The Translated Image Models (TIMs) that you create by the conversion of the non-Creo and Creo Elements/Direct*.sdpc and *.sdac models behave the same as the ATB-enabled TIM parts and assemblies that are created when you import Autodesk Inventor, CATIA, SolidWorks, Creo Elements/Direct*.sdpc and *.sdac content files, and NX models to Creo. They contain the Associative Topology Bus (ATB) information and parameters. You can use the ATB Check Status command to verify the status of the TIM parts and assemblies and use the ATB Update command to update them when they are out-of-date with their non-Creo or Creo Elements/Direct source models. If you store the TIM parts and assemblies in the Windchill servers, you can reuse them for design changes. You can thus avoid converting the non-Creo models to additional TIM parts and assemblies each time you intend to make design changes to the non-Creo models.

The TIM parts and assemblies conform to the Creo conventions with regard to the character limit of the file names, .prt and .asm file extensions, and their representative CAD icons on the Model Tree. The non-Creo and Creo Elements/Direct model names are preserved and can include multi-byte and special characters. If you do not want the TIM parts and assemblies to display the non-Creo or Creo Elements/Direct model names on the Model Tree, you must set the atb_show_foreign_name configuration option to no. Long file names are truncated to conform to Creo file naming conventions.

If the truncation of the non-Creo or Creo Elements/Direct model names generates duplicate model names, such names are automatically indexed. If such model names run into name conflicts or run out of index numbers, the Convert to new Creo models dialog box displays the appropriate error after you select the option to use advanced tools for the conversion on the Convert to new Creo models dialog box. You can then modify the suggested names of the models in the New name column of the Convert to new Creo models dialog box.

When you convert a non-Creo or Creo Elements/Direct model to a TIM model, all its parents in the chain to the top non-Creo or Creo Elements/Direct assembly model are converted to the TIM models and replaced by the TIM models. When you convert non-Creo models with multiple bodies, internal and virtual components, or components that are intersected by assembly features such as cuts, the non-Creo models and the occurrences of the models are also converted to TIM models. The parts with multiple bodies convert to TIM assemblies and the individual bodies are exploded as TIM parts. The internal and virtual components are extracted.