Datum planes in a hidden layer will not hide in the model!

Question

Okay, this is driving me crazy.I have a part, and I've made datum planes on various surfaces of the part so that they show up in the drawing. I do NOT want them to show up in the model. I have added them to a layer and hidden the layer but the planes still wont disappear in the model. If I hide the planes directly in the model tree by using right click, the datums disappear in the drawing.Please help me fix this problem! I've had mutliple people look at it and I'm about to give up and "fake" datums in the drawing instead of having them in the model. Like I said - they are in a layer that has been hidden but they wont go away!I appreciate the help!

TomD.inPDX · Accepted Answer

Yes, the property of adding a datum tag as you show.

I just confirmed this is still a "problem" in Creo 2.0. Or at least it is very unpredictable. It seems to act differently when using Annotation to control display then using Hide/Unhide. I still haven't found the logic. I think in Creo 1.0, it is even more unpredictable. Also be careful, in Creo 1.0, I had many hard crashes when moving the datum symbol around. Save often!

TomD.inPDX · Answer

You probably have datum symbols applied to them. I have had this problem and find this absolutely annoying. I've quit using, or even try using the ASME Y14.41 method of annotation.

If you remove the symbol attribute from the plane, it will probably act normally again.

Just for the sake of completeness, what version are you using?

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