Article - CS385482

"Create Part from Body" action from Model Tree unexpectedly succeeds when External Components permitted for reference creation is restricted in Creo Parametric

Modified: 17-Mar-2023   


Applies To

  • Creo Parametric 8.0

Description

  • Create Part from Body action from Model Tree unexpectedly succeeds when External Components permitted for reference creation is restricted
  • Consider following settings in >File >Options >Assembly confguration as shown in snaphot below, or following settings in config.pro)
image.png
default_ext_ref_scope skeleton_model
ref_control_allow_exceptions no
  • Upon creation attempt of an External Copy Geometry feature in a part, if a part (and not a skeleton) is selected as Reference Model:
    • Action fails, and this is expected
    • The following error message is issued in Message Area
Reference cannot be used due to the scope setting of SKELETON for Environment.
  • But if Create Part from Body action is called from Model Tree, action unexpectedly succeeds
 
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