2/16/2020 About the Creo Parametric Drawing Mode

Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > About the Creo Parametric Drawing Mode

About the Creo Parametric Drawing Mode

Creo Parametric offers functionality to work with engineering drawings in Drawing mode
with the Detail module. Use this module to perform the following operations:
• Create drawings of all Creo Parametric models.
• Export drawing files to other systems and import files into Drawing mode.
• View and annotate models and drawings.
• Manipulate dimensions, and use layers to manage the display of different items. Creo
Parametric associates drawings with their parent models. The model automatically
reflects any dimensional changes that you make to a drawing. In addition,
corresponding drawings also reflect any changes that you make to a model (such as
the addition or deletion of features and dimensional changes) in Part, Sheetmetal,
Assembly, or Manufacturing modes.
• Work with various view types. All views in the drawing are associative. If you change a
dimensional value in one view, other drawing views are updated accordingly.
• Work with multiple sheets in the drawing.
• Add and modify different kinds of textual and symbolic information.
• Define mapkeys for drawing operations. Execute the mapkeys in any of the tabs
irrespective of whether the tab is active or not.
• Customize engineering drawings with sketched geometry, create custom drawing
formats, and make multiple cosmetic changes to drawings.
• Use shortcut menus to modify an object in a drawing from anywhere in the Model Tree,
Drawing Tree, or the graphics window. At any time when a drawing window is active,
you can interrupt your current process and activate a drawing object for modification.
• Create 3D parametric, feature-based models from 2D drawing data using AutobuildZ.
The 2D drawing data can be imported to Creo Parametric from any of the supported
file formats, such as DXF, DWG, and IGES. Additionally you can use the following
capabilities of AutobuildZ:
◦ Clean up 2D data by moving unnecessary and unwanted data to blanked layers.
◦ Associate the parts with the active drawing in session.
◦ Create features in the active part by selecting geometric entities on the drawing in
session.
◦ Map the views of the drawing to datum planes in the parts.
◦ Automatically regenerate the drawing views of the active part on a separate drawing
sheet when features are added to the active part.

Related Topics
About Saving and Associativity
About Scale Settings
About Drawing Sheets
About Using Formats in a Drawing
About Reviewing a Drawing
About Importing Draft Data from External Applications
About Working with Mapkeys in Drawing

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2/16/2020 Example: A Typical Workflow to Optimize Drawing Creation

Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > Example: A Typical Workflow to Optimize Drawing Creation

Example: A Typical Workflow to Optimize Drawing Creation

1. Create a new drawing. The drawing opens in the graphics window with the Layout tab
selected. The organization of commands is optimized to manage drawing models and
create model views.

2. Click General in the Model Views group. Alternatively, right-click the graphics
window and click Insert General View on the shortcut menu.
3. Retrieve and place a BOM table:
a. Click the Table tab. The Ribbon contains groups of commands for this tab.

b. Click Table From File in the Table group. Alternatively, right-click the graphics
window and click Retrieve Table on the shortcut menu. Graphical selection is
optimized for tables, balloons, and model components.

To move a view or a view note, hold down the ALT key to select and move it.

4. Add a general note:

a. Click the Annotate tab. The Ribbon contains groups of commands for this tab.

b. Click Note in the Annotations group. Alternatively, right-click the graphics

window and click Note on the shortcut menu.
5. Publish the drawing:
a. Click File > Print.
b. Select the commands to modify the printer settings and to preview the drawing
before you publish it. Alternatively, right-click the graphics window and click a
command on the shortcut menu to change the settings, preview, and publish the
drawing.
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2/16/2020 Selecting Objects in Drawings

Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > Selecting Objects in Drawings

Selecting Objects in Drawings

Depending on the type of tasks, you can select a specific drawing object or multiple
object types simultaneously:
• Individual—Select drawing items individually. Move the pointer over the desired drawing
element and click to select.

Holding
down the
CTRL key,
selects
multiple
elements
one at a
time.

• Region—Select a region by dragging the pointer to designate the area in which to select
objects. Generally, only top-level objects are selected. For example, you can select a
note but not the note text.

◦ Inside/across box:

▪ Drag the 2D box from left to right — Creates a rectangular plane. Entities that lie
inside the box are selected.
▪ Drag the 2D box from right to left — Creates a dotted rectangle. Entities that lie
within or across the boundaries of the box are selected.

◦ Inside polygon
— Selects drawing items that lie completely inside the polygon region
Additionally, you can also use a few other selection methods for drawing objects:

Selection Description
Method

ALT Key Selects drawing objects that are not relevant to the active tab while
you hold down this key.
Holding down CTRL+ALT key selects multiple elements that are not
relevant to the active tab.

