Updating CAD geometry in SimLab

Hello to everyone. 

 

A) First of all I would like to know if it's possible to update in SimLab a Creo CAD model (after being modyfied) which has been already opened and meshed in SimLab, by keeping connected the mesh controls setted previously.

I'm gonna be clearer: 

1- I import a Creo CAD model file (i.e. file name is PIPPO.prt) in SimLab as a part (.prt) or assembly (.asm) by using the command 'Import->CAD'

2- I set mesh controls on the model and eventually mesh the component(s) (i.e. I set face mesh control on a face which includes a hole, and a washer mesh control around the hole itself)

3-In the meantime I modify in Creo the CAD model itself (i.e. I change the hole radius) then save by using the same name and overwriting the file (i.e. PIPPO.prt), which is still opened in Sim Lab

4- I import CAD model again (i.e PIPPO.prt) as done in point 1 => now I wish that model geometry could update automatically and that SimLab could recognize connections between the 'new' geometry and the old mesh controls, unless big changes (i.e. face mesh control should be still active and linked to the modifyed face,  while washer mesh control probably is now missing).

 

Is it possible to do in SimLab? 

I read in the GUI that you should set the new quotes, when you modify the model in Creo (point 3), as design parameters, so that when you re-import it in SimLab you have to check that 'Design Parameters' import option is on and model should update automatically, but I couldn't try this way cause I have another problem:

 

B ) Everytime I choose the option 'Import CAD' and I select a .prt or .asm file then Windows says that there is a problem in finding the installation directory (I am not the first person in my company who encounters the same problem, so probably is not due to installation errors). So the only option I have is to use 'Import->CAD through traslation' that opens a step (.stp) file auto generated by SimLab, but all of that makes parameters being lost.

Did somebody else encountered the same problem?

 

Coming back to A) , and saying that the 'design parameters' way could work, does it exist another way which can be even more automatic and simpler?

Softwares Assistance once told us to try to assign different colors to different features on the CAD model in Creo to allow SimLab recognize the model during the re-importation. Did somebody ever tried this?

 

Thank you very much for the support