What's New: Creo Parametric 5.0.0.0 > Manufacturing > Simplified Visualization and Mass Properties Calculation in Additive Manufacturing
  
Simplified Visualization and Mass Properties Calculation in Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing Extension (AMX) supports an improved symbolic representation of lattices.
User Interface Location: On the Lattice tab, select Simplified.
Release: Creo Parametric 5.0.0.0
Watch a video that demonstrates this enhancement:
You can also watch this video on the PTC Learning Connector: Simplified Visualization and Mass Properties Calculation in Additive Manufacturing
What is the benefit of this enhancement?
In Creo Parametric 4.0 the simplified representation of a beam-based lattice is constructed by lines connecting each node, and the material properties calculation is not supported for simplified lattices. In Creo Parametric 5.0 the simplified representation is improved to more accurately represent the lattice, as you can see in the image below:
This enhancement expands the capabilities of the simplified lattice. The simplified lattice represents a method to quickly run design analysis cycles to speed up the development of light–weight parts that fulfill structural and thermal requirements.
Additional Information
Tips:
Use this simplified representation to run all the initial simulation experiments. You can switch to a full representation, later in the process.
Limitations:
The mass properties calculated by this method for the simplified lattice is an approximation. Run the mass properties calculation on the full lattice representation to get the accurate result.
Does this replace existing functionality?
Yes. This replaces the previous functionality related to simplified representations for lattice.
Configuration options associated with this functionality:
None