Creo Parametric Tips

“This, as an innovation… something people thought was impossible. It really changes the game in how we deliver radiotherapy to cancer patients.” Fighting cancer is not an easy task. Each body responds differently and each tumor is unique - so treatment must be personalized and precise. But, as companies like Elekta push forward advancements in the field, cancer care is becoming more targeted and effective than ever before. Elekta is a company creating cutting-edge linear accelerators, devices that deliver life-saving radiation therapy. In this episode we meet Chris Gilpin, Chris Flint and Mark Range at the company’s HQ in the UK. Find out how radiation therapy works, and why it’s playing an increasingly important role in cancer prevention. Get up close with the machines and take a tour through the factory to see how they’re built. And learn how Elekta’s IntelliMax system is bringing radiotherapy to underserved and remote countries all over the world.

Nov 30, 2023

“It’s amazing how comfortable the machines are by taking noise and vibration away.” You’re about to walk past roadworks on your street, ready to throw your hands up over your ears - when you realize you don’t have to stop your conversation. In fact, you can even hear the birds singing. Bliss. This is the promise of the electric construction vehicle. Although essential, the construction industry has a big impact on both climate and noise pollution, so Volvo Construction Equipment is leading the charge in turning the industry green. Setting up at Volvo CE’s North American Customer Center, we meet Dave Vandersleen, Ray Gallant and Lars Arnold. Find out how these electric machines actually feel better, more reactive and stronger than their predecessors. Hear the impressive ECR25 compact excavator gearing up. And find out why these machines are being used in zoos - one of many unique and unexpected applications.

Nov 30, 2023

“Imagination is one of the most profound human qualities. Every great achievement in human history has started as a work of imagination.” Beginning life as a passion project, Genesis Custom Sabers has since grown into Rob Petkau’s full time job. From cobbled together ‘junk sabers’ to immaculately crafted illuminated swords, Rob has honed his craft over the years, and now places only the highest quality sabers in the hands of wannabe Jedis. In this episode Rob explores the evolution of his designs, and how advances in technology have allowed him to create perfectly custom fit blades. He explains how he creates and designs the sound fonts that bring the sabers to life. And he discusses the immense appreciation he has for his fans, some who treat their sabers as ‘shelf queens’, and others, like Jimmy, who test (and break) them in combat.

Nov 30, 2023

Streamlined, efficient, euphoric. Arc is a UK-based team that’s reimagining the future of adventure - creating high-end, luxury electric motorbikes, supported by PTC partner Root Solutions, part of the PDS Vision Group. Arc’s first product, the Vector, is an elite motorbike that pushes the boundaries of our imagination. As a brand-new project, it has no legacy to follow, so the team has had real creative freedom - going back to square one to design something truly unique. Just as every customer is different, every Vector will be unique as well. To find out how these bespoke machines are being crafted, our producer Hannah Dean visited Arc’s HQ in Coventry to meet the company’s founder, Mark Truman.

