Welcome to Creo Illustrate 7.1.0.0 Help
Using the Help Center
What's New
What’s New in Creo Illustrate
Creo Illustrate 7.1.0.0
Add Support for Tiled Textures
Publish Option for Item List
Creo Illustrate 7.0.0.0
Support for Windchill Workspaces When Using the Direct Connection
Direct Connection Workflow for Windchill Attributes
Workflow Improvements for Direct Connection
Animate Decal Visibility
Add Decals in Structure Edit
Create and Manage a Library of Page Sizes in the Standard
Create and Manage a Library of Light Scenes in the Standard
Publish Selection Sets
Create a Library of Predefined Selection Set Names
Export a CSV File from the Item List
Pvsoptimize Replaces Pvschange
Creo Illustrate 6.1.0.0
Add Decals to 3D Model Parts
Define a Video Frame
Workflow Improvements for a Direct Connection
Windchill Server Side Publishing of C3DI Files
Creo Illustrate 6.0.0.0
Improving Sequencing
Selection Sets
New File Type Supported for Import
Direct Link to Windchill — Workflow Improvements
Direct Connection for MPMLink
Drop Support for WWGM
Summary of Platform Changes
Creo Illustrate
Overview
About Creo Illustrate
About Creo Illustrate Editions
To Set the Edition and License Options
About Borrowing and Returning Licenses
To Borrow or Return a Temporary License
Example: Command-line Syntax and Arguments for License Borrowing
Getting Started
About Illustrations
Example: Creating and Publishing an Illustration
To Set the Standard for an Illustration
To Create a New Illustration
Linking, Embedding, and Updating Imported Content
To Create a New Figure
Map eBOM to sBOM
To Edit the Figure
To Add a New Figure to the Illustration
To Save Illustration C3DI Files
To Save a Figure As an External File Type
To View and Change Creo Illustrate Options
About Recovered Files
To Set Recovery Options
Navigating the User Interface
About the User Interface
About the Ribbon
About KeyTips and Keyboard Shortcuts
To Use KeyTips
Keyboard Shortcuts
Undo and Redo Commands
Navigating Figures
Navigating the View
Finding Commands
About the Command Search Tool
To Search for a Command
To Refine the Search for Commands
Working with Panels
About Panels
To Customize the Display of Panels
About the sBOM Tree
About Messages
To Log Messages
To Filter the Display of Messages
To Show and Copy the Details of a Message
To Clear the Messages Pane
About the Status Bar
To Select Columns Using the Column Chooser
Using the Mouse
About the Mouse Navigation Modes
To Set the Mouse Navigation Mode
To Set Navigation Options
Using Mouse Buttons in ProductView Mode
Using Mouse Buttons in PTC Creo Mode
Using Mouse Buttons in CATIA V5–Compatible Navigation Mode
About Pointer Symbols
To Enable Inertial Spinning
Customizing the Application
Setting Options
About Options
To Set General-Main Options
To Show the Center of Rotation for a Figure
To Set Selection Options
About Setting Model-Main Options
General Options
About Locking Option Settings
To Reset Options to the Defaults
Configuring Tooltips
About Customizing Tooltips
To Configure Tooltips
Example: Custom Tooltip Syntax
Customizing the Ribbon
About Customizing the Ribbon
To Customize the Ribbon using the Options Dialog Box
To Move Buttons to or from the Overflow
To Minimize or Maximize the Ribbon
To Export Custom User Interface Settings
To Import Custom User Interface Settings
To Restore the Default User Interface Settings
Customizing Commands
About Customizing Commands
To Customize Commands using the Options Dialog Box
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
About the Quick Access Toolbar
To Add a Command to the Quick Access Toolbar
To Remove a Command from the Quick Access Toolbar
To Move the Quick Access Toolbar
Customizing the Gnomon
About Custom Gnomons
To Apply a Custom Gnomon
To Define Custom Gnomons
Customizing the Palette
About Customizing the Palette
To Add Custom Colors to the Palette
To Edit or Delete Custom Colors
Working with Standards
About Standards
Setting up a Standard for 2D and 3D Illustrations
About Profiles
To Change Profiles in a Figure
To Manage Standards
To Export as Standard
To Load Standards
To Set a Color Using the Choose Color Dialog Box
Opening Files
About the Creo Illustrate File Format
About Opening Files
To Open a File
Understanding the Update Summary
About Opening Files with Copyrights
To View Accepted Copyrights
To View Loaded File Information
Rendering the Scene
About Rendering the Scene
Understanding the Rendering Statistics
Loading and Synchronizing Data
About Loading Data
To Set Loading Options
Linking to the Windchill Server
