About Spring Properties
You can define spring properties in one of the following ways, depending on the situation.
• Click Refine Model and then click the arrow next to 
. Click 
Spring Properties.
. Click Spring Properties.• If you define an advanced or to-ground spring, you can also click More in the Properties area of the Spring Definition dialog box to create a spring property.
In either case, Creo Simulate opens the Spring Properties dialog box, which you can use to manage spring properties for an Advanced or To Ground spring. This dialog box lists any stiffness properties already created for your model and lets you create new ones.
The dialog box contains the following items:
• Properties in Library—Displays a list of the spring properties that you saved in your library. You can select one of these definitions and click the right arrow to move it to the Properties in Model list. The spring properties library file is called mspstf.lib.
Properties in Model—Displays a list of the spring properties that can be assigned to one or more springs in your model. You can select one of these spring property names to assign to the current spring definition. To add a spring property to your library, select it and use the left arrow to add it to the Properties in Library list.
• Description—This non-editable field displays the (optional) description you entered for the spring property currently selected in the Properties in Library or Properties in Model list.
• New—Opens the Spring Property Definition dialog box opens to allow you to create a new spring property.
• Copy—Copies the selected spring property to a new name and adds it to the Properties in Model list. A new spring property appears in the list with the default name SpringPropx, where x is one more than the number of items created for the model. To change the name, select it and click Edit.
• Edit—Opens the Spring Property Definition dialog box with the values of the selected spring property.
• Delete—Removes the selected spring property from the Properties in Model list.
If you accessed the Spring Properties dialog box from the Spring Definition dialog box, when you close the Spring Properties dialog box, the software uses the property you selected from the Properties in Model list for the current spring definition, and displays the property name in the Spring Definition dialog box. If you did not select a property, the first property in the Properties in Model list is selected by default.