Plane settings: Colour and visibility

[Sergey]

Hello!

I wonder if it is possible to change color of the planes defined in the Model Tree (Right, Top, Front)? 

Is it possible to set planes invisible, but when chosen in Model Tree, the plane gets visible?

Best regards,

Sergey

[tbraxton]

Planes can be hidden/shown by direct selection or placed on a layer and the layer hidden. I use a macro to toggle the display of the datums. For default datums I think you will find this more productive to use a mapkey.

Datum colors can be changed. File->Options->System Appearance

[Sergey]

Thanks for reply, it is very appreciated.

What do you mean by "I use a macro to toggle the display of the datums"?  Would you, please, make an example?

Sergey

[tbraxton]

I use a map key that toggles the datum display . I have this map key assigned to a button so it is easy to activate. It is explicitly controlling the display of planes, points, csys, and axes.

Note that this map key is not using config.pro files but exploiting some UI syntax to toggle the display. This works in Creo 4,5, and 7 for me.

!**** Datum display control using toggle; mapped to mouse
mapkey .tgd @MAPKEY_NAMEToggle DTM Display;@MAPKEY_LABELToggle DTM Disp;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Command `ProCmdEnvDtmDisp`  1;~ Command `ProCmdEnvAxisDisp`  1;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Command `ProCmdEnvPntsDisp`  1;~ Command `ProCmdEnvCsysDisp`  1;

Refer to this thread about toggle strategy for map keys.

https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-Modeling-Questions/How-do-I-create-a-single-mapkey-to-toggle-an-option-on-and-off/td-p/324513 

[Sergey]

Hello again.

I tried to change colour but it seems that predefined planes doesn't change appearence. Only boundaries of the planes are visible (green). I want the whole area of the planes to be coloured. Any thoughts on this?

 

[StephenW · Accepted solution]

https://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/r8.0/usascii/index.html#page/whats_new_pma/ux-shaded_3d_datum_display.html

"Filled Datum Planes" are only available as of Creo 8.0. If you are not using Creo 8, you can't "fill" your datum plane.

I'm guessing that one of the system colors controls the color of the datum fill but I don't know which.

[Sergey]

Thank you. I use Creo Parametric 7.

If you will somehow find out how to fill datum planes, please, let me know here since I am new to Creo.

[StephenW]

If you can't upgrade to Creo 8, I don't believe you will be in luck.

My work-around in the past when I needed to show something similar in a presentation was to sketch a planar surface on the datum plane and set the color of the surface to a transparent color. It's not a good work-around but it was good enough for me to use in a presentation.

[Sergey]

I see. 

Does Creo 8 have enhanced sketch mode? For example, if I want to make a series of holes defined as points on active sketch. As for now, this option isn't included in Creo as far as I know.

[StephenW]

PTC added "Sketch-based Multi-Hole Feature" in Creo 8. I don't know any details of its functionality.

There is a PTC youtube video. 

https://youtu.be/p0AwVz2CR0k

 

[Sergey]

It looks like what I am looking after.

Thank you, sir.

Best regards,

Sergey

[VladimirN]

A similar question was previously: https://community.ptc.com/t5/Creo-Modeling-Questions/color-for-new-plane-creted-by-me/td-p/205747