Creo Parametric Ideas

As in the style tool, it is sometimes necessary see the changes in the 4 view layout, while dragging or performing a dynamic edit operation (dragging a dimension for example). ... View more

Hello together, I'm admin for the Creo configuration & customization in our department. It's really annoying to set up the single index cards for the areas of assembly, part, activated part in assembly, sheetmetal and drawing. I want to set up a single card for our engineers with the only commands they need, made out of mapkeys. But I have to integrate changes for about 5 areas... I would be really happy if you could integrate the feature to copy index cards from already existing areas for the others, that would be less effort for me in future ;-). Best regards Philipp Geissler TE Connectivity ... View more

For current functionality, unable to customize the default part, assembly and drawing file name. We have to modify them by manual when creating new files.It make use crazy as always. ... View more

Add ability to specify the Startup Directory and Program Folder when installing Creo 2.0 with PTC Installation Assistance For current functionality, we Cannot change the folder name in All Programs, the default folder name is PTC Creo. Cannot set the Startup Directory during installing steps. The Quality Agent data collection application will be installed automatically whether the installation check box is seleceted or not. ... View more

For current functionality, we have to un-install Creo Parametric/Direct/Simulate/layout one by one. Please add ability to un-install Creo Parametric/Direct/Simulate/layout in one page, just like the install page, we can select ANY App to install ... View more

This way, no matter what your primary and secondary units are you will always get the correct number of decimal places displayed on your drawing.   Adjusting the decimal places with the current system is a PITA if you change units, particularly with dual dimensioning.  ... View more

Request the ability to pass parameter values to the Manufacturing Operation Comment Section.  This would allow viewing of those values in the NCL / Post Processor file. I realize that parameter values can be passed through Sequence and Auxilliary sequence CL Commands.  It would be advantageous for our business processes to be able to display specific paramter values by operation rather than sequence. Kevin Keizer Steelcase, Inc ... View more

Good morning all, my proposal concer setup path of most important folder for Creo Parametric (and others modules) configuration and maintenance : "Common Files" subfolders like "text" , "modchk" , "graphic-library" , "prodevelop" , "mech" , "symbols" , "tol_tables" , .............................  . These folders contain all of the most important files for configuration and maintenance of Creo tools and module! Usually they are located in "C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 2.0\Common Files\Mxxx\...."  but in this way the position of config files cange each time a new built is installed! Why don't you remove "Mxxx" folder level from "...\Common Files\" giving to configuration folders/files the same path in each built? Thanks, BR ... View more

Hi there, If you section a Projection View you can specify to show the Arrow Display on the Parent View. This is a great function as it shows exactly where the section is taken. When using this function on an assembly I find that the Arrow Display lines are automatically shown really long. It is then a case of selecting each arrow and dragging them in closer to the drawing. Could these automatically be defined by the View Boundary with the option to Change the length. (Picture for ref just on a single component for clarity) ... View more

For relatively high frequency of use Menus under File > Help is not convenient ... View more

With a big push to convert to a metric design it would be nice to know what components are still at imperial units.  Having the capability to show this in a table for the designers to reference would be a great asset. ... View more

Add hatching in layout. Make it simple that layout can recognise closed contures. Not like in drawing sketch where you have to select all lines that form closed loop. ... View more

I need the ability to make 3D cross sections with any sort of sketch or curve whether it is a straight line or not. Currently you can only make an offset cross section with straight lines. I need to make them with arcs or splines. Currently you can only make zone cross sections with straight/flat surfaces. I need to make them with non-flat/straight surfaces. I can't believe I have to submit a request. Its a cut! ... View more

Give option in "format entity" window to define line thickness. ... View more

Hi, it could be a real advantage if CREO Layout is able to import predefined views(e.g FRONT,TOP,RIGHT)similar to cross sections from a CREO Parametric model. This idea was raised very often by customers in CREO Layout demos. Benefits: -Very easy way to generate concept drawings -It´s not necessary to create a drawing in CREO parametric only to make views available in CREO Layout -Sometimes it´s easier to work from a complete view instead of a cross section -Views from different Assembly could be assembled in 2d to get concept assemblys for proposials, inquiry etc. ... View more

The CAD system that we are replacing sets up the part using the World View datum axis.  All default views reflect this orientation. Pro Engineer uses the Right Hand Coordinate system.  This is pretty much the CAD industry standard, but we’ve discovered that viewing the part in respect to the World Axis is a much more logical layout as it duplicates the real world view orientations. What I would like to see implemented is either a default model or config option to incorporate the World View Coordinate system into model and drawing views. The world view coordinate system would be lined up with the PRT_CSYS_DEF feature. The Top View would be parallel to the top of the part looking in the direction of the negative world Z axis. The Bottom View would be parallel to the bottom of the part looking in the direction of the positive world Z axis. The Front View would be parallel to the front of the part looking in the direction of the positive world Y axis. The Back View would be parallel to the back of the part looking in the direction of the negative world Y axis. The Left View would be parallel to the left of the part looking in the direction of the positive world X axis. The Right View would be parallel to the right of the part looking in the direction of the negative world X axis. This can be manually changed by renaming all the Plane Tag displays and modifying the default views and their orientations but it is tedious, the standard orientation can’t be modified and I’m afraid that any Creo Parametric upgrade would wash away these changes.  See attached example. ... View more

When examining or re-defining a Named View in the View Manager, the references for that view are not displayed, but should be.  For families of complex, but similar parts or for assemblies and most-of-all for generating drawing templates, consistency of the references definitions of Named Views between individual parts or assemblies can be critical.  Currently, trial-and-error is the only to try to understand how a Named View was defined. ... View more

I can't seem to figure out how to adjust the note default line spacing in .DRW files. ... View more

We have two .brd files that we want to compare.  Currently the compare tool is inefficient and does not show all relevant comparison data when comparing a board to the annotation image.  If the only difference between two versions of a board was one component being moved on the top side with a new trace and via, for instance, using the ECAD Validate tool for an image compare will just show that the "Top Pin Pads", "Top Via Pads",  and "Top Routes" layer have changed.  We want to be able to select the "Top Planes", "Top Conducting Figures", etc. (other relevant items on that layer) in the left hand toolbar so that we can see that those shapes are common between both boards. See pictures for the context of the situation. A separate issue I wanted to bring up was that if objects in the transaction list are selected for multiple items (i.e Top Pin pads AND Top Via Pads), the preview transaction item icon no longer becomes selectable.  This costs us a lot of extra time to select every single item and preview the differences manually.  See attached pictures Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. ... View more