Creo 4.0 introduces several enhancements to sheet metal design and modeling capabilities, including improved user interfaces for sheet metal features, more flexible modeling options for sheet metal parts, and an improved user experience. Key enhancements include a modernized twist wall interface, additional dependency options for punch and die forms, expanded edge bend and treatment options, flexible modeling tools that recognize sheet metal design objects, and a new geometry search tool to quickly select similar geometry.

1. CREO 4.0
SHEET METAL
ENHANCEMENTS
Martin Neumueller
Product Management Senior Director
July, 2016

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PTC Creo Parametric 4.0 - Sheet Metal
1. Enhancements to Sheet Metal Design creation
features
2. Flexible Modeling in Sheet Metal
3. Improved User Experience
AGENDA
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PTC Creo Parametric 4.0 - Sheet Metal
Enhancements to Sheet Metal Design creation
features
– New UI to Twist Wall
– Support dependency options for forms
– Add. Relief types to “Edge Bend”
– Close Corner - Option in narrow (“open”) treatment type
1. Flexible Modeling in Sheet Metal
– Flexible Modeling environment now available for Sheet Metal
parts
– “Sheet Metal-Awareness” of Flexible Modeling tools
– New Flexible modification tools for Sheet Metal Design Objects
2. Improved User Experience
– Mini Toolbar specific to Sheet Metal
– More powerful selection in Sheet Metal
AGENDA
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ENHANCEMENTS TO SHEET METAL
DESIGN CREATION FEATURES

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• Use Case
• Problem Solved
– Inconsistent, non-intuitive User Interface
• Benefits
– Easier, more user-friendly, and consistent
user interface
– Additional, more flexible controls over
feature creation options
• Known Limitations
Enhancement Details
• New modernized UI for “Twist Wall”
• Multiple options and dimensioning schemes to
determine wall width and twist axis location:
– 2 side dimensions
– Center and Width
• Optional rotation axis
SHEET METAL FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS
Twist Wall Enhancements
Integrity ##

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TWIST WALL ENHANCEMENTS
SHEET METAL
FEATURE
ENHANCEMENTS
TWIST WALL
FORMS
EDGE BEND
EDGE TREATMENT
Benefits
• Easier, more user-friendly, and
consistent user interaction
• Additional, more flexible controls
over feature creation options
• New modernized UI for “Twist Wall”
• Multiple options and dimensioning schemes to determine wall
width and twist axis location:
– 2 side dimensions
– Center and Width (Optional rotation axis)

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• Use Case
– Usage of Punch and Die Forms in Sheet
Metal parts
• Problem Solved
– Dependency control was not offered
• Benefits
– Increased flexibility to control update
behavior of punch/die forms
• Known Limitations
– When placing Punch/Die forms using the
“merge” option, only the “Automatic
Update” behaviour is available
Enhancement Details
• New and aligned dependency options for form
features to control Form updates
– Offered when using “inheritance”
– Similar to options in “Merge/Inheritance”
feature
SHEET METAL FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS
Punch Form & Die Form Enhancements
Integrity ##
• Dependency options:
– Automatic Update
• Dependent,
automatic update
– Manual Update
• Dependent,
no automatic update.
Re-define and set to
Automatic for update
– No Dependency

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PUNCH & DIE FORM ENHANCEMENTS
SHEET METAL
FEATURE
ENHANCEMENTS
Video
TWIST WALL
FORMS
EDGE BEND
EDGE TREATMENT
Benefits
• Increased flexibility to control
update behavior of punch/die
forms
• New and aligned dependency options for form features to
control updates of inherited punch & die forms
• Automatic Update / Manual Update / No Dependency

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• Use Case
– (a) Creation of an Edge Bend
– (b) Definition of Edge Treatment when
creating a Flange feature
• Problem Solved
– (a) Bend relief could not be specified
– (b) Non of the edge treatment options
allowed to geometrically fully close
corners
• Benefits
– More powerful tool algorithms and options
allow a richer set of geometric results
• Known Limitations
Enhancement Details
• Edge Bend
– Now featuring full list of relief types
• Edge Treatment in “Flange”
– New “Close Corner” option for narrow (“open”)
treatment type
SHEET METAL FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS
Edge Bend and Edge Treatment Enhancements
Integrity ##

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PUNCH & DIE FORM ENHANCEMENTS
SHEET METAL
FEATURE
ENHANCEMENTS
TWIST WALL
FORMS
EDGE BEND
EDGE TREATMENT
Benefits
• More powerful tool algorithms
and options allow a richer set of
geometric results
• Edge Bend now featuring
full list of relief types
• Edge Treatment in Flange
– New “Close Corner” option for
narrow (“open”) treatment
type

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FLEXIBLE MODELING IN SHEET
METAL

