Changing the Representation of an Assembly Model
After adding an assembly model to a drawing, you can change its representation. Selecting a view sets the current representation to the representation shown in that view. You can select only views of the current drawing model.
You can also access a list of all representations for the current assembly. Creo Parametric makes the specified representation as the active representation and applies it to subsequent views. If simplified representations have been made for the assembly model, Creo Parametric automatically retrieves the Master Representation.
When creating simplified representations in Drawing mode and making changes to them, keep in mind the following:
• In Assembly mode, simplified representations can contain substitute parts. In Drawing mode, you can only apply dimensions to these substitute parts by creating them. When creating the dimension you should reference the geometry of the simplified representation.
• When you make changes to a simplified representation in Assembly mode, you may lose information in the drawing. For example, when you change the status of a component by substituting a previously included component, all references to the substituted component are lost.
• When referencing an assembly or its components in a simplified representation, the system can find and use only those components that actually exist in the simplified representation. Specifically, when you orient a view, you cannot use datums belonging to or placed according to components that are not in the current simplified representation.
• You can make projected, auxiliary, revolved, and detailed views from a general view of the same simplified representation.