Addtl Creo Ideas (Creo View/Sketch/Illustrate/ Creo Direct)

In Creo Illustrate, we can easily use object attribute values to create custom balloons. But if we modify this value withing the CAD authoring tool (ie Creo Parametric for instance), the updated pvz file which is used as the illustration source can be generated and the attribute value will be updated too. Creo Illustrate detect the modification of the source and ask permission to update the data. We can see on the object attributes that the new value is updated but the balloon is not updated. This idea simply aim at allowing the associativity between the value and the balloon. ... View more

The item list made in Illustrate can not be exported, only copied and pasted into an Exel document from items list. I would like to have an option when exporting an image to include an item list in schema ruled XML format WITH data from chosen attributes. ... View more

When creating an illustration, and using section view of the model, capping the section does not affect to the SVG export in any way. Creo Illustrate needs to cap the section when exporting to SVG as well. The lines behind the capped geometry are visible in the SVG export, but not in the illustration. Attached are the capped section.png which shows what is the illustration setup, and SVG export (svg_export.svg) that has been done from the illustration. ... View more

When creating/editing annotations in Creo Illustrate, there is no option for defining the font to be used.  You can only specify the Font Size and Font Colour as shown: According to PTC Support document CS116109, the default font of Arial is the only option.  It would be much more flexible if users in Creo Illustrate could: Define a default font to use in the Creo Illustrate Options dialog box. Change the font for individual annotations. ... View more

Hi all, we want export the figures in svg- or png-files with a transparent background. This is important to implement the pictures in other programs (WWW, Photoshop, Word, ....) without the background of Illustrate. Please vote for this feature for future releases. ... View more

i´l work with Creo Illustrate 3.0 M030 I could - at this time - only create one Annotaion for the same parts (same Naming). Now I want to create one Annotation for different parts. It should be an Annotation with leader to (for example 4) different parts - to mark this parts with a multiline Text with description. This could be a very useful Function. ... View more

Technical Drawing Dimensions should be the same as in real Technical Drawings. Left picture is one of tons of customer technical drawings, used in millions of documents. Right picture is what comes with Creo Illustrate. Customers complaining about this kind of dimensions. Why? They have a different approach, they need to have: - measurements beween the arrow-lines (between and outside of the arrow-lines should be possible) - measurement should be manually manipulated, it is absolutety necessary to set the own value - should inherit letter, signs, signals and numbers, which normal in this business - the flag in front is not practical and shall be removed - no rectangle should be displayed around the measurement ... View more

Our tech pubs and service people hate the fact that the figures can't be dragged and dropped to represent the actual order of operations. ... View more

Today we use Arbortext IsoDraw for creating technical illustrations. Therfore we have developed a lot of IsoDraw Macros to support the illustration process. We have macros for: checking the illustrations (right layers, borders, lines, colors, etc.) profile conversions modify illustrations enhance illustrations with information from external sources (metadata) etc. Those macros run automatically as batch on the file system over different folders. As we all know, Arbortext IsoDraw should be replaced by CREO Illustrate. Therfore we need the same functionality (API or SDK/Macros scripting and batch processes) inside of CREO Illustrate. ... View more

When importing a creo assembly in Creo illustrate, illustrate only adds parts which are in the same folder as assembly file. We have a scenario where customer is using standard parts from library folders in assembly and they want to link Creo Parametric assembly with Creo Illustrate. At the moment illustrate ignore all the parts in different folders, which means customer cannot link creo assembly with illustrate. If they use PVZ file to bring in all the parts in illustrate, they lose the dynamic link with the creo assembly; which is not acceptable to them. This subject is described in the following case solution: https://www.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS167883 ... View more

We need for assistance to export images files from Creo Illustrate Figure to any image extension (PNG, BMP, JPG) with transparent background. ... View more

Would like to export a PNG or SVG with alpha channel to result in an image with a transparent background. I saw this same need in CS209915. PTC recommended creating a Product Idea which I didn't stumble upon, so I am creating one. ... View more

Duplicate, Rename and Delete are very close, add a confirmation button for delete. Is very easy that users make mistakes. Undo button doesn't work in this case. ... View more

I want to correspond to match each system ID of the new part and old parts in the Creo Illustrate. In the case of one part is changed its shape in 3D-CAD(ex. modeling), the part's shape in Creo Illustrate is updated as same as that 3D-CAD automatically, normally. However, if the old part's system ID is not matching with the new part's system ID(ex. : the New part is created from scratch but not changed old part's shape), the Creo Illustrate does not recognize that the new part is equal to old part. Even if these parts name is equated each other, it is no use. Then, If I had already created several figures, I should be reworked to these figures once again in the Creo Illustrate. I think that is hard and time‐consuming work. So,  I think more better that Creo Illustrate has expedients of the matching of arbitrary system ID. And, I hope it. ... View more

Hello All, Measurements: configurable setting for measurements, the black part should be detachable, because customer don´t like it! They need to have the traditional measurements from technical drawings. Best wishes Gabi ... View more

The variable SHICODE is actually hardcoded in the psf file Example:           SHIPCODE=M040      CREO_COMMON_FILES=Common Files\M040 We have standard psf that we copy at each Windows user login. Some users could have differents release of Creo 2.0. so their psf should be different too. The shipcode should de automaticallay recovered depending on the last realease installed ... View more

To improve CREO Illustrate and CAD integration, must be important to have compatibility with instance models created with Family table. ... View more

I would like to have a switch to change between a cosmetic thread and a detailed view. For presentation you sometimes need a screenshot of how a screw or a nut  or any other thread will look like. Creo has the necessary information included and with this idea you should be able to show the thread, instead of an additional surface/line. ... View more

In Creo Illustrate, we need for assistance to: - Create more than one section in parallel directions. (Attached Image "Corte_Paralelo"). - Create sections of three quarters of the figure. Creo Illustrate creates only one-quarter section. (Attached Image "Corte_1-4"). ... View more