Is it possible to add hidden parameters in Creo Parameteric part/assembly/drawing file by toolkit?

[Shaffer]

I want to add some information into creo parametric file (eg. prt, asm, drw) by toolkit.
So far I can only think of attach these info into Parameters, Relations or Pro/Program.
But nither of them can hide the info to user in ProE.
Is there any way I can store private primitive data in plain text or key-value pairs and not letting user to see them in Creo Parametric?

Thanks

Shaffer

[dschenken]

Probably. In know that compartmentalizing data is available to 3rd party apps, at least for parts and assemblies.

If you want to know how you may have to contact PTC. I would look for anything dealing with 'blobs' or 'blocks'

[TomU]

Yes.  SmartAssembly is doing this today.  (SmartAssembly is just a Toolkit add-on.)  The key-value pair data is visible as plain text inside the Creo files when viewed with a text editor.  I have no idea what specific Toolkit commands they are using to do this though...

[Shaffer · Accepted solution]

Thank you both for the reply.

I've also asked PTC and they suggested to use “External Data”

(pfcExternalData for C++, IpfcExternalData for VB)