![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can simply select an entity and click (Edit Dimensions) or (Edit Definition) in the mini toolbar. In Creo Parametric 4.0, there is no longer a need to select a feature and right-click. In Creo Parametric 3.0, you could right-click a feature and select (Edit Dimensions) or (Edit Definition) from the context menu. You can even customize the commands found in the mini toolbar, to further increase your productivity. If you select an edge, (Round), (Chamfer), (Sweep) and so on are available. ![]() For example, if you select a surface, (Extrude), (Hole), (Shell) and so on are available. It contains common commands based on the entity you select. The mini toolbar further increases efficiency by reducing mouse-travel and enabling you to work even more closely with the model. Now, if you want to create that same extruded feature, you can select the sketch plane, and adjacent to your selection, and click (Extrude) in the mini toolbar. In Creo Parametric 4.0, the focus on efficiency has continued with the addition of the mini toolbar. So in Creo Parametric, those nine clicks have been reduced to just two – simply select a sketch plane and click (Extrude) in the ribbon Over the years, the software has transformed from menu-driven to ribbon/icon-driven. That is a total of nine clicks - eight menus plus the selection of the sketch plane. For example, seasoned users will recall that, if you wanted to create an extruded feature that extruded from on one side of a sketch plane, you had to click Feature>Create>Solid>Protrusion>Extrude>Done>One-Side>Done and then select your sketching plane. When I began using Creo Parametric (formerly Pro/ENGINEER), back in the mid-nineties, it was a menu-driven tool. With the launch of Creo Parametric 4.0, there are certainly functional changes, but I think the real focus of this release, as has been true of several previous releases, is usability and efficiency. As a long-time user of Creo Parametric, I have observed tremendous increases in the software’s functionality and stability. ![]()
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