A master part can be any Creo Elements/Direct Drafting part that has Parametric Design constraint and parameter data associated with it. This data is generated by the Designer using Parametric Design and is automatically stored along with the part when it is saved to a file. Parametric Design data is loaded back into Creo Elements/Direct Drafting whenever you LOAD the master part with the standard Creo Elements/Direct Drafting LOAD functions.

Parametric Design operates only on the current Creo Elements/Direct Drafting part. If you LOAD a drawing that contains several parts, you must make sure that the part you wish to use as the master is the current Creo Elements/Direct Drafting part. Use the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Edit_part command to select a particular part to be current.

To confirm that the part you've loaded has the necessary Parametric Design data associated with it to be a master part, check the parameter value table on MENU 1. If no entries appear in the table after you load a part or make it the current part, it cannot be used as a Parametric Design master from this menu.