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Creo Parametric Tips

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In this video, we will learn to use Modelcheck to add parameter by check item PARAMCHECK
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In this video, we will learn to use Modelcheck to add check parameters by "add_chk_param"
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In this video, we will learn to use Modelcheck to delete parameters by check items EXTRA_PARAMS or PARAM_UNWANTED se Modelcheck to delete parameters by check items EXTRA_PARAMS or PARAM_UNWANTED
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Applicable Releases: Creo Parametric 1.0 to 8.0   Description: In this video, we will demo how to change default fonts for drawing text via detail option default_annotation_font
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Applicable Releases: Creo Parametric 1.0 to 8.0   Description: In this video, we will be using "Active Layer Object Selection" option to: Control the display of features or datums in a drawing view Control display of items in layers on specific drawing view Hide/Unhide the features added in layer in specific drawing views
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Explanation of Trajectory parameter /  the "trajpar" - on simple examples
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Hello all and welcome to another blog post in the multibody series.   Today’s topic represents an add-on to the previous post : How to “position” a body. The workflow example  in the below video explains in more detail how you can leverage these (previously discussed) positioning operations  to create a design like this very easily.   he intent here is to drive the cutout of the blue body parametrically based on the defined range of angular movement of the yellow pin. The workflow example makes use of the Flexible Modeling Move feature to create something like a “simplified motion envelope” driving the cutout opening in the blue body.      (view in My Videos) Thanks for reading.  I hope it was informative. If you liked it, give it a Kudo.   Back to Creo 7.0 & 8.0+ Multibody Home: Start Here!   Enjoy!....Martin
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Hello all and welcome to another blog post in this multibody blog series. Todays topic: Construction bodies! Construction body are a pretty unique, powerful concept in Creo’s multibody implementation. As such it is really important to know about them and to understand how to use them. So, what are construction bodies? Construction bodies are bodies that are used for the design of your model, but do not contribute to the final geometry or mass. That means that similar on how you used quilts in the past to create additional geometry helping with the construction of your design, you can now do the very same with solid geometry. The construction attribute of these bodies will then help you to differentiate that geometry and automatically exclude it. Excluding them from mass properties is just one out of more than a dozen workflows where they are treated special. You will find more details in the video.   (view in My Videos) Thanks for reading.  I hope it was informative. If you liked it, give it a Kudo.   Back to Creo 7.0 & 8.0+ Multibody Home: Start Here!   Enjoy!....Martin
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Some Creo modules or applications such as NC or mold design modules do not yet fully support multibody models (as of Creo 7.0/8.0).   Watch the below video to understand what you can do in these cases and how you can get to the required reference models for these downstream applications.   Thanks for reading and many thanks to my colleague Beat Fretz who provided this example model (view in My Videos) to me.  I hope it was informative. If you liked it, give it a Kudo.   Back to Creo 7.0 & 8.0+ Multibody Home: Start Here!   Enjoy!....Martin
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Hello everyone and welcome to another blog post in this multibody blog series. This is a mini-post based on a question that I received: “If I have a designed a multibody model, how can I save out a single body to STEP , .STL or any other format?” The answer is pretty straightforward and involves either the remove-body feature (see blog post #10) or construction bodies (see blog post #13) or derived models (see blog post #12 and later).   Method #1: Remove all other bodies using the remove-body feature Export(“Save A Copy”) the model to your desired format Undo the remove / delete the remove-body feature / suppress the remove-body feature Method #2: Set all other bodies to “Construction body” Invoke Export(“Save A Copy”) the model to your desired format Open the “Options”-menu in the “Save A Copy” dialog and ensure the Construction Body checkbox is unchecked Finishing the operation will then only save the remaining (non-construction) body The problem here might be that you need to remember which bodies to unset as construction afterwards if applicable Method #3: Create a derived model that only contains the body to be saved The easiest way to do this would be to select the body and then invoke “Create part from body” from the right mouse button menu. This creates a new part only containing the selected body allowing you to export it on its own Or Create new part and bring the desired body into the new part manually by using  the “External Copy Geometry” feature (view in My Videos) Thanks for reading.  I hope it was informative. If you liked it, give it a Kudo.   Back to Creo 7.0 & 8.0+ Multibody Home: Start Here!   Enjoy!....Martin