Shortcut Contains frequently used commands for the active tab. Right-click the
Menu graphics window, the Drawing Tree, or the Sheets tab for a context-
sensitive shortcut menu.

Drawing Limits the drawing objects to be prehighlighted and to be selected

Object within an active tab. With filters you can change the type of entities
Filter to select, thus simplifying graphical selection. For example, you can
set the filter to make only dimensions available for selection. Drawing
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object filter settings for each tab are applicable as long as the
drawing is in session.

Some objects on the drawing sheet are not available for

selection in the drawing object filter. Select them using the search
tool or by holding down the ALT key.

Preselection Provides a visual confirmation for the item that will be selected before
Highlighting you select it. By default, as the pointer passes over an object, the
object is highlighted. A tooltip displays the object name. For example,
d92: F9(HOLE) indicates the diameter dimension for the ninth model
feature, a hole.

Drawing Selects drawing objects that are relevant to the active tab.
Tree

Model Tree Selects a feature or a part from the Model Tree instead of the
graphics window.

Selecting Table Items

You can select a table using pre-highlighting. When you move the pointer to any corner of
the table, the entire table is pre-highlighted. You can then click to select the table.

To select a row or column using pre-highlighting move the pointer over an outer cell
border. The row or column is pre-highlighted. Click to select.

When the selection_of_removed_entities configuration option is set to yes, you

can select entities and activate them for actions such as showing dimensions and
placing items on a layer.

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2/16/2020 About Cut, Copy and Paste

Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > About Cut, Copy and Paste

About Cut, Copy and Paste

When you cut or copy items, they are copied temporarily to a clipboard. They can then be
pasted onto the same sheet, a different sheet, or into a different drawing.

Parameters in notes are copied as parameters and are evaluated on the target drawing. If
a parameter cannot be evaluated on the target drawing, three asterisks are displayed to
indicate this.

Tables with regular text (no repeat regions) are copied as text. When pasted, the text
looks as it does on the source drawing. Tables with repeat regions are copied with the
report symbol names and have to be updated on the target drawing using Table >
Update Tables. Alternatively, click Update Tables in the Update group of the
Review tab to perform this task.

Related Topics
To Copy and Paste Detail Items
To Make and Place Multiple Copies
To Rotate and Copy Draft Entities
Rules for Copying Between Drawings

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Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > Rules for Copying between Drawings

Rules for Copying between Drawings

The following rules and restrictions apply to copying drawing objects:
• The source and target drawings must use the same units.
• Notes, balloons, and symbols with leaders are copied with their leader. The leader is
copied as it looks on the source drawing. You can move the end of the leader on the
target drawing by dragging its endpoint and jog to the desired locations.
• Notes that contain dimension parameters (that is, &d23) cannot be copied. Notes that
contain other parameters can be copied.
• Tables are copied as follows:
◦ Tables without repeat regions are copied as text and look the same as they do on the
source drawing.

◦ Tables with repeat regions are copied with the report symbol names and have to be
updated on the target drawing using Table > Update Tables. Alternatively,
click Update Tables in the Update group of the Review tab to perform this
task.

Related Topics
About Cut, Copy and Paste

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2/16/2020 Undoing and Redoing Drawing Operations

Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > Undo/Redo in Drawings > Undoing and Redoing Drawing Operations

Undoing and Redoing Drawing Operations

As you dimension and detail your drawings you can undo and redo some general
operations. Such flexibility ensures that the appropriate action is taken and also allows
further exploration of some of the detailing capabilities.

To Undo a Drawing Operation

After completing the operation

• Click .

• Press CTRL+Z.
• Click Edit > Undo <command name>.

To Restore a Drawing Operation

After undoing the operation

• Click .

• Press CTRL+Y.
• Click Edit > Redo <command name>.
You can only undo and redo some of the top-level operations.

Undo and Redo do not preserve the revision number of the object. For example, if
an associative part dimension is created in the drawing, and you perform undo on
dimension creation, the part and drawing are still considered modified.
Any command that changes the active model (this can be done with File > New,
File > Open, File > Close Window, File > Erase > Current, File > Delete >
[current], File > Exit, Window > Activate, Window > Close) clears the stack .
However, these commands can still be invoked and not change the active model, and
therefore will not clear the stack in that case. Such an example would be if multiple
windows of the same drawing sheet were open, and Window > Activate was used to
activate one of these windows.
Any command that changes both the active window and the current drawing page
number will clear the stack.

