Export to Creo View MCAD

How to > Save, print, and exit > Export to Creo View MCAD

Creo View MCAD is the viewing solution within PTC's Product Development System (PDS). You can export a selected part or assembly to the Creo View MCAD (*.pvz) format. You can then view the exported files in Creo View MCAD The model appearance in Creo View MCAD is similar to Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access with minor differences in the structural mapping and color priority.

To export to a Creo View MCAD file,

1. Click File > Save in the main menu. The Save dialog box opens.

2. In File Type, select Creo View MCAD (*.pvz).

All annotations and docuplanes from Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access are exported to Creo View MCAD.

3. Click Options. The Save Creo View MCAD dialog box opens. You can:

◦ Click Recipe File and select an optional recipe file to customize file content.

As a CAD administrator, you can create a customized Recipe or set of Recipe configurations for specific use cases or design roles.

◦ Click Export Database Attributes to export the database attributes. Database attributes and standard intrinsic attributes (mass, density, and volume) are differentiated based on category.

▪ You can customize the mm_customize (Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager customization file) to change the set of following database attributes to be exported:

▪ Part ID (Category: Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager Part)

▪ Document ID, Version, Create Date, and Last Updated Date (Category: Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager Document).

▪ You can customize uwgm_customize file to change the set of WGM database attributes (all system and model properties) to be exported. The WGM database attributes are differentiated based on category Windchill.

• Standard intrinsic model attributes such as mass, density, and volume are always exported. Standard intrinsic attributes and database attributes are differentiated based on category. The category for standard intrinsic attributes is Creo Elements/Direct.

4. Click Select near the top of the Save dialog box.

5. Select objects in the viewport or Structure Browser.

6. Type or browse to find a folder and File name.

7. Click Save.

• In Creo View MCAD, right-click an annotation and click Highlight References on the context menu to highlight the geometric references.

• You can move the annotation text in Creo View MCAD.

Limitations

While exporting to Creo View MCAD, the following structural difference may appear:

• Workplane sets are not exported.

• Simplified parts or assemblies are exported as normal parts or assemblies.

• Containers are exported as assemblies.

• Each docuplane that is exported (as a *.pvz file), is mapped to a corresponding view state that is created in Creo View MCAD. The name of the view state is the combination of the prefix of the docuplane set name and the name of the exported docuplane.

• For each exported docuplane that contains annotations in Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, a layer, which has the same name as the docuplane is created in Creo View MCAD. This layer contains all the annotations of the exported docuplane.

• The display of annotations in Creo View MCAD is controlled by layer visibility. Select a layer to view all annotations for the corresponding docuplane. The annotations (with all the text) are properly visible in Creo View MCAD.

• A free layer (under the view state “Default View”) is created in Creo View MCAD, which contains all free annotations that do not belong to any docuplane in Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access. This layer is active by default for all views.

• Creo Elements/Direct workplanes with 2D geometry are exported as parts with 3D wire body.

Creo View MCAD has a different color priority than Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access. In Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, the face color has the highest priority, while in Creo View MCAD; the color of the part instance has the highest priority.