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rfranklin1-Visitor
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June 4, 2018
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Model going off screen when changing view orientation to Top or Bottom

  • June 4, 2018
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Creo 3.0, M120

When I am looking at a Creo 3.0 created part model that is oriented in any view except Top or Bottom and then go to either a Top or Bottom orientation the model rolls to the correct position but goes way off screen. I must hit Refit to bring it back in the screen. If I am looking at an assembly or even a part model that was originally created in Wildfire 5.0 the model stays on the screen, like it should, no matter which orientation I switch to. My View Manager Orientation Preferences is set to Model Center.

 

I appreciate any help,

Randy

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    StephenW
    StephenW23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    June 4, 2018

    If all parts are created from the same start part and all of them are acting the same, then the start part definition of the top and bottom views are wrong. Start parts are company specifc, so other users within your company should have the same problem.

    If it is only doing it in specific parts (not all new parts), then turn on your datums/points/coord sys and make sure your geometry is actually modeled with respect to the datums and not way out in space somewhere.

     

    You can always just re-save your top and bottom views so they are correct to the part.

     

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    rfranklin1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    June 4, 2018

    Thanks for the quick response. Our start parts are the ones that came with the Creo software, we just added what we needed to (just like we did when using Wildfire). Nothing was changed regarding view orientations. We just opened our start part and the views oriented correctly without going off of the screen, but this is just the planes and origin (nothing is modeled on our start part files). After we modeled a solid with the origin centered on the start part the problem reappeared. With nothing modeled it is fine, with something modeled it is wrong!

    StephenW
    StephenW23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    June 5, 2018

    Well, I just tried it with solid_start_part_inlbs.prt that was in the loadpoint\M130\Common Files\creo_standards\templates and I got the same odd behavior.

    It doesn't happen with our internal start parts that were created many moons ago.

    My suggestion is to not use the creo 3 start part. Either make a new one from an empty part or copy the one from your wildfire days.

    Very odd problem. You could submit a support case if you wanted to know why it does that.

    I attached the file I experimented with if anyone else wants to look at it. Top view flies off the screen when the extrude is present. Delete the extrude and top view seems correct.

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    NitMad10-Marble
    10-Marble
    June 8, 2018

    This might be nothing. But still, Is the model centered about the X, Y or Z planes or is it offset from the origin by a large amount? Did you check the status of the Spin Center (On or Off)?

     

    Nithish

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    rfranklin1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    June 11, 2018

    Thanks for your reply. It is centered about all 3 planes and it doesn't seem to matter if the spin center is on or off.

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