Creo Drawing Template/Format Image Logo

[SH_Engineer]

Hi all,

Hoping someone can assist with a solution to this problem.

I have just redone my department's drawing template and formats in Creo Parametric 10.0.3.0. However, the original templates we used had our logo in the title block of the drawing format, seemingly embedded as a OLE using MS Paint (?). However, during the process of our computers being upgraded to Windows 11, the logo no longer appeared in the title blocks for drawings (in the printed and pdf exports as well).

So, during the template/format updates, I added the logos back into the format as a .bmp OLE via the "MS Word" option. This seemed to work, and all users were able to see the logo - in Creo, as well as printed and pdf exported - along with the logo propagating to new sheets on creation. However, the issue was that regardless of the pdf export settings, the logo would always be a very low resolution & have extremely noticeable pixelation around the edges (not shown in Creo representation).

As an attempt to solve & troubleshoot, I added the logo as an image (not an OLE), in the drawing template. This worked and exported/printed at much higher resolution, however it would not propagate to subsequent sheets on creation within the same drawing, only the first. This was an expected outcome but was just for testing if the PDF export and printing settings were the issue.

My question is, how do other deal with this? It would appear a more robust solution being able to have the logo in the format file and setup to export/print at high resolutions, but another viable option (if able to be done) would be to set the image to be placed with the same location and image properties on each new sheet creation. 

Any ideas / solutions??

Thanks in advance.

[Catalina]

Hi @SH_Engineer 

Thank you for your question. 

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Also, feel free to add any additional information you think might be relevant. It sometimes helps to have screenshots to better understand what you are trying to do.

Best regards,

[Kotom-Eng]

You are in the wrong forum.

PTC has two CAD systems:    Creo+ and Creo Parametric    and     Creo Elements Direct.

Which makes it confusing.

More, for Creo Elements Direct:

- The 3D software name is Modeling, and

- The 2D software name is Drafting.

For Creo+ and Creo Parametric, use only this tab:

You should move your post to this community to have a better chance to get an answer.

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[Catalina]

Hello @SH_Engineer 

Your post has been moved accordingly to @Kotom-Eng reply.

Thanks,

[BR84]

Hi,

I faced not exactly the same issue as you are facing, perhaps you will find it useful. 

When the logo of the company I work for changed (yipee ) - I modified the format, and as far as I remember, everything updated in the moment the drawing was opened.

If not, I created a mapkey to reload the format, which is also useful when the drawing is created together with the model, but is not linked to the model (it happens sometimes) - I type trf and it is done.

If I want to change the format, there is a mapkey for that.

Cheers!

mapkey:

mapkey frf @MAPKEY_NAMEReplace the drawing format;@MAPKEY_LABELChange Format;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Command `ProCmdDwgPageSetup` ;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `pagesetup` `TblFormats`2 `0` `fmt`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `pagesetup` `TblFormats_INPUT`1;~ Activate `pagesetup` `OK`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `keep_format_tables` `RemoveAll`;~ Activate `0_std_confirm` `OK`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `main_dlg_cur` `page_Table_control_btn`1;

[vnamboodheri]

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