I now have Creo Sketch, Creo Direct, and Creo Parametric installed on my computer.
When PTC labeled the Common Files folder, they were not kidding.
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Both Direct and Parametric both use the same config.pro in the Common Files/Mxxx/Text Directory.
If you set them up to start from the same directory, they both write a file called trail.txt.x to that same directory
Direct Trail file:
!trail file version No. 1500
!Creo TM 1.0 (c) 2012 by Parametric Technology Corporation All Rights Reserved.
< 0 1.348741 1421 0 0 1138 1600 0 0 1200 13
!mem_use INCREASE Blocks 515341, AppSize 56195340, SysSize 66821496
< 0 1.118815 1212 0 0 944 1600 0 0 1200 13
< 0 1.091000 1091 0 0 944 1600 0 0 1200 13
< 0 1.091000 1091 0 0 942 1600 0 0 1200 13
!%CIWelcome to Creo Direct 1.0.
Parametric Trail file:
!trail file version No. 1500
!Creo TM 1.0 (c) 2012 by Parametric Technology Corporation All Rights Reserved.
< 0 1.348741 1421 0 0 1138 1600 0 0 1200 13
!mem_use INCREASE Blocks 455409, AppSize 53574219, SysSize 64409576
< 0 1.118815 1212 0 0 944 1600 0 0 1200 13
< 0 1.091000 1091 0 0 944 1600 0 0 1200 13
< 0 1.091000 1091 0 0 942 1600 0 0 1200 13
!%CIWelcome to Creo Parametric 1.0.
This is not what I expected.
Suppose you have Direct m010 and Parametric m020 installed. Now upgrade Direct from m010 to m020. You get this message:
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Obviously deleting the directory would mean you lose all your config settings.
There is also the issue of adding or removing options in one application and potentially adversely affecting the other application.
I haven't had a chance to compare the config options for Direct and Parametric. I'm wondering if there are options for one that will be illegal in the other. I don't need a lot of meaningless errors in my std.out file.
Anyone know if PTC has a document on using Direct and Parametric in combination?
David Haigh
Phone: 925-424-3931
Fax: 925-423-7496
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
7000 East Ave, L-362
Livermore, CA 94550
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