Article - CS17031

Unable to place or move geometric tolerance or set datum feature symbol (DFS) with dimension on drawing in Creo Parametric

Modified: 23-Jul-2025   


Applies To

  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire 5.0
  • Creo+

Description

  • Unable to move geometric tolerance or set Datum Feature Symbol (DFS) with dimension on drawing
  • Unable to place geometric tolerance or set datum on dimension with following error message
    • You cannot link a Pro/DETAIL gtol to a draft dimension
    • Selected part is not active. Select again
    • Gtol cannot be placed on the dimension in a different part/assembly
    • You cannot link a part/assembly gtol to a drawing dimension
  • Selected part is not active. Select again. error reported when attempting to place datum In Dim in drawing
  • Unable to set a set datum on a defined dimension in drawing
  • DFS in specific drawing moves to the opposite direction than intended in 3D
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