Introduction
Welcome to the Creo Layout 7.0.12.0 Online Help
About Searching from the Help Center
About Home and Topic Pages
To Use the F1 Key for Context-Sensitive Help
Creo Layout
Creo Layout Overview
Using Creo Layout
About Creo Layout
To Create a Layout
User Interface Basics
About the Work Environment
Using the Tabs
About Using the Tabs
About the Design Tab
About the Annotate Tab
About the Organize Tab
About the Tools Tab
About the View Tab
About the Hatching and Fill Tab
About Shortcut Menus
About Getting Help
To Get Context Sensitive Help
About LearningConnector for Creo
To Set the Sheet Format
To Set Units
To Undo or Redo an Action
Using Design Aids
About Design Aids
To Toggle the Display of Design Aids
About Live Dimensions and Guides
To Define the Guide Settings
To Convert Guides to Constraints
About the Grid
To Define Grid Settings
To Display and Set the Grid Origin
Navigating a Layout
About Navigating a Layout
To Navigate a Layout
To Use the Zoom Port
To Use Favorite Views
Configuring PTC Creo Layout
About Configuring Creo Layout
Configuration Options for Layout
Importing Data
About Importing Data
To Import Cross Sections from Creo Parametric Parts and Assemblies
To Import Data from Drawings
To Import 2D Entities from Other File Formats
To Import Images
Selecting Entities
About Selection
Using Selection Tools
Organizing Entities
About Organizing Entities
Tags
About Tags
To Create a Tag
To Manage Tags
To Designate New Entities to a Tag
To Toggle the Display of Tagged Entities
To Select Entities that are not Assigned to a Tag
Property Tags
About Property Tags
To Create a Property Tag
Nodes
About Nodes
To Create a Node
To Add or Remove Entities from a Node
To Move an Entity to a Different Node
Using Sublayouts
About Sublayouts
To Create a Sublayout
To Convert a Node into a Sublayout
To Insert a Layout File
About Embedding and Extracting Sublayouts
To Embed or Extract a Sublayout
Working with Entities
About Working with Entities
To Set the Line Style
To Set the Line Thickness
Formatting Entities
About Using Constraints
Creating Entities
About Creating Geometric and Construction Entities
About the Dimensions Mini Toolbar
To Change the Location of the Base Point
To Create Coordinate Systems, Centerlines, or Points
To Create Lines
To Create a Chain of Lines and Arcs
To Create Arcs
To Create Rectangles or Parallelograms
To Create Circles
To Create Fillets
To Create Chamfers
To Create Ellipses
To Create Splines
To Create Text
Using Hatching and Fill
About Applying Hatching and Fill to Closed Shapes
To Hatch and Fill Closed Shapes
Using Predefined Shapes
About Using Predefined Shapes
To Insert a Predefined Shape
Modifying Entities
About Modifying Entities
About Creating and Working with Groups
To Group, Ungroup, and Regroup Entities
About Moving Entities
To Rotate or Resize Entities
To Mirror Entities
About Merging and Dividing Entities
To Merge or Divide Entities
To Create a Linear or a Radial Pattern
To Create an Offset Pattern
To Trim or Extend Line Segments
To Add or Delete Points on a Spline
To Flip Entities
Inspecting and Measuring Entities
About Inspecting and Measuring Entities
To Inspect Entities
To Measure Entities
Using Annotations
About Using Annotations
Dimensions
About Dimensions
To Add or Modify a Dimension
To Add or Modify an Ordinate Dimension
Notes and Symbols
About Notes and Symbols
To Insert a Note with a Leader
To Insert a Note without a Leader
To Insert a Custom Symbol
To Insert a Symbol from the Palette
Tables
About Tables
To Perform Standard Table Operations
To Insert a Table by Defining its Size
To Hide or Display Cell Borders
Using Layouts for 3D Design
About Using Layouts for 3D Design
About Creating References for 3D Design
To Create Centerlines, Center Points, and Coordinate Systems
Publishing Layouts
About Publishing Layouts
To Print a Layout
To Export a Layout to Other Formats
References
Language Support
Using Language Support
About Language Support
About Localization Provided by PTC
Configuring Creo Applications for Language Support
About Configuration Options for Language Support
To Set Configuration Options for Language Support
Configuration Options for Language Support
Setting the Language Environment Variable
About Setting the LANG and Pro_LANG Environment Variables
About Locales
To Set the Language Environment Variable on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10
Detecting a Value for LANG or PRO_LANG
LANG and PRO_LANG Environment Variables
Running a Localized Application on an English System
About Running a Localized Application on an English System
Working with a Multibyte Language
About Multibyte File Types and Character Support
About Switching Input Mode for Asian Languages
Working with Multilingual Drawings
About Creating, Viewing, and Editing Multilingual Drawings in Creo Parametric
To Create Multilingual Drawings in Creo Parametric
Fundamentals
