Creo GD&T Advisor for MBD

contact-usCreo Parametric 4.0 is your go-to release for model-based definition. There are a ton of new features for realizing a MBD model. Refer to the following free downloads:

• MBD E-book
• 5 Steps to Get You Started with MBD
• Benefits and Barriers to Model-Based Definition

Creo GD&T Advisor is an extension to Creo Parametric 4.0 that provides expert guidance on the application of GD&T and validation that it has been done correctly. When the model is complete, you can be confident that it complies with the relevant standard and is fully constrained. Creo GD&T Advisor also improves your productivity when applying GD&T, reducing the number of mouse clicks and time required to apply and validate GD&T. It also simplifies the understanding of the complex GD&T standards by providing readily available guidance during every step of the application process. Rulesets included are ASME Y14.5-2009, ISO 1101-2012, and their associated standards.

In a drawing centric world, the non-geometric attributes (GD&T) that are required to manufacture the products, such as dimensions, tolerances, datums, etc., are on the 2D Drawing. However, in an MBD world this non-geometric information, that is critical for downstream Manufacturing and Inspection processes, must be contained within the model in a clear and un-ambiguous way.

Key benefits of GD&T Advisor

• Increases productivity
• Reduces costs
• Provides consistency
• Eliminate mistakes due to human error
• Improve design communications, reducing the chance of misinterpreted or ambiguous information

In this blog post, I’ll highlight some of the key features of Creo GD&T Advisor:

GD&T Advisor menu in Creo 4.0

Creation

• Feature-centric workflow guides the user
• Fast creation of annotations

Validation

• Complies with ASME and ISO standards
• Fully constrains the model geometry

Education

• Extensive help content
• Advisor messages provide feedback on status of the GD&T applied to the model

Creo GD&T Advisor reduces the error between as-designed assemblies and as-produced products through intuitive modeling technologies and advanced visualization techniques. The functional Feature Centric GD&T provides for:

Feature tree in Creo 4.0

• Tolerance (Functional) Feature
  • Geometric elements are classified by function
• Workflow
  • Define the tolerance feature
  • Determine tolerance scheme
  • Determine tolerance values
  • GD&T Advisor creates annotations
• Guidance Provided
  • Filtered UI
    • Recommended options
    • Not-permissible options
  • Advisor Tree
    • Errors and Warnings
  • Color coding
    • Visual feedback on completeness of tolerance definition

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