retrieving models from paths

Definitely the more search paths you have, the slower your retrieval will be. 

Make job related search path files. When you know you are going to work on a specific project, load just the search paths for that project. Don't try to make a search path file that covers everything.

If I remember right, if you put the most common paths at the beginning of the file, that will help some also. It's been years since I used search paths but I'm pretty sure they search from top to bottom of the list, so having your most common folder at the last of the list will cause creo to search all the other folders first.

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Is there a solution for this problem ?

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Yes.  Windchill.  😂

You can use a mapkey to set the working directory and load the search.pro file. Here's one that we use when not in Windchill. The search.pro file you want to load needs to be in your working directory.

!!!SET WORKING DIR LOAD SEARCH.PRO
mapkey SWD @MAPKEY_LABELSET WORKING DIR LOAD SEARCH.PRO;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Command `ProCmdSessionChangeDir` ;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Move `file_open` `file_open` 2 1.0000 9.0000;\
mapkey(continued) @MANUAL_PAUSESelect Working Directory then Resume;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `file_open` `Open`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Command `ProCmdRibbonOptionsDlg`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `ribbon_options_dialog` `PageSwitcherPageList` 1 `ConfigLayout`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `ribbon_options_dialog` `ConfigLayout.ImportExportBtn`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `ribbon_options_dialog` `ConfigLayout.Open`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `file_open` `Current Dir`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Update `file_open` `Inputname` `search.pro`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Command `ProFileSelPushOpen@context_dlg_open_cmd` ;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `ribbon_options_dialog` `OkPshBtn`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `UITools Msg Dialog Future` `no`;

If you are attempting to use the other paths to load things like library parts, it might be worth setting up a library directory on your network somewhere. You can use the pro_library_dir setting to specify the library location. It's definitely a little clunky but it might work for your application. You can also use a catalog file (kind of like a search.pro) to ensure that parts can be retrieved from subfolders in the library. Here's some PTC info:

About Searching For and Retrieving Models

Ty

Hi,

I reopen this thread because I have another question that is related to this question:

How do you manage your file-names in Creo without windchill ? The problem is, that two files might have the same name, which could cause some trouble when the files are loaded into the same assembly. Do you use numbers ? Or how do you manage the huge amount of files ?

Does it make sense to use Prefixes (or suffixes) to create unique filenames ?

Thanks,

Maik