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John.Pryal1-Visitor
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September 11, 2014
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Just installed Creo 3

  • September 11, 2014
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Hello all, i just installed Creo 3 out of curiousity. I have no immediate plans to start working with it, justed wanted a look. I currently work with Creo 2 & Creo Elements/Pro 5. I configured my Creo 3 install, start up directory, config files etc. all looks ok so far. I was a little nervous my other 2 versions would screw up, but thankfully they fire up fine, apart from one thing with the older Creo Elements/Pro. I get the following message alert (see image). I have just been clicking 'Install later' & things seem to work fine from there on in, but i don't want to see this message every time i launch the software. What would happen if i clicked 'install now'? It is vitally important that i can continue to work with this version, because many my customers still use this. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

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Regards

John


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Best answer by Mahesh_Sharma

This is due to product view and to correct this, browse to <Install location Wildfire 5.0>\install\addon and execute ProductView_Express_32_64.msi and repair the installation.

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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
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September 11, 2014

That would scare me too

Happy to see more adventurous people doing this with success.

Did you have to get a new license file from PTC or did Creo 3 work with the current license?

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John.Pryal1-VisitorAuthor
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September 11, 2014

Hi Antonius, a new license file was required. I did some further testing this afternoon, everything seems fine apart from the message alert mentioned above. I will try Mahesh's suggestion tomorrow to see if it cures it. First impressions, the UI is very similar to Creo 2, almost identical in fact. They appear to have changed/rehashed all the icons, I don't think transitioning from 2 to 3 will be a problem. I copied my config files & UI customisation file from Creo 2 to 3, & they seem to transfer ok, my mapkeys appear to work, but I may not have tried them all.

I was eager to try the new "unite technology", I opened a native inventor model & got 1/4 of a model, the same model opened ok in Power Shape, so not such a great start there.

John

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GaryLinscheid15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
September 11, 2014

I believe alot of the "unite technology" isn't there until build M030.

Mahesh_Sharma
Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire IAnswer
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September 11, 2014

This is due to product view and to correct this, browse to <Install location Wildfire 5.0>\install\addon and execute ProductView_Express_32_64.msi and repair the installation.

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John.Pryal1-VisitorAuthor
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September 12, 2014

Thanks Mahesh, that was obviously the root of the problem, i did as you instructed, & it launches cleanly now.

Thanks again

John

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John.Pryal1-VisitorAuthor
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September 12, 2014

Just noticed something kind of weird. I have a gap between icons in the quick acces toolbar. When i hover over the gap, 'rename' appears. I have this command added to the toolbar, i use it frequently. The icon is there, only now, it does not have a picture associated with it. In Creo 2, the rename icon has a picture. If you access this command through File, Manage File, then the rename command icon has a picture. I know in the scheme of things this is a minor issue, it just strikes me as strange.

John

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