There are three ways of activating the Creo Elements/Direct Machining module for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. The first method is totally user interface driven. The second method requires you to modify the customization file (this method has been available since Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 8.05). The third method requires you to enter the commands in the user input line.
To activate Creo Elements/Direct Machining by using the User Interface only:
1. In Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, click Applications and then, click (dialog box launcher). Alternatively, Click File > Modules. The Modules dialog box opens.
2. Click the Machining check box in the Modules pane.
◦ Double-click an entry to select it (or select an entry and click Apply)
◦ Click OK to activate the adapter.
To activate Creo Elements/Direct Machining by modifying the customization file:
1. In Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, click Applications and then, click (dialog box launcher). Alternatively, Click File > Modules. The Modules dialog box opens.
2. Click the Machining check box in the Modules pane.
3. Copy the file personality/MachiningAdvisor/ma_customize.orig to personality/MachiningAdvisor/ma_customize.lsp, and uncomment the lines dealing with GoElan, HyperFact, or Generic. For GoElan, the relevant part of the file looks like this:
To activate Creo Elements/Direct Machining by manual entry:
1. Activate the link to GoElan V4 or HyperFact by typing the following commands in the user input line:
((cad-cam-link:activate-cadcam-link "GoElan")
2. or
(cad-cam-link:activate-cadcam-link "HyperFact")
3. Activate Creo Elements/Direct Machining by typing the following command in the user input line:
(load "CadCamAdapter")
You can either edit your corp_modules.dat, site_modules.dat or user_modules.dat file if you want to startup Creo Elements/Direct Machining as default or add the load command to your pesd_customize file.
You can use the ma_customize.lsp file to do the customization without changing the file corp_modules.dat. This will directly start Creo Elements/Direct Machining together with the configured exports when starting Creo Elements/Direct Machining by (load "CadCamAdapter").
To deactivate Creo Elements/Direct Machining,
In Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, click Applications and then, click (dialog box launcher). Alternatively, Click File > Modules. The Modules dialog box opens.
Click the Machining check box in the Modules pane.
(dialog box launcher). Alternatively, Click > . The Modules dialog box opens.