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How to "un-erase" dimensions in a drawing that have been erased...

  • June 26, 2014
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Hi all,

I have a drawing that I showed some dimensions, then I RMB>erase them - then I decided that I want to show them again. I cannot figure out how to re show them.

"Show Model Annotations" says "no annotations can be shown in the current sheet/view for the selected objects"

You would think that in the "Type" drop-down there would be an "Erased" selection...

Any hints?

Thanks,

-Nate


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Best answer by ptc-5124766

Change to the 'Annotation' tab on the ribbon. On the left where the drawing tree is, pick the view, which you want to restore the dimension to. Then expand the annotations branch and you will see a list of all the available dimensions. The ones in grey are the erased one. When clicking on any of them it will highlight in the view. Once you have found the one you are looking for unerased it.

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nrollins2-ExplorerAuthor
2-Explorer
June 26, 2014


This is in Creo2.0

ptc-51247661-VisitorAnswer
1-Visitor
June 26, 2014

Change to the 'Annotation' tab on the ribbon. On the left where the drawing tree is, pick the view, which you want to restore the dimension to. Then expand the annotations branch and you will see a list of all the available dimensions. The ones in grey are the erased one. When clicking on any of them it will highlight in the view. Once you have found the one you are looking for unerased it.

    nrollins2-ExplorerAuthor
    2-Explorer
    June 26, 2014

    THANK YOU...

    there needs to be more ways to skin this cat. I would not have found that without your help.

    JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    June 26, 2014

    Does anyone have a clear and concise guide to the concepts of 'erase' and 'delete' in Creo?

    In WF and earlier it was straightforward: 'erase' was the opposite of 'show' and hid a dimension, such that it could later be re-shown; 'delete' meant it was gone forever. Only created dimensions could be deleted in a drawing, which made sense.

    Now, you can delete something (including a model dimension) and still re-show it; if you erase something, it seems harder to re-show than if you'd deleted it!

    nrollins2-ExplorerAuthor
    2-Explorer
    June 26, 2014

    you reminded me that I wanted to ask this question as well. Hopefully we'll get an answer.

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