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Troubleshooting and setup information regarding the Manufacturing User Defined Tool Parameter file in Creo Parametric

Modified: 21-Aug-2025   


Applies To

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

Description

  • How to enable the User Defined Parameter tab in the Tools Setup dialog box
  • Unable to see the User Defined tab in the Tool Editor Manager
  • Is it possible to create custom tool parameter in NC module
  • When opening or retrieving a manufacturing model error message prompts are displayed referring to tool parameter definitions
  • Error messages:
    • Error in reading file. Incorrect format?
    • Bad UDP File
    • Config option empty - The custom parameter file config option is not defined.  Click Yes to delete existing definitions or NO to keep them.
    • File has conflicts - The custom parameter file has definition that conflict with existing definitions.  Click Yes to continue loading or NO to keep existing definitions.
    • Export-Import Error - Failed to parse XML file.
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