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ejenner1-Visitor
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March 26, 2013
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Assembly Deactivate

  • March 26, 2013
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In a n assembly, I want to edit a part with all the rest visible. So I click 'Activate' and make my changes. I cannot find a way to 'deactivate' and go back to normal assembly mode, though. The only way I have found is to save everything, close creo completely, and reopen. How do I Deactivate?

      Best answer by TomD.inPDX

      Right click on the top level in the tree and select Activate again.

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      TomD.inPDX17-PeridotAnswer
      17-Peridot
      March 26, 2013

      Right click on the top level in the tree and select Activate again.

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        AA_63609841-Visitor
        1-Visitor
        September 9, 2022

        Is there a way to automate this action with a Mapkey?

        I use quite often the "activate" in assembly, because I need to copy some parameters from Creo to SAP

        Then I would like to be "back" the the main assembly with a keyboard command, instead of right click+deactivate

        Thanks for help in advance

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        MartinHanak24-Ruby III
        24-Ruby III
        September 9, 2022
        @AA_6360984 wrote:

        Is there a way to automate this action with a Mapkey?

        I use quite often the "activate" in assembly, because I need to copy some parameters from Creo to SAP

        Then I would like to be "back" the the main assembly with a keyboard command, instead of right click+deactivate

        Thanks for help in advance

        Hi,

        to activate main assembly simply press CTRL+A.

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          AL_104096905-Regular Member
          5-Regular Member
          January 10, 2023

          i figured that out AFTER 40 min struggling finding a command called DEACTIVATE; which is what common sense would do... why CREO uses select the top assy and ACTIVATE it, is beyond my understanding

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            DK_111955424-Participant
            4-Participant
            July 14, 2026

            This is actually really stupid when you have a heavy assembly because clicking the top level causes the ENTIRE ASSEMBLY to be highlighted in the graphics window. Every part and fastener while your machine chokes.

            One workaround (inexplicably) is to move to a different part or assembly window and back again. And don’t get me started on moving between part windows.

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