About Setting Up Model Properties
In the Part mode, clicking File > Prepare > Model Properties opens the Model Properties dialog box. In the Model Properties dialog box the model properties are categorized in five sections. Each line in a section displays information about a property. The following is the list of properties that you can view and edit:
Materials
Material
Units
Accuracy
Mass Properties
Relations, Parameters and Instances
Relations
Parameters
Instance
Features and Geometry
Names
Tools
Flexible
Shrinkage
Simplified Representation
Pro/Program
Interchange
Model Interfaces
Reference and Backup
Sensor (It is visible if you have a Creo Product Insight license)
Detailing
Detail Options
Tolerancing Standard
Tolerancing Standard Version
The Model Properties dialog box allows you to perform the following operations:
Second column—Displays information about the model property.
—Displays a report for the property in that row. The icon is available for mass properties, relations, parameters, shrinkage, simplified representation, Pro/Program, and tolerancing standard version
—Expands the information in the second column. The icon is available for mass properties, relations, parameters, shrinkage, simplified representation, interchange, and reference control. Click to collapse the information displayed.
change—Opens the appropriate dialog box or menu for a model property in that row and allows you to edit existing values or define new values. For example, clicking change in the Units line opens the Units Manager, clicking Tolerance opens the TOL SETUP Menu Manager.
To Set Tolerancing Standard
The following changes are applicable to both Model Properties and Drawing Properties dialog boxes:
1. File > Prepare > Model Properties. For drawing, click Drawing Properties.
2. Under Detailing, do the following:
a. Click Change next to Tolerancing Standard to set ANSI/ASME or ISO/DIN tolerancing standard.
b. Click Change next to Tolerancing Standard Version. The Tolerancing Standard Version dialog box appears. Set the version of the tolerancing standard, for verifying compliance with the tolerance syntax.
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