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Datum Point Visual Occlusion Config/Option within Creo Parametric

  • November 3, 2022
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Hi everyone,

 

I'm curious if Creo Parametric supports hiding datum points based on the orientation of a solid body to the current display view. In short, if I have a field of datum points on one side of a solid body, then rotate the solid body such that the body would occlude my vision of those points - could Creo be configured to hide those points?

 

The reason I would like this functionality, is that it can help with visual orientation of the part. Consider the image below - I have a feature of datum points one side of the part.

Orientation 1Orientation 1

Currently, if I rotate to the part to the orientation shown in the next image below, I will still see the datum points.

forum-2-currentsetting.png

Ideally, I want is shown in the final image below, which will hide the points when I rotate to a view where the points would be hidden (like the smiley face sketch). (NOTE: I'm currently disabling the display of all datum points in this image).

forum-3-ideal case.png

 

If you have any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you all.

Best answer by tbraxton

I am not aware of any config option to enable this. The datum feature display is persistent by design they can be put on a layer and hidden, or the display toggled on and off as you are already aware.

 

If you are having orientation display issues, there may be another way to deal with that. Having datum planes visible can provide orientation cues to the user, particularly if they have tags that imply orientation ( i.e. front, right, top). 

 

Incomplete geometry can be disorienting when displayed in some cases. You can use datum curves to mitigate the issue as shown below. The "open side" curve insures spatial orientation in sketch mode in particular. I find most users encounter this issue in sketch mode and this resolves most of that issue. It is a specific use case that is repeated so this label is in the start part.

 

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November 3, 2022

I am not aware of any config option to enable this. The datum feature display is persistent by design they can be put on a layer and hidden, or the display toggled on and off as you are already aware.

 

If you are having orientation display issues, there may be another way to deal with that. Having datum planes visible can provide orientation cues to the user, particularly if they have tags that imply orientation ( i.e. front, right, top). 

 

Incomplete geometry can be disorienting when displayed in some cases. You can use datum curves to mitigate the issue as shown below. The "open side" curve insures spatial orientation in sketch mode in particular. I find most users encounter this issue in sketch mode and this resolves most of that issue. It is a specific use case that is repeated so this label is in the start part.

 

tbraxton_0-1667495509358.png

 

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Air_Planez1-VisitorAuthor
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November 4, 2022

Ah, that makes sense. I figured it was design philosophy thing, but wanted to make sure.

 

Thank you for your thorough suggestions - I will add that to my workflow to help with orientation.

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