Creo Parametric - Populating Geometry - Top Down Design (Demo)

[@lolnope5691]

Are there any other ways to hide the dark blue surface pulled from the skeleton model? I don't want to use a copy geometry because I want the solidify to still be driven by the external reference from the skeleton. When I use the solidify command on the copy geometry from the skeleton, all of my parts retain the dark blue surface covering them. I have tried hiding all in the layer tree as well as hiding the copy geometry line item in the model tree with no success. Any recommendations?

[@CADPLMGuy]

Have you tried changing the color of the objects? That seems like a bad reason not to use Copy Geometry. Although honestly I can’t recall experiencing the same problem, but maybe I’ve never noticed it (or just changed the color).

[@robertodalessandro753]

Hello. Once I finish to model the part and I want to remove all the quilts (I want to remove also the copied geometry, not only hide it), the only way is with the command REMOVE SURFACE? Thanks

[@CADPLMGuy]

Why would you want to do that?

[@robertodalessandro753]

@@CADPLMGuy Generally every time I copy geometry from another parte, once I used it I remove instead of hide it (I learned this in solidworks, where it is better to remove external geometry)

[@CADPLMGuy]

@@robertodalessandro753 That's not a recommended technique in Creo Parametric. You can set the Copy Geometry to Manual Update or No Dependency. Designing with External References is a really powerful capability in Creo Parametric, and you're better off using Update Control rather than trying to break references completely. I have a video on the Remove tool. It doesn't do what you think it does.

[@matts9728]

So I have a simple question. Once you've completed making the part referencing your copy geometry, do you then hide your copy geometry? Or is that not necessary?

[@CADPLMGuy]

That's a personal preference. I use Layers to manage their display. How you do it is up to you.