12-Amethyst

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Tables sometimes don't update (Creo 8.0.12.0)

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
November 28, 2025
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This is an annoying fringe issue. But I have tables with notes (notes have two lines of string values) and sometimes when I update a string value the note doesn't update in the BOM automatically. Nor does it update when I update tables. It seems to only update when I go to modelling and make sure it's regenerated and go to annotations click on the note and look at the text in text editor and then update tables.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? Maybe next time it happens I'll check whether it prints the correct info and creo is just showing the old info.

2D Drawing

Best answer by StephenW

NOT config.pro option, drawing option. go to FILE - PREPARE - DRAWING PROPERTIES - DETAIL OPTIONS CHANGE - manually enter UPDATE_DRAWING ALL.

Being an older drawing, it has accumulated "errors" (for lack of a better word) that PTC has fixed BUT only with manual intervention (there is a config setting to make this automatic). It's manual because it MAY cause unexpected/unintended changes that are not desired. PTC works to not make "unexpected" drawing changes automatic, its one of their things. Its a pain in these situations to manually have to do it, but unexpected changes can be catastrophic if they go un-noticed.

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Srinivasan-Iyer

14-Alexandrite

From the Description, it appears that you are using a Repeat Region for the BOM Table. I presume that Notes are not part of the Model Parameters, but Comments inserted in the BOM Table outside of Repeat Region. If you wish to associate the Notes with the component, it is always a better practice to have them as a Parameter in the Model. That way the parameter can be included in the BOM Table. Would also help in MBD.

Hope my understanding is correct.

Regards

J

JM_10432119

Author

12-Amethyst

BOM is repeat region and notes are parameters in the model.

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Srinivasan-Iyer

14-Alexandrite

Then the problem should not occur. It should come in as any other parameter. Creo has a liking for multiple Regens😁. Try Regen 2 or 3 times.

Alternative: Try clicking the icons in the order given below.

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MartinHanak

24-Ruby III

Hi,

please upload Creo files for testing purposes. It is necessary to pack files into single zip file and upload this zip file.

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JM_10432119

Author

12-Amethyst

I've been fixing them and don't have an example right now.

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StephenW

23-Emerald III

If the parameters modified are used DIRECTLY in the repeat region, it should just update or at the very worst, an update tables should handle it.

IF the parameters modified are used in a RELATION to combine them in to a string that is then used in the repeat region, then a model regeneration would be required.

There are probably a million other scenarios that could affect this but this one is very common, in my opinion.

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Srinivasan-Iyer

14-Alexandrite

@JM_10432119 wrote:
(notes have two lines of string values)

I am curious to know how you could create a value in two lines. I tried to do it but could not.

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StephenW

23-Emerald III

I don't know how others do it, but we break up lines to different parameters and then, depending on where it is used, we will either use the individual parameters or a parameter driven by a relation to combine the lines.

It's mostly for the 3 lines of our title block description, that was the driving reason it was done, it comes in handy for other uses occassionally and if the lines were split up wisely, not always the case with some users.

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JM_10432119

Author

12-Amethyst

We do it a different way which I think can be faster for automating stuff because you can type words and parameters into notes. That way to get the same effect you'd have to type longer creo relations.
There's a parameter type of note and annotating in model space you can add note 0, 1, ... string values and other parameters can be used.

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