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January 26, 2012
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Centre lines???

  • January 26, 2012
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Having only had Creo for a couple of months I have yet to do any serious detailing until now.

I have not yet found a way of showing centre lines on my drawings. I have heard that it is not possible simply add centre lines to a 2D layout which makes detailing ducting inparticular a serious headache, is this the case and if so are there any work arounds which you can suggest?


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    KevinBradberry1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    January 26, 2012

    You can quickly make a centerline wherever you have axes in your model. Use Show Model Annotations to choose axes for centerline creation. Select the tab to the far right.

    show erase centerline.PNG

    Extra info:

    Creo automatically creates axes in your solid model when you extrude circles or make holes, but if you wish to have axes created any time your extrusion contains an arc set the option show_axes_for_extr_arcs to yes. I don't think there is a way to have axes automatically created when you create a Round feature.

    Also helpful, you can erase, not delete, one of the lines of the crosshairs by highlighting it, right-clicking and selecting Erase.

    My question:

    Does anyone know a workaround for resizing the centerlines shown in the image above. No matter which end you select and drag to extend the axis, all 4 ends will extend together. I want to be able to extend each one individually. I don't remember this being an issue before I used WF5.

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    GrahameWard1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    January 26, 2012

    You're right, I hadn't noticed that before. Another thing I did notice is, if your axis is in side view, i.e. a single line instead of a cross hair, I find I can't stretch it beyond a certain point. It kind of somersaults over its opposite endpoint. IOW it is limited to the geometry of the feature it comes from.

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    KshetrabasiMaha1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    January 27, 2012

    Hi Grahame

    Try to pull the axis line in side view with alt button

    You will be able to resize it easily

    Regards

    K.Mahanta

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    AmitDeshpande18-Opal
    18-Opal
    October 26, 2015

    Hi Steve,

    If one of the responses helped resolve your issue, would you please mark it as the Correct Answer?  That way other users visiting the discussion will know; as the correct answer gets copied right below the question.

    Thanks,

    Amit

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