Large Assemblies PTC Creo 2.

Paul Sagar
Director, PTC Creo Product Management

Agenda
Whats New PTC Creo 2.0
Large Assemblies Management improvements in PTC Creo 2.0
Lightweight Graphics Smart Retrieval methods

Practices and tips overview

PTC Creo 2.0 Assembly updates

Selection improvements Placement enhancements Structure handling Track Changes Mass properties and Units

Lightweight Graphics
Focus faster on models of interest
The challenge
Need to load large models quickly Need only a pieces of detail

New capabilities in PTC Creo 2.0

Fast Lightweight 3D Thumbnails Selective Drill-Down
RMB Double Click

Open Subset
Filter design context on-the-fly
The Challenge
Need to design in scope of only partial context But no pre-defined simprep

New in PTC Creo 2.0

Open Subset: define simprep on-the-fly Filter by size
Can set by reference size part Internal/External

Selective
Advanced settings similar to simprep definition

Practices and Tips Overview

Large Assembly Management and Simplification

Practices and Tips Overview

Top down design basics
1 Conceptual design 2 Preliminary product
structure

3 Capture design intent

>>Skeletons

4 Communicate design intent

>>Data Sharing Features

5 Manage interdependencies

6 Populate assembly

Practices and Tips Overview

Top Down Design Mechanisms
Use Skeletons for global references
Capture outgoing refs in Publish Geom features per intent Use (Ext.) Copy Geom. features in sub-models

Use Motion Skeletons in early stages

Create schematic assembly up-front Attach design models to skel bodies Automatically share ref geom.

Maximize simplification and predictability

Practices and Tips Overview

Simplified representations
Graphics Only Representation ~25% Geometry Only Representation ~ 50% Master Only Representation 100%

Single PTC Creo Parametric Component Database

Retrieval Time (s)

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Memory Usage (mb)

2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0

40
30 20

10
0

Practices and Tips Overview

External Simpreps
Separate file/object
Publish partial scope of an assembly w/o impact to original one

Design in suited context

Distribute different stakeholders with relevant content

Auxiliary designs
E.g. Manufacturing jigs, add-on devices, etc.

Practices and Tips Overview

Replace by Shrinkwrap
Capture only required parts/refs

Replace large/protected* models by part w/ Shrinkwrap feature

*Recommended for secured-IP communication needs NOT for Save as Shrinkwrap

Fully associative
References to Shrinkwrap will be automatically forwarded upon Replace back to original model/s

Use Quick option to utilize graphic card performance

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Practices and Tips Overview

Envelopes
Default Envelopes
Substitute sub-assemblies (individuals) by representing surfaces

Customized Envelopes
Available in Simprep definition Substitute free combination of components from any level by representing surfaces

Do not reference envelopes!

Ref forwarding is not supported from envelopes to original model/s. For sustainable references use Replace by Shrinkwraps

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Simplification methods - Summary

Preferred use and typical performance impact
Usage Intent
Method Exclude Boundary box / symbolic LWG thumbnail LWG Drill-down/ Graphic rep Envelope Replace by Shrink-wrap Subset/ESR Master Structure exposure None Full First level Graphic display quality None Box/symbol Rough Memory (% of master) 0 5 10-25 Simplified Viewing N Y Y Referencing N N N Authoring N
Non-graphic data only

Partial to Full Full

None Partial Full

Partial to Full Rough

Rough Full in selected subset Full

25-50 10-25
10-50 According to subset 100

Y Y
Y Y N

N Non associative
Associative Y Y

N N
N Y Y

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Assembly Updates
PTC Creo 2.0

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Placement Enhancements
Backup placement references
Support kinematic drag in simplified reps

Automatically create backups for new placements

auto_backup_new_placement_refs

Create backups for legacy components

RMB> Backup references

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Selection Improvements
2D and 3D usability enhancements
3D box selection
Dynamically updates with model tree

2D marquee selection
Parts filter

Gestures
Right>Left include intersected parts Left>Right include only framed parts

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Placement Enhancements
3D Dragger
Intuitively adjusts per available DOF

Snap along drag

Hold Shift key while dragging in proximity

Drag/Rotate along ref

RMB> Drag along geometry

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Placement Enhancements
More intuitive constraints
New relationships
Plane/plane angle - Plane/line angle Plane/line normal - Plane/line parallel Plane/point distance - Plane/line distance Line/line parallel Line/point distance Line/line angle Line/line distance Line/line coplanar Point/point distance

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Placement Enhancements
Parameter driven placement
Enable/disable constraints sets by parameter
PTC_CONSTRAINTS_SET

Manipulate position by parameter

Use e.g. in family tables Show in model-tree Designate for PDM

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Structure Handling
Reorder and Restructure
Intuitive drag-&-drop

Auto-expand nodes when hover-on

One-shot restructure and reorder

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Structure Handling
Simple Search
Quick access from model-tree

Locate by name
Locate by popular statuses Queries history in drop-down Add to selection Filter tree

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Track Changes

Show assembly level components changes

Color-coding in model-tree and graphics

Accept/Reject changes from PTC Creo Direct

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Batch Rename

Single access-point to rename assembly and sub-models

Similar to Save-as dialog

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Mass Properties Improvements

Using Assign instead of separate file (From File)

Stored as model parameters Legacy files supported and converted automatically File> Prepare> Model properties> Mass properties> change

Relative to CSYS/COG

Indication for out-of-date (yellow status)

Config for check upon save

New parameters (PTC Creo 2.0/M050):

Alternative CSYS name, Transformation matrix

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Unit Conversion

Convert entire assembly and its sub-models in one shot

Config enabled
allow_multiple_units_conversion YES / No*

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