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AS_138471669-Granite
9-Granite
December 4, 2025
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Pro/Toolkit link error: “unresolved external symbol ProDimensionBaselineDirectionGet”

  • December 4, 2025
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Pro/Toolkit link error: “unresolved external symbol ProDimensionBaselineDirectionGet” — which library to link, and how to map APIs to libs?

I’m building a Creo Parametric Pro/Toolkit application and I’m hitting a linker error when calling ProDimensionBaselineDirectionGet().

Error : unresolved external symbol ProDimensionBaselineDirectionGet referenced in DIMVisitAction(...) — LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals.

Already added libraries : 
protoolkit_NU.lib, pt_asynchronous.lib, ucore.lib, udata.lib, kernel32.lib, user32.lib, wsock32.lib, advapi32.lib, mpr.lib, winspool.lib, netapi32.lib, psapi.lib, gdi32.lib, shell32.lib, comdlg32.lib, ole32.lib, ws2_32.lib.

Questions:

  1. Which specific Toolkit library contains ProDimensionBaselineDirectionGet()?
  2. What’s the recommended way to determine the required library for any given Pro/Toolkit API (e.g., doc index, API Wizard mapping, or dumpbin on .lib files)?

    Thanks in advance for your support!!





2 replies

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msteffke15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
December 4, 2025

I think your issue is lack of an include statement.   To determine what to include, search the function in the TKWizard,   The Synopsis portion tells you which .h file that you need to include.   In this case   #include <ProDimension.h>

Function ProDimensionBaselinedirectionGet

 

Description
 Get the direction of an ordinate baseline dimension in the case where this is not implied by the attachment reference as retrieved by ProDimensionAttachmentsGet.
Synopsis
#include <ProDimension.h>
ProErrorProDimensionBaselinedirectionGet(
 ProVector dir_vec 
 /* (Out)
 the direction vector for this baseline.
 */
)
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AS_138471669-GraniteAuthor
9-Granite
December 4, 2025

Thanks for your reply @msteffke 
I already have that 

#include <ProDimension.h>
ProError

in my header

Headers included in my code : 
#include "CREO TOOLKIT CHECK.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <utility> 
#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
#include <ProMdl.h>
#include <ProSolid.h>
#include <ProToolkit.h>
#include "ProMenu.h"
#include <ProDrawing.h>
#include <ProDimension.h>
#include <ProUtil.h>
#include "ProArray.h"
#include "ProFeatType.h"
#include <ProMessage.h>
#include "ProFeature.h"
#include <ProCore.h>
#include <ProModelitem.h>
#include <ProSelection.h>
#include <tuple>


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RPN18-Opal
18-Opal
December 4, 2025

 Try to rename, for me you should call ProDimensionBaselinedirectionGet with a lower ‘d’ 😎

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AS_138471669-GraniteAuthor
9-Granite
December 4, 2025

Thank you for your reply!!
Sorry i wrote with 'd' in my code and mistakenly used 'D' in the above question,
So getting the same error even after using 'd'.

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RPN18-Opal
18-Opal
December 4, 2025

What about protk_dll_NU.lib ?

# Libraries
PTCLIBS = $(PROTOOL_SYS)/obj/protoolkit_NU.lib \
$(ICU_PATH)/ucore.lib \
$(ICU_PATH)/udata.lib
PTCLIBS_DLL = $(PROTOOL_SYS)/obj/protk_dll_NU.lib \
$(ICU_PATH)/ucore.lib \
$(ICU_PATH)/udata.lib
LIBS = libcmt.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib wsock32.lib advapi32.lib mpr.lib winspool.lib netapi32.lib psapi.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib comdlg32.lib ole32.lib ws2_32.lib

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