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Creo Parametric: Multibody Home -- Start Here! I'm creating this blog to be the central home page for anyone interested in trying out the new capabilities first introduced in Creo 7.0 that support multibody design. Below will be links to other blog posts on specific detailed topics under the general heading of multibody. I'm interested in getting your feedback on all the new stuff, but I also want to try to do this in a somewhat organized fashion. So, you can think of this blog as the top node of a tree that will have a number of branches below it for the various multibody related topics. In parallel to the list of blog posts below, I also plan to maintain a Multibody Infos post that provides you with links to further information, documentation, presentations, and any other information bits and pieces around multibody design in Creo. To get going effectively, I encourage you to first go through the What’s new material and tutorials that you find there, so that you have an overview and high level background on the use cases and capabilities. That will allow me then to go one level deeper and include some tips, tricks etc. in the blog posted here. I hope to be able to post new information regularly and hope you tune in, find it beneficial and give feedback in return. If you want to send me private messages, that’s fine, too. In particular if you have any suggestion on future blog post topics or questions, feel free to contact me at mneumueller@ptc.com . Enjoy…Martin Blog posts: Multibody – Intro, Model tree interaction and What’s that default body doing? Multibody- Seven 90sec-Tipps & Tricks around Booleans & Split Multibody - So many ways to trim a body Multibody - Creo 7.0.1 Enhancements Multibody - Windchill 12 & Creo 7.0.1 Multibody –How to display a body parameter in the model tree Multibody – How to display, use or call-out a body parameter – Part 1 Multibody - How to display, use or call-out a body parameter – Part 2 Multibody - Body selection, Body object vs Surface referencing Multibody - How to get rid of a body? - Show/Hide vs Remove Body vs Delete Body Multibody - How to save out a single body to .stl or step? Multibody - How does this all work with reference parts for MoldDesign and NC? Multibody - What are these Construction bodies? and all the details around them…. How to create a body intersection curve and what might it be good for? Multibody - How do I >position< bodies? Multibody - A simple body-based motion envelope cutout example Multibody - Clearance & Creepage Analysis Multibody - Model Tree Auto-locate capability: Update – Creo 7.0 vs Creo 8.0 & Creo 9.0 Multibody - External Copy Geometry (ECG) and body attribute propagation Multibody – A "Geometry Re-use"- Use Case that became possible with new capabilities in Creo 10.0 ..... And more to come…

May 18, 2020

Hello everyone and welcome to blog post #14 in this multibody blog series. Today’s blog is about the use of the “Intersect” Feature to create the intersection curve between two bodies (or quilts) You might remember that Creo 7.0 introduced Boolean Operations to perform merge, subtract and intersect operations between bodies. These operations act upon a “target” body which is modified during the Boolean operation. The resulting object there is still a body. In order to create an intersection curve, we therefore cannot use the Body Boolean operations feature, but will use the “Intersect” feature within the “Editing” group. Starting with Creo 7.0, this “Intersect” feature allows to select bodies as references. In this first example, we select Body 1 (yellow box) and Body (grey cylinder) and get the full intersection curve as a result. This is illustrated in the image below. (Result is shown in small overlay image) Note that you could also select just a single body in combination with one or multiple surfaces to get a partial intersection curve. In the example illustrated below we create the intersection curve based on a selection of the grey body 2 and 2 selected (red) surfaces of the yellow body 1. Finally, what could this intersection curve be used for? Intersection curves allow for a fast creation of a quilt representing the surface contours that are covered by the intersection (in particular for closed curves). You can for example use the curve generated in the first example as input to create a designated area. The image below shows the “Designated Area” feature with the closed intersection curve as input when placed on the yellow Body 1. The resulting quilt is illustrated in the small additional image. Starting with Creo 9.0 and higher you can also divide/split these surfaces based on those curves. Watch the video below to see an example use case of this. And as I was at video creation, I thought I could also re-emphasize the usage of Body visibility controls The usage of intent surfaces created by features such as “Divide Surface” and “Boolean Operations” Thanks for reading. I hope it was informative. If you liked it, give it a Kudo. Back to Creo Parametric- Multibody Home: Start Here! Enjoy!....Martin

