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Dashboard controls Making selections Icon guide Advanced selection: Chain & surface set construction Model appearance Drawing mode Orienting the model
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Dashboard controls
Top-Level Menus Main Toolbar Component Placement Dashboard Accessory Window Assembly Model Tree
Graphics Window
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Solid
Feature
Surface
Standard
Hole
Straight
Set Mode
Round
Transition Mode
Blind
Depth
Flip Direction
Material
Remove Material
Thicken Sketch
Placement Panel
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Making selections
Common dashboard controls
System color assignments
Cyan Preselection highlight
Item will be added to or removed from the set of selected items
Using filters
Red
Selected geometry
Items currently selected
Filters
Limit the scope of Selection
Yellow
Preview geometry
Results of the current operation when complete
Alt
Smart Filter
(2-level filter) EXAMPLE: Select a Feature first, then select Geometry (Surface/Edge/Vertex) from the Feature
Until highlighted
Example: With the Layout tab active, use ALT+Left-click to select any annotations
Ctrl
Shift
Clear selection
On background
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Icon guide
Main toolbar
Undo Redo
Edit
View
Model display
Browser controls
Sheetmetal toolbar
Extrude
Back Forward
Stop Refresh
Conversion Flat Wall Flange Wall Unattached Wall Types Extended Wall Bend Types Unbend/Bend Back Relief/Punch/Notch/Rip/Merge Forms: Punch/Quilt/Die/Flatten/Deform Area
Navigator tabs
Favorites Connections
Flat Pattern
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Sketcher toolbar
Select Items Line Types Quadrangle Types Circle Types Arc Types Fillet Types Chamfer Types Spline Point/Coordinate System Entity from Edge Types Dimension Types Modify Values Constraint Types Text Sketcher Palette Trim Types Mirror/Move/Rotate/Copy Complete Sketch Cancel Sketch
Keyboard shortcuts
You can use standard keyboard shortcuts in Creo Elements/Pro 5.0. For example: Regenerate New file Open file Save file Find Delete Copy Paste Undo Redo Repaint Standard view
Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Del Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl C V Z Y R D G N O S F
Sketch Plane Axis Curve Point Types Coordinate System Analysis Reference
Assembly
Annotation AE Propagation
Add Component Add Manikin Create Component Hole Shell Rib Types Draft Round Chamfer
Base
Extrude Revolve
Constructing chains
Multiple chains 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Construct initial chain Hold CTRL Select an edge for new chain Release CTRL down Hold down SHIFT Complete new chain from selected edge Boundary To select the outer-most boundary edges of a quilt: 1. Select a one-sided edge of a quilt 2. Hold down SHIFT 3. H ighlight Boundary chain (Query may be required) 4. Select Boundary chain 5. Release SHIFT Surface loop To select a loop of edges on a surface path: 1. Select an edge 2. Hold down SHIFT 3. H ighlight Surface chain (Query may be required) 4. Select Surface loop 5. Release SHIFT From-To To select a range of edges from a surface patch or a quilt: 1. Select the From edge 2. Hold down SHIFT 3. Q uery to highlight the desired From-To chain 4. Select From-To chain 5. Release SHIFT
Individual chains One-by-One To select adjacent edges one at a time along a continuous path: 1. 2. 3. 4. Select an edge Hold down SHIFT Select adjacent edges Release SHIFT
Rule-based chains Tangent To select all the edges that are tangent to an anchor edge: 1. Select an edge 2. Hold down SHIFT 3. H ighlight Tangent chain (Query may be required) 4. Select Tangent chain 5. Release SHIFT
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Model appearance
Changing model appearance
Assign appearance Object-action 1. Select Surface/Quilt/Intent Surface/Part 2. Select Appearances button pull-down 3. Select/create desired appearance Action-object 1. Select Appearance button pull-down 2. Select/create desired appearance 3. Select Surface/Quilt/Intent Surface/Part Edit Appearances in the current model 1. S elect Edit Model Appearances from the Appearance pull-down menu 2. Adjust appearance attributes using draggers 3. Select Map tab to map images and textures To edit texture placement, select surface using color-picker Manage appearances Build a custom library of appearances I nclude pre-defined plastics or metals library appearances E dit/create/delete appearances in the custom library palette D efine/save/retrieve custom appearance (*.dmt) files
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Drawing mode
Drawing Tree
Model Tree
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Press ALT key to display Key Tips for Ribbon Tabs & Top Menu Items Key Tips are displayed for the selected tab (see tab at left)
Ribbon tabs
To move buttons between overflow area and ribbon group Select Minimize the Ribbon
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Selected Annotation
(To Be Shown)
Spin
Shift
Spin
Ctrl
Alt
Pan
Move
Ctrl
Alt
Click the icon in the Main Toolbar to enable Orient mode: rovides enhanced Spin/Pan/Zoom Control P Disables selection and highlighting R ight-click to access additional orient options Use the shortcut: CTRL+SHIFT+Middle-click
Turn
Ctrl
Object Mode Provides enhanced Spin/Pan/Zoom Control: 1. Enable Orient mode 2. Right-click to enable Orient Object mode 3. U se Dynamic Viewing controls to orient the component 4. Right-click and select Exit Orient mode
2D Mode Pan
Zoom
Ctrl
2D & 3D Mode
Hold down the key and roll the mouse wheel.
Zoom
Fine Zoom
Shift
Coarse Zoom
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