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FMX in Sheet Metal - OVERVIEW
• Flexible Modeling environment now
available for Sheet Metal parts
– FMX tab, FMX-selection methods, etc
– Move, Remove, Substitute, etc
• “Sheet Metal-Awareness” of Flexible
Modeling tools
• New Flexible modification tools for Sheet
Metal Design Objects
– Recognition of Sheet Metal design intent (bends,
reliefs, corner seams, forms)
– Modification of Sheet Metal Design Objects
independent from the original feature creation
– Presentation of Design Objects
– Use Sheet Metal Object selection as Intent-based
input to move, remove, etc
FLEXIBLE
MODELING
ENHANCEMEN
TS
SHEET METAL
Use Sheet Metal Design Object Recognition and Modification to easily
– Fine tune the model
– Improve efficiency and save design time by avoiding re-design efforts
– Quickly change design intent characteristics individually or globally
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CAPABILITIES
• Flexible Modeling environment now available for
Sheet Metal parts
• “Sheet Metal-Awareness” of Flexible Modeling
tools
• New Flexible modification tools for Sheet Metal
Design Objects
BENEFITS
– Late stage changes
– Work on imported and converted Sheet Metal models
– Conceptual changes
– Improve efficiency and save design time by avoiding re-design
efforts
FLEXIBLE
MODELING IN
SHEET METAL
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CAPABILITIES (1)
• Flexible Modeling environment and current FMX Tools
now available for Sheet Metal parts
– Flexible Modeling Tab enabled
– Geometry-based selection
• Shapes
• Search by Rules
• Geometric Search Tool
– Flexible Modeling tools enabled (Move, Offset, Substitute,
Remove, Modify Analytic, Flex Pattern, Mirror, Attach,
Edit/Recognize Round/Chamfer, Pattern Recognition)
• “Sheet Metal-Awareness” of Flexible Modeling tools
– Honoring Sheet Metal design intent and characteristics (constant
wall thickness, self-intersections, don’t merge “anti-same”
surfaces)
– Auto-selection of opposite surfaces and/or side surfaces
– Tuned geometric behavior in move
Use FMX-tools to easily
– Change walls (height, angle, profile)
– Modify, move or duplicate forms
– Modify side surfaces
– Remove geometry (holes, forms, side surfaces, etc)
– Recognize form patterns and modify pattern characteristics
FLEXIBLE
MODELING IN
SHEET METAL
“SHEET METAL-
AWARENESS” OF
FLEXIBLE MODELING
TOOLS
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CAPABILITIES (2)
• New Flexible modification tools for SMT Design
Objects
– Recognition of Sheet Metal design intent (bends, reliefs, corner
seams, forms)
– Modification of Sheet Metal Design Objects independent from
the original feature creation
• Edit Bend (Including option to remove Bend geometry, or keep flat
length, etc)
• Edit Bend Relief
• Edit Corner Relief
• Edit Corner Seam (Including option to remove Corner)
• Pull Wall
– Presentation of Design Objects
• Design Objects tree
• Selection Filter „Sheet Metal Items“
• Mouse hover tooltip showing attributes
– Use Sheet Metal Object selection as Intent-based input to
move, remove, etc
FLEXIBLE
MODELING IN
SHEET METAL
SHEET METAL
DESIGN OBJECTS
Use Sheet Metal Design Object Recognition and Modification to
easily
– Fine tune the model
– Improve efficiency and save design time by avoiding re-design
efforts
– Quickly change object characteristics individually or globally
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FMX-RIBBON TAB IN SHEET METAL
Capabilities
Shape selection
from regular FMX
and new powerful
geometry search
Shape selection
from regular FMX
and new powerful
geometry search
New Flexible
modification tools
for Sheet Metal
Design Objects
Selected Flexible
Modeling tools
(“Sheet Metal-
Aware”)
Design Object
Recognition Tools
Geometry Removal
tool from FMX
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• Move
– Use cases:
• Move Forms,
• Move side surfaces
• Move larger (box-selected) pieces of the model
• Move/Copy in flattened state
– Specific behavior
• Select opposite side & select sides
• Recognition and handling of bend areas
• Special extension / rip behavior
• Remove
– Specific behavior:
• Select opposite side, don’t select sides
• Offset, Substitute, Modify Analytic
– Specific behavior:
• Only allowed for side surfaces (in Creo 4.0)
FMX-TOOLS IN SHEET METAL
Tools & specific behavior
• Additional tools: Pattern, Mirror, Edit
Round/Chamfer, Recognition Tools (Pattern,
Symmetry, Rounds / Chamfers)
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• Move Example #1
DEMO WORKFLOWS
• Move Example #2
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Best practices for „Move“ in Sheet Metal:
- Use move to:
- Move side walls or forms/cuts
- Move areas of your part that are just to be
transformed while extending side walls. Box
selection in O/A workflow helps here
- When moving walls, default to „Pull Wall“ first
- If the move does not create the expected result when
selecting just the wall, try to include the bends into the
selection
- Bends will be treated as rounds during move, test the
„transform selected attachment rounds“ option

