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Export to Creo View MCAD
You can export a selected part or assembly to the Creo View MCAD (*.pvz) format.
The model appearance in Creo View MCAD is similar to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling with minor differences in the structural mapping and color priority. See Entities and attributes supported for export.
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).
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All annotations and docuplanes from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 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.
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As a CAD administrator, you can create a customized Recipe or set of Recipe configurations for specific use cases or design roles. You can do this using the Creo View MCAD Recipe Editor which is available in <Creo Elements/Direct installation location>/personality/prodview/bin. See the Creo View MCAD help for details. See Master recipe file for more information about the default master recipe file within Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
◦ Click Export Containers to export containers. By default, containers are not exported.
◦ Click Export Face Parts to export face parts. This is the default.
◦ Click Export Wire Parts to export wire parts. This is the default.
◦ Click Export Empty Parts to export empty parts. By default, empty parts are not exported.
◦ 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.
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• 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.
• For Sheet Metal parts (if the Sheet Metal application is active), attributes such as material and thickness are also exported.
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The above settings are persistent, that is, their values are retained between sessions.
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.
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• 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.
Exporting a configuration to Creo View MCAD
You can export configurations to Creo View MCAD. For information about configurations, see Configurations overview.
• If you apply only position (explode) to an active configuration and export it to Creo View MCAD, the configuration name is added under Preset Explode in Creo View MCAD.
• If you apply camera (capture camera) to an active configuration and export it to Creo View MCAD, the configuration name is added to Viewables tab and Orientation tab in Creo View MCAD.
• If you apply position, camera (capture camera), and drawlist to an active configuration and export it to Creo View MCAD:
◦ The configuration name for the position is added under Preset Explode in Creo View MCAD.
◦ The configuration name for the camera orientation is added to the Orientation tab in Creo View MCAD.
◦ The configuration name for the position, camera orientation, and drawlist is added to the Viewables tab in Creo View MCAD.
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Drawlist with docuplanes are not supported for configuration export.
Master recipe file
The default master recipe file (cocreate2pv.rcp) is located in <Creo Elements/Direct installation location>/personality/prodview/recipe. You can set a different path using the PVIEW_HOME environment variable. This file lists the default settings for Creo View MCAD export. To change the default settings, you can either edit the default file or use an additional recipe file to override the default settings.
For example, you can choose to calculate the mass properties, or not, during the export operation using the following settings:
• adapter/outputMassProps
• adapter/attrFlag/MassPropertyParameters
• adapter/convMassProperty
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These settings are also available in the Creo View MCAD Recipe Editor. See the Creo View MCAD help for details.
The following table summarizes the combinations of the values and their results:
adapter/outputMassProps
adapter/attrFlag/MassPropertyParameters
adapter/convMassProperty
Result
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1
1
Mass properties are computed in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, and stored in PVZ files as attributes as well as in geometry files.
1
0
1
Mass properties are computed in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling and stored only in geometry files.
0
1
1
Mass properties are computed in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling and stored only in PVZ files as attributes.
1
1
0
Mass properties are not computed.
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0