To Set Windchill Options
Importing and Exporting Files
About Importing and Exporting Files
Importing Files
Supported File Types
Supported Import File Formats for Creo Illustrate
Importing STEP AP242 Files
About Importing Branch Links
To Set the Link Update Policy on Import
To Change the Link Update Policy after Import
To Access the Content User Interface
To Check the Status of Linked Content
To Update a Link
To Unlink or Delete Linked Content
About Loading Creo Unite Technology Files
DWG/DXF 3D Entity Import Conversion Table
About Importing and Exporting CSV Files
Exporting Files
About Saving Figures to External File Formats
Saving Figures to External File Formats
To Save Figure as an Image
About Saving a Figure as a 2D Illustration File
Settings for Creating, Saving, and Publishing 2D Illustrations
Settings for Saving or Publishing Image Files
To Save a Figure as a 2D Illustration File
To Save a Figure as a 3D File
Data Saved to the VRML File
To Save a Figure as a JT, STEP, or IGES File
Data Saved to the IGES File
To Save a 3D Figure to PDF
About Image Generation
To Set Image Generation Preferences
Publishing Figures
About Publishing
To Publish Illustration C3DI Files
About Scripts
To Manage Publishing Options and Recipe Files
To Publish One or More Figures
To Exclude a Figure from Publication
To Change the Publish Order for Figures
Settings for Publishing Figures to 3D
Settings for Publishing a Sequence or Animation to a Movie File
Working with Figures
About Figures
About the Display of Figures
Deleting Figures
To Filter the Figures List
About Filtering the Figure Display
To Change the Figure in the Graphics Area
About View Orientation in Figures
About Setting Figure Options
To Set the Figure View
About Pens
3D Figures
About 3D Figures
2D Figures
2D Figures
To Customize Settings for a 2D Figure
Drawing Tools for 2D Figures
To Create and Edit Lines in 2D Figures
Bezier Curves
To Create and Edit Ellipses
To Create and Edit Rectangles
Editing 2D Figures
Editing Tools for 2D Figures
Switching Pens
Duplicating Lines in 2D Figures
Trimming Lines in 2D Figures
Scaling 2D Figures
To Delete a Part or Line in a 2D Figure
About Selecting and Moving Elements in 2D Figures
To Select and Move Insets in 2D Figures
To Select and Move Callouts in 2D Figures
Display Tools for 2D Figures
About Grids
Snap to Elements in 2D Figures
Schematic Figures
About Schematic Figures
To Import a Schematic File
To Set the Schematic Background Color in Edit Structure Mode
To Filter Schematic Sheets
Matching Schematic Data
About Matching Schematic Data
Navigating the Cross Selection and Edit Structure Views
To Match Data for Cross Selection
To Create a Match
To Find a Match
To Remove a Match
To Preview an Existing Match
To Exclude an Item from Matching
To Filter Match Results
About the Schematic Tree Display
To Show or Hide an Item in a Schematic Figure
To Filter the Schematic Tree Display
About Overrides
To Restore a Style
To Select and Manage Profiles
To Override a Connection Style
To Filter Schematic Overrides
To Change the Page Setup for a Figure
To Edit the Content of Title Blocks
Viewing Attributes
About Attributes
To View Attributes
Example: Viewing Attribute Information
To Copy Attribute Information to the Clipboard
About Filtering the Display of Attributes
To Filter Attributes
About Working with the Attribute Manager
To Select Attributes and Related Items
To Change the Display of Attributes in the Attribute Manager
To Change the Visibility of Attributes
To Create, Edit, or Delete an Attribute
Creating Figures
Setting Up the Page
About the Page Setup for Figures
To Add a Custom Page
To Set a Page for a Figure
Render Mode
About Render Mode
To Set Render Mode
To Change the Render Mode
Rules for Setting Render Mode
About Rendering the Thickness and Visibility of Edge Lines
To Set the Thickness and Visibility Options of Edge Lines
Setting Lighting
About Light Scenes in Figures
To Select the Light Scene for a Figure
To Manage the Light Scene List
About Customizing Light Scenes
Transparency and Phantom Parts
About Transparency
To Set the Transparency of Parts
About Phantom Parts
To Set Phantom Style Options
To Turn Phantom Display Style On or Off
To Select Phantom Parts
Editing Appearance
About Modifying the Graphic Display
To Set Part Loading and Visibility
About the Visibility Settings of Parts
To Set Model Filters
To Display 3D Thumbnails
About Thumbnails
To Edit Color
To Set Model Color Options
Methods to Open the Choose Color Dialog Box
About Line Styles
To Set Line Style Options
