Large MCAD Assembly Management Best Practices for Windchill 10 and Creo

Suresh Perinjery Technical Sales Specialist, Principal Feb 2012

Detailed Design - Large MCAD Assembly Management

Agenda
Creo Administration and Client Configuration Large Assemblies and Creo 1.0 Parametric

Large Assemblies and Creo 1.0 View

Utilizing Windchill Q&A

Creo Administration and Client Configuration

Client Inspector
Challenge
I am not sure if my client is configured optimally for working with large assemblies

Description
Client inspector tool to evaluate client systems

Benefit
Tools to help with proper client configuration Can run remotely by administrators for multi-user support

Creo Administration and Client Configuration

Design Templates
Challenge
Creo does not provide out of box templates to support Simplified Representations

Description
Develop set of company standard templates to support assemblies and parts Distribute and utilize in a common location Layers, Views and Representations

Benefit
All users can utilize during model creation All users will be able to utilize during retrieval
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Creo Administration and Client Configuration

Design Templates - Drawing Templates
Challenge
Drawing objects reference the Master when stored within PDM Even though templates are built for Assemblies and Parts, Drawing creation and retrieval still download Master Rep

Description
PTC provided Drawing template views use Master Representation Develop template that supports your company standard view representations Remove model master

Benefit
Using drawing representation, only retrieved models supporting rep are retrieved**

** requires open_draw_simp_rep_by_default yes

Create Drawing using Templates and Representations

Practice
1.0

2.0

Design Engineer START

1.0 3.0

Add Templates (asm & drw) to Workspace Go Offline

4.0 6.0

2.0

3.0

5.0

Create temporary assembly in place of master Create Drawing / Save

7.0

4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0

Erase from Memory Delete Temp Assembly

8.0

9.0

Workspace Online Add master only Open and Check In

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Working with Large Assemblies in Creo 1.0 Parametric

Lightweight Graphics Representations
Challenge
Creos Graphics / Geometry representations still require the master to be downloaded to workspace

Description
Creo Parametric 1.0 provides the ability to use Creo View lightweight graphics

Benefit
Provides quick viewing Performance depends on presence of thumbnail and their quality Can be used within or outside of a Windchill environment
Increasing complexity / size

Windchill

Bounding Box (PVT) Thumbnail (PVT) Creo View (OL)

Graphics Rep Geometry Rep Creo Parametric Master Rep

Lightweight Graphics Representations

Increasing complexity / size

Graphics Rep Creo View (OL)

Geometry Rep

Master Rep

Thumbnail (PVT)
Bounding Box (PVT)

Windchill

Creo
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Working with Large Assemblies in Creo 1.0 Parametric

Lightweight Graphics Representation - Practice
1.0

2.0

Design Engineer

START
1.0

Open > Open Light Graphics

2.0

Expand 3D Thumbnails to Required Level Complete Assembly Operation(s) Save and Check In Assembly END

4.0 3.0

3.0

4.0

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Working with Large Assemblies in Windchill 10

External Simplified Representations
Challenge
Want to collect objects in assembly around component requiring change regardless of assembly structure without downloading the top level

Description
Windchill 10 provides the ability to create External Simplified Representation using viewables

Benefit
Uses lightweight viewables in commonspace workspace with no need to download master representations locally Uses server side template to define initial content Requires only the top level object in workspace initially

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Working with Large Assemblies in Windchill 10

External Simplified Representations - Practice
1.0

2.0

Design Engineer

START
1.0

3.0

Add Design to Commonspace Workspace Create Design Context Definition Save Definition Open Definition in Creo
4.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

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Working with Large Assemblies in Creo 1.0 View

Interactive Interference Calculations
Challenge Completing interactive interference calculations in the parametric environment is time consuming

Description
Creo 1.0 View provides improved tools to complete interactive calculations Interference and Clearance Publishing rules control accuracy of OL to master

Benefit
Allows usage of the lightweight graphics information Delivers reports on interferences found

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Working with Large Assemblies in Creo 1.0 View

Interference Calculation with Creo View - Practice
1.0 2.0

Design Engineer

START
1.0

Open assembly in Creo View

3.0 4.0

2.0

Select data and options for interference calculation

3.0

Calculate Save Report

4.0

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Working with Large Assemblies in Windchill 10

Interference Management Service
Challenge
Completing interactive interference calculations in the parametric environment is time consuming
See: Best Practices for Managing Complex Product Platform Design and Validation

Description
Windchill 10 provides the ability to batch process interferences included the development of reports Record and manage clash jobs in the database Relay and resolve results of clash analysis with automated reporting and communications

Benefit

Systematically identify potential component interference issues early with desktop and Windchill-based high performance clash detection
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Working with Large Assemblies in Windchill 10

Create CAD from Product Structures
Challenge
Want to take advantage of product structures when assembling
Top Level A a b B c C

Create CAD

A.asm A-Skel a.prt b.asm 1.prt D.asm D-Skel.prt 001.prt E.asm 002.prt 003.prt

Description
Windchill 10 provides the ability create assemblies that include unplaced components using pre-defined templates and existing designs

D
001 E 002 003

Benefit
Has minimal requirements for only Commonspace Workspace interaction for background processing Faster development of unplaced component assemblies supporting modular product development

PlanetPTC

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Working with Large Assemblies in Windchill 10

Create CAD from Product Structure - Practice
1.0

2.0

Design Engineer

START
1.0

Create Part with CAD Assembly Template

3.0

2.0

Populate existing Modules into Part Structure

3.0

Create CAD from Structure

4.0

4.0

Open and Update Definition in Creo END

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