Use Shrinkwrap in PTC Creo - ami-iit/ami-commons GitHub Wiki

Prerequisites

  • PTC-Creo has to be installed on your laptop;
  • All the libraries containing 3D assemblies and parts of iRonCub have to be downloaded in a local folder.

Please refer to this issue and to all the issues which are linked inside for correctly managing the two requirements pointed above.

Procedure

  1. If you have correctly done the previous steps, PTC-Creo starting page should look like the one in the picture below. 00 Schermata_Iniziale

  2. Click on Open and a navigation window will appear. Go into your local copy of element_ironcub-design/cad folder and open ironcub_aaa.asm file (this operation can take a few minutes to complete). 01 Selezione_Modello_Didascalie

  3. Once iRonCub model is loaded (it can be possible to see some errors/warnings because of some small components like screws which have not been loaded), you can go in View tab, select Manage View → View Manager and then select a Simplified Representation double-clicking on it (please refer to https://github.com/dic-iit/element_automatic-cad-cfd/issues/8 for creating your own Simplified Representation). 02 Selezione_Simplified_Representation

  4. Now, acording to the rules of the chosen Simplified Representation, you should see a limited number of iRonCub components. If you want to create a Shrinkwrap, you have to go in File → Save As → Save a Copy. 03 Schermata_Pre-Salvataggio A new window will appear, select Shrinkwrap in Type and choose a Name for the new part. Click Ok. 04 Salvataggio_Shrinkwrap

  5. The window shown in the image below will open, allowing the user to set how to get the shrinkwrap of the model. Please refer to Types_of_Shrinkwrap for a complete explanation of each type of Shrinkwrap that can be generated. 05 Tipi_di_Shrinkwrap

Examples

  1. Creation Method: Surface Subset Level Quality = 1 (the lowest) 06 Esempio_01

  2. Creation Method: Surface Subset Level Quality = 5 (medium) 06 Esempio_02

  3. Creation Method: Faceted Solid Level Quality = 10 (the highest) 06 Esempio_03

  4. Creation Method: Merged Solid Level Quality = 5 06 Esempio_04

  5. Creation Method: Merged Solid Level Quality = 5 (adding manually internal components) 06 Esempio_05