Moving Parts
About Relocating and Reorienting Parts
To Transform and Rotate Parts
Using the Dragger to Transform or Rotate Parts
Exploded Views
About Exploded Views
To Perform a Smart Explode
Sectioning
About Sectioning
To Section the Figure
Manipulating Sectioning Planes
To View the Section in 2D View
2D Views of Sections
To Set Sectioning Options
Using the Structure Tree or sBOM Tree
Modifying the sBOM Tree Display
To Navigate the sBOM Tree or the eBOM Tree
To Edit the sBOM Tree
About Multiple Instances in the Structure Tree
About Alternate Part Names
To Configure Alternate Part Names
About the sBOM Tree Filter
To Filter the sBOM Tree Display
The Find Tool
About the Find Tool
To Search Using the Find Tool
Creating and Editing Structures
Using the Assemble Tool
About Assembling Items
To Assemble Coordinate Systems
To View and Modify the List of Items to Assemble
Defining Coordinate Systems
Creating and Editing an sBOM or an eBOM
About Creating and Editing sBOMs
Importing and Updating sBOM XML Files
To Export and Import an sBOM Update File
To Select Corresponding Items in the eBOM and sBOM
About Removing Unused eBOM Part Files
About Determining and Viewing the Parts Used in an sBOM Tree
To View the Parts of an sBOM Tree
To Remove Unused Part Files from an eBOM or an sBOM
To Replace an sBOM Part
To Display Schematic Fragments in the sBOM Tree
Effects of Replacing an sBOM Part
To Filter the eBOM Tree Display
Editing sBOM Appearance
About Modifying the Display of Parts in Edit Structure Mode
To Modify the Display of Parts in Edit Structure Mode
Editing sBOM Locations
About Setting Default Location of Parts in Edit Structure Mode
To Modify the Location of Parts in Edit Structure Mode
Combining Parts
About Combining Parts in the sBOM
About Selecting Parts to Combine
About Selecting Combined Parts
Advanced Editing
To Delete an sBOM Part
To Rename a Part in the sBOM
To Cut and Paste Nodes
To Combine Parts
Working with Annotations
About Annotations
To Hide or Show an Annotation
To Set Annotation Options
Callouts
About Callouts
Types of Callouts
To Create and Manage Callout Templates
About Callouts in the Figure Content List and the Item List
To Filter Callouts in the Content List
To Insert Callouts
To Insert a User-defined Callout
To Rename an Item Tag
To Renumber One Callout
To Edit a Callout
To Adjust the Numbering of Callouts
To Set Default Options for Callouts
About Setting the Size of Callout Labels
To Set the Minimum Label Size for Callouts
To Change Callout Appearance Settings
Insets
About Insets
Inset Components
To Create and Manage Inset Templates
To Insert and Place an Inset
To Edit an Inset
To Move or Resize an Inset
Viewing and Selecting Objects in an Inset
To Set Inset Leader Visibility Options
To Change Inset Appearance Settings
Halos
About Halos
To Set Halo Options
Exporting Figures with Halos
Explode Lines
About Explode Lines
To Insert Explode Lines
To Set a Start Point, End Point, or Intermediate Point
To Modify the Appearance of an Explode Line
To Set Default Options for Explode Lines
Model Annotations
About Model Annotations
Model Annotation Visibility in Creo Illustrate
About Screen Space Model Annotations
Symbols
About the Symbol Library
To Insert Symbols
To Add and Manage Symbols in the Symbols Library
Stamps
About Stamps
To Insert a Stamp
To Add and Manage Stamps in the Stamps Library
Working with Item Lists
About an Item List
To Create an Item List
To Export an Item List
To Define Grouping, Item Tags, and Itemization in an Item List
Measurements
About the Measurement User Interface
About the Display of Measurements
To Adjust the Display of Measurements
To Set Measurement Options
To Set Annotation Measurements Options
About the Unit of Measurement
To Change the Unit of Measurement
To Display Original Units
3D Measurements
Types of Measurements for Illustrations
To Measure Distance
To Create a Projected Distance Measurement
To Measure an Angle
To Measure Radius or Diameter
To Edit a Measurement
To Copy Measurement Results
Localizing Text
About Localizing Text
To Set Default Localization Options
To Set Localization Options for the Current Illustration
To Preview Localized Text
To Manually Export and Import Localization Files
About Managing Localized Text with Windchill
About Localizing Sequences
To Select or Exclude Attribute Text for Localization
Adding Construction Geometry
About Construction Geometry
To Create Construction Geometry
To Create a Coordinate System
To Load Construction Geometry
To Show or Hide Construction Geometry
