I have just installed Creo Elements Direct Modeling Express 6.0 and have gone through the tutorials to understand how to model in this environment.
The difficulty I am having is, I would like to assemble two parts, having the constraint remain constant, e.g. a pinned hinge that can rotate about the pins axis.
Watching the movement of the lid on the printer in the QuickStart tutorial called 'Repurpose a model to create a new product', it seems this is possible. However, I've been looking and can't locate proper contraints in the program. Additionally, when I watch the lid motion from the side, it appears the motion is not pure rotation, but an interpolated combination of translation and rotation from one position to another. It is basically faking a constraint using the configuration animation capabilities.
So, the question is, are there proper constraints somewhere in this free 'Express; version? If not, are they available in the paid version? Also, if not, shouldn't there be a clear mention of this in the documentation, help, etc?
I hope I'm just missing something.
Thank you - JM