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Dual monitors : Creo new window stays on the monitor that the current session is running.

Dual monitors : Creo new window stays on the monitor that the current session is running.

1.Describe your  environment: My environment is an office.

What is your industry? Our industry is Manufacturing.

What is your role in your organization? Sr. Product Design Engineer.

Describe your stakeholders. Owned by a private equity firm.

 


2. What version of Creo Parametric are you currently running? I am currently on Creo 7.0.3.0

3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video.

While using Creo on a secondary monitor, and you open a file, the file opens in a window on the primary monitor not the secondary monitor where your session is running.

 

If you have Creo running on a secondary monitor with an assembly open, and you open a component of that assembly, the component opens in a window on the primary monitor, not the monitor the current session is running on.


4. What is the use case for your organization?

The use case is : with out the new window opening on the same monitor, and the user is running multiple sessions of Creo, The user may end up saving the wrong file because they are not on the same monitor.


5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization?
This product idea (or the ability to control it) would lessen the confusion of a user with multiple sessions of Creo with multiple windows open of each. This would also help keep track on which parts belong to which session if they would stay on the same monitor.

 

4 Comments
TomU
23-Emerald IV

There is a config option called 'primary_monitor'.  What happens if you set this to '2' for the second session of Creo?

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dplachinski
6-Contributor

I will give it a try. However, it sounds like a work-around. You would have to change your config every time you slide a session to your second monitor. I would prefer a config option like "open_new_window_on_same_monitor    yes / no".

dplachinski
6-Contributor

TomU,

It appears to work as you described. However, you would need a separate config for each monitor.

 

olivierlp
Community Manager
Status changed to: Acknowledged

Thank you @dplachinski for your idea. Based on the information you provided, we are acknowledging it as the Community management team. This is not a commitment from the Product team. Other users may comment and vote your idea up.