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ptc-13151701-Visitor
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June 28, 2012
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make datum planes hidden

  • June 28, 2012
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Many times when I am in an assembly, I would like to make all datum planes hidden. Then I can unhide the ones I am interested in using. This would be with datum planes showing activated. How can I do this. I would really like to make this a mapkey.


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BrianMartin13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
June 28, 2012

Hi Michael...

You're easiest answer is layers but there are probably a couple of ways to get you to where you need to be. Let me run through some possibilities though and see if these fit what you're trying to do. Hopefully you have at least Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 because some of the things I'm going to suggest are only available in Wildfire 5 or up (Creo 1, 2, etc).

First, go to our view manager. Select Layers and New. This will allow you to create a new Layer State. Name your new state "Default" and save it. Now you're free to experiment with layer manipulations all you want and you can immediately return to a default state without a problem.

Next, turn ON your datum planes using the datum plane toggle icon. Next, go through and unhide all datum planes on ALL layers in your model. If you need a quick way to find all datum planes on all layers, use the Find Tool . Ctrl-F is a shortcut to brings up this tool or you can simply select the binoculars icon. using the Find Tool is a bit beyond the scope of a simple reply but it's not difficult to figure out. If you need help, let me know.

Once all your datum planes are on, select them all again, right-click and select Hide. This will put all layers on the Hidden Items layer in your layer tree.

Now... the datum plane toggle is on. All datum planes are on the hidden item layer therefore they are not being displayed. Now you can feel free to select any datum from the model tree or using the Find tool. Simply right-click and select Unhide and you'll have what you're looking for.

As a side note, if you have certain configurations of datum planes on/off that you need to keep coming back to, consider setting a new layer state for each of these configurations. You can name the layer state and instantly activate it through the view manager. There's another really ultra useful way to activate layer states... sort of like the best kept secret in Wildfire 5 and Creo... "Combination States"... but that's a topic for a much longer post.

If this isn't giving you what you need, write back and I'll see what else I can think of!!

Thanks!

-Brian

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jhall21-Visitor
1-Visitor
April 1, 2014

Brian,

I tried this method, and didn't get very far. I was able to collect all the planes into a selection set, but didn't understand how to move them to a hidden layer. Do you move the entire selection set to the layer at once, then hide it?

James

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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
17-Peridot
April 1, 2014

Yes, you can move the features to a layer, and then hide the layer. Remember to save the layer status so that this will remain with the part, not just the session.

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