We just switched to creo 2 from WF4 and are going through the normal growing pains. I want to try to utilize some of the improvements that PTC has made in sheet metal but they changed some things. I want to use the "Create instance" for the flat pattern. We have been using the family table method of flat pattern creation for prints and it's worked well. The button does it in one click, which is great, BUT, it uses the "flat pattern" command instead of the "undbend all" command like it used to. This makes the flat pattern look different in the print. It adds the "tangent" lines. Sending prints with the extra lines down to the floor would cause a revolution (stupid I know). All we want are the actuall bend lines for the brake operators to use. There are a couple ways that I can fix this that I have found, but all of them are more work.
1. hide the flat pattern feature- temporary until you reopen the print, and you have to do it to every part
2. add the flat pattern feature to a layer- permanent to the individual part, but you still have to do it to every new part
3. create the instance manually using the unbend all feature- a lot more work, especially when creo created "one click" button
I would like to be able to use the one click button, and then find a way to set up a template or something that would make it so that we never have to worry about these line showing up.
-why are these lines even there to begin with? If someone wanted them, wouldn't they just turn on tangent lines? But who would even want them? What is the benefit of showing these lines?