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JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
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January 16, 2012
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Minor but annoying - easy improvements?

  • January 16, 2012
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Following another thread about real-world use versus PTC trainers' knowledge, how about we start a list of small things, which ought to be relatively easy for PTC to change, that nonetheless annoy you on a day-to-day basis (and always seem to be passed over in favour of introducing dashboards and ribbons)?

Since various PTC people contribute here, if we keep it tidy and concise perhaps some of our issues could be considered for addressing in imminent versions of Pro/E / Creo (/wishful thinking...)

So, here are some starters:

  • Angle x D chamfers almost always choose the wrong direction for the angle by default
  • Surface merges almost always choose the wrong sides of the quilts to keep by default
  • Save a Copy leaves you editing the original model (opposite to Windows Save As), whilst Backup leaves you editing the backup model (why would you make a backup and then change the backup?)
  • When you're working in "widget.prt" and you create a new drawing, Pro/E assumes the name "drw0001". How likely is it that you don't want to create "widget.drw" at this point?

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    JonathanHodgson13-AquamarineAuthor
    13-Aquamarine
    February 1, 2012
    • Don't change the zoom / orientation / pan randomly, for example after changing cross-section or regenerating. The model should stay where I last put it, not disappear off the edge of the screen.
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      David_M1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      This has to be the most annoying (and plain stupid) thing in Pro/E. It makes you wonder if any of the developers have ever tried to model anything... ever. Does anyone have a solution for this? It seems like something that should at least be in config.pro already.

      I also agree with the comment about what order we can do things in (select then function vs function then select). This was a bad move on PTC's part. There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to do either; especially since once you're in a function you can start over with a fresh selection.

      And "refit" should work properly, even if I have to define my model size manually.

      And there should be a quick way to add a datum plane mid-way between two parallel planes.

      And they should stop limiting draft angles to 30 degrees.

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      RandyMorrison1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      When editing a model, It would be nice to add a feature when in the Info > Feature mode, to add a "Highlight in Model Tree" action (in addition to the "Highlight Object in Graphic Window").

      When I am concerned about editing impact(s) on children features, it is hard to quickly identify and edit them without going back and forth between the information and graphic windows while highlighting, clicking and Locate in Model Tree action(s).

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      Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
      22-Sapphire II
      February 1, 2012

      When "replacing" sketcher entities, you should not have to keep answering "yes". In fact, you should be able to replace a chain or loop with another chain or loop.

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      GrahameWard1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      ... and when you replace them, they should actually be replaced! The child features should use the replaced reference, otherwise what am I actually doing? I don't know how many times I've gone through that whole rigmarole and then the next feature fails exactly the same way that it would fail if I had just hit deletedeletedeletedelete.

      Patriot_1776
      Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
      22-Sapphire II
      February 1, 2012

      I've seen that on occasion too, although, for the most part, it actually works. I like that in WF4 in sketcher mode you can actually replace the refs, as well.

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      RobertMcKibben1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      When loading an assembly that has a failed component, there should be a way to cancel out of it without having to freeze or suppress every goddam child item in the rest of the assembly.

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      James621-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      Provide the ability to remove multiple holes from an imported model fast. Very time consuming to do with remove feature.

      When you select multiple holes by geometry rules inside of flexible modeling extension and then click remove Creo tries to find all possible stupid solutions and crashes instead of starting to remove holes one by one to finish it.

      So you have to manually decide which holes to remove and in what order. And I am talking about solid model.

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      RobertMcKibben1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      When loading an assembly that has a failed component, there should be a way to cancel out of it without having to freeze or suppress every single child item in the rest of the assembly

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      GrahameWard1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      Robert McKibben wrote:

      When loading an assembly that has a failed component, there should be a way to cancel out of it without having to freeze or suppress every single child item in the rest of the assembly

      Quit retrieve?

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      RobertMcKibben1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      Quitting never seemed to work before, you still had to get to a point where ProE was happy and missing components were resolved. It seems as 5.0 handles this better. It now brings in the assembly and highligts the model tree where components are unresolved. So I will say "thanks" for this improvement.

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      GrahameWard1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 1, 2012

      Part filenames should be separate from their I.D., just like the features in the parts.

      If I rename a part I have to be ultra careful to have every assembly and drawing in session that uses this part, otherwise it won't retrieve. Despite my care I mess this up at least once a month.

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      David_M1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      February 2, 2012

      In the orientation dialogue, when I change a reference from 'top' to 'bottom', do not erase my selection. Just update it properly.

      Remove the relatively high minimum thickenss limit on thicken features.

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        RandyMorrison1-Visitor
        1-Visitor
        February 2, 2012

        Another nice feature would be to provide the ability to control Datum Plane Visibility and Model Display Styles independantly between multiple open windows. (Unique settings per window.)

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        JonathanHodgson13-AquamarineAuthor
        13-Aquamarine
        February 2, 2012
        • When expanding the tree near the bottom of the tree pane, scroll down so that the expanded items are visible.
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