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When routing wires and cables manually, a reference designator is created for the connectors / components to and from which the cable is routed. This creates a Reference Designator.   How do you change the name of the Reference Designator? Here's what doesn't work: Selecting the Annotation and RMB Properties. Adding a column for REF_DES in the Model Tree and changing the name there.   How do you change it? (Hint: the Help Section won't tell you how.)   Click on the Cabling Parameters command and then select the component. Then you can change the name in the Electrical Parameters dialog box.   This needs to be easier and more intuitive.

Many CAD packages have worked with 3D Connexion to add their "auto-center" feature as an enhancement to their CAD experience.  I see value in designers using a 3D mouse in collaboration with their CAD program, e.g. CREO, but ONLY if the "auto-center" is incorporated into its functionality.   Please contact me, or 3D connexion for the appropriate contact to allow our designer's to efficiently use this hardware to boost the CAD experience with CREO and the 3D mouse.  This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

Thanks to all who have responded 🙂The simplest solution is:T_Name = extract(asm_mbr_name,1,12) then in your repeat region add &rpt.rel.T_NAMEIf you have a filename less than 12 characters, the ITEM column will be null. You will need to write additional relation to correct these conditions.Operators and Functions for StringsThe following operators and functions are supported for strings:==Compares strings as equal.!=, <>, ~=Compares strings as unequal.+Concatenates strings.itos(int)Converts integers to strings. Here, int can be a number or an expression. Nonintegers are rounded off.search(string, substring)Searches for substrings. The resulting value is the position of the substring in the string (0 if not found).extract(string, position, length)Extracts pieces of strings.For example:If param = abcdef, then:•flag = param == abcdef—returns TRUE•flag = abcdef != ghi—returns TRUE•new = param + ghi—new is abcdefghi•new = itos(10 + 7)—new is 17•new = param + itos(1.5)—new is abcde

Can anyone tell me why Creo View Express 3.0 will not open a .drw from the Wildfire version, specifically WF4.0..??

I think this should be able to implement this functionality in model and sketch, to be able to set snaplines already and once in sketch or model and then if user wish to show annotation on drawing or more drawings view all dimmensions will be cleanup already!

Hi,I am creating an animation. It is coming along, however, I noticed the file size is very large-- 50 MB. Is it because my models are high poly? If so is there a way to reduce the file size. If its a model issue, would combing parts into one object be helpful in reducing the size? Any other possiblites, suggestion?Thank you!Liza

Hi,   Is it perhaps possible to "move through" a part/model in Illustrate? For example, let's say you have a model of a gun turret and you want to do a fly-through, first showing the outside and then the inside of the turret, is it possible to move the camera view through the outside of the turret to take shots of the inside? Has anyone tried doing fly-throughs using Illustrate?   Thanks!

Creo Illustrate 3.0 M030 will ship in mid-February and this blog and video provides a sneak peak at what will be new in this latest release.   There are 3 major enhancements in this release: Externalize text from illustrations for translation; enabling multi-language illustrations Export an image map file to enable hotspots on a raster image Improve file performance for large models with many figures   There are also a number of smaller enhancements and it’s worth noting that these are now detailed in the regular Creo Illustrate documentation (any late breaking news will still be in the ‘read this first’ which ships with the product and is also on PTC.com).   I hope you find this information helpful     

I have a version of IsoDraw from the days of Itedo (pre PTC). How do I go about getting an update to IsoDraw?

Hello, I am making some animations, and I have been trying to reduce the extra space that is in the video file. When I change the dimensions as I export it, it seems to shrink, but not get rid of the excess white space. Is there a better way to get it cropped better? In the picture below, I want it to be where the red box is. The smaller picture is when I changed the ratio to 640 by 480 vs the original 1256 by 480. I like the height, but there is too much width that onlyshrinks the whole animation when I make is smaller. Sincerely,Dustine

After all of these years... Why does Creo still not have Polygon and Slot as standard options?? Am I missing something?   Add Polygon to rectangle and Slot to Ellipse?

Is it better to scale in the 3D enviroment or the 2D enviroment?Bryon

We are importing JT files from Solid Edge and are having issues with extra lines showing up. When I import the JT file I can see all sorts of lines on the part. I looked at the jt file in a different program and when looking at hte wire frame version it seems to coincide with the lines that are showing up. If I export the same part to iges and step they look ok. I am expecting there is something happening with the importation of JT into isodraw.

Is it possible in IsoDraw to create a "GhostBuster" symbol that would require deleting portions of a color filled circle? Essentially create a circle, fill with color, delete portion of circle to create the slash symbol commonly seen when illustrating "DO NOT DO...." I want to be able to place this "symbol" over other items with them showing through the cutout portions.Thanks is advance.

