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Patriot_1776
22-Sapphire II
April 27, 2012
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Anyone else find it difficult/impossible to modify a symbol instance?

  • April 27, 2012
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The "Help" (and I'm using that word VERY loosley) says to hightlight it and then right click to get the pop-up menu. Well, first you have to be in the "Review" tab to even pick it. But when you do, you do NOT get "Properties", which you should. The ONLY I've found to be able to modify a symbol already placed is to elect the "Annotate" tab. Then Alt-select (left-click) it to highlight it, only THEN do you get the "Properties" selection in the pop-up menu to change the symbol.

Again, another example of somethig that would take seconds in WF4 to do, now takes over an hour just to FIND the command. And then it's far more difficult to use anyways with all the Alt-select-raise your left hand tnd throw salt over your right shoulder while counting backwards from 10 antics. Seriously. Someone PLEASE tell me how the Creo interface is somehow better or faster. I could have had this set of dwgs done in 1/10 the time if not less.

Of all the complaints lodged against the interface here and elsewhere, I have YET to see any glowing praise, or even mildly enthusiastic support for it from someone NOT on their payroll.


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Best answer by Patriot_1776

I found another way. When you have the "Annotate tab" activated, you can pick on any of the symbols listed in the dwg tree (good luck finding the actual symbol you want as they're just named "Draft: symbol_XX"), then right-click and the "Properties" shows up in the pop-up menu. Hovering over the symbols listed in the list does not highlight them either. They only highlight if you select them. Gah!

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Patriot_1776
Patriot_177622-Sapphire IIAuthorAnswer
22-Sapphire II
April 27, 2012

I found another way. When you have the "Annotate tab" activated, you can pick on any of the symbols listed in the dwg tree (good luck finding the actual symbol you want as they're just named "Draft: symbol_XX"), then right-click and the "Properties" shows up in the pop-up menu. Hovering over the symbols listed in the list does not highlight them either. They only highlight if you select them. Gah!

DomenicLaritz
17-Peridot
April 28, 2012

I think, that the editor for symbols needs a complete reworking.

Patriot_1776
22-Sapphire II
April 30, 2012

I think the entire GUI needs to be trashed.

1-Visitor
April 30, 2012

haha, Frank.

What version of Pro/E / Creo do you use currently?

~Jakub