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tnelson-21-Visitor
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August 18, 2015
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Drawing a rectangle

  • August 18, 2015
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I am using Creo Elements/Direct for the first time.  I am attempting to do the initial quickstart project (create an interlocking block).   I am having difficulties drawing a rectangle on the workplane.  I am at the step where the following message appears in the lower left corner: specify the first corner point of the rectangle.  Clicking on the plane does nothing, and holding the left mouse button while dragging the mouse does nothing. How do I draw this rectangle?


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GaryLinscheid15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
August 19, 2015

Is the workplane active?

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ThomasKirkman16-Pearl
16-Pearl
August 19, 2015

1. make sure the plane is active. If active, it will be underlined in the structure browser and will be green in the modeling window.

2. Start the command

start the command.JPG

3. Click on the starting point

select the start point.JPG

4. Move the mouse to the final point (do not hold any buttons down.) and click the final point.

drag the mouse.JPG

5. The rectangle is created.

created rectangle.JPG

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tnelson-21-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
August 19, 2015

1.  Yes the plane is underlined in the structure manager and is a bluish/green border (same color as your picture).

2.  After left clicking once at my desired starting point, the crosshairs stays at the the location I clicked, and the curser (controlled by the mouse) turns in to a normal white-collored arrow.  Once this happens, left clicking anywhere on the plane does nothing.  No rectangle shape is ever seen. 

After I left click at my desired starting point, the message in the lower left corner is still instructing me to specify the first corner point of the rectangle.

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