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HarikrishnanR1-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 26, 2015
Question

Retrieving the custom symbol (*.sym) on sketch mode

Dear Experts,

May I know how we can call a custom symbol (*.sym) on sketch mode ? Kindly guide me.

Thanks in advance!

Hari

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    MartinHanak24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    February 26, 2015

    Hello,

    this functionality is not implemented.

    Martin Hanak

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      HarikrishnanR1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      February 26, 2015

      Dear Martin,

      I have seen that there are people ( example:- SF, CAD/CAM - Zusatzapplikationen für Creo und Wildfire) to call custom symbols in to the sketch mode. But unfortunately they are not ready to share the technique with me.

      Thanks

      Hari

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        VladimirPalffy14-Alexandrite
        14-Alexandrite
        February 26, 2015

        Hi Hari, MartinHanak is right - with base Creo / ProE configuration it is not possible - but if you try to check weblink customization / meybe it will works for you

        Try to check: ...loadpoint\ptc\Creo 2.0\Common Files\datacode\weblink\weblinkug.pdf

        Regards,

        Vladimir

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          JLG2-Explorer
          2-Explorer
          February 26, 2015

          You can't directly insert a symbol into a sketch. But you can get the geometry, if you're satisfied with just that. Simply place the symbol on a drawing, then convert it to draft entities (select symbol, right click, convert). In sketcher mode, choose Get Data/File System, and select your drawing from the file menu. Then you will be able to select the geometry you desire. Note that you won't be able to bring notes or dimensions into sketcher, which is why I suspect this functionality hasn't been implemented. It's not as pretty as directly inserting a symbol into the sketch, but it is a good workaround.

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