Quilts in Creo can be trimmed in a few ways (see below). Adding a cut or slot as you do to remove material from solid featuresTrimming the quilt at its intersection with another quilt or to its own silhouette edge as it appears in a certain viewFilleting corners of the quiltTrimming along a datum curve... Continue Reading →
Do you know how to flip the normal direction of a loft surface in Creo?
With Creo 5.0 release, you can flip the normal direction of a loft surface from one side of a boundary curve to the other side. However, in previous releases of Creo, you could not control the direction of the normal connection of a loft surface where the boundary curve is planer. As a result, the... Continue Reading →
Punditas AI Advisor now supports Creo 6.0.4.0
PTC released Creo 6.0.4.0 recently. Punditas AI Advisor now supports this latest version of Creo 6.0.4.0. Punditas AI allows users to learn more about “How”, What” and “Why” of these enhancements through Product 360 module. The picture below shows the Module groups and the corresponding enhancements added within each group. To try this out, please... Continue Reading →
Have you tried the enhanced mini toolbar in Creo?
In Creo Parametric 4.0, when objects of different types are selected, a single invariant toolbar would appear. This has been improved with Creo 5.0 as shown below For selection of surface + datum axis For selection of surface + quilt For selection of datum + surface + round ... Continue Reading →
Did you know about improved control of visibility by object type in Creo?
PTC has improved the control of visibility by object type in Part and Assembly modes by adding 2 commands - Show All or Show All Except There are 3 ways to access these new, additional commands for Showing and Hiding objects 1. From View Tab 2. Mini toolbar from graphics area 3. From Model Tree... Continue Reading →
Did you know that defining radial dimensions in Creo is more intuitive now?
PTC has improved the workflow for creating radial dimensions. The Typical creation of radial dimension provides upto 4 flip states that represents different witness line and arrow configurations. Starting with Creo 5.0, the definition of flip states is improved to provide better default states, depending on the position of the pointer. This provides visual feedback... Continue Reading →
Did you know that you can assign different appearances to the same component in Creo?
We can now capture multiple appearance combinations for the same part and assembly and easily switch between appearance variants. Use Appearance state instead of Combined state. To do this goto View Manager to set the appearance state of your component. You can also use appearance states inside combined states and switch between... Continue Reading →
What is Chart Tool in Creo Parametric and how does it work?
A new modernized Chart tool replaces Graph tool starting with Creo Parametric 6.0 release. Chart tool has more options and provides more control over the chart settings. Chart-Tool can be used to view and customize different types of graphs. Once the graph is displayed, the graph can be changed for border colors, fonts, background colors,... Continue Reading →
Did you know that display of dimensions is improved in Creo 6.0?
Starting with Creo Parametric 6.0.0.0, there are new configuration options for displaying dimensions. This improves the visibility of objects that are frequently used in the graphics window. To control the appearance of the background for dimensions use the following new configuration options dim_background —Shows the background under dimensions when new dimensions appear. Values are always,... Continue Reading →
Punditas AI Advisor now supports Creo 6.0.3.0
PTC released Creo 6.0.3.0 recently. Punditas AI Advisor now supports this latest version of Creo 6.0.3.0. Punditas AI allows users to learn more about “How”, What” and “Why” of these enhancements through Product 360 module. The picture below shows the Module groups and the corresponding enhancements added within each group. To try this out, please... Continue Reading →