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7-Bedrock
December 8, 2022
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Ungroup option not shown

  • December 8, 2022
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I am using Creo Parametric Release 4.0 and DatecodeM110

I have grouped features in a part. When the group is selected in the Model Tree, there is no "Ungroup" option from the right click menu.

Best answer by Hugh_01

Final update.  The problem appears to be fixed now.

Our company engaged PTC for customer support.  It took them a long time to figure out the problem, but I just received the fix.  It appears that the licensing option in the parametric.psf file was not in the right order.  I was getting licenses for older versions of Creo.

 

Filename: parametric.psf

Line entry: ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=XXX

Where XXX = a list of different options separated by a space.

I moved PROE_EngineerIIIG and PROE_Flex3C to the beginning and it works okay now

E.g.

ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=PROE_EngineerIIIG PROE_Flex3C 

3 replies

23-Emerald III
December 9, 2022

Not sure why it wouldn't show up for RMB.

You can add ungroup to the ribbon. RMB on the ribbon and select customize ribbon, then under MODEL, then OPERATIONS, then OPERATIONS OVERFLOW.

Find ungroup in the command and drag it over, I would put it next to group.

 

 

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Hugh_017-BedrockAuthor
7-Bedrock
December 9, 2022

Thank you Stephen.  I added ungroup as you mentioned and it remains grayed out.  

I noticed when I try and edit the feature in the group I get a message in the message window: "You have not checked out the license option.  Please click "File->Options->Licensing" and choose required option from "Refresh license list".  

This is strange as I've never needed to access optional licenses before for modelling.  I tried selecting a few different ones, but none of the ones I tried made any difference.

I don't understand why I have the ability to group, but need a different license option to ungroup.  Any idea which license option I should be picking?

Hugh_017-BedrockAuthor
7-Bedrock
December 12, 2022

That was a great idea, that never occurred to me.  I tried it.  I still get an error, but this time it says, "FEATURE Module required to redefine this feature."

So at least it isn't looking for SheetMetal anymore...

21-Topaz II
December 9, 2022

More often than not, stuff like this happens when a particular ribbon or option is active. For example, in assembly mode you are not allowed to replace components when in exploded view. Or if you're in one of the Measure modes and aren't allowed to do pretty much anything, except hiding the selection. Maybe this is what's happening to you?

Hugh_017-BedrockAuthor
7-Bedrock
December 9, 2022

Thanks Ken.  Good idea, but I'm sure that isn't happening.  I'm in a new session today and it is doing the same thing.  As I commented to Stephen, it appears that I may need an optional license for ungrouping (based on a message I get in the message window when I try to edit a feature in the group).  This seems strange to me as I don't recall ever needing to pick optional licenses for anything related to solid modelling before.  However maybe I used to be configured to always pick that option...  

Hugh_017-BedrockAuthorAnswer
7-Bedrock
January 24, 2023

Final update.  The problem appears to be fixed now.

Our company engaged PTC for customer support.  It took them a long time to figure out the problem, but I just received the fix.  It appears that the licensing option in the parametric.psf file was not in the right order.  I was getting licenses for older versions of Creo.

 

Filename: parametric.psf

Line entry: ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=XXX

Where XXX = a list of different options separated by a space.

I moved PROE_EngineerIIIG and PROE_Flex3C to the beginning and it works okay now

E.g.

ENV=CREOPMA_FEATURE_NAME=PROE_EngineerIIIG PROE_Flex3C