For using Syndeia to access Creo models in local file system or Windchill, follow the steps below.
- Create a folder named libCreo
- Copy the pfcasync.jar from your Creo installation to the libCreo folder. This jar is located in your Creo installation as follows: C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 3.0\M020\Common Files\text\java\pfcasync.jar
You will use the libCreo folder when installing the Syndeia plugin for MagicDraw. - Set environment variable PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE with value as the location of pro_comm_msg.exe in your Creo installation (see Figure 6 below),
e.g. PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE = C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 3.0\M020\Common Files\x86e_win64\obj\pro_comm_msg.exe - Set environment variable PRO_DIRECTORY with value as the location of Parametric folder in your Creo installation, e.g.
PRO_DIRECTORY = C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 3.0\M020\Parametric - Add the location of Creo DLLs to the Path environment variable. These DLLs are located in the lib folder of your Creo installation. For example, add the following C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 3.0\M020\Common Files\x86e_win64\lib to the Path environment variable.
- After you install Syndeia, set the Creo executable path in Syndeia settings to the parametric.exe file in your Creo installation. If your organization uses a different executable to run Creo, specify the exact location of the same. Learn more about this setting in the section Creo settings (under Settings).
Open the Syndeia.hep file located in <Syndeia_Installation>\profiles\Syndeia folder, e.g C:\Users\<YourAccount>\IBM\Rational\Rhapsody\8.1.3x64\Share\Profiles\Syndeia\profiles\Syndeia. Specify the location of Creo's x86e_win64\lib folder in the value of JavaLibPath1 variable, as highlighted below. Save and close the Syndeia.hep file.