May 30, 2023

Hello everyone and welcome to blog post #20 in this multibody blog series. Today’s blog is about illustrating a use case around geometry re-use that became enabled with the new appearance (and reference) propagations in Creo 10.0’s Body Boolean and Split Body features. (see Multibody: Appearance and Reference Propagation for Boolean Operations (ptc.com) ) In essence we added two new options to Body Booleans as shown in the image below. Those options allow you to control color propagation and reference propagation. That means for the below example, that when you subtract the orange and white bodies from the green eyelet part, we can propagate the color to the corresponding mating cut faces, and transfer references from the original to the new surfaces, so that for the attached annotations automatically move to the cut surfaces. So, what is this good for? An example use case for this might be a scenario where you have standardized cut-outs for a connector where you model the cut-outs as fully detailed and annotated bodies in a library part. These bodies will then be inserted along with their annotations into the connector part where we then subtract and pattern them. During the subtract operation we can then not only create the target cut-out geometry, but also have the colors and the annotation references be transferred to the cut-out surfaces. All the sematic references of these annotations would thus continue to show in a semantic query for selected annotations. Here you see a video illustrating the workflow for the above example in Creo 10.0 Thanks for reading. I hope it was informative and this is a valuable use case for you. If you liked it, give it a Kudo. Back to Creo Parametric - Multibody Home: Start Here! Enjoy!....Martin

May 30, 2023

Hi all, as this came up in several threads, let me add a consolidated post here referring to External Copy Geometry (ECG) and body attribute propagation. The questions here are mostly related to the logic of the propagation options for bodies (and also other objects) Note that the ECG has settings within its option panel to control the propagation of parameters. This includes several aspects ranging from appearances to body names and more, and it also includes an option to propagate the construction body attribute. It also depends on whether an external body/or bodies are added "as is" or being merged into the existing body in the part. Here is how the options look like: Some questions had been raised for example about how the construction yes/no option works when a body is brought via ECG from a source model to a target model, initially with that option checked and then unchecked during Edit-Definition of the ECG. The answer to that is that this option is a logical toggle that allows to control whether the status/attribute from the source should be propagated to the target. If you "uncheck" it, the "construction" body attribute/status will no longer be propagated to the target. That means an update of the ECG will no longer force an update of the construction attribute in the target body. That means the target body will stay a construction body (simply because that is its current state and no update is forcing the body to change that status.) If you do a right-menu action on the body to "Unset construction body" status, then the body should become a regular solid body and should no longer change to construction during an ECG update. The publications team is currently working to provide additional explanations to the behavior into the online help sections. You should see that in the upcoming maintenance releases. Back to Creo 7.0/8.0++ Multibody Home: Start Here!

