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Re: Where did the PTC Webminar Calendar page go?
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Re: Hiding Border of single Table & showing the text
"blank" is only for cell borders. i can not hide table borders in wf 5.0
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Drafting and order of features.
I am familiar with parting lines and pull directions for molded or cast parts, but I have not had a lot of experience designing parts with draft. I have an initial concept of a part shown in the pictures. My two thoughts for the parting line would be either the top of the cylinder near the four tabs or where the slot at the bottom of the part intersects the cylinder. There is some geometry in the bottom of the slot shown in the second picture.
Besides the parting line question, I am also wondering about the order of operation. Typically rounds/radii go towards the end of the part. What about draft? Do you get a concept done similar to what I have and then add draft, or is it added up stream. This is a fairly simple part, so if it needs to be upstream, I can easily recreate the part if needed.
Thanks for suggestions and ideas,
Dale
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License - how to use specific one when starting Creo
We have a few different licenses on our server with different capabilities. For example, a couple of them and only those, are able to use the Flexible Modeling module. Therefore, if someone wants to use that particular functionality, they need to get one of the pertinent licenses. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any easy way to indicate which license you want to start up with. So the unfortunate person just keeps starting up instances of Creo until they get one of the licenses that allow the stuff they want, then close all the "loser" instances. Kind of a stupid way to do this.
Is there a way for us to explicitly demand a specific license or licenses upon Creo startup? Options to include in the shortcut?
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Re: License - how to use specific one when starting Creo
Check this post by Martin Hanak: http://communities.ptc.com/message/200425#200425
He attached a document explaing how you can reconfigure licenses Creo starts with, but using this as a guideline, you can also add new configurations (running Creo with different licenses), give them meaningful names, like "Creo standalone" or "Creo with Flex Modeling" and use it during Creo startup. You'll just have to sort out what licenses are being launched with given configuration - Flexible Modeling will be under "startup extensions" in edit dialog box (don't remember full name for this specific licenses).
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Re: Hiding Border of single Table & showing the text
I have not been able to do this. However, if you can create a line style that does not print, you could change the linestyle. This affects the entire table.
When I needed a parameter driven cell, I made the table the size of the format so it became the very outside border. All the internal lines were blanked. There was a cell in the location I needed the parameter to show up in.
The only issue I had with this is that it was easy to accidentally grab the table and drag it. You will want to make this either a read only layer or turn it off while working on the drawing.
This would be a good idea to make a table border blank and/or assign the table border a not-plot option font.
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
This is a common question for many working with molded parts.
The simple one to answer is the drafts and chamfers. Add them after drafts. All too often a feature will fail from an arbitrary round before draft.
As to parting line, this is usually driven by the design intent. With some license... I would consider the flat face on the 1st image to be the logical parting line providing flash at the assumed mating interface, in this case. Also remember to logically direction of pull for the center bore which I would probably keep with the countersink feature.
Only a few design intents would change my perspective. If the cylinder and 4 tabs were a critical mating feature, and a fillet or chamfer on that edge was desired or even critical. I would be aware that flash at the transition would be clearly visible, or would require post mold operation.
As to when to apply the draft; rarely do people think draft while modeling and they spend a lot of time after the fact to apply it. I don't know if the "dome" is sculpted or a simple round, but features like this can really slow you down when adding draft. I will do both but I like to work on primary features with draft already defined. Some things just don't lend themselves to doing this simply so those I might feature straight, consider the tooling, and add drafts at that point (before I am too committed with more dependent feature).
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
The main cylinder with the dome was a revolve. I went back and added angle to the outer edge of the revolve to get "draft" for the cylinder.
The center pocket so far I was able to use the draft tool. (Actually I tried this after not getting the outside to draft - when it worked, I realized that the draft function probably did not like the transition from the cylinder to the dome.)
Any other input would appreciated.
Thanks, Dale
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
I had rounds/fillets on the part when doing the intial concept, but blew them away on a copy when starting to add draft.
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
I might even extrude the slot with draft in the sketch and revolve the step next to the countersink after the cut also including the draft on the ID.
I would also to the slide feature with a revolve including the draft, rather than a simply hole.
the 4 tabs I would simply extrude with taper. I suppose the slot could be done this way too.
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
Just curious why you add the step back into the slot versus remove the material? Any adherent benefits of adding material versus taking away?
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
Here is a simple coring as a material saver: You could even make the wall at the screw define a centering locator and loosen the rotational lock's diametical fit.
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Ribs would be optional at this step.
Of course, making this particular core really hosed the Rounds.
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
Dale Rosema wrote:
Just curious why you add the step back into the slot versus remove the material? Any adherent benefits of adding material versus taking away?
Absolutely... I am not bound by tooling and machining processes. In this case, I am simplifying the wall feature (slot) cut. When I can create a draft face with a single cut, rather than a "merging" features, I will.
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
I see now how that simplifies things. Before I saw you post about the material saver, I was extruding into the surface from the top versus doing a revolve. I like the revolved better.
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
With the hole with the countersink in the middle, do you typically use revoles instead of a hole feature?
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Re: Where did the PTC Webminar Calendar page go?
Thanks, Martin.
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Re: Drafting and order of features.
Since the hole requires draft anyway, I have no aversion to making it a simple revolve. The same with the slide hole draft. I did form the thread using the hole feature so I could inherit the drill diameter from the tables.
I come from the 2000i world where all holes were essentially a revolve feature.
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Proe wf5: data migration
Hi,
We are migrating all pro e cad data to Siemens team center, We are facing issues ,
Any body can help????
regards,
Siva
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Re: Proe wf5: data migration
TeamCenter is a handful. Exactly what kind of help are you looking for?
It is best to have Siemens take you through the conversion. They can deal with issues as they come up.
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