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Creo Parametric Tips

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Check out this video on Large Assembly Management from PTC Application Engineers Presenters: Lino Tozzi (Technical Specialist, Fellow) and Tom Quaglia (Creo Segment Sales )  (view in My Videos)
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Check out this video on "Creo Class A Surfacing NEW SCHOOL" with Bart Brejcha from Design Engine and Ryan Butcher, PTC (Solution Consulting, Fellow).   Related Trainings by Design Engine     Creo Surfacing Training: WEEK ONE Creo Surfacing: WEEK TWO  
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Check out this video on Creo Parametric Progressive Die Tips and Techniques session  from PTC Application Engineers. Presenters: Lee Goodwin (Solution Consulting, Principle) and Ryan Butcher (Solution Consulting, Fellow).   Creo Progressive Die Learning  
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Explore how Ryvid’s modular electric motorcycles are reshaping urban transport—combining sustainability, swappable batteries, and community-driven innovation.    
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“It is different, it is unique, and people are not used to seeing a piano in this harmonious mustard colour.” Since the launch of the Casiotone keyboard in 1980, the electronic keyboard has become a popular addition to our homes. A more affordable and portable option to the classic piano, it opened up an exciting new era of musical expression to a generation of consumers. Although they started out making calculators and watches, they have since sold over 100 million musical instruments. Their latest model, the PX-S7000 in “harmonious mustard” from the Casio Privia range, is not only going down a storm with musicians but it’s also a thing of beauty winning design awards for its unusual look. Neil Evans is the Electronic Music Division of Casio in the UK and Ireland. He tells us about the cultural impact and evolution of the casio keyboard… and also plays us some tunes. Find out from Neil how the sound samples have evolved over the years, how their dedication to detail makes playing the keyboard a truly sensory experience, and why that sleek and lightweight design is so important. We also hear from Brian Thompson, who heads up PTC’s CAD division. He explains how Casio uses Creo to further develop its Privia range in terms of ECAD-MCAD collaboration, and how the software helps the company to balance the electronic and mechanical aspects of the design. This is especially important with customers placing more and more emphasis on aesthetics.    
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Hello Multibody community!   Welcome to a second post on multibody capabilities added in Creo 7.0.1. What I had not yet been fully covering in the last post was how Creo & Windchill interact as it relates to the multibody concept. So, here a summary of Multibody support for Windchill & Visualization General behavior Multibody parts are managed similarly to single body parts, bodies are not exposed Windchill versions prior to Windchill 12 Body designation information is ignored when connected to a Windchill Server version not supporting body designation yet Publishing of multibody parts to Creo View is supported since Creo View 6.1 (including exposure of bodies to Creo View) Windchill 12 & Creo 7.0.1 Support of Body designation, including Transfer of Body designation information from Creo to Windchill for models containing designated bodies WT part creation for designated bodies if BOM Designation is set (.prt, .asm) IBA mapping & propagation for body materials and mass property parameters Note on Windchill configuration: those attributes have to be added to the Body (under Model Items) type definition. They need to be part of the type definition similar as typically being done for the CAD Document type.   Here is a quick demo of the above capabilities (view in My Videos)   Back to Creo 7.0 Multibody Home: Start Here!   Enjoy!....Martin      
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“What the water rig is at its core is a mobile water treatment technology, and it dramatically changed the lives of the people living on that site.”   Having clean, drinkable water is essential for everyone, no matter where they are. For some on-site workers on remote oil and gas drilling sites, this means transporting in large amounts of bottled water. The result is a large amount of plastic waste from the bottles and air pollution from the extra traffic.   WaterFleet provides an alternative solution. Their water treatment technology means that a mobile rig can be hooked up to an existing well or water storage source on site and provide people with clean potable water on tap. As the rig processes the water, it automatically and continually monitors the quality to ensure it’s safe. WaterFleet also uses this technology to provide temporary water solutions to areas that have been affected by natural disasters.   Our producer Eva Ruth went to the WaterFleet headquarters in San Antonio, Texas to meet the Director of Business Intelligence, David Meyers. He explains WaterFleet’s mission statement and takes us inside one of the water rigs.    
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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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Have you downloaded Creo 4.0 yet? One of the first things you might want to try out is the new full-screen mode. It removes user interface components to maximize your 3D view. In this post, Product Manager Martin Neumueller describes how it works.To work in full screen mode, press
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Applicable Releases: Creo Parametric 1.0 to 8.0   Description: In this video, we will demo how to change the default template for: solid part sheetmetal part design asm drawing
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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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Applicable Releases: Creo Parametric 1.0 to 8.0   Description: In this video, we will be using ModelCHECK to Get overall size of the model Calculate model size as X, Y and Z coordinates Get bounding box of a model
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I'm creating this blog to be the central home page for anyone interested in trying out the new functionality in Creo 4.0 to support Model Based Definition (MBD). Below will be links to other blog posts on specific detailed topics under the general heading of MBD. 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 MBD related topics. At the moment, I only have some general   Model Based Design What New MBD: Datum Feature Symbols MBD: Dimensions MBD: Datum Targets MBD: Geometric Tolerances (GTOL) MBD: Standalone Annotations vs. Annotation Features 2D Detailing / MBD: New Text and Symbol Fonts Newly added! Standards-Based Syntax Checking for Annotations
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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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In this episode, we’re taken into the enchanting world of Hasbro, the globally famous toy and games company. We visit their HQ in Rhode Island and uncover the magic behind the design of some of the most iconic toys ever created.    
