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Pettersson15-Moonstone
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October 22, 2025
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With the new Offset tool, is Convert to Tapered functionality lost?

  • October 22, 2025
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I like the new (well, it's been a few years now) tools for Project and Offset. They're harder to teach, but they're more robust. But today I tried to use a seldom used command: Convert to Tapered. It used to be you can select an Offset geometry in the Sketcher and hit Operations->Convert to->Tapered, and then have the offset vary from one end to the other. Nice little trick.

 

Well, it seems it doesn't work anymore? I tried getting it to work, but it's always greyed out. I searched through the documentation, and found this little note: 

 

When you use the new tools for offsetting or projecting an edge the following functionality is not supported.
• Projecting an axis.
• Projecting or offsetting in the Blend tool.
• Creating a Pattern of the type Curve.
• Converting the new offset geometry to Tapered.
 
Hm, I guess we got some new limitations with the new tools. But the fact that the option is still there (but greyed out) and the fact that the documentation says when you use the new tools leads me to think that there is perhaps a way to use the old tools? I looked through the options, but couldn't find anything. Is it possible to make a tapered offset in newer version of Creo, or has that ability been removed (in which case, why is it still in the interface?)? Does anyone know?
Best answer by tbraxton

There is a hidden configuration option available to use the legacy offset functions in sketcher. Add this line to your config.pro file to use the old offset functionality. Note that you will need to set this option to "NO" in order to invoke the new version in the same session of Creo if this config option is loaded as set to "YES".

 

SKETCHER_USE_CREO8_PROJ_OFFSET YES

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22-Sapphire II
October 22, 2025

There is a hidden configuration option available to use the legacy offset functions in sketcher. Add this line to your config.pro file to use the old offset functionality. Note that you will need to set this option to "NO" in order to invoke the new version in the same session of Creo if this config option is loaded as set to "YES".

 

SKETCHER_USE_CREO8_PROJ_OFFSET YES

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    Pettersson15-MoonstoneAuthor
    15-Moonstone
    October 23, 2025

    Thanks, what a classic!

     

    "How do I do X in Creo?"

    "Well, first you need to go into the config and activate this secret command ..."

     

    It's not the first time. 😀

     

    EDIT: Seems like it's a deprecated option, meaning to use it I'd have to get permission from PTC. I guess the Convert to Tapered function should be considered lost for all practical purposes. A pity! Not sure if there is a good workaround?

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    tbraxton22-Sapphire II
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    October 27, 2025

    There is a reason that the config option is a hidden one. There has been a lot of user pushback on PTC regarding the new sketcher offset functionality and the inability to deal with scenarios where the old version simply works or works better. Credit is due to PTC for creating this config option after deploying the new functionality so that users can revert to the previous implementation.

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