Creo+ and Creo Parametric

I think that the cross-hatching is somewhat convoluted, not sufficiently documented and not at all clear as to designed workflow in the practical world. However for this post I found a bug that causes extremely slow Hatch dialog performance in Creo drawings that does not appear to be documented anywhere. This post is intended to clearly describe the behavior, the root cause, and the fix.I am primarily using Creo Parametric 11.0.6.0 Solution Summary: Option A ) via UI Open Hatch Gallery Clear all Pins and Favorites Close and reopen the Hatch dialog Option B ) file explorer Close Creo Navigate to: %PTC_WF_ROOT%\.Settings\ Delete or Rename: web_favorites.xml → web_favorites_backup.xml You may also be able to change the contents of the file, since it is xml, automatically using a script, but I did not get this far, and probably wont go this route for now. Restart Creo Hopefully this helps others avoid days of unnecessary debugging.  I will likely submit a support

Hi,  Is it possible to download ISO fit tolerance tables from the community, or where can I find the correct format for creating them manually? In my case, the folder is empty.  Thank you!

Hi everyone,I'm working on a Creo Toolkit (Pro/Toolkit) application and need to create a mirror feature programmatically.According to the official PTC documentation, the element `PRO_E_MIRROR_REF_ITEMS` expects references of the following types:- PRO_CURVE- PRO_COMP_CRV- PRO_AXIS- PRO_QUILT- PRO_PARTNotably, `PRO_FEATURE` is NOT included in this list. My questions:1. Is there a way to mirror a feature directly via `PRO_E_MIRROR_REF_ITEMS` (i.e., passing a `PRO_FEATURE` reference)?2. If not, what is the correct/best practice for mirroring a feature through Toolkit?Thank you in advance for any insights or code examples.

Hi, I am trying to get the datum plane handle (FRONT plane) use ProModelItemInit or ProModelItemByNameInit but it is failing.the reason is I want to use ProSelectionAllocCan some one please help me with it. Thank you. 

For creo 10.0.5.0, while loading large assemblies from our network drive, it takes 4-5 times more time for me than the other users. Made my colleague login to my machine and run the same test. It was slow for him as well. tell us the issue is machine specific. Tried the first 3 resolutions from this article and still no improvements.Article - CS49886 - Loading/saving assemblies from/to network drives is much slower than from/to a local disk in Creo Parametric Is it something escalating to PTC would help?thanks.

When saving a 2D drawing as PDF, how do we stop the stroke lines around symbols, etc? This is how it looks in Creo.When saved PDF, this is how it looks: 

I am using Creo Parametric Release 11.0 and Datecode11.0.4.0 When I import a .idx file, many of the ECAD components are imported as assemblies. For example, some small resistors end up being 3 different parts that are combined into one assembly. Is this how this is supposed to work?

Hi,One of my creo customer is looking for a sepcific type of BOM generation in Creo drawing? Attached is the BOM format. Kindly help with a soludion. Customer has tried to use NitroBOM but are not satisfied.ThanksNaresh

When I use the IDX process to create a board with KOZs that stay 0.5 mm from my PCB’s connectors, should I create references to the connector geometry directly from my KOZ sketch that is within my board model? This would mean that I would be referencing a component that is in my PCBA model instead of only using internal references to the raw card (example: the raw card’s side and front plane). Are circular references an issue with .idx files?

I went to create some exclusive symbols today and discovered what appears to be a bug in the symbol editor affecting PTC Creo from version 9.0.0.0 through the current release. When creating a new symbol with groups set to exclusive, or when adding a new group to an older symbol instance, the selections made through Menu Manager are ignored and all entities are displayed instead of only the selected entities in the group.Our current production version is 9.0.10.0, and I was able to reproduce the same behavior on clean installs of 9.0.11.0, 11.0.6.0, and 12.4.4.0.I was originally trying to copy an existing symbol created in Creo 8.0.7.0 using the same group selections, but quickly noticed the issue when entities I had not selected continued to appear in the symbol. What makes this even stranger is that the preview for the exclusive group displays correctly, but once the symbol is placed in the drawing area it behaves as though the highest-level group is active, with all entities displaye

I have old ProE workspaces but I cannot open them. I get this errorerror messageIs there anyway to open these? I know there are files in there because I was able to open them with an old copy of ProE. That is no longer an option. Any ideas?