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(Remove a body versus hide a body vs delete body vs deleting/suppressing contributing features) Hello everyone and welcome to another blog post  in this Creo multibody blog series. Today’s topic: Various way to “get rid of” a body and their differences Let’s have a look at various concepts that you might want to apply depending on what you want to achieve. Creo offers the following: Hide/Show a body As with other objects you can use show/hide commands to control the visibility of bodies. This is just changing the visual appearance toggling the display for a selected body and does neither remove the body object from the model, nor its geometry or mass “Consume a body” in Boolean features Boolean features have a Keep body option, to control whether the tool bodies should be consumed in the operation or whether a copy of their geometry should be used for the Boolean operation. Consumed bodies are shown in the body folder depending on the tree filter settings.   “Remove body” feature This allows you to create a feature to consume a body. The body cannot be used further, and its geometry is removed. Note that the features are not removed or deleted but the geometry created by those features will not show anymore. Remove body is a feature so you can suppress or delete it or roll-back the model to before the Remove-Body feature to get the body back.   Would suppressing contributing features also work to get rid of a body? This could potentially work in very simple examples for cases where these contributing features have no dependent children features and none of the contributing features contribute to or impact other bodies as well. In contrast to that, the remove-body feature leaves the other design features intact and just removes the body at time of its regeneration. Note that the body is still active and used in regeneration states before the remove-body feature.   Good examples that illustrate the benefits and need for a remove body features (where suppressing features wouldn’t help or not be possible are:   a situation where you bring several bodies A,B and C into a part via a single import feature or copy-geometry, or merge/inheritance feature and you want to only remove body B. a situation where you mirror a part design having bodies A,B and C to get A’, B’ and C’ and you just want to get rid of B’     Delete a body The delete body command completely deletes the body from the model for situations where you want to entirely get rid of the body object, free up its name in the name space and entirely remove it from the internal model entity data base. This is possible for two workflows: Delete new empty body Delete a body that doesn’t have any contributing features anymore   (view in My Videos) Thanks for reading.  I hope it was informative. If you liked it, give it a Kudo.   Back to Creo 7.0 & 8.0 Multibody Home: Start Here!   Enjoy!....Martin  
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How to define custom CSYS for the imported model or how to set custom position:
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As part of our B&W Webinar Week 2021, there is a session about "Take your automation to the next level with Virtual Master Model" with our partner SIGMAXIM.    Keeping rules and logic in Creo has its benefits. But, it also has its drawbacks. Most of us have tried Family Tables Pro/Programs Relations Over loaded assemblies   The Virtual Master Model (VMM) concept gives users the advantage of retaining the information and rules saved in the master model concept without the disadvantage of lugging it around in Creo and Windchill environments. How did VMM make it better? By creating a rules engine and linking it outside Creo. Imagine being able to quickly change and update models without having to dig through code or other logic. Everything users do is based on rules and logic which cascades into other decisions and results. VMM offers the flexibility to keep the resulting Creo data a concise model set without the burden of unnecessary data. ETO can now be included in your automation road map. VMM is smart enough to handle complex and unique rule sets. You could also call it low coding.   When: Oct 12th at 3 pm (CEST)    Here is the recording for you: (view in My Videos) Please feel free to ask your questions.   
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As part of our B&W Webinar Week 2021, there is a session about "Efficient electrode design in Creo® with interfaces to CAM, CAQ and EDM machines". Learn how existing and newly created electrodes can be prepared and used for subsequent processes with SMARTElectrode. In addition to the use of templates for Creo NC and the definition of measuring points, the available interfaces to EDM systems will also be addressed.   When: Oct 13th 2021 at 3 pm (CEST)   You can have a look at the recording now here:  (view in My Videos)   Please feel free to ask your questions. 
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During our B&W Webinar Week 2021, there are two sessions about " I spy with my little eye" which deal with the visibility of elements in Creo Parametric.    In the first part of this two-part webinar we analyze the different tools and methods that Creo Parametric offers to make items visible or invisible in the graphics area. The organizational layer ‚Body‘, that came out with Creo 7 also impacts the visibility of items. The webinar especially focuses on: Visibility basics of objects and items in Creo Levels of visibility Differences in assemblies, parts and drawings Functionality to drive visibility Layers and layer states Combined states Simplified representations Style states In the second part of this webinar we will discuss some practical examples of the visibility topic and show the related tools and methods. Finally we will show how SMARTUpdate can help to implement and handle the techniques to drive visibility. Have a look at the recordings now:  Part 1: (view in My Videos) Part 2: (view in My Videos)   We hope you like it!    Please feel free to ask questions here. 