Fundamentals Overview
User Interface Basics
Working with Creo Parametric Windows and Dialog Boxes
About the Creo Parametric Main Window
Navigating Through the Hierarchy of the Selected Object
About the Ribbon
About Ribbon KeyTips
About Ribbon Resizing
To Modify Group Collapse Priority During Ribbon Resize
About Quick Access Toolbar
About Commands Not in the Ribbon
To Open or Close the Navigator
To Open or Close the Browser
About the Menu Manager
About the Dashboard
About Entering Data
About Dialog Boxes
Using Accelerators and Mnemonics
Shortcut Menus
About Working with a Creo Parametric Window
To Open a System Window
Customizing the User Interface
Setting Up Creo
Environment
About Environment Settings
To Change Creo Parametric Environment Settings
To Resume the Display of Suppressed Dialog Boxes
Working with Mapkey Macros
About Mapkeys
To Add a Map Key
Mapkeys Dialog Box
To Define a Mapkey
Defining or Editing Mapkeys
Mapkey Execution
Example: Creating Nested Mapkeys
About an Incremental Mapkey
About Working with Mapkeys in Drawing
System Colors
About System Appearance
To Open an Existing Color Scheme
To Redefine a System Appearance
To Define a Custom Background Color
To Save the Current Color Scheme
System Colors
Entity Display
To Hide or Unhide Datum Entities
To Show Note Names
Window Settings
About Customizing the Layout of the Window
User Interface Custom Settings
To Export User Interface Custom Settings
About Restoring the User Interface Defaults
To Restore User Interface Default Settings
About Importing the User Interface Custom Settings
About Exporting User Interface Custom Settings
About Saving User Interface Custom Settings
To Import User Interface Custom Settings
To Add Mapkeys to the Ribbon or Quick Access Toolbar
About Undoing and Redoing Actions
Customizing the Non-ribbon User Interface
About Customizing the Non Ribbon User Interface
To Add or Remove Toolbars
To Add a Mapkey to the Menu Bar or Toolbars
To Add a Split Button to a Toolbar
To Change the Appearance of Menu Bar and Toolbar Commands
To Move a Command from One Location to Another
To Rename a Menu Bar Menu
To Remove Commands from the User Interface
Customize Dialog Box
Customizing the Menu Manager
About Customizing the Menu Manager
To Create a menu_def.pro File
To Add an Option to the Menu Manager
Referencing Mapkeys in menu_def.pro settings
Rules for Adding Options to the Menu Manager
Example: User-Defined Menu Manager Options
About Setting Default Menu Options in the Menu Manager
Rules for Setting Default Menu Manager Options
Tip: Controlling Automatic Loading of a menu_def.pro File
To Set a Default Menu Manager Menu Option
PTC Creo Parametric User Interface
The File Menu
Working with Creo Parametric Files
About Creo Parametric Files
About File Types
Creating Files
About Creating New Files
To Create a New File
To Copy into an Empty Part or Assembly
Object Templates
Configuration Options for Object Templates
Opening Files
About Opening Files
To Open a File
Transferring Files Using FTP
Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File
Retrieving Files Across Platforms
Retrieving Objects Using Wildcards
Retrieving Models and Environment Settings from the Previous Session
Simplified Representations
To Open a File Containing a Family Table (Instances)
About Previewing Files
To Preview Files
Previewing Assemblies
Previewing Drawings
About Searching For and Retrieving Models
To Load a search.pro File
To Edit a search.pro File
To Temporarily Disable a Search Path
Example: Adding Search Paths
About Viewing Thumbnails
To View Files as Thumbnails
Selecting the Working Directory
To Select a Working Directory
Mirroring Parts
To Mirror a Part
Deleting Files
About Deleting Files
To Erase the Current Object from Memory
To Erase Undisplayed Objects from Memory
To Delete Old Versions of a File
To Delete All Versions of a File
Saving, Exporting, Renaming, and Backing Up Files
About Saving Files
To Save a File
To Save a Copy of a File
To Rename a File
To Back Up a File
Printing and Plotting Files
About Printing and Plotting
To Print an Object: Basic Procedure
To Print a Model
To Print an Object to a File
Example: PostScript Plots
To Change Plotting Pen Attributes
Assigning Colors to Another Pen
Example: table.pnt File
To Create a Pen Table File
Specifying the Location of a Pen Table File
Plotter Configuration Files
Plotting Views Directly
About Directly Plotting 3D Views
To Directly Plot a 3D View
To Plot Using a Projection Layout View
To Plot Using a Manual Layout View
To Plot Using a Drawing Template View
Exiting Creo Parametric
To Exit Creo Parametric
Working with Trail and Training Files
About Trail and Training Files
To Run a Trail or Training File
To Create a Training File
To Pause a Training File During Execution
Directives for Creating Training Files and Trainer Text Files
The View Tab
Images
About Images
About the Images User Interface
