Welcome to PTC Benelux Event 2015 Ruben Pas USG Engineering PLM & CAD

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Agenda

• Introduction

• Material properties on CAD Files

• How can Creo assist you?

• Behavior Modeling (demo)

• Imported Files (demo)

• U-Tools (demo)

• Automated Rename / Save As (demo)

• Q&A

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Over 20 years of experience in PLM & CAD Consultancy

All consultants have a degree in engineering/product development

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How we work

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• Installation and configuration of Windchill servers and Creo Parametric

clients

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• Modelling business processes in Windchill

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Training

• Standard or custom

• In our classroom or on site with hardware

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About the speaker

• 16 years of Pro/ENGINEER experience (Pro/E R17 > Creo 3)

• Certified trainer in:

Creo Parametric

Creo Simulate

Creo Illustrate

Creo View

• 14 years employed at USG Engineering, PLM & CAD

• 9 years Windchill / CAD Support @ Philips Healthcare

Creo Parametric Tips & Tricks Ruben Pas USG Engineering PLM & CAD

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Material properties on CAD files What are the benefits of correct material properties on CAD files?

• Density → Correct mass of CAD files

• Center of Gravity (COG) defenition in all configurations

• Moments of Inertia

• Correct Structural/Thermal properties (FEM)

• Sheetmetal properties (e.g. bend factors)

• Appearances

• Material list extraction from assemblies

• ...

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How can Creo assist? • Correct material database

• Assign exaggerated density properties to startparts to force correct mass

assignments to parts

• Show mass column

• Show material column

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User Defined Columns

Behavior Modeling eXtension

• Embed design requirements within models to solve optimization

problems involving multiple design goals and perpetually satisfy

performance criteria

• Assess model sensitivity to understand the effects of change on design

objectives

• Integrate results with external applications

• Enable consideration of all design requirements, regardless of

construction method, to produce optimal designs

The powerful design optimization capabilities of PTC Creo

help you improve detailed design, reverse engineering, and

verification and validation processes, by supporting robust

design initiatives.

PTC

Says:

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Demo • Behavior modeling

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Sensitivity / Optimizations in assemblies • The same studies can be done in assemblies, by modifying part dimensions

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Example 1 , optimize image

Philips

Healthcare

Jorden de Wolff

(ACE)

Johan

Venhuizen

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Example 2, optimize models

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How to handle Imported Parts • Use startparts on import parts (since Pro/ENGINEER Wildfie 5)

• Fixing files, if required, using mapkeys

• Naming conventions

• U-Tools! Now available for Creo Parametric 3.0

• Save-As / Rename automatically

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Import assemblies

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Benefits: • Correct units

• Correct parameters (ModelCheck)

• Correct Layers

• Correct Notes

• Correct Simplified Reps

• Mass????

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Assign mass props manually

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Analysis Mass Properties

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Names of imported parts • “Default” names can give duplicates

• “space” containing items give manifold_solid_brep_xxx.prt

• How to keep link to original names? (supplier building block?)

• Solution, create mapkey that: Add analysis feature, relation

Description=rel_model_name

Verify relation

Delete analysis feature

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U-Tools • sBatch (part of U-Tools) is a tool, developed by USG Engineering, that can run

a mapkey on multiple Creo files in batchmode

• From local drive or using Windchill workspace

• Stand Alone and/or integrated in Pro/ENGINEER or Creo Parametric

• Download from USG Website

• Useful for batch PDF print, cleanup layers, assign materials, create e.g. STEP

files etc.…

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sBatch result with mapkey

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sBatch

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Save As / Rename, use Excel • Use Save-As or Rename to give the

files a unique name

• Use Excel as name generator

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Save As / Rename, use Excel • In Save As dialogbox, select all files and Actions, Save a Copy

• Error indicators show filenames with more than 32 characters-> enter dummy

name

• Use File, Save in Save As dialogbox

• Accept default name

• A .txt file will be saved in workdirectory

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Save As / Rename, use Excel • Open .txt file in Excel

• Finish the Text Import Wizard on default

• Create unique names in second column

• Save Excel file, accept defaults

• Return to Creo Parametric

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Save As / Rename, use Excel • In Creo, Save As dialogbox, Load file

• Notice the new filenames

Q&A Time left for more BMX demo??