PDX 10.0 Release Notes - last update February 13, 2024.

PDX 10.0 B000

datecode 2017-03-07-01

Bugfixes

• The configuration option CREATE_STAMPREF_PROXY did not work. This is fixed now.

• Assembling proxy stamp reference parts on a point which is located on top of the strip did now work correctly. This is fixed now.

• Changing a configuration option in the dialog which contains multiple description lines, did not update the active description line. This is fixed now.

• Failing quilt cuts for sketched stamp reference parts which did not really intersect, but simply touch the geometry. This is fixed now by defining a minimal required intersection volume.

• The sketched stamp reference parts are now created with the configure option TRIM_STAMPREF_OPTION. Previously they have always been configured as USE_QUILT.

• Manually assigned piercing operations had not created the yellow surfaces. This is fixed now.

• Where was an issue with the yellow surfaces for pierce operations when setting STRIP_FAMTAB_CONSOLIDATE to YES. This is fixed now.

• Proxy stamp reference parts have been accidentally assembled 3 times instead of two times.

• Proxy stamp reference parts on strips with right-to-left direction have not been placed correctly. This is fixed now.

• Proxy stamp reference parts created on point or on article did not work correctly. This is fixed now.

• When editing modules in the strip wizard the math functionality did not work. This is fixed now.

Enhancements

• The strip assembly, strip part and stamp reference parts are now adjusting their accuracy on creation according to the fist assembled article reference.

PDX 10.0 F000

datecode 2017-03-09-01

Enhancements

PDX Article Design

• Custom user parameters are now copied automatically from the article to the reference part.

• The dialog Assign Material Properties can not be used to apply a custom bend factor to the reference part.

• Fill features are now dependent on the edges. So the shape of the fill features is updating automatically in a lot of situations.

• Failed feature in the strip design are no longer activating the legacy resolved mode.

PDX Strip Design

• The strip wizard is reworked and based on a ribbon layout for performance improvement.

• The scrap curve can now be patterned by a check box.

• Modules in the strip wizard are now visualized by a transparent area.

• Disturbing curves of the design review model are automatically places on a blanked layer.

• New functionality Update Design Review Model to update changed strips.

PDX Plate Wizard

• The plates wizard shows modules from the strip.

• New functionality Show Strip Modules to toggle module visualization in the plate wizard by a check box.

• Edit>Copy in the plate wizard for transfer die sets or module based die sets.

• Edit>Move in the plate wizard for transfer die sets or module based die sets.

• Positioning of the strip in the plate wizard is more easily right now.

• The plates wizard allows now to assembly strip in modules.

PDX Tools

• New functionality PDX Tools>View>Plates>Design View to select strip references.

• New functionality PDX Tools>View>Modules>Show entire module and ... > Show module zone to determine the display of the strip modules.

PDX User Interface

• All input panels allow to use the common mathematics functionality and avoid input of illegal model names.

• The following dialogs have been convert to the Creo user interface: Calculate Line Open the Tool, Calculate Line Chain Center, Verify Contour Gaps and Verify Strip Collision.

SMARTHolechart

• Updated functionality to the release 10.0.

• Enhanced configuration dialog.

• Intersection table.

• Simplified UDF recognition.

• Direction depending hole definition.

• Automatic creation of datum point/axes at hole center.

• Allows to use tolerance class (i.e. H7) as restriction for hole type.

PDX Platform Support

• Support of Creo 4.0.

• Support of Microsoft Windows 10.0.

datecode 2017-03-23-01

Bugfixes

• Updating the stamp reference trims did not work correctly. This is fixed now.

Enhancements

• Performance increase for strip regeneration by testing if trim / cut features for stamp reference parts needs to be verified for update.

datecode 2017-06-12-01

Bugfixes

• Inch screw names are not unique because only the integer values for diameter and length are used to generate the names. This is fixed now.

datecode 2017-06-12-02

Bugfixes

• Inch pin and spring washer names are not unique because only the integer values of the dimensions are used to generate the names. This is fixed now.

datecode 2017-06-16-01

Bugfixes

• Counter bores did not work correctly for pins since the dimensions have been exchanged. This is fixed now.

datecode 2017-06-26-01

Bugfixes

• Counter bore positioning for pins does not work correctly. This is fixed now.

• Allows to use a larger diameters for the bore than for the counter bore.

PDX 10.0 M010

datecode 2017-08-16-01

Bugfixes

• The Strip Wizard plates property window hangs in Creo 4.0 M020. This is fixed by the updated dialog resource in <PDX100>\text\resource\PDX100_DialogPWPlateProperties.res.

• No error message did show up in case the configuration options could not be saved. This is fixed now.

datecode 2018-01-07-01

Bugfixes

• Problem in assigning article bend tables or factors to article references generated by inheritance. Article > Assign Material Properties failed in 2017-08-16-01. This is fixed now.

datecode 2018-04-23-01

Bugfixes

• In some situations Creo was crashing when a sketched stamp reference part was created from the strip wizard. This is fixed now.

