The selection workflows now have increased usability. During a Modeling session, up to 20 selections can be captured in a selection history list and accessed later from the Select Mini Toolbar. The most-recent captured selection is put on top of the list. If the number of captured selections exceeds the configurable number of entries in the list, the oldest entry is removed.
To manually capture a selection, you can access the “Capture Current Selection” command from the Select Mini Toolbar. For a defined set of most frequently used tools, selections made in the primary input fields are automatically captured.
When reusing a captured selection, Modeling warns the user in case not all of the items can be re-selected. In that case, non-selectable items are automatically removed from the selection list. A selection can be captured without modifying the model.
Capture Current Selection
Repeat Last Selection
Additional Information
Tips:
None.
Limitations:
No known limitations.
Does this replace existing functionality?
No.
Configuration options associated with this functionality:
Configure number of entries in the selection history list using UI Settings > Misc.
Zoom-To-Selected for Geometry
Zoom-to-selected is enhanced with a number of features for usability. The logic has been enhanced and the selection is persistent.
User Interface Location: Command Mini Toolbar and Context Menu.
Release: Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.4.4.0.
What is the benefit of this enhancement?
The following enhancements are now available:
• Improved zoom window calculation for parts and assemblies in advanced situations.
• Zoom window corresponds more to the expected result for more complex situations involving configurations, component instances, selective instances, and so on.
• Zoom-to-selected is now available for lightweight and partially-loaded parts and assemblies if they have a graphical representation.
Zoom-to-selected is not available for empty parts or assemblies.
• When performing zoom-to-selected, the selected component remains in the current selection list and the selection highlight remains visible.
Additional Information
Tips:
None.
Limitations:
The selection persistence is not supported for selected workplanes or workplane sets.
Does this replace existing functionality?
No.
Configuration options associated with this functionality:
None.
Associate Simplified Models
A new “Associate simplified models” command is now available in Simplification.
User Interface Location: Click Simplification > Associate.
You can now associate any model (external to the owner assembly or part) as a simplification model to an existing simplification feature. This capability naturally expands the current simplification concept, offering the choice to “manually” create a simplified model and use it as simplification geometry. The seed for that could also be based on an initial simplification execution.
The associated model can be:
• Parts or assembly for an assembly-level simplification feature.
• A single part for a part-level simplification feature.
In the case of updates, no automatic geometric updates are possible. Manual re-attachment is required.
More flexible usage of the simplification feature is now possible. You can associate and manage models created with external tools or through manually-created or refined simplifications.
Associate Simplified Models
Additional Information
Tips:
None.
Limitations:
No known limitations.
Does this replace existing functionality?
No.
Configuration options associated with this functionality:
None.
Improved Import of Creo Multibody Parts
Enhanced import of Creo multibody parts into Creo Elements/Direct Modeling ensures that body-related design information is maintained during the transfer.
User Interface Location: File > Open.
Release: Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.4.4.0.
What is the benefit of this enhancement?
The transfer includes the following:
• Extension “.BDY” in part names from bodies.
• Transfer of body color.
• Dedicated handling of imported bodies marked as construction bodies.
Users can now control whether to include or filter-out construction bodies during import. When construction bodies are included in the import, a container object called Construction is created in the Creo Elements/Direct assembly structure and the parts representing the construction bodies in the source are created under this dedicated container. This process better reflects which geometry is truly contributing to the final (manufactured) part and mass properties of the part.
The construction body handling is only performed for “true” multibody parts (containing more than a single body).
Import of Multibody Parts
Additional Information
Tips:
None.
Limitations:
No known limitations.
Does this replace existing functionality?
No.
Configuration options associated with this functionality:
None.
Performance Enhancements
The new Load Model at Center and Reduced Point Feedback options enhance performance by eliminating potential and noticeable delays in specific workflows.
User Interface Location:
• Modeling Settings > Part/Assembly > Position > Load Model at Center.
• Context Menu and then Viewing > Reduced Point Feedback.
Release: Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.4.4.0.
What is the benefit of this enhancement?
• Recent releases introduced a new behavior within the “Position after Load” workflow that calculated the initial position after load as centered in the view at a close distance in front of parts and assemblies that are already in session. This optimized visibility of the loaded model by preventing it from being far off or buried inside other parts, but could introduce some time delay for larger assemblies. A new Load Model at Center option allows to configure whether to perform or skip this optimization.
• For point selection, users can now choose Reduced Point Feedback when hovering over geometry or snapping to geometric entities. This can increase performance for situations in which many geometric entities need to be considered for preview and snapping calculations.
Additional Information
Tips:
None.
Limitations:
No known limitations.
Does this replace existing functionality?
No.
Configuration options associated with this functionality:
