Drawing Entity Colours
Hi, I have recently been working with a company which use Inventor. They sent me across some drawings which were cosmetically superior (in my opinion of course) to mine. I would like to try and make...
View ArticleNew part starts with wrong scale
Hi, I am making a model based on millimeter units. I did once make a unit conversion from inches to millimeters. I added some 5 parts with no problems to the skeleton model. The latest par I am making...
View ArticleProblems with Free Creo Elemants Direct Mode software
Hi! I'm using the free version of Creo to design a car that I'm building. The program has been workin fine until just now. When I try to start the program I get the following messages: " 'vport1'...
View ArticleThe end of Creo Simulate ?
A friend of mine, who works at PTC, told me that a couple of months ago the core of Creo Simulate development group (the most experienced developers and managers) was suddenly laid off.You may want to...
View ArticleThe end of Creo Simulate ?
A friend of mine, who works at PTC, told me that a couple of months ago the core of Creo Simulate development group (the most experienced developers and managers) was suddenly laid off.You may want to...
View ArticleHow to export boundary box dimensions in Modelcheck?
Hey all - this is my first post on this board. I come here with the hopes of gaining some knowledge! I have a rather large assembly and I am looking to export the boundary box dimensions of each...
View Articlehow to get information in and out of creo illustrate
hi,We already have Windchill and we just purchased creo illustrate and arbortext. What's the standard practice for getting parts from windchill INTO creo illustrate? I thought we would do file,...
View ArticleCheck in error
My company is pretty new to Windchill we are using version 10.1 M040. One of my users got this error when trying to check in a part. The transaction log for database 'WindchillDB' is full. To find out...
View ArticleSimulation Licence for Creo
How are you doing test simulations in Creo 2.0, because when we open up PTC Simulate it says we do not have the proper license. Is there any other way to simulate in PTC Creo 2.0 or another softwear?
View ArticleSelection Tricks/Workarounds?
Does anyone have any ideas on how to workaround Creo not having a "Inverse Selection"? Or any other selection workarounds/tricks? Thanks.
View ArticleRnd in Mathcad
I think the rnd function (a procedure) in Mathcad is not so good What can you say about it?See please this animation http://communities.ptc.com/videos/3806and this two pictures:CoinDice
View Articletotal_sheets
Hi folks, in drawing there is parameter &total_sheets. This parameters count number of sheets in drawing. It works ok, but what should be done when last sheet contains only external boundries of...
View ArticleHow to properly use constraints and rules followed by Mathcad's Solver
Below are some pictures of the inputs to Mathcad's solver using Prime 2.0. I am trying to design a bellville washer here that exerts F1=8,500lbs of force in one position y1, and than in a relaxed...
View ArticleWindchill not allowing a first Creo CAD file to be uploaded
I am a mentor for team FRC 3173 - IgKnighters. We very much want to use Winchill to share Creo CAD files. I am having troubles loading a first CREO CAD file into Windchill for others to access. I am...
View ArticleDensity Field Disabled
We have a few parts that have the density field greyed out (disabled) if you go to the Mass Properties tab on the ribbon interface. However, if you go to the dialog from File > Prepare > Model...
View ArticleExploded States, can you use an existing exploded state of a sub-assembly in...
Hi, I am producing an exploded drawing of a top-level assembly which includes a number of sub-assemblies with existing exploded views. My question is can I use these existing exploded views of the...
View ArticleHow to delete/hide weak dimensions?
Hi folks, How to delete/hide weak dimensions in sketch mode? ThanksAraviK
View ArticleControl - List Box
Does anyone know a way for MathCAD to save the selected value of a List Box when the MathCAD file is saved. Whenever I reopen the MathCAD file, the value that was selected in the list box is reset to...
View ArticlePress fit check box
Hi, The highlighted check box in the attached image is ticked by default with the default value of ignore interpenetrations larger than 0mm This means that all contacts will be ignored by default. For...
View ArticleProduct idea - numeric on screen keypad
We're using Creo and 3D Connexion space mice here and as a result are very focussed on the screen when modelling. The only time we seem to divert back to the keyboard is to enter numeric values to...
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