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Our weekly Did You Know series focuses on providing users with informative, “how-to” tips to help them get the most out of PTC Creo. This week’s post, provided by Product Management Director Jim Barrett-Smith, is a brief, introductory overview of routing cables inside the PTC Creo Parametric Piping and Cabling Extension. Users will learn how to filter logical cables, add locations to axis, and understand how the next location in a wire segment will be created. Tip 1: Filtering Logical Cables First, select Route Cables under the Cabling section of the user interface. In the Route Cables dialog you will notice there is a Find tool. This will find all the wires and cables with logical references. If this is a very large list, you can refine it by simply selecting a designated component from the graphics area. When you select a designated component, the wires that attach to it are added to the Route Cables dialog. If you hold control and left click, you can select multiple components     When selecting individual components, the wires which attach to them are automatically added to the Route cables dialog   Tip 2: Adding Locations to an Axis After you place your simple route, you can start adding locations. In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0, the system would automatically place a location onto each end of the axis. If the axis was very short, the cable would form loops in order to satisfy the minimum bend radius.     In PTC Creo, the default behavior is to add a location on the axis at the selection point. If you want the old Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 behavior you can right click and choose  Along or you can change the configuration option default_cable_axis_location  from On to Along and the system will then place a location at each end of the axis. Note: The configuration option is from PTC Creo 2.0 M090 onwards.   When adding locations to an axis, you can revert back to the old Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 behavior by right clicking and selecting Along. This places locations at each end of the axis.     Tip 3: Choosing Next Locations When you’re adding locations, take notice that half of the wire is orange while the other half is red. The red segments are where you’re going to add your next location. When you choose the next location and click, you’ll see that it has been added in the red segment.  If you want to add a location in the orange segment then simply choose Reverse Direction from Location tab. When choosing your next location, follow the red segments. When you choose the next location and click, it will be added to the red segment.   Check out our video tutorial on the PTC University Learning Exchange (“Cabling Design Routing Cables Tips and Tricks”) to see this advice in action. We’d also love to hear your suggestions for working with cables in PTC Creo Parametric Piping and Cabling. For more in-depth product feature explanations, visit our Tech Tips area. Have some ideas about what PTC Creo product features you’d like to learn more about? Send me a message or leave a comment below and we’ll write up the best ideas from the community. Thanks for reading, looking forward to all of your feedback!   In case you missed it, here are our recent Did You Know posts:   1)    Creating Helical Sweeps for Springs 2)    How to Use Motion Skeletons to Quickly Design Mechanisms 3)    Tips for Fewer Model Failures with Intent References
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Check out this video on Creo Tolerance & GD&T from Sigmetrix and PTC Application Engineers! Presenters:  Raphael Nascimento (Sigmetrix), Lino Tozzi (Technical Specialist, Fellow) and Ryan Butcher (Technical Specialist, Fellow) (view in My Videos)         To dive deeper into the subject, check out PTC University.  
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Check out this video on DFMPro for Creo Parametric.  Presenters: Tom Van Der Auwera (HCL), Pranev Khurjekar (HCL), Steve Gerdman (HCL), Nambi Chandrasekaran (HCL) & Lino Tozzi (Solution Consultant, Fellow, PTC)
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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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Creo+ 13.0 debuts the Creo AI Assistant (Beta) and over 40 other enhancements designed to help you deliver better designs, faster. The Creo AI Assistant (Beta) provides troubleshooting support for specific error messages directly in the Creo environment – saving time and frustration. Creo Simulation Live now includes thermal optimization on ECAD assemblies, and manufacturing updates support design for conformal cooling channels in part mode and easier back boring and back countersinking design. Composite capabilities are expanded with simulation results per ply, flat pattern export enhancements, and dedicated composite material types. Performance enhancements in the model tree provide a 15% improvement in design regeneration and improved global clearance and interference checks have up to a 10x speed improvement. Finally, productivity upgrades for Freestyle and Sketcher enable even quicker workflows to deliver your best designs in less time.   Read the release notes to learn more.
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Check out this video on Next Generation Model Based Definition with Creo and Windchill from PTC Application Engineers & TechAzul). Presenters: Mark Nielsen (TechAzul) and Tom Quaglia (Solution Consultant, Fellow) Original Date Presented: January 09, 2025
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