Sigamaxim Smart Assembly - Tutorial

[charlesbronson]

Is there any tutorial for Smart Assembly for Creo?
I have been scourging the internet for any learning material, I could only find few YouTube videos of the initial setup. Is there any full on tutorial in the internet where I could learn the application of each syntax and how it is applied.

With Regards

Charles

[StephenW]

I haven't seen anything on it either. You may want to contact sigamaxim directly since that is a third party add on.

http://www.sigmaxim.com/Products/SmartAssembly/smartassembly.html

[charlesbronson]

Hi

Sigmaxim is charging a hefty fees for their training inspite of our company paying the license. Its not feasible enough for me to pay separately and learn it from them.

I got the admin and user guide, it is not thorough enough or easy to understand. It is vague to put it in other words.

Isn't there any individual contributors in here who could help me learn it?

Regards

Charles

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

I guess that Smart Assembly is not developed by Sigamaxim. I know the same product name which is developed by  B&W software GmbH, see https://www.buw-soft.de/index.php?id=smartassembly

B&W software GmbH has two groups on this community web - IFX and AFX. I hope if you ask specific question concerning Smart Assembly in these groups then some B&W person will respond.

[charlesbronson]

Hi Martin

Smart Assembly is infact develped by Sigmaxim (http://www.sigmaxim.com/Products/SmartAssembly/smartassembly.html). 

I heard about B&W too, but I am not sure whether both are using similar kind of script and processes. I'll check out the two communities - IFX and AFX. Thanks for the heads up.

Regards

Charles

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

what can you see if you open license file in Notepad. I can see following text:

[charlesbronson]

Hi

I am surprised to see that my license shows the same thing.

Now I am confused, what is the difference between B&W and Sigmaxim. Why do Sigmaxim provide B&W license?

Regards

Charles

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

it's simple and easy. Sigmaxim sells B&W products 🙂

[charlesbronson]

Hi

Is it? That is news to me. That means that both Sigmaxim Smart Assembly and B&W Smart Assembly are one and the same. This would make it little bit easier to search for learning materials.

You pointed out that there were two communities (AFX - Advanced Framework Extension & IFX - Intelligent Faster Extension). Is there any community that deals specifically with Smart Assembly in here?

Regards

Charles

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

I am almost sure that there is no Smart Assembly group in PTC Community.

[charlesbronson]

May I ask, how did you learn Smart Assembly?

Thank you.

Regards

Charles.

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

I am not Smart Assembly user. I only know that this product exists. Please do not ask me questions concerning Smart Assembly.

[charlesbronson]

Hi

I'm sorry. My bad. You had Smart assembly license and I thought you knew how to work on it.

Thanks.

Regards

Charles

[jrichardson-3]

I know this is a little dated, but this was a useful getting started resource for me: http://www.cadquest.com/smartassembly-introduction-to-programming.aspx

[charlesbronson]

Hi

Sigmaxim doesn't provide training for free even if you bought the license from them. I got the admin and user guide but it is not thorough. I think this was done purposefully so people will pay for the training material. 

[TomU]

They only give out the training materials to those who pay for it (just like PTC.)  The best you can do without taking the training is to read the user guide, the admin guide, and then practice on your own.  Unfortunately there are many things not really covered in the documentation (big picture, general concepts, best practices, etc.).

[bafoster84]

The CADquest Textbook for SmartAssembly brought me up to speed with co-workers who attended the official Sigmaxim training. It is for SmartAssembly 5 but it is forwards compatible. Best thirty bucks I spent.