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Using the TEMPLATE_DATUM_PLANES Check
To use the TEMPLATE_DATUM_PLANES check for part or assembly models, you must perform the following steps:
1. Create a start part or assembly that you want to use as a standard template for checking the orientation of datum planes.
2. Define the standard orientation of the datum planes in the template files. Copy the template part, or assembly files to the working directory. Alternatively you can copy the template start files to the config directory or to the text directory inside the config directory.
3. Perform the following steps to add the names of the template parts or assemblies to the .mcs start configuration file:
a. Click File > Options. The Creo Parametric Options dialog box opens.
b. Select Environment and click ModelCHECK Settings. The Modelcheck Configuration Tool dialog box opens.
c. Click adjacent to Configuration settings in the left pane of the ModelCHECK Configuration Tool dialog box.
d. Click adjacent to Start files.
e. Select the start file that you want to modify.
f. Click Add Row. In the lower edit pane of the dialog box, select Part or Assembly as the Field Value and click Add Row.
g. In the next row, for Select Type of Start Item select Link to Template File from the Field Value list and click Add Row.
h. In the third row, for Value (Alphabetic), type the name of the template start part or assembly file.
The.mcs start configuration file is updated as follows:
PRT_TEMPLATE part_tmp.prt
where part_tmp.prt is the name of the template start part.
ASM_TEMPLATE asm_temp.asm
where asm_temp.asm is the name of the template start assembly.
 
* If the template files are in the text directory you need to specify the path to the start files as text/<part_tmp.prt>.
Alternatively you can update the start configuration file using a text editor.
4. Add the TEMPLATE_DATUM_PLANES check to the .mch check file.
5. Run Creo ModelCHECK. The report displays a list of datum planes with incorrect orientation. Click the Highlight button to highlight the incorrectly oriented datum planes in the model.