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As part of our B&W Webinar Week 2021, there is a session about "News about AFX 8.0 and AFX 9.0 for Creo®".   In this webinar, we will show you some new features in our software Advanced Framework Extension (AFX), which is also directly included in a Creo Parametric subscription package.   In the first part, we will show you how database objects can be reduced by utilizing the new Creo® Embedded Components functionality with AFX 8.0. There will be some examples with weldments and AFX library components.   The second part deals with leverage the power of the AFX Auto Udf functionality and gives an insight into the current development status for Creo 9.0.   You can watch the recording now here:  (view in My Videos)   Please feel free to ask your questions. 
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As part of our B&W Webinar Week 2021, there is a session about " New and hidden functions in SMARTAnnotate". After a short general overview of the software we will especially present the following topics: Batch Process for creating a multi-language documentation New workflow of the ‚Flag’ functionality Integrating a multi-language drop-down list for parameter values Working with individual user profiles How the notification center works You can watch the recording now:  (view in My Videos) Please feel free to ask your questions. 
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Check out this video on Mathcad Express from PTC Application Engineers   Presenters; Anji Seberino (CAD Field SME Director), Tom Quaglia (Strategic Segment Specialist)    (view in My Videos)
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Do you need to create model of a Chain? It is hard to follow the curve and set all geometry dimensions correctly? Here is the step by step tutorial - how to create 3D model of Chain.
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Today, we’re launching the Creo edition of the PTC Community Spotlights which launched last month in the ThingWorx Community.    Here’s where we have a chance to learn a bit more about our most active community members:  who they are, the products they use, and what they like about being a member of the PTC Community.  I, Ruth Morss, am your guest host on this Creo Parametric Tips board.  Normally, I write Creo product collateral, but when Cat and Jaime Lee gave me the chance to get to know a community member, I grabbed it.   The first community member in our Creo Community spotlight series is Thom Braxton who goes by the handle @tbraxton.  He is most active on the Creo Parametric 3D Part & Assembly Design Forum.   Thom has been a member of the PTC/USER industrial design and surfacing technical committee  through 2002 and got involved again in 2019 to have the chance to influence Creo’s development. This TC is responsible for core surfacing, ISDX, Freestyle and ReStyle tools.  He currently maintains the list of open issues for core surfacing functionality.   Above, Thom enjoys his favorite hobby – cycling.  Grand Traverse trail in Vail, CO   The first non-Creo thing to know about @tbraxton is that he’s a native Floridian.  He swears you can get used to the heat but not the humidity.  Not surprisingly he enjoys the outdoors whether it’s the earth or the ocean.  One caveat: Assume any body of water has a gator in it. “Alligators invade any body of water they can swim in. There are tons of them!”    He started using Creo back in the mid-90s in its Pro/Engineer days.  He enjoys turning to the Community when he’s got a detailed technical question.  “We’ve got community members who are invaluable resources and happy to respond to questions.”     Professionally, he used to run R&D groups at Motorola – thus the magazine cover highlighting his article ‘Mapping Your Good Intentions’.  He now works as a consultant on products from medical devices to sporting goods to consumer electronics and even high-end chronometers.    A good day for him is working with people who are not technical by nature to define a problem to be solved – and then working to solve that novel technical problem. “I love the flexibility and the range of projects.  I’d get bored quickly if I were working on the same thing for my entire career.”   He continues to provide engineering and design support to a leading manufacturer of respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE). It is satisfying to see product designed and manufactured in the USA being used to fight the effects of COVID-19 globally.  Pro/E and Creo were integral to the development and manufacturing of these products.   On his wish list?  Economical 3D metal printing suitable for mass market production parts. He said Motorola had one of the first 3D printers sold commercially in the early 90s and so he had the chance to work with the technology just out of college.  “It’s evolved. It’s cool – but it’s not quite there for production parts in most applications.”           
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I thought that the trial period was 30 days but I got a popup saying "Time Remaining - Your Creo Parametric8.0 trial will expire in - 18813 days, -19 hours and -9 minutes.", is it an error or whats "18813 days" mean? Also, after 30days I wont be allowed to use trial anymore or will be able to use some of the functions still?    
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