To Insert an Image on a Datum Plane or a Planar Surface
Example: Images on Datum Planes and Planar Surfaces
To Select an Image
About the Images Origin
To Move an Image
To Rotate and Flip an Image
About Fitting Images
To Fit an Image to a Value
To Scale and Stretch an Image
To Reset an Image
To Display Images
To Show and Hide an Image
To Set the Image Transparency
To Make an Image Color Transparent
To Remove an Image
The Help and Command Search Icons
Commands not in the Ribbon
To Select Locations in the Graphics Window Using the Keyboard
Glossary
Glossary for Fundamentals
Data Management
About Data Management
Supported Workspace Operations
Using the Server Manager Dialog Box
About a Locked Workspace
About an Offline Workspace
Setting an Object as Read-only
About Managing Cache
Model Based Definition
Creating Various Annotation Types
Working with Annotation
About Annotation
Active and Inactive Status of Annotation
To Select an Annotation
To Edit Properties of an Annotation
To Modify the Text Style of Multiple Annotations
To Modify Multiple Annotations
About Security Marking
To Designate an Annotation as a Security Marking
Model Notes
About Model Notes
About the Format Tab
To Create an Unattached Note
To Create a On Item Note
To Create a Leader Note
To Change the Note Type
To Modify Note Parameters
To Make a Flat-to-Screen Note
To Change the Parent of a Note
To Create a Hyperlink in a Note
To Open a Hyperlink Defined in a Model Note
To Create a Hyperlink to a Combined View in a 3D Note
To Delete or Erase a Model Note
To Modify a Model Note
To Delete a Leader from a Model Note
To Modify the Color of a Note
To Move a Model Note
To Save a Model Note as a Text File
To Add Custom Symbols to a Note
To Change the Attachment Point of a Note
To Set the Text Styles of a Note
To Convert Legacy Notes
Symbols
About Adding Symbols to a Model
To Add Symbols to a 3D Model
To Move a Symbol
To Set the Font Based Symbol Palette
About Annotation Component Sizes
Calculating the Size of Annotation Components
Dimension Properties
About the Dimension Ribbon Tab
About Defining Prefix and Suffix Values for a Dimension
About Setting Dimension Text Orientation
About Defining Prefix and Suffix Values of Thickness Dimension
Tip: Using Configuration File Options to Modify the Number of Decimal Places
To Insert Additional Dimensions
To Modify the Number of Decimal Places in Dimensions
To Transform Existing Dimensions into Basic Dimensions
To Set Dimensions as Inspection Dimensions
To Insert Dimensions from a Common Reference
To Change the Dimension Arrow Directions
To Change the Orientation of a Linear Dimension
To Change the Orientation of an Angular Dimension
To Change the Orientation of a Circular Dimension
To Change the Orientation of an Elliptical and Spherical Dimension
To Insert Dimensions Between Concentric Circular Entities
To Insert Dimension for a Spline
To Insert Dimension for an Ellipse
To Insert Dimension for a Sphere
To Move a Reference Dimension
About Setting Decimal Places for Dimension Tolerance Values
Working with Dimensions
About Aligning Dimensions
To Align Dimensions
About Z-extension Lines
Example: Z-extension Lines
About Modifying Attachment References for Dimensions
To Modify Arrowhead Style of the Leader Lines
To Display Dimensions with or without Tolerances
To Set the Background for Dimensions
Working with Witness Lines
About Modifying Witness Lines
Assigning the Point of Origin in Dimension
To Erase Witness Lines
To Restore Erased Witness Lines
To Insert Jogs
To Remove Jogs
To Insert Breaks
To Remove Breaks
About Clipping Witness Lines
To Clip Witness Lines
To Align Ends of Witness Lines
About Skewing Witness Lines
To Skew Witness Lines of a Dimension
Driven Dimensions
About Driven Dimensions
About Annotation Plane Requirements for Dimensions with Surface References
To Create a Driven Dimension in a Part or Assembly
Placing Dimensions Using the Select Reference Dialog Box
Placing Dimensions Using the Shortcut Menu
Placing Dimensions Using Arc Attachment
Example: Driven Dimensions With a Spherical Surface Reference
To Modify Tolerances of a Driven Dimension
To Move a Driven Dimension
To Move the Dimension Text
To Flip Dimension Arrows
To Set Inspection Dimensions
About Creating Witness Lines for Radius and Diameter Driven Dimensions
Reference Dimensions
About Reference Dimensions
Example: Some Reference Dimensions
To Create a Reference Dimension Between Surfaces
REF VIEW Menu
Tip: Displaying View-Dependent Reference Dimensions
To Change the View Dependency of a Reference Dimension
Ordinate Dimensions
About Ordinate Dimensions
To Create an Ordinate Dimension
About Switching between Linear and Ordinate Dimensions
Setting the Display Style for Ordinate Dimensions
Example: Display Styles of Ordinate Dimensions
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Example: Display Styles of Ordinate Dimensions