Config option for the default Bulk part template/start part

I agree.

As a workaround we have replaced the inlbs_part_bulk.prt in the <loadpoints>\templates with our bulk template, keeping equal the file name

ALL files that have templates MUST have a config.pro setting to specify them!

Mariano's workaround is nice, but can be a hassle when up grading Creo builds.

The Use_Default_Template should look in the Start_Model_Dir before going to a PTC loadpoint folder.

Another option is to set the config.pro option for start_model_dir to point to the folder containing your Bulk Item Start Part. Then when creating a Bulk Item in the assembly and selecting Copy from existing > > Copy From > Browse this will list your Bulk Item Start Parts.

Nigel,

Yes, we have that set and it does list the start_bulk.prt that was created. However, most users are just used to the start part being listed correctly and just having to press the OK button. Since this is a different behavior, they wouldn't know it was wrong.

This has been a know deficiency in Creo for a while and probably all the way back to PYC first implementing templates for start parts. See my comment above from last year. If there is a template file, then there needs to be a default setting for loading them.

There is a default for parts, assemblies and drawings, so why not the rest of the file types on the New menu?

We have start_model_dir set to point to a single folder with all of the template files in it. Just select uncheck 'use default template' and it opens the folder with our templates. Select start_bulk and way we go.