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nalexandru1-Visitor
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April 26, 2017
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Drawing Program User Guide, Tutorial and Hands-On Workshop

  • April 26, 2017
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Hi, everyone,

 

As it seems that there is not much help on

Drawing Program

, I decided  to open up a new discussion about this.

What I know until now:

- the documentation of Creo 4.0 (I use Creo 2.0- does anyone where I can find that?)

Creo Parametric Help Center

-the fact that

  • A drawing program can only have up to 80 characters per line.
  • Characters input beyond 80 will be automatically truncated
  • Line continuation characters are not accepted by drawing program

(courtesy of Tom that pointed me to this: https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS34738#_ga=1.116686790.1914719267.1490615705 )

So, the question is:

Is there any Tutorial and/or Hands-On Workshop for Drawing Program?

as I found for the Pro/PROGRAM:

Tutorial: Pro/PROGRAM Primer

Pro/PROGRAM Tutorial

https://d2t1xqejof9utc.cloudfront.net/files/13343/Pro_Program_HOW.pdf?.. with the models files downloaded from here:

https://d2t1xqejof9utc.cloudfront.net/files/13344/proe_data.zip?1342610431 taken from here:

how to use pro/prgram in ptc creo or proe wilfire 5.0 - GrabCAD

 

I will start searching for something similar to update the discussion.

Keep in touch,

Nic.

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    VladimirN24-Ruby IV
    24-Ruby IV
    April 26, 2017

    Please check PTC's "Learning Exchange" page: Searching for 'drawing'

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    nalexandru1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    April 26, 2017

    Hi, Vladimir.

    I checked: there's nothing there.

    Do you have some experience with Drawing Program?

    Nic.

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    VladimirN24-Ruby IV
    24-Ruby IV
    May 3, 2017

    Yes, I have experience in Creo in the past, but I am now on Siemens NX.

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    nalexandru1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    April 28, 2017

    It's such a shame that there is no knowledge about Drawing Program.

    It's such a powerful tool!! And with Pro/PROGRAM could bring a lot of opportunities to an automated process in drawing.

    I started to play with and I was very pleased of what it can do.

    I tried to place a Symbol in one of the states and I couldn't find how. I know you can create detailed instances like the dimensions, notes and balloons but

    I haven't found how to create/insert a Symbol in a View State.

    I used the Help to find how's done:

    To Create Detail Items in a Drawing State

    To create detail items such as dimensions, notes, and balloon notes in a drawing state, choose Create from the DWG COMMANDS menu that appears when you click Tools > Drawing Program > Define States > Create State > Record Cmds. Items that you create in one state are not visible in any other state or outside of the drawing program.

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    SYNDAKIT15-Moonstone
    15-Moonstone
    May 2, 2017

    if you just want to add, say for example a cloud symbol, to a view or part or whatever that is embedded in a state, then i think I have a solution for you.

    Is that what you are looking to do?

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    nalexandru1-VisitorAuthor
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    May 2, 2017

    yes. a symbol with a text in it for example. so I change the language, it will be a different state with a different symbol with the new language. More simply put: a cloud symbol that I could see in a particular View State

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    BenLoosli23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    June 16, 2017

    For my drawing program, I use layers that are turned on and off  with the various notes I want displayed. The notes are already created, just not visible when that state is not active.

    I do notes and drawing symbols the same way. They are selected when a parameter is changed.

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    nalexandru1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    July 4, 2017

    Hi, Ben,

    But how are you managing those after that?

    I mean, the drawing I'm working at has 144 layers and 109 states. Any advice how to manage such a monster?

    And I have another one which is worse: almost 300 states.

    How could I manage something like that? I mean, if I want to move a note or a dimension in a certain state, how could I do that?

    Is it possible to replace a custom symbol with another?

    Nic.

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    nalexandru1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    July 11, 2017

    Well, you are right! I'm stuck with this solution because some one started like this. In Portuguese, buy the way. Which is not a disaster in itself but all the view states are named in portuguese.

    Unfortunately i don't have the time to do everything again. i would have done it before, INCLUDING THE 3D MODEL which is to big for the fact that too many people "touched" it.

    The model is in use at the moment so, unfortunately, my only option is to patch it...

     

    I have a custom symbol that I cannot move, but it dissapear when i cahange the language. Is that meaning that it is attached to a view state? And the only way to move it is it by editing one of the view states where it is visible?

    Is it better to use "Show/Erase" or layers or drawing overlays as you sugeste (and which I have never used it- so i should look into them a bit)?

     

    Thank you again for your time,

    Nic.

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