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msingleton1-Visitor
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Oct 28, 2016 8:02 AM UTC
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'Placement' sub menu won't appear - what have I missed?

Hi all,

I am working on Creo 3 with various assemblies and sub-assemblies. Until recently it was functioning normally, but now when placing an object/assembly, the sub menu under the 'Placement' tab won't appear. The adjacent Move/Options/Flexibility/Properties tabs work fine, its just the Placement.

Hopefully one of you guys can help with the problem.

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    MartinHanakAnswer
    24-Ruby III
    Oct 30, 2016 6:29 PM UTC

    Hi,

    see Re: Placement disapperaed

    MH

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    AmitDeshpande18-Opal
    18-Opal
    Oct 28, 2016 3:37 PM UTC

    Hi Mike,

    I feel as if I've come across this issue before, for a different customer, but I am unable to locate it.

    1. Have you tested on another machine?
    2. Is this for all assemblies or just some?
    3. Has Creo been running for a long period of time, without a restart?  If so, close down Creo and launch it.
    4. Test without any configs.

    If I can find that other case, I will add additional notes here.

    Thanks,

    Amit

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      msingleton1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      Oct 29, 2016 2:36 AM UTC

      Hi Amit,

      I haven't tested on another machine, as well. I don't have one to test. It's the same for all assemblies, and also whether Creo has been running for hours or just started. I am running it without any configs loaded up.

      Thanks for your help,

      Mike.

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      dschenken2-Explorer
      2-Explorer
      Oct 30, 2016 5:08 PM UTC

      It looks like you are using mechanism connections which are handled differently than placement.

      I see the message "Connection Definition Complete," which is part of mechanism, not assembly placement, which is why only Move is available in order to let you drag the mechanism.

      I don't know how you got there, but that seems to be where you are and it is acting as I would expect it to act.

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      MartinHanak24-Ruby IIIAnswer
      24-Ruby III
      Oct 30, 2016 6:29 PM UTC

      Hi,

      see Re: Placement disapperaed

      MH

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      msingleton1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      Oct 31, 2016 4:02 AM UTC

      Beautiful.

      The last post in that thread;

      "In such cases other option can be used to rest the position of panels. Option "Rest Panels Position" is available under File > Options > Window Settings "Rest Panels Position" "

      Got things sorted straight away.

      Thanks for the help everyone. I can resume as normal!

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        gmehta2-Explorer
        2-Explorer
        Mar 31, 2017 1:41 PM UTC

        This work...

        "In such cases other option can be used to rest the position of panels. Option "Rest Panels Position" is available under File > Options > Window Settings "Rest Panels Position" .

        Thanks.

        PTC should make an article about this fix and put it  in the Technical Support Search section

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