Creo Parametric Title Block Automation

The method I use and have for years is I have my own start parts, which contain all the parameters needed to drive the entries in the drawing title block. The entries that need to identify the creator of the model are pre-defined with my name. Thus, when I create a new model, by default my name is inserted where necessary.

I don't like the system type parameters for these things because they are usually a single string of letters, like "prsmith" or whatever. I prefer a proper name, not a login name that the IT department assigned.

There are other methods possible, though.

If you can access the creation date and todays date you could compare them and if they're the same assign the "drawn" parameter as you said, otherwise leave it alone.

You could have another parameter, a YES/NO (boolean), maybe named "modelnew" set to YES in your start parts. The relations you use would then be something like

IF modelisnew

  drawn = <your evaluation>

  modelisnew = NO

ENDIF

This way the assignment of the parameter is done only once, when a new model is created.

We did something like Ken said at a prior company.

We used a relation that would set a few parameters for the drawing only if the revision was 0 (new drawing).

We also used company specific parameters, like mycompany_drawnBy that we would control in relations.These were all done in the drawing template, not the model.

It does become a bit trickier with Windchill and the usernames assigned by IT. At my last company, it was a <usedID>_<userinitials>. We used a restricted parameter list for titleblock names so we could control the appearance/formatting.

If I remember, the "created by" is the original modeler/drafter, the "modified by" is the last person who modified it.  I'm not at my system, but that's how I remember it.  I know I have a Windburn search that uses those parameters, so I can see every file a particular user has ever saved.