Related Topics
Managing the Stack

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Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > Undo/Redo in Drawings > Managing the Stack

Managing the Stack

To technically make undo/redo operations possible, completed drawing operations are
stored sequentially in memory, or the stack. The level of support for drawing operations is
divided into three categories based on how the operations affect the stack:
• Supported Undo/Redo Operations
• Operations not supported (Do not clear the stack)
• Operations not supported (Clear the stack)
A command that changes the active model will clear the stack. For example, clicking File
> Manage Session > Erase Current and accepting Yes will clear the stack. However,
clicking File > Manage Session > Erase Current and then declining the model change
with No will not clear the stack. The stack is not cleared during general navigational
operations, such as toggling navigation panes, collapsing and expanding the browser,
changing the drawing object filter, opening shortcut menus from the Drawing Tree or the
Model Tree, unlocking view movement, or accessing context sensitive and online Help.

You cannot perform an undo operation after moving sectional arrows. Moving
sectional arrows clears the stack.

Related Topics
Undoing and Redoing Drawing Operations
Unsupported Undo/Redo Operations (Non-Clearing)

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Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > Undo/Redo in Drawings > Supported Undo/Redo Operations

Supported Undo/Redo Operations

You can undo and redo commands that are available on the Drawing user interface as
listed below:

Commands on the Edit Menu

• Cut
• Paste
• Delete
• Undo Delete
• Set Previously Displayed Sheet

Command on the Layout Tab

• (Move to Sheet)

Commands on the Annotate Tab

• (Attachment)

The above command will only support moving/changing of leaders of detail items
with leaders, excluding dimensions. Addition and deletion of references will not be
supported and will clear the stack.

• (Dimension)

• (Ordinate Dimension)

• (Auto Ordinate Dimension)

• (Ordinate Reference Dimension)

• (Auto Ordinate Reference Dimension)

• (Note)

• (Balloon Note)

Commands on the Sketch Tab

• (Divide at Intersection)

• (Divide by Equal Segments)

• (Corner)

• (Bound)

• (Length)
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• (Increment)

• (2 Tangent Fillet)

• (3 Tangent Fillet)

• (Chamfer)

Annotation Commands
• Dynamic Movement
◦ Move leader
◦ Move text
• General Shortcut Commands
◦ Toggle Leader Type
◦ Add Leader
◦ Change Note Type
• Hot Zone Shortcut Commands
◦ Change Reference
◦ Insert Jog
◦ Remove Jog
◦ Delete
◦ Arrow Style

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2/16/2020 Unsupported Undo/Redo Operations (Non-Clearing)

Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > Undo/Redo in Drawings > Unsupported Undo/Redo Operations (Non-Clearing)

Unsupported Undo/Redo Operations (Non-Clearing)

The commands discussed in this section do not support Undo/Redo, but when fully
invoked, they do not clear the Undo/Redo stack.

Commands that are neither listed below nor in the topic Supported Undo/Redo
Operations are used for operations wherein Undo/Redo is unsupported and the stack is
completely cleared.

Commands on the File Menu

• New
• Open
• Set Working Directory
• Close Window
• Erase > Current
• Erase > Not Displayed
• Erase > Component Reps
• Delete > Old Versions
• Delete > All Versions
• Instance Operations > Update Index
• Instance Operations > Accelerator Options
• Send To
• Exit

Commands on the Edit Menu

• Copy
• Regenerate Model
• Select
• Find

Commands on the View Menu

• Repaint
• Update > Drawing View
• Orientation > Previous
• Orientation > Refit
• Orientation > Pan/Zoom
• Orientation > Saved Views
• Visibility > Hide
• Visibility > Unhide
• Visibility > Unhide All
• Display Settings > Model Display

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• Display Settings > Datum Display

• Display Settings > Performance
• Display Settings > System Colors

Commands on the Info Menu

• Feature List
• Audit Trail
• Session Info > Object List
• Session Info > Message Log
• Session Info > Date and Time

Commands on the Application Menu

• Standard
• Template
• Legacy
• Piping

Commands on the Tools Menu

• Designate
• Pro/Web.Link > Set Access Permissions
• Pro/Web.Link > Release License
• Environment
• Server Management
• Customize Screen
• Floating Modules
• Auxiliary Applications

Commands on the Window Menu

• Activate
• New
• Close
• Open System Window
• Maximize
• Restore
• Default Size

Commands on the Layout Tab

• (Show Modified Edges)

• (Manage Line Styles)

• (Manage Line Fonts)

Commands on the Table Tab

• (Select Table)
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• (Select Column)

• (Select Row)

• (Save as CSV)

• (Save as Table)

