About Creating a Mold Base Project
1. Click > 
Create New or in Manufacturing mode click > 
Create New. The Project dialog box opens.
Create New or in Manufacturing mode click > Create New. The Project dialog box opens.2. Under Data, provide the project information:
◦ Project Name — Enter the name of the assembly, associated drawings, and reports.
◦ Prefix — Enter a wildcard character, used as a prefix for all parts in the assembly.
◦ Postfix — Enter a wildcard character, used as a postfix for all parts in the assembly.
◦ User Name — Enter the name of the user who created the project.
◦ Date — Enter the date of creation of the project.
◦ Note — Add notes about the project.
3. Under Options set the unit of measurement to mm or inch.
4. Under Templates, click 
to browse to the template directory. Select a previously designed EMX assembly or accept the EMX default template. If you do not use the EMX default template, then the files for the previously designed EMX assembly, are copied to the current working directory and are then renamed with the new project name, prefix, and suffix. If you use an EMX default template, select the Copy Drawings check box to create a drawing and select the Copy Reports check box to create a report.
to browse to the template directory. Select a previously designed EMX assembly or accept the EMX default template. If you do not use the EMX default template, then the files for the previously designed EMX assembly, are copied to the current working directory and are then renamed with the new project name, prefix, and suffix. If you use an EMX default template, select the Copy Drawings check box to create a drawing and select the Copy Reports check box to create a report.5. In the Project Parameter area, select Add local project parameters to create a set of project-specific parameters for the new project. These parameters and their values are inherited by all components of the mold base assembly. To add or edit a parameter value, double-click in the Default Value column for the parameter and type the value.
You can define the project-specific parameters in the Project Parameter tab in the EMX Options dialog box. Click 
Options to open the dialog box.
Options to open the dialog box. | When you set the Creo Expert Moldbase Extension configuration option SAVE_LOCAL_PARAM_IN_ASM to YES, the project parameters are stored with the assembly. If you do not set the option to YES, they are written to an ASCII file in the current working directory. |
6. Click OK to create the new assembly and report or drawing in the working directory or click Cancel.
| | If the configuration option NAME_SUBASM_COMP was set to a value different than “-” (hypen), before the creation of a new project, a set of subassemblies for all different types of the components will be created. For example, any new cooling components will be automatically added to the cooling subassembly in the Model tree. You can also specify the naming format of the cooling components using the configuration option NAME_SUBASM_COOL. All cooling components are always assembled to this subassembly automatically. |
Configuration Options to Set Project Information
You can specify the default values for project using the configuration options in the Options tab in the EMX Options dialog box. Click Options to open the dialog box.
Options to open the dialog box.The following table lists the user interface options and their corresponding EMX configuration options that control their default settings:
Options | EMX configuration options |
|---|---|
Project Name | DEFAULT_EMXNAME |
Prefix | DEFAULT_PREFIX |
Postfix | DEFAULT_POSTFIX |
Unit | ASSEMBLY_UNIT |
Copy Drawings | CREATE_ASM_DRAWING |
Copy Reports | CREATE_ASM_REPORT |
Date | DATE_FORMAT |