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Anonymous
April 6, 2017
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Hiding curves on NX and SolidWorks models using Unite.

  • April 6, 2017
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Does any one know if there is a config option or some other method that will hide cureves on models brought into CREO from NX and Solidworks using Unite. We do not want to have to save the models as new CREO models. Thanks.

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magnus.salomons15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
April 6, 2017

Unless you do any geometrical changes you can still save the model without creating a new Creo part. I can add new layers or use my mapkey to create standard layers and save the Solidworks model without creating a new Creo part. I can also do a simulation in Creo Simulate and save the analysis.

Note, as soon as you open NX or Solidworks files using Unite a 'translation' file is created. It has the same name as the original file with the extension .creo e.g base.SLDPRT.creo

It's within this file that all additional data is stored and what the name of the original file is plus information about this file.

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Anonymous
April 6, 2017

Magnus,

           I assume then that the translation file gets saved into Windchill on an upload? It looks like there is a problem with Windchill and Import Profile that PTC is looking at.

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magnus.salomons15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
April 10, 2017

Yeah they will be saved automatically and you won't find the files as they are saved as hidden files. You will need to be on PDMLink 10.2 M030 or higher otherwise you will get an error message "Attempt to save hidden content failed because it's not supported by the server".

Please note that you will need the Creo Collaboration Ext Creo Collaboration Extensions | PTC otherwise it's pretty useless. If you don't have the extension the model will never get updated in Creo if there's a change in NX.

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