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• Design Objects
– Types: Bend, Bend Relief, Corner Relief, Corner Seam, Form
– Automatically created or recognized
– Organized in Design Object Tree
– Allow interaction and modification independent from original
creation
– Dedicated Selection Filter: Sheet Metal Items
– Pre-selection: Design Object Information tooltip
• Recognition Tools
– Explicitly recognize: Bend, Bend Relief, Corner Relief, Corner
Seam, Form objects
– Explicitly assign “Not Sheet Metal Object” tag
– Automatic geometry-based recognition of design objects within
new Edit-tools (Edit Bend, Edit-Bend Relief, etc)
NEW SHEET METAL SPECIFIC FLEXIBLE MODELING TOOLS
Capabilities Demo steps in notes 
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• Edit Bend Relief
– Edit individual bend relief objects, independently from their
creation
– Option to automatically find & select identical reliefs
– Edit bend relief types, dimensions and specific options
– Various bend relief removal options
NEW SHEET METAL SPECIFIC FLEXIBLE MODELING TOOLS
Capabilities
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• Edit Corner Relief
– Edit individual bend relief objects, independently from their
creation
– Option to automatically find/select identical
– Edit Corner Types, dimensions and specific options
– Various corner relief removal options
NEW SHEET METAL SPECIFIC FLEXIBLE MODELING TOOLS
Capabilities
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• Edit Corner Seam
– Edit individual bend corner seams, independently from their
creation
– Option to automatically find identical seams
– Full shapes control
– Edit Corner Seam will create a corner seam if none exists
– Various removal options
– „Close corner“ option
NEW SHEET METAL SPECIFIC FLEXIBLE MODELING TOOLS
Capabilities
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• Edit Bend
– Edit individual bends
– Handling of bend reliefs, corner reliefs
– Option to automatically find identical
– Various bend editing options to control flange/wall length
– Various removal options for adjacent geometry
– Option to change bend allowance
NEW SHEET METAL SPECIFIC FLEXIBLE MODELING TOOLS
Capabilities
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Unclear whether
stability/readiness will be
achieved for sneak-peek
The command is open, so we
should note that in the document

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• Pull Wall
– Pull one or multiple walls independently from of the original
wall creation
– Perpendicular to the wall‘s attachment edge
– Include all secondary geometry into the pull
– Handle bend/corner reliefs and edge treatments / corner
seams
– Include „Cut“ and „Form“ Surfaces into the operation
– Control Adjacent Conditions
NEW SHEET METAL SPECIFIC FLEXIBLE MODELING TOOLS
Capabilities
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Unclear whether
stability/readiness will be
achieved for sneak-peek
The command is open, so we
should note that in the document

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IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE &
SELECTION

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CAPABILITIES
• Optimal support of Object-Action
workflows
• Geometry selection tools
(Shapes/Rules) enrich typical mini
toolbar
• Context-sensitive presentation of tools
based on selection
– MTB: context-specific set of commands
filtered based on applicability checks
• Customize mini toolbar
BENEFITS
– Faster, more intuitive command access increases ease-of-use
IMPROVED USER
EXPERIENCE
&
SELECTION
NEW MINI TOOLBAR
NEW GEOMETRY
SEARCH/
NEW BOX SELECTION/
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NEW GEOMETRY SEARCH TOOL
• Powerful new geometry selection tool
– Quickly find similar geometry or design
objects as input for a simultaneous
modification
• Geometry Search Rules
– Create search rules based on geometrical
or Design Object characteristics
– Supporting criteria for Sheet Metal-
specific Design Objects like Bends,
Reliefs, etc.
– Derive rule parameters based on a
seed selection
– Create and apply multiple rules
– Save/Load rules for Re-use
BENEFITS
– Higher productivity due to faster, more powerful geometry
selection methods for quick design changes of many design
objects in a single step
IMPROVED USER
EXPERIENCE
&
SELECTION
NEW MINI TOOLBAR
NEW GEOMETRY
SEARCH/
NEW BOX SELECTION/
Examples:
• Select all bend reliefs identical to
selected one
• Select all rounds with radius r <
1mm
• Find all bends with bend radius r
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BOX SELECTION
• New Box selection support for most O/A workflows
increases selection speed
• Easy to use, well known selection paradigm
• Methods:
– Left-to-Right: Select all objects entirely in the box
– Right-to-Left: Select all objects being touched by the box
• Honoring selection filter
– Excluding Sheet Metal Items Filter
• Note:
– Box Selection replaces individual
pick-based or complex composite selection cases !!
– Usage not recommended for Intent-based selection
BENEFITS
– Higher design productivity due to faster selection in particular for
concept design studies or flexible modeling usage
IMPROVED USER
EXPERIENCE
&
SELECTION
NEW MINI TOOLBAR
NEW GEOMETRY
SEARCH/
NEW BOX SELECTION/
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