Good morning. I am struggling to determine whether Creo Illustrate is included as part of Creo Enterprise SE, or whether it is an extra-cost goodie. I would be grateful for some guidance. In addition, I am interested to know whether anyone is using the software to produce 'Lego-style' assembly manuals, with just rendered pictures of 3D models and no text. I look forward to hearing from you.     Regards,     John

Is it possible to change the order of sBOM items?I've created about 75 sBOM entries, but I'd like to change the order. For example, the item which is currently in 35th place I'd rather have in 20th place (all others in their current sequence).I know that I can select the 35th item, cut it, go to the top assembly and click place. That puts it at the very end. I would then have to go through that process with all the items that should be below that item, but that is incredibly painful.Similarly, if I've made one item a child of another, is there a way to "simply" move it to the left so it's on the same level?There's got to be a better way!Thanks in advance,Tom Burton

I like to have the following enhancement for the Creo UI Editor and it's resourcefiles. Ability to use variables in resource files to improve consistency. One example: Instead of specifying (.FontSize 12) for every resource in every layout I would like to define a variable MyFontSize and use it in the resource definition (.FontSize MyFontSize).  This thread is inactive and closed by the PTC Community Management Team. If you would like to provide a reply and re-open this thread, please notify the moderator and reference the thread. You may also use "Start a topic" button to ask a new question. Please be sure to include what version of the PTC product you are using so another community member knowledgeable about your version may be able to assist.

Hello,   We are preparing 2D production drawings using Creo 2.0 as shop floor manufacturing information.   Workshop drawings are supplemented by long and boring texts called standard workshop manufacturing instructions.   I believe it's a pretty classic way of production documentation in manufacturing industry.   As I understand, Creo Illustrate is an attempt to change all that by helping designers prepare production instructions in 3D or a lively 2D format. I am not sure if outlput of illustrate is a paper printable document or an electronic screen video with interactive possibilities?   My questions are:   1) How illustrate data can be organised? The files remain in Creo 3D model's local folder or in Windchill? In case of modification in Creo part data, is it possible to set up an windchill work-flow to update illustrate instructions?   2) Can we create printable pages like creo drawings in standard company A4 format with part list on each page. The

HelloSome days ago I started working with Creo Illustrate 2.0 M040 and from first moment after installation my Annotations button is unactivated.Does anybody know what might be the reason?

I've got a Creo Illustrate 2.0 drawing. When I look in the S BOM, I see a subassembly shown as "abc.asm, -.3". When I go into the Tools menu and select Edit Structure, in the E BOM, I see "abc.asm, -.7". I see that many of the items in the E BOM up to and including the top level asm have higher "dash numbers" than in the S BOM. How do I get the higher dash-number items from the S BOM to the E BOM? I've already done a lot of work on the drawing, so obviously I don't want to start over! When I look in the lower panel and select Source, I see five pvz files. For all of them, the "Update policy" indicates "Update after confirmation", and "Status" indicates "Up to date". Am I doing something wrong, or is there something I should be doing. I thought Updates were automatic (asking if I want to incorporate them).

Hello, I have a file where they put together and there is no parent structure to organize parts. See below: I want to organize these parts into three groups so it is easier to select and animate. I read about creating a parent structure or combining parts, but since there isn't much of a parent structure to begin with, I don't know if it will work. Everything I have tried doesn't change anything. Does anyone have any suggestions? Sincerely,Dustine

Hello, I am trying to create an animation. When I select one part I can move it on the right axis. When more than one part is selected to move as a group, the axis changes. Can you change the spin center to set the axis where you want it to be? Is there another way to the axis so that I can rotate multiple parts around one part? For example, if I am showing a fan spinning around the drive holding it on, then I show the back and want the fan and the bolts to spin together properly, so they have the same center axis around the drive holding it on. It keeps wobbling on me to go through the part than around it. Any suggestions?Thanks, Dustine

We need the default setting to Aspect ratio of Sketch Text.   It might be controlled by configuration setting "text_width_factor". Or create a new configuration setting.   Best regards,

I have a part of the model that I am zooming in on and want to callout out different parts. Is there a way to mask part of the model to center it in the size of the page and do callouts around the model? I tried to use a border, but it only goes to 10 pt. That is not enough to make a difference. Any suggestions?

I've been using 3rd party software to generate pneumatic/hydraulic schematics; typically pretty simple and straight forward. Nothing fancy. It has been working okay for a while, but I stumbled upon reference to "PTC Creo Schematics Lite". Keeping my schematics together with my cad would be awesome, but I don't do enough to justify buying a full blown addon. At the end of the 5 page data sheet PDF for PTC Creo Schematics it claims there's a free "Lite" download. Yet after lots of searching I haven't found it anywhere. Does anyone know if this still exists in "Lite" verstion? If so, any ideas where I can find the download link? Thanks!