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Welcome to Creo Tips and Techniques Series Main Presenters: Ryan Butcher (Technical Specialist, Fellow) and Lino Tozzi (Technical Specialist, Fellow) Below you will find all the related webcast recordings and recommended additional learning resources. Webcast Title Description Learn Online Classes/Resources 1 Learn Online Classes/Resources 2 Creo Multi-Body Design Creo Multi-Body Design Creo: Multibody Design Class Info Creo and Augmented Reality Creo and Augmented Reality Augmented Reality Class Info Creo: Generative Design Automated geometry creation using design criteria Creo: Generative Design Class Info Creo Generative Design Tutorials Creo: Simulation Live Real time simulation during design Creo Simulation Live Class Info Creo Simulation Live Tutorials Creo: Flexible Modeling Direct modeling features to edit imported data Creo: Flexible Modeling Class Info Creo Flexible Modeling Tutorials Ansys Simulation Ansys Simulation Ansys Simulation Class Info Harness Design Used with cabling to create harness mfg drawings Cable Routing & Harness Class Info Cable Routing & Harness Class Info Manufacturing Automation Tools for mfg efficiencies Mfg Training Class Info Additive Manufacturing Design for 3D printing Additive Manufacturing Class Info Advanced Assembly Advanced techniques for assemblies Creo Advanced Assembly Class Info Behavioral Modeling Automated design intent Behavioral Modeling Class Info Surfacing Tips & Techniques Core Surfacing-ISDX-Freestyle Surfacing Class Info ISDX Class Info Creo Mechanism Dynamics Creo Motion analysis Creo: Assembling with Kinematics Connections Class Info Creo: Mechanism Design & Analysis Class Info Mathcad Express Mathcad Express Mathcad Tutorials Design Exploration & Intelligent Fastener (IFX) Explore multiple design concepts; automatic assembly of fasteners Design Exploration Tutorials Intelligent Fastener Tutorials Tool Design/Mold Analysis Mold design and flow analysis Mold Design Tutorials High Speed Machining High Speed Machining Axis High Speed Milling Info Prismatic & Multi-Surface Milling Standard mfg in Creo Creo: Introduction to Milling Class Info Creo: Introduction to Turning - COMING SOON Creo Unite & Import Data Doctor MultiCAD design collaboration Creo Unite Technology Tutorials Plastic Part Design Plastic Part Design Plastic Part Design Overview Large Assembly Management Top Down design Creo: Using Assembly Skeletons for Top-Down Design Class Info Creo Sheetmetal Design Creo Sheetmetal Design Creo Sheetmetal Class Info Creo Sheetmetal Tutorials Reverse Engineering Use scan data to create new part designs Advanced Modeling Techniques Techniques for Sketcher, Selection, Sweeps, Deformation, Blends Creo Simulate Advanced Creo based Advanced Simulation Creo Simulate Advanced Tutorials Creo Render Studio Photo render your models Creo Render Studio Tutorials Creo Model Based Definition 3D drawings (model centric designs) Creating Annotations using MBD Modifying & Publishing Annotations using MBD Creo Automation Creo based automation tools: Macros, Programming, Options Modeler Creo Automation Tutorials Creo Manikin Ergonomic studies with manikins Creo Manikin Tutorials Creo Schematics Routed Systems design for all types of schematics Creo Schematics Class Info Creo Schematics Tutorials Creo View Interference Lightweight view of CAD designs Creo View Tutorials Creo Clearance & Creepage Analysis Clearance and Creepage analysis for electrical designs What's New in Creo 8 & 9 What's New in Creo 8 & 9 What's New in Creo 8 & 9 Tutorials What's New in Creo 8 & 9 Blog ECAD/MCAD Collaboration MCAD designer and ECAD designer collaboration Data Exchange Tutorials PTC University PTC Creo training Advanced Framework Extension Design of steel structures Advanced Framework Extension Tutorials Advanced Framework Ext Tutorial Creo Flow Analysis Simerics based CFD Creo Flow Analysis Tutorials Creo Ansys Simulation Full Ansys based solution embedded in Creo Creo Ansys Simulation Class Info Creo Ansys Simulation Tutorials What's new in Creo 9 What's new in Creo 9 What's New in Creo 9 Piping Design 3D routing of piping design Piping Design Tutorial Get Started with Creo Parametric Piping Creo Layout & 2D Sketching Axis concentric design layout in 2D Creo Layout & 2D Sketching Progressive Die Design Design of sheetmetal stamped parts About Progressive Die Design Virtual Interconnect Libraries for schematic design Virtual Interconnect Design Automation for Creo Partner automation tools CadActive Creo Automation with Smart Assembly Partner automation tools SIGMAXIM DFMPro Design for mfg (Partner) HCL DFMPro Creo Option Modeler Design optionality in Creo Assemblies Creo Options Modeler What's New in Creo 10 What's New in Creo 10 What's New in Creo 10 Tutorials Creo Ansys Simulation Full Ansys based solution embedded in Creo Creo Ansys Simulation Tutorials Creo Composites Creo Composites Creo Composite Tutorials Creo: Things You Might Know But Probably Don't Creo: Things You Might Know But Probably Don;t Creo Tutorials Multi-Axis Milling with Creo NC Multi-Axis Milling with Creo NC Intro to Milling Creo Additive Manufacturing Creo Additive Manufacturing Intro to Additive Manufacturing Creo Patterns Creo Patterns Creo Patterns Tutorials Sketcher Sketcher Sketcher Tutorials Turning Turning Creo 11 Creo 11 Resolving Geometry Issues Resolving Geometry Issues in Creo Parametric Creo: Part Design Intent and Reference Management Creo: Assembly Design Intent and Reference Management Product Insights Product Insights Advanced Modeling You may also find similar content in our East Coast Webcast Series series.

