Read this chapter to learn how to assign constraints to an Creo Elements/Direct Drafting part so that you or others can generate variations from it. If you only need to know how to generate variations from a pre-constrained part, skip this chapter and read Working with Parametric Design instead.

This chapter is for the Designer or Engineer who wants to incorporate Parametric Design capabilities into his or her Creo Elements/Direct Drafting design environment. We begin by describing the Parametric Design tools that the Designer should be familiar with:

The chapter concludes with several sections that cover the major applications for these tools: developing master parts for repeated use by yourself or others, and using Parametric Design as an extension of Creo Elements/Direct Drafting's MODIFY commands to do one-time adjustments of complex parts.