Article - CS105940

How to open external reference parts automatically in Creo Parametric

Modified: 06-Nov-2024   


Applies To

  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire to Wildfire 5.0
  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 11.0

Description

  • How to open external reference parts automatically.
  • When creating a mirror part then modify the parent part the mirrored part isn't updated.
  • How to update mirrored parts belonging to an assembly efficiently.
  • It's necessary to have the base part in session to update a mirror part.
  • Instance using external copy geometry does not update
  • Message when editing external reference: CONFIRM to retrieve reference model
  • Warning when verifying family table: External copy geom feature will not update until reference model is in session.
  • Regenerate warning: External ref. for feature/component not found, using old placement
  • Reference viewer shows "Missing Ref id"
  • External Copy Geom will not be updated, though Options > Copied Geometry Update > Automatic Update
  • After a user hides or deletes a part feature  in the model tree of source model ( Publish geometry), no error is reported in the model using Copy Geometry features
  • External Merge feature is outdated even search_path is pointing to the location where the reference model is stored, and the reference model is not retrieved automatically 
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