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StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
December 11, 2015
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Erase Graphics / Show graphics

  • December 11, 2015
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So I was lamenting the fact that I had several set datums on my drawing that I couldn't layer off and I decided to see what parts these datums were coming from.

As I clicked around the part, I right-clicked and noticed a RMB menu I had never seen before.

ERASE GRAPHICS

So I tried it, it made the datum go away in the model

I reselected the datum in the model tree and right clicked again and I get another menu option I haven't seen

SHOW GRAPHICS

So I tried it, the datum comes back.

Best as I can tell, this doesn't affect my drawing whatsoever but I'm baffled that I had never seen those options before.

Anyone have any insight?

 

show graphics.jpg

erase graphics.jpg


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Best answer by StephenW

So PTC support says its there to hide set datums in the part/assembly. Hmmm, is this a fix for model datum that couldn't be set to a layer?

I'll have to give this a whirl on parts that I have control over. I can't fix those I don't have control over though so I don't think its a real fix but might be a help.

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8 replies

StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald IIIAuthor
23-Emerald III
December 11, 2015

It's also in the Datum properties dialog box.

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TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
December 11, 2015

It's locked on my version and I don't see those menu options.  This is with Creo 3.0 M070.  What version and build are you running?

StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald IIIAuthor
23-Emerald III
December 11, 2015

Creo 2 M170.

I think its when you click the other datum style, the one that looks like the 1994 datum instead of the 1982 datum even though it really means annotation feature and not annotation feature.

StephenW
StephenW23-Emerald IIIAuthorAnswer
23-Emerald III
December 11, 2015

So PTC support says its there to hide set datums in the part/assembly. Hmmm, is this a fix for model datum that couldn't be set to a layer?

I'll have to give this a whirl on parts that I have control over. I can't fix those I don't have control over though so I don't think its a real fix but might be a help.

ptcsupport.jpg

dschenken1-Visitor
1-Visitor
December 12, 2015

Apple has survived changing the OS to make it incompatible with previously written software and the microprocessor has also changed.

One of these days PTC will stop hurting the vast majority of its set-datum using customers and FIX the SET DATUMS to ONLY SHOW at the related DOCUMENT LEVEL, even though both users who depend on the current BROKEN approach will complain and the 99,99% will be happier.

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