Jul 19, 2021

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Welcome to Creo Tips & Techniques Webcast Series (East Coast) Main Presenters: Lino Tozzi (Technical Specialist, Fellow) and Ryan Butcher (Technical Specialist, Fellow) Below you will find all the related webcast recordings and recommended additional learning resources. Webcast Title Description Learn Online Classes/Resources 1 Learn Online Classes/Resources 2 Creo Multi-Body Design CReo Multi-Body Design Creo Multi-Body Class Info Creo Simulation Live Real time simulation during design Creo Simulation Live Class Info Creo Simulation Live Tutorials Creo Generative Design Automated geometry creation using design criteria Creo: Generative Design Class Info Creo Generative Design Tutorials Creo Flexible Modeling Direct modeling feature to edit imported data Creo: Flexible Modeling Class Info Creo Flexible Modeling Tutorials Creo Advanced Assembly Advance techniques for assemblies Creo Advanced Assembly Class Info Creo Behavioral Modeling Automate design intent Creo Behavioral Modeling Class Info Creo Additive Manufacturing Design for 3D printing Additive Manufacturing Class Info Creo Tolerance & GD&T Creo tolerance & GD&T Creo EZ Tolerance Analysis Tutorials Creo GD&T Advisor Tutorials Creo Surfacing Creo Surfacing-ISDX Surfacing Class Info ISDX Class Info Creo Surfacing continued Creo Surfacing-Freestyle Freestyle Class Info Creo Cabling/HMX Creo Cabling/HMX Creating Harnesses & Routing Cables 1 Creating Harnesses & Routing Cables 2 Creo Mechanism Dynamics Creo Mechanism Dynamics Creo: Assembling with Kinematics Connections Class Info Creo: Mechanism Design and Analysis Class Info Mathcad Express Mathcad Express Mathcad Tutorials Design Exploration & Intelligent Fastener (IFX) Explore multiple design concepts for automatic assembly of fasteners Design Exploration Tutorials Intelligent Fastener Tutorials Tool Design EXT with Mold Analysis Mold design and flow analysis Mold Design Tutorials Prismatic & Multi-Surfaces Prismatic & Multi-Surfaces Creo: Introduction to Milling Class Info Creo: Introduction to Turning - COMING SOON Creo Unite and Import Data Doctor MultiCAD design collaboration Creo Import Data Doctor Class Info Creo Unite Technology Tutorials Plastic Part Design Plastic Part Design Plastic Part Design Large Assembly Management Top Down design Creo: Using Assembly Skeletons for Top-Down Design Class Info Creo Sheetmetal Design Creo Sheetmetal Design Creo Sheetmetal Class Info Creo Sheetmetal Tutorials Reverse Engineering Use scan data to create new part designs Advanced Modeling Techniques Techniques for Sketcher, Selection Sweeps, Deformation, Blends Creo Simulate Advanced Creo based advanced simulation Creo Simulate Advanced Tutorials Creo Render Studio Photo render your models Creo Render Studio Tutorials Creo Parametric Design for Model-Based Definition 3D drawings (model centric designs) Creating Annotations using MBD Modifying & Publishing Annotations using MBD Creo Automation Creo based automation tools: Macros, Programming, Options Modeler Creo Automation Tutorial Creo Data Migration Creo Data Migration Creo Manikin Ergonomic studies with manikins Creo Manikin Tutorials Creo Schematics Routed Systems design for all types of schematics Creo Schematics Class Info Creo Schematics Tutorials Creo View Overview/Interference Lightweight view of CAD designs Creo View Tutorials Creo Clearance & Creepage Analysis Clearance and Creepage analysis for electrical designs Creo Clearance & Creepage Learning Link What's New in Creo 8 & 9 What's New in Creo 8 & 9 What's New in Creo 8 & 9 Tutorials What's New in Creo 8 & 9 Blog ECAD/MCAD Collaboration MCAD designer and ECAD designer collaboration Data Exchange Tutorials PTC University PTC Creo training Advanced Framework Extension Design of steel structures Advanced Framework Extension Tutorials Advanced Framework Ext Tutorial Creo Flow Analysis Creo Flow Analysis Creo Flow Analysis Tutorials Creo Ansys Simulation Full Ansys based solution embedded in Creo Creo Ansys Simulation Class Info Creo Ansys Simulation Tutorials What's New in Creo 9 What's New in Creo 9 What's New in Creo 9 Creo Piping Design 3D routing of piping design Piping Design Tutorial Get Started with Creo Parametric Piping Creo Layout & 2D Sketching Axis concentric design layout in 2D Creo Layout & 2D Sketching Creo Progressive Die Design Design of sheetmetal stamped parts PDX Help Documentation PDX Home Page on B&W's Site Virtual Interconnect Libraries for schematic design Virtual Interconnect Design Automation for Creo Partner automation tool CadActive Creo Automation with Smart Assembly Partner automation tool SIGMAXIM DFMPro Design for Manufacturing (Partner) HCL DFMPro Creo Options Modeler Design optionality in Creo assemblies Creo Options Modeler Tutorial What's New in Creo 10 Whats New in Creo 10 What's New in Creo 10 Tutorials Creo Ansys Simulation Creo Ansys Simulation Creo Ansys Simulation Tutorials Creo Composites Creo Composites Creo Composites Tutorials Creo: Things You Might Know But Probably Don't Creo Things you Might Know But Probably Don't Creo Tutorials Multi-Axis Milling with Creo NC Multi-Axis Milling with Creo NC Creo Multi-Axis Milling Tutorials Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing Intro to Additive Manufacturing Creo Patterns Creo Patterns Creo Patterns Tutorials Sketcher Sketcher Sketcher Tutorials Turning Turning Creo 11 Creo 11 Resolving Geometry Issues Resolving Geometry Issues Creo: Part Design Intent and Reference Management Creo: Assembly Design Intent and Reference Management Product Insights Product Insights Advanced Modeling You may also find similar content in our West Coast Webcast Series.

