model.   Watch the tutorial:   Create Standard Profile Configurations in Creo AFX   Those working with Creo Advanced Framework Extension (AFX) can quickly assemble, modify, and move profiles, creating joints between profiles, as well as creating, modifying, and copying connector or equipment elements.   In this tutorial, our Creo Product Manager, shows you how to quickly place standard profile configurations into an assembly using Creo AFX.   Here's the tutorial:   Handling Annotation Elements in MBD: 2 Tips   In model-based definition (MBD), getting annotations traditionally requires careful attention. You'd rather spend that time designing. That's why you need any tricks you can find that'll improve your efficiency when you're working with annotations.   In this tutorial, Creo Product Manager, Michael Fridman, shows two tips for working more efficiently with annotation elements in annotation features.   Watch the tips:     For more tips from our experts, watch the Tips from the Creo Masters main page.    
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Throughout April and May 2020, we rolled out a series of posts here on the Creo Community to help enhance your CAD skills 15 minutes at a time.   Visit this Creo Tips below for posts packed with new video tips and demos from our product experts. You’ll find step-saving guidance on topics such as mastering complicated rounds, embossing text on cylindrical surfaces, using sketch regions, and more.   Post 1 Copy geometry from multiple assembly components in a single feature. Quickly defeature a model to prepare for simulation. Creating advanced rounds. Adding rounds Post 2  Prevent drag and drop restructuring from the Model Tree. Bookmark an AR experience on your mobile device. Emboss text on a cylindrical surface.   Post 3  Create external feature references without depending on a source model. Place standard profile configurations in an assembly using AFX. More efficiently work with annotation elements in annotation features. Post 4 Use Shrinkwrap to copy all quilts from all models in an assembly. Store and apply Manikin custom postures. Using the Manufacturing module, drill holes in Creo without creating an axis; plus use the Auto Depth option.   Post 5 Use simplified reps to publish only what is needed in an AR experience. Use Sketch Region selection to quickly create geometry with supported sketch-based features. Dimension with fractions. Post 6  Add ancillary objects to Manikin models. Display the toolpath and its references by clicking on the toolpath name on the Model Tree. Map SolidWorks commands to Creo commands. Post 7  Use Update Control functionality through, on-the-fly created, geometry backups. Manage visibility of annotations and supplemental geometry such as planes, axes, coordinate systems, points, and curves. Build spiral geometry using a variable section sweep and a parameter called TRAJPAR. Post 8  Report mass properties for each wire in a BOM. Create a helical toolpath using the auto-cutline functionality; plus, define a 5-axis toolpath while controlling the tool axis. Prevent inadvertent modification of driving dimension values when the dimension precision (number of decimal places) is modified.
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As promised, here is Post 1 in the new series of Creo tips from our expert product managers.   Each post includes about 15 minutes of video how-tos aimed at skilling up your CAD proficiency—whether you’ve just started using Creo or consider yourself an old pro.   So much for the ado. Let’s jump in!   1. Getting Granular: Copy Geometry from Multiple Components You can pass any type of geometric reference information and user-defined parameters to and from parts, skeleton models, and assemblies using the Copy Geometry feature. Normally, you can only copy geometry (like curves, surfaces, or datum planes) from a single source component.   However, in this tutorial, Creo Product Manager, Arnaud van de Veerdonk shows you how to manually copy geometry from multiple assembly components using a single shrink wrap feature.   Watch how to do it:     2. Simplify Your Mesh by Removing Small Features … Quickly and Easily   Simplifying a model by removing small geometric features, holes, and areas that increase the complexity of the mesh can speed up analysis and simulation processes. But you might find it time-consuming to remove these features manually.   In the tutorial below, Martin Neumueller, Director of Product Management, shows how to quickly defeature a model in preparation for simulation with flexible modeling and geometry search capabilities provided in Creo Simulate and Creo Parametric.     3. Manipulate Rounds Like a Boss: 3 Tricks   You've maybe noticed that Creo creates default, context-sensitive transitions when you add rounds to a model. These are just the default and, like most other elements, they can be changed to fit your needs.   In this short tutorial Paul Sagar, VP of Product Management, shows you 3 tricks for creating advanced round geometry inside Creo. You'll learn how to:  Add a round to 3 intersecting edges. Understand the power of round pieces Apply different round values to a tangent chain of edges. Extend a round along a tangent chain of edges, controlling the end transition geometry. Watch this short tutorial to learn how:      For more tips from our experts, watch the Tips from the Creo Masters main page.    
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Design engineers use computational fluid dynamics to create viable designs that hold up under real-world conditions. With CFD they can optimize products, reduce expensive physical testing, and troubleshoot systems digitally. Read more from our CFD expert, Kamran Fouladi >> https://www.ptc.com/en/cad-software-blog/three-reasons-your-team-needs-computational-fluid-dynamics   (view in My Videos)
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How to download FLEXnet Publisher standalone installer ? How to download License Server installer ? How to access License manager installer for Unix ? CD/DVD of the license server is not available for HP Unix/Linux How to download the PTC license server for Windows 7 x64bit ? Which PTC License Server is compatible with Windows 7 x64bit ? Where to download Flexnet ? Where to download ptc_d.exe for Windows Server ? Platform support and download page for FLEXnet Publisher standalone installer PTC License Server is not available in Mathcad Prime 3.0 installation DVD Is the Flexnet Publisher supported on Windows Server 2012 R2?
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How to perform installation How to install  using install-from-web How to install a node locked license The drag and drop of the license does not work How to install software Unable to install by adding SON under simple license entry
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How to access PTC Licensing Tool How to retrieve license file How to generate license file How to use Sales Order Number to retrieve license file
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Explanation of this warning and overview of 2 troubleshooting methods to resolve it.        
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Demonstration of using the Align command to connect a Freestyle control mesh to existing Creo geometry and the warnings that may appear during the process.    
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Creating a relationship between parameters and dimensions.   Consultor Cleiton   (view in My Videos)
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Do you need create Point > Offset Coordinate System & create Curve through Points? Here is short tutorial.   (view in My Videos)
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Having issues with family table instances becoming standalone parts.   Unable to play video. Please try again later. (view in My Videos)
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Created and rendered with Creo Parametric 1.0     More pictures: http://bit.ly/qGhbxF   Unable to play video. Please try again later. (view in My Videos)
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Hero Badges rendered with Creo Parametric 1.0     Unable to play video. Please try again later. (view in My Videos)
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Short demo of Coincident Constraint     (view in My Videos)
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Knurl texture assigment with Pro|ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0   (view in My Videos)
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Watch this video if you need create a 3D text offeset from the surface.   Music by: iodic     (view in My Videos)
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Do you need a 3D center line on a general shape? Here are a few steps.     (view in My Videos)
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It's not just steel balls   (view in My Videos)
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Clay and realistic render of BMW model   (view in My Videos)
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