• (Save as Text)

• (Create Balloons)

Commands on the Annotate Tab

• The following commands on the SYM GALLERY menu that appears when you click :

◦ Write
◦ Symbol Dir
◦ Done

• (Default Text Style)

• (Manage Text Styles)

Commands on the Analysis Tab

• (Measure Draft Entities)

Commands on the Review Tab

• (Template Errors)

• (ModelCHECK Interactive)

• (ModelCHECK Regenerate)

• (ModelCHECK Rule Check)

•
(ModelCHECK Geometry Check)

• (Check Display Status)

• (Update Draft)

• (Compare Sheet to Picture)

• (Highlight by Attributes)

• (Drawing View)

• (Draft Entity)

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• (Owner)

• (Draft Grid)

Commands on the Tools Tab

• (Model)

• (Feature)

• (Reference Viewer)

Commands on the Sketch Tab

• (Sketcher Preferences)

• (References)

• (Angle)

• (Offset)

• (Radius)

• (Start Tangency)

• (End Tangency)

• (Absolute Coordinates)

• (Relative Coordinates)

• (Default Line Style)

Model Tree Menus

Commands that are available when you click in the Model Tree area:

• Layer Tree
• Expand All
• Collapse All
• Highlight Geometry

Commands that are available when you click in the Model Tree area:

• Tree Filters
• Tree Columns
• Open Settings File
• Save Settings File
• Apply Settings from Window

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• Save Model Tree

Layer Tree Menus

Commands that are available when you click in the Layer Tree area:

• Model Tree
• Expand All
• Collapse All
• Unfilter All
• Filter Non Selected
• Preselection Highlighting
• Highlight Geometry
• Find

Commands that are available when you click in the Layer Tree area:

• Shown Layers
• Hidden Layers
• Isolated Layers
• Layers Shown in Hidden Line
• All Submodel Layers
• Submodels Layers if in Active Model
• Layer Items
• Items on Nested Layers
• Item Selection Prefs > Ignore
• Item Selection Prefs > Add
• Item Selection Prefs > Auto
• Item Selection Prefs > Prompt
• Propagate Status
• Setup File > Open
• Setup File > Save
• Setup File > Edit
• Setup File > Display

Commands that are available when you click in the Layer Tree area:

• Hide
• Unhide
• Isolate
• Drawing Dependent
• Save
• Copy Status From > Drawing
• Copy Status From > 3D Model
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• Copy Status From > View

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2/16/2020 About View-Only Mode

Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > View-Only Drawings > About View-Only Mode

About View-Only Mode

If you simply want to view or quickly check a drawing, you can reduce the amount of time
it takes to retrieve it by opening it in View-Only mode.

In View-Only mode, the system does not retrieve any of the associated model files when
it opens the drawing. However, since the solid models are not in session, the system
temporarily freezes the drawings, so you cannot modify them.
A prerequisite to using view only mode is that the configuration option save_display is
set to yes the last time the file is saved in normal mode. This lets the drawing file
"remember" the 3D dimension locations and values without having to access the 3D
model files.

If you decide that you do need to modify a drawing in view only mode, you can use File
> Retrieve Models to retrieve all of the models in mid-session.

• If the geometry display information of a view is missing, the system displays an

empty view boundary.
• Since the system does not retrieve any of the associated solid models, plotting (for
example, complex overlap checking) does not function the same way that it does in
Drawing mode because much of the information is missing.
• If you store the display with snap lines in Drawing mode, the system plots them in
View-Only mode.

Related Topics
To Open a Drawing in View-Only Mode
To Modify a Drawing in View-Only Mode

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Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > View-Only Drawings > To Open a Drawing in View-Only Mode

To Open a Drawing in View-Only Mode

1. Click File > Open.
2. Select the drawing from the File Open dialog box.
3. Select View Only from the Open list.
4. Open the drawing.

Since View-only mode does not access the 3D models, you must save the existing
display information in normal mode using one of the following methods:
• Checking Save display with model check box in the Environment tab on the
Options dialog box.
• Setting the configuration file option save_display to yes.

Related Topics
About View-Only Mode
To Modify a Drawing in View-Only Mode

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Detailed Drawings > Detailed Drawings Basics > View-Only Drawings > To Modify a Drawing in View-Only Mode

To Modify a Drawing in View-Only Mode

1. Click File > Retrieve Models.
2. Click Confirm in the Menu Manager. The system enters Drawing mode and retrieves all
models for the current drawing.
3. Modify the current drawing as necessary.

Related Topics
About View-Only Mode
To Open a Drawing in View-Only Mode

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