Article - CS41852

General troubleshooting for launching Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or other modules

Modified: 31-Mar-2023   


Applies To

  • Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 18.10 to 20.5

Description

  • How to test Annotation or Modeling environment when the settings or files appear to be corrupted
  • How to troubleshoot a failed start for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Annotation
  • Modeling starts with an error on one machine, but others start fine
  • Annotation performance problems with pan, zoom, create new view
  • Testing an out-of-the-box installation
  • Drawing dimensions cannot be edited in the annotation
  • Modeling starts without any commands or toolbars
  • Show Properties, Light Properties and Viewport Properties commands under right-click menu greyed out
  • After importing a STEP file into Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, the color information is lost
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