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Yoshikatsu4-Participant
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February 15, 2025
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Help a newbie setup creo interface , layer tab , line thickness

  • February 15, 2025
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Hi, hope someone could help me how to set up config.pro file or any other way I could sole my issue with Creo interface.
My first problem is how to setup Layer tab width on creo startup or when open new work file , ( as every time minimizes for every new part file ) ( see attached image )
Second problem I need help with is how to setup line thickness? I would need a less thick selected line, and more thick general lines in 3D model , as this lines are so thin and barely visible on 4K monitors ( see attached )
Thank you in advance! Stefan


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tbraxton
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tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
February 15, 2025

You have not disclosed what version of Creo you are using which affects the possible solutions/answers. Did you search the knowledge base at PTC support for information?

 

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Assuming you are using a more recent version of Creo then you need to use customization.ui files to "save and load" the model tree as you want. You can at any time save UI customizations to a file that if loaded when Creo restarts will keep the saved settings.

 

.ui files quick reference data: Article - CS37185 - Quick Reference and customization of the user interface in Creo Parametric

 

Overview of the .ui files administration: Article - CS288341 - Information about customization.ui files and their loading preference at application startup for Creo Parametric

 

I have no experience using Creo with 4K displays but there is information related to this from PTC.

Use of 4K display: Article - CS37185 - Quick Reference and customization of the user interface in Creo Parametric

See this Microsoft article on DPI scaling and effects of high resolution monitors in the above link

 

Article - CS238532 - Information and recommendations about running Creo Parametric on a HDPI or 4k resolution monitor

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    Yoshikatsu4-ParticipantAuthor
    4-Participant
    February 20, 2025

    Thank you for fast reply. I was in creo 10 , now in 11.
    I have modified template files for new parts, and they have remembered tree tabs and width on left side, and that layer column is on right side of screen aka interface ( tho every time width of layer column is default , cant find a way to save custom width )
    I was trying to create and load tree file, but that leads me to loading new tree file for every new part to make a custom width...
    As for the edits of line thickness in interface , I was going trough suggestions but couldn't find anything regarding this specific customization.

    I was hoping that there is a setting in options or somewhere where I could chose line thickness...
    Or that there is a user here on platform who did this kind of interface edits for them so i could be quick do this and that.

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    bmancini15-Moonstone
    15-Moonstone
    April 19, 2025

    Hi SM_12865087,
    regarding the layer tab, even I, when evaluating the transition from Creo 9 to Creo 11, am not appreciating its behavior.
    I am still looking for a way to customize its size.
    In my case it seems that at each transition from one window to another, the height of the layer tab is always reset to half the height of the left column.
    In practice the height of the left column is exactly divided in half between the layer tab and the model tree.
    Personally I do not like this behavior, in Creo 9.0.8.0 I do not have this problem.
    Personally, this anomaly is added to the list of anomalies for which I have not yet switched to Creo 11.

    Regarding the line thickness of the highlights, if you haven't seen it, I point you to my old topic:
    https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-Parametric-Ideas/Add-a-config-option-to-come-back-to-the-highlighting-with-thin/idi-p/751985

    and my old proposal as an idea for implementing the program, which however has recently been archived.
    https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-Parametric-Ideas/Add-a-config-option-to-come-back-to-the-highlighting-with-thin/idi-p/751985
    Maybe you can propose a new idea again to be able to manage the thickness of the highlighted lines, maybe it will be more successful.
    If you think it's appropriate, mention my old idea.

     

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