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Table of contents

User interface ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

UI customization .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Live toolbar ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Sketching .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Selection ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Orienting the model ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Keyboard shortcuts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

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User interface

Ribbon Tabs

Object Tree

NavigatorOpen/Close

Browser Open/Close

Prompt Area

Quick Access Toolbar

2D/3D mode

Selection Filters

Help Center

Graphics Toolbar

GraphicsWindow

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Common dashboard controls

UI customization

Right-click to choose commands to be visible in the Graphics Toolbar

Right-click on a command to add to Quick Access Toolbar or access ribbon customization dialog

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Live toolbar

To activate the Live Toolbar the Select (with Default) option needs to be set

Command Toolbar

Pattern options

3D Dragger positioning

Face selection

Edge selection

Sketch or sketch region selection

Options Toolbar

A context sensitive toolbar is automatically displayed next to the cursor upon selection of geometry. This contains the most commonly used commands and their controls.

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Delta X, Y

Absolute X, Y

Distance, angle

Radius

Diameter

Width Height

Radius (a), angle

Precision Panels

Sketching

Hotkeys

L Locks/Unlocks current guide

G Hides current guide

G When no guides are active, restores all hidden guides

P Hides/Unhides Precision Panel

S Switches between Line and Arc when active

Alt To project geometry

SHIFT Stops snapping

break same point constraint after selecting entity

MMB Completes tool

When creating 2D geometry guides help to define the desired shape.

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Pre-highlight Face

Boss with Secondary

Boss

Tab Tab

Until highlighted

On background

Over geometry

Ctrl

Selection

Shape-based selection Filters

Geometry rule selection

Region selection

Drag left to right - everything inside box

Drag right to left - everything the box touches

TAB to cycle through shapes

Boss, cut, round with or without secondary

Change Select to no default (default required for Live toolbar interaction) Geometry Rules available after surface is selected

Filters limit the scope of selection

Active Filter

Mouse controls

Highlight geometry

Query to next item

Select highlighted geometry

Add or remove items from selection

Clear selection

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Ctrl

Ctrl

Shift

Shift

Ctrl

Dynamic viewing

3D Mode

Hold down the key and button. Drag the mouse.

Spin

Pan

Zoom

Turn

Hold down the key and roll the mouse wheel.

Zoom

Fine Zoom

Coarse Zoom

Using the Spin Center

Click the icon in the Main Toolbar to enable the Spin Center:

Enabled The model spins about the location of the spin center

Disabled The model spins about the location of the mouse pointer

Orienting the model

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NCtrl

OCtrl

SCtrl

CCtrl

VCtrl

ZCtrl

YCtrl

RCtrl

DCtrl

Del

Keyboard shortcuts

You can use standard keyboard shortcuts in Creo Direct. For example:

New file

Open file

Save file

Delete

Copy

Paste

Undo

Redo

Repaint

Standard view

Keyboard shortcutsKey tips

Press ALT key to activate key tips

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