• In some situations the strip stations numbers are not displayed automatically. This is fixed now. A workaround for this problem is to use PDX Strip > Repaint Strip Information.

• In Creo 3.0 M160 the relations for the first_instance_csys.gph and following_instance_csys.gph have not been applied correctly. This is fixed now.

• PDX Strip > Stamp Reference Part > Create Stamp Reference Part on Point did not consider the CREATE_STAMPREF_PROXY option. This is fixed now.

• Modification of stamp reference parts for trim options fails in some situations. This is fixed now.

• Some RMB popup commands have been missing or were not working correctly. This is fixed now.

• Issue in the graphical user interface of the PTC PDX version. Misaligned labels below the selection boxes in the graphical user interface. This is fixed now.

• PDX Tools > Die Set > Assign Tool Definition did not work correctly. This is fixed now.

• In some situations in Creo 4.0 and above cutouts for the contoured cut stamps have not been created correctly. This is fixed now.

Enhancements

• Visualize sketched strip curves similar to scrap curves.

• New Edit Sketch functionality for station curves in the Strip Wizard.

• Show station numbers also in the design review model.

• Apply orientations from the strip assembly to the design review model.

datecode 2018-09-10-01

• H3 dimension in form stamps can be defined in graphical user interface even if it is locked by relation for "WITH PART TRIM".

• Since Creo 5.0.2.0 the Plates Wizard does not show the plates in the different views. This happens due to a technical change in Creo which might also appear in the upcoming Creo versions Creo 4.0 M070 and Creo 3.0 M170. This is fixed now.

• Adding pins crashes Creo when they are applied to the lowest plate. They also fail in case holes are only drilled in one plate. This is fixed now.

• Creating or modifying pins uses wrong assembling constraints in case they are assembled immediately. This is fixed now.

• After committing or canceling the strip wizard, the ribbon commands are not re-enabled immediately. This is fixed now.

PDX 10.0 M020

datecode 2018-09-19-01

Bugfixes

• In several situations PDX Tools > Create or Update Version was crashing Creo. This is fixed now.

PDX 10.0 M030

datecode 2018-12-19-01

Bugfixes

• When using Creo Parametric 5.0.3.0 / Creo 6.0.0.0 or above the functionality to calculate input field fails due to internal changes in Creo Parametric. This is fixed now.

Enhancements

• New optional parameter PDX_ARTICLE_THICKNESS on the reference article is considered to specify a different thickness as measured in the article.

• Strip thickness is now calculated by the first article instance on the strip. Also the depth of the cut feature which is responsible to cut the article free from the strip, is adjusted to the strip thickness.

datecode 2019-03-12-01

Bugfixes

• Adding a variable bend feature caused a nested article family table. This is fixed now.

datecode 2019-06-21-01

Bugfixes

• Adding new instances to the strip pattern in the plate wizard was failing. This is fixed now.

• In some situations instances of the strip pattern are created in the wrong direction in the plate wizard. This is fixed now.

• Enabling the master view of a tool by PDX Tools > Plates > Master View terminated selections. This is fixed now.

• In Plates Wizard the strip offsets had been exchanged. Therefor the strip position was sometimes not correct. This is fixed now.

• Trim features by quilt for stamp reference parts with article as owner have not been updated. This is fixed now.

• Regenerate Strip in the strip wizard did not update the cutouts and stamp reference part geometry. This is fixed now.

• Rotating a proxy stamp reference part failed since the wrong dimension was modified. This is fixed now.

• Updating the stamp reference parts did not include the trim features. This is fixed now.

• Since Creo 5.0 M020 the dialog PDX Strip > Create Stamp Reference Part on Point became unresponsive after selection. This is fixed now.

Enhancements

• Thread data for metric suppliers DIN, HASCO, STRACK and MISUMI have been updated from outer thread diameter to drill diameter.

datecode 2019-06-30-01

Bugfixes

• Stamp reference parts for which the dimensions had been removed could not be moved in the strip wizard. This is fixed now.

datecode 2020-02-27-01

Bugfixes

• Creating pierce stamps in the design view did not create all cutout for the stamps. The reason for this is that for collision detection all plates have to be displayed. This is fixed now.

• Using SEARCH_FEAT_PARAM in a part, part_copy, asm or asm_copy program can in very rare cases lead to unexpected behavior in the Modify Component functionality in case AUTOMATIC_PARAM_UPDATE is not disabled. This is fixed now.

datecode 2020-02-27-02

Bugfixes

• The commands SET_FLEXIBLE and SET_FLEXIBLE_PREDEFINED are causing issues when the same models are assembled multiple times. This is fixed now.