Article - CS97039

How to find the suppressed connection in Mechanism mode because of invalid constraints in Creo Parametric

Modified: 25-Mar-2026   


Applies To

  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
  • Creo MECHANISM

Description

  • How to find the suppressed connection in mechanism because of invalid constraints
  • Connections is grey out in Search Tool
  • How to find/identify a Mechanism Connection reported in a message as failed or suppressed
  • Scenario :
    1. Getting a warning/error message in dashboard saying that a specific connection name is problematic or has an issue, example :
      • The connection "XXXXX" will be suppressed because of invalid constraint(s)
      • "XXXXX" is not active and hence is excluded from the current analysis
    2. How to quickly find this connection to redefine or troubleshoot it
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