I’m trying to calculate one bracket where hole for shaft. Part is very complicated and there are several forces in different locations of it. So easiest way to constrain part is add constrain to to hole of bracket. It work but it behaves wrong way now. All surfaces of hole are “locked” and it’s quite far away how it should behave when there is shaft in hole. One solution would be that turn it other way and add bearing force to hole and cnstrain other surfaces/points but it’s really hard to get right values etc on that case. So now would like to hear how that constrain can be done such way that it as close as possible same way as shaft in hole? (contact analyses can’t be used because of our poor license..) 

Hello everyone,I am working with a Creo Mechanism assembly and I would like to better understand how to manage the rigid bodies automatically generated by Mechanism.In the Model Tree, I can display a column called “Rigid Body #”. The components have values such as: Ground, 1, 2, 3, and Excluded.I have two questions: Is there a way to select all components that belong to the same Rigid Body #? For example, can I automatically select all components where Rigid Body # = 2? Is it possible to rename the automatically generated rigid bodies? For example, can I change the names from 1, 2, 3 to custom names such as body1, body2, body3, or more meaningful names? Any suggestion on the recommended Creo workflow would be very helpful.Thanks!Fabio

Hi,Can someone provide a detail information on how J-link works in creating the BOM for Creo drawings? what are the pre-requisites like license is needed? how to install or configure? etc.Thanks in advanceNaresh

In the Creo assembly I have a weight which is not ok when I calculate model separately.Do you know why happened?  

I want the reference line for a section view to extend out of an orthogonal view less than it does here, by default. Is there a .dtl setting for that?

Hello everyone,I am working with a Creo Mechanism assembly and I would like to better understand how to manage the rigid bodies automatically generated by Mechanism.In the Model Tree, I can display a column called “Rigid Body #”. The components have values such as: Ground, 1, 2, 3, and Excluded.I have two questions: Is there a way to select all components that belong to the same Rigid Body #? For example, can I automatically select all components where Rigid Body # = 2? Is it possible to rename the automatically generated rigid bodies? For example, can I change the names from 1, 2, 3 to custom names such as body1, body2, body3, or more meaningful names? Any suggestion on the recommended Creo workflow would be very helpful.Thanks!Fabio

I retrieve an assembly in session. Then I use the "erase current” option in Creo (12.4.3.0).After that, I see the list where one item has a glyph in front of it. Anyone know what this is/means? 

Is there anyway to control or optimize the lay of the cables in a route? As you can see in the screenshot, the 8th cable in this route is in a suboptimal location and it’s driving the overall location diameter to be much larger in the model than it would in reality.

Hi everyone,In our drawing BOM, the SIZE column shows values like 156.000x40.000x33.509 as a single string. I'd like to split this into three separate columns (L, W, H) showing only whole numbers, with standard rounding (anything above .5 rounds up).Current output in the SIZE column:156.000x40.000x33.509800.000x600.000x70.000156.000x156.000x34.925Desired output across three columns:L W H156 40 34800 600 70156 156 35A few things I'm unsure about:Is there a way to do this directly in the Creo drawing repeat region table, using column format or symbolic parameters?Can relations or parameters (e.g. user-defined SIZE_L, SIZE_W, SIZE_H) be used to parse and round the SIZE string, and then called in the BOM table?Any advice on the best practice for this in Creo Parametric would be appreciated. Thanks! 

To allIf one has user parameter say ‘npattern’ is is possible to drive the variable members of pattern (CREO 12 parameter PTC_ACTUAL_PAT_MEMBERS or PTC_TOTAL_PAT_MEMBERS)Something simple like so:-PTC_ACTUAL_PAT_MEMBERS = npatternAs the CREO parameter is locked it is not possible! PTC_ACTUAL_PAT_MEMBERS  is a reserved symbol nameThanks

Hello everyone,are the symbols according to standard ISO 13715 available in Creo Parametric 7?I am using Creo Parametric Release 7.0 and Datecode7.0.10.0

Hello,I am seeking assistance in configuring Creo to export CNC code compatiblewith the Grbl language.  I have attached two documents which define themachine specifications and a summary of the Grbl language.This effort will facilitate the lesson creation for Mechanical Engineering studentsto export solid model geometry to a small CNC machine.Any assistance with this effort will be very appreciated.'Thanks for your help!Regards,   Bill ChambersAdditional links:   1)  Configuring Grbl v0.9 · grbl/grbl Wiki · GitHub   2)  G Code Overview

Hello all,Long time Creo user, i started with a Logitech MX mouse, after a few years had a wrist pain. I switched to MX vertical for several years, no more wrist pain but now it’s the elbow. I read that a trackball could be ergonomically better than a mouse so I’m looking for a model. Anyone here using a trackball ? Do you have a model recommendation ? Models to avoid ? I’m using Creo for CAD and Esprit for CAM.Thanks.