Creo 4 user upgrade training

Question

We are getting ready to upgrade to Creo 4 and if anyone has any training or lessons learned to share I would be interested in seeing or hearing it.
 
Specifically I am looking for changes to the interface that is not covered by PTC or other annoying things that have changed.
 
We are on Creo 2 now and we are moving to Creo 4. I have started a short list that will get expanded on over the coming weeks:
 
1. Right click menus have changed to Solidworks style (single left click now has graphical buttons).
2. Selection paradigm has changed
3. Customizing Mapkeys are a bigger headache now
4. Layer menu is "show" now instead of "unhide"
5. Letter "M" for midpoint in sketcher no longer shows up (you get a little square box instead)
 
Things like the above is what I am looking for if someone already has started a list.

lhoogeveen · Answer

For upgrading to Creo 4 from Creo 3, PTC created a lot very helpful YouTube videos that highlights new or changed functionality. Instead of training, we just emailed our users/managers an organized list of the videos before and after the upgrade. This seemed to work pretty well as users get to select things are relevant to them and we tried to highlight the critical ones. If you use this strategy, you may want to see if you can find something similar for any Creo 3 highlights. Going forward, I think that PTC put most of their Creo 5 improvement videos in the PTC Learning Connector but I think the same concept would work since signing in is no longer required to view those videos.

Creo 4 Modeling Improvements

New Geometry Based Selection and Mini-Toolbar – 2m17s - Important GUI Change!
Sketching – Important GUI Change! Watch 19m50s-21m30s
Visibility Control in Model Tree – 40s
Regeneration Status and Reporting – 44s
2D Box Selection – 1m13s - New way to select objects – works great with filters like edges
Enhanced Datum Plane Creation -3m31s – New Midplane Constraint
Enhanced Feature Grouping – 51s - easier to edit grouped features
Appearance States – 1m51s - save different colors/appearances in the same model
Assigning Materials – 3m6s – easier to assign/view materials
Sketch Based Feature Enhancements – 2m2s - Extrude and Revolve Improvements
Intelligent Assembly Mirroring – 1m17s
Enhanced Hole Tool – 1m39s - Holes work better with complex shapes and orientations
Full Screen Mode – 1m - F11 toggles full screen mode
Automatic Representations – 1m58s
Enhanced Draft Tool – 40s

Drawings

New Workflow for Creating/Editing Dimensions – Dimension Tab – 56s - Important GUI Change!
Adding images to Drawings is much easier – 41s
Replace Model of a Drawing View – 1m11s
Control Dimension Orientation – 1m22s
Easier GD&T Datum Feature Symbol Creation and Placement – 1m28s

Sheetmetal Design Playlist
Weld Design Playlist – Solids Welds are now an option
Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing – Lattice Features
3D Model Based Definition (MBD) Playlist – lots of improvements for 3D Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Mold Design Playlist

Or check out the full Creo 4 What’s New YouTube Playlist

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