To Save Construction Geometry
Construction Geometry References
Working with Animations
About Animation
Example: Possible Uses of Animation
About Tracks and Keys
To Play an Animation
To Set Animation Playback Options
To Set Animation Options
Creating Animations and Movies
About Creating, Saving, Importing, and Exporting Animations
To Create and Save an Animation
To Add or Change an Animation Fade or Color Effect
To Animate the Visibility of a Decal
Adding an Animated Unscrew Effect
To Preview the Path of an Item
To Import an Animation
Editing Animations
About Editing Animations
To Edit the Keys Using Different Methods
Duplicating and Copying Keys
About Easing Movement
To Accelerate or Decelerate a Body Using Easing
To Edit Tracks Using the Track Tools
To Insert Tracks and Keys
To Stretch a Track
To Inspect the Animation Timeline
To Delete a Track or Key
About Locking and Unlocking Tracks
To Lock or Unlock a Track
Working with Selection Sets
About Selection Sets
Working with Sequences
About Sequences
To Set Sequence Options
To Create or Reverse a Sequence
To Export an Animation or Sequence as a Movie
Creating and Modifying Sequences
Editing Sequence Steps
Merging and Splitting Sequence Steps
To Add, Edit or Delete Animation Publish Points
Previewing Sequences
About Previewing Sequences
To Preview a Sequence
Creating Animations in Sequence Steps
About Creating Animations in Sequence Steps
To Capture the Camera View for Sequence Steps
About Recording Content for Steps
To Record Content in a Step
Adding Tagged Content to Steps
About Tagged Symbols in Sequences
About Inserting Tagged Symbols in Sequences
About Editing Tags in the Symbol Library XML File
Working with Decals
About Decals
To Apply a Decal to a Part
To Apply a Decal at the sBOM Level
Using a Mapping Shape
Working with Textures
About Textures
To Apply a Texture to a Part
To Apply a Texture at the sBOM Level
Editing a Mapping Shape
Watermarks
About Watermarks
To Define and Apply Watermarks
Saving, Printing, and Sending Files
About Saving Files
To Save a File
About Printing Figures
To Set Advanced Print Options
To Print Figures and Sequences
To Add a Watermark to a Print Job
To Print a PDF
To Send a Figure or Representation by E-mail
Creo Illustrate Installation and Configuration Guide
About the Installation and Configuration Guide
How to Use This Guide
Related Documentation
Technical Support
Documentation for PTC Products
Overview
What You Receive
About Creo Illustrate Licensing
Before You Begin
System Prerequisites
PTC Customer Agreement
Quick-Start Installation
Obtaining and Configuring Licenses
Downloading Creo Illustrate
Installing Creo Illustrate
Downward Compatibility
Installers for Creo Illustrate
Performing an Installation Using the Executable File
Starting Creo Illustrate and Modifying an Installation
Deploying Creo Illustrate and Customizing the Installation
Deploying Creo Illustrate Using a Silent Installation
Deploying from a Downloaded Executable File
Customizing the Installer
Creating and Deploying a Customized Installer
Performing a Silent Uninstallation
Updating an Installation
License Management Software
lmadmin License Server Manager
Troubleshooting Tips for Licensing and Creo Illustrate Runtime
Managing Preferences
Overview of Creo Illustrate Preferences
Setting Preferences
Disabling Commands
Loading Preferences from a Shared Location
Customizing Shared Preferences
Customizing sBOM XML Files
About Customizing sBOM XML Files
sBOM XML Document Description
<sbom> Element
<instance> Element
<ebom> Element
<refpart> Element
<figures> Element
<figure> Element
<itemlist> Element
<item> Element
<itmgroup> Element
<refitm> Element
How To Import and Export an sBOM XML File
Updating sBOM Files
sBOM XML Document Schema
About the XML Schema
XML Schema Listing
Creo Illustrate Symbol Library File: Tag Editing
Customizing Page Size
Customizing Lighting Setups
About Customizing Lighting Setups
About the Light Scenes XML Document
<lightscenes> Element
<lightscene> Element
<name> Element
<light> Element
<color> Element
<position> Element
<direction> Element
<angle> Element
<exponent> Element
Light Scenes XML Document Examples
Lighting Setups XMLDocument Schema
3D Publishing Options
Configuring 3D and Schematic Standards
About Standards for the 3D Illustrator
Defining Formats
Defining Attribute Rules
Defining Profiles
Configuring Creo Illustrate for Translation Management
Formatting PDF Templates
Page Attributes
Header Attributes
Content Attributes
Footer Attributes
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