best practice update to creo 2.0 from Creo/Elements 5.0

In all my updates to date I have uninstalled the previous version using the Windows 7 program uninstall procedure. I left the license manager in tact. Some files will also remain in your common Windows user folder. I also leave those in place.

I don't use Windchill but it is obviously a good idea to check all files into the PDM before the uninstall. Remember that a lot of customization goes into the Creo <loadpoint> sub-folders. Be sure you have all your custom configurations copied from the <loadpoint>. Of particular interest to my installation are fonts and formats since Creo points to their default folders.

I realize it's been a while sense this was posted, but I just run across it while looking for something else and thought it might bear answering.

There is no problem actually running multiple versions of Pro/E and/or Creo on the same computer. Most people have problems because of WIndChill. This is caused because the cache folder from 1 version doesn't play well with the cache folder from the other version. There are a couple of things that must be addressed before starting either version

I'll use Creo 2 and Creo 3 as an example. But this works for Pro/E and Creo version as well.

1st make sure that both installs have their own folder structure. They can even have the same top level Folder in the structure. i.e. PTC.

C:\PTC\Creo2

C:\PTC\Creo3

DO THIS BEFORE STARTING THE ADDITIONAL LOADS OF PRO/E OR CREO...

2nd we will need to modify the parametric.psf file needs to be modified. The original version of Pro/e-Creo doesn't really need to be addressed in this modification as the cache folder location it uses is the default. We are only going to modify the additional loads added to the computer. The parametric.psf can be found in the load point folder.

Open parametric.psf in notepad.

Add a line at the very bottom of the file for the folder location of the cache folder of the additional install.

ENV=PTC_WF_ROOT=%APPDATA%\PTC\ProENGINEER\Creo3\.wf

%APPDATA% is the C:\Users\(username) folder. This will allow multiple users to use the same computer and not interfere with the others work.

This just shows the bottom few lines of the parametric.psf file with the cache location added.

RUN="%PRO_DIRECTORY%\%PRO_MACHINE_TYPE%\obj\xtop.exe"

ENV=DBG_NCPOST_PATH=%CREOAPP_DIRECTORY%\bin

ENV=PRO_ALLOW_EARLY_RETURN=TRUE

// USER - PSF

// Add User specific environment or run applications below here

ENV=PTC_WF_ROOT=%APPDATA%\PTC\ProENGINEER\Creo3\.wf

Any questions let me know.