Jul 28, 2021

Creo Parametric Tips

Episode 4 - Elekta: Connecting the World to Fight Cancer

Episode 3 - Volvo Construction Equipment: Construction Goes Electric……Shhhhh

Episode 2 - Genesis Custom Sabers: Handcrafted Lightsabers for Real Life Jedis

Episode 1 - Arc: Electric Motorcycles Re-imagining the Future of Adventure

PTC Community 2023 Creo Simulation Conversation Round Up

Creo: "Things You Might Know, but Probably Don't" Tips & Techniques Session Recording (East Coast)

Creo Composites Tips & Techniques Session Recording (East Coast)

Creo: "Things You Might Know, but Probably Don't" Tips & Techniques Session Recording (West Coast)

Creo Ansys Advanced Tips &. Techniques

Creo Composites Tips & Techniques Session Recording (West Coast)

Creo Ansys Tips & Techniques Session Recording (West Coast)

Creo Ansys Simulation

What's New in Creo 10 Tips n' Techniques (West Coast)

Creo Unite/Import Data Doctor Tips & Techniques Session Recording (West Coast)

What's New in Creo 10 Tips n' Techniques

Creo Options Modeler Tips n' Techniques

Creo Parametric: Multibody Home -- Start Here!

Multibody - How to create a body intersection curve and what might it be good for?

Multibody – A Geometry Re-use Use Case that became possible with new capabilities in Creo 10.0

Multibody - External Copy Geometry (ECG) and body attribute propagation

Virtual Interconnect and Creo Routed Systems Designer

Creo Tips and Techniques Webcast Series (West)

Creo Tips & Techniques Webcast Series (East)