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Five steps to increase your design reuse with Creo

Posted by Emma Rudeck on 18-Sep-2012 13:43:00

design reuseEffective design reuse can decrease both design time and the associated cost. It means you can recycle concepts from other design, so that this work is not wasted or lost, and utilise parts from other products, so the work is not repeated unnecessarily. But, knowing how to increase design reuse can be hard, as different designs are made with different design tools. Ideally, then, your design tools should be interoperable, so you can use the most suitable tool for reusing the design. A design tool, such as Creo, which is fully interoperable, makes design reuse easier to manage and more simple to implement. Find out below six different steps to increase your design reuse with Creo.

1. Take advantage of Creo Layout

Turn 2D concepts into 3D designs, without having to start from scratch. Creo Layout allows users to remake designs and removes the risk of vital data being lost in the transition from on CAD tool to another. Plus, you can also import 3D cross-sections from Creo Parametric and use these to develop 2D concepts further.

2. Use the FreeStyle tool to quickly create free form surfaces and shapes

Based upon the subdivision modelling technique in the FreeStyle tool, users begin with primitive shapes, building up and then editing through control mesh manipulation. This offers increased concept design freedom and accelerates the design process, while also allowing for reuse of all of the design data in downstream processes.

3. Creo Flexible Modeling Extension (FMX) offers tailored customisation

Creo FMX allows for a design model to be edited in similar ways to any direct modelling tool. However, the advantage of using Creo FMX is that this action is done without having to leave the Creo Parametric environment. Dramatic moves and edits are recorded as features which can be updated. In this way, full design intent is maintained. This is particularly beneficial for working with data that was imported or for accommodating later stage design developments.

4. Employ Creo’s ribbon user interface to streamline the entire design process

Customise tab elements in the ribbon interface, enabling you to have the tools you need in a place you can find them. Plus, with the command search capability, it is easier to find the right tool for the task at hand. Having the same user interface across design tools will make it easier for users to adjust when changing between functions.

5. Use the Creo Legacy Migration Extension

Using this Creo extension is estimated to enable increased productivity up to 70 percent. The feature is also designed to make it far easier to work with data that was imported from other sources. Since it is not necessary to recreate 2D drawings manually, errors are reduced and time is saved, which is all good news for increasing design reuse. 

 

All of these in-built features within Creo are being utilised to save time and money, improve quality and reduce inventory. They make it possible for quality improvements by leveraging past project information from other systems, while simplifying design reuse process through an interoperable platform.

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