How to check item ID in Creo Parametric?

[Yu_707]

Hi there,

I'm tring to develop a program with using Pro/Toolkit and it needs item IDs (not feature ID) for parts and detum planes.

How can I see them with Creo Parametric?

[Pettersson · Accepted solution]

See this article: https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS96624

• Set configuration option show_selected_item_id value to yes
• Two methods:

1. Internal ID via Mouse-over tooltip:
   • Set configuration option show_selected_item_id value to yes
   • Select none, one or multiple items, depending on the item type
   • The selected item's ID will be displayed as a tooltip next to the item name, when hovering over the item (in the selection)
   • Format: NAME:TypeID(TYPE NAME) ID=Internal ID
2. Internal ID via Pick from List:
   • Do not select anything
   • Hover over the item in question, for instance a 3D solid surface
   • long right mouse button click >Pick from List
   • The list will show the surface and optional selections, including each ID

[Yu_707]

Thank you for your suggestion. Now I can see the item IDs and set model handles with TOOLKIT.

tbraxton shows the way to show feat IDs in a model tree. Do you know if it's possible to show the item IDs in the model tree like that? It would be better way to check the IDs and make easier to code.

[Pettersson]

AFAIK, item IDs can't be shown in the columns, unfortunately. Maybe you could do a Toolkit script to show them? Loop through all model features and add their names and item IDs to an array, then save that as a text file, or something? I've never used Toolkit, but it seems a relatively simple task.

EDIT: You could even add the Item ID as a feature parameter, then add that parameter as a column, if you want to get real fancy. But it wouldn't update automatically if the ID changes.

[StephenW]

In the model tree, in later versions of creo, session ID was added as an option to display.,

[Pettersson]

I think Session ID is still a different thing from Item ID. Item ID is only used for Toolkit programming, as far as I understand. So yeah, we have:

1. Feature #
2. Feature ID
3. Session ID
4. Item ID

It's a bit of a mess. 😀

[tbraxton]

If you need to do this more than once for a single feature then I would suggest adding the feature id column to the model tree, you can see the id for all features without any UI clicks/picks. Using the tree should be much more efficient when debugging code.

[Pettersson]

OP is asking about Item ID, though, not Feature ID, which is a different thing.

[tbraxton]

The item ID is not unique the FID is. I am not sure how item ID would be used in coding since it is not unique, it seems odd to use this in Toolkit. I do not believe that the search tool supports searching by item ID so hovering on an object in the graphics window or pick from list appear to be the options.