Conventions
General
As SMARTMenu is written with the Creo API Pro/TOOLKIT the Undo-buffer of Creo will be emptied whenever you press the right mouse button. 

               
Naming conventions and explanations

               

                  

                     

                        
                           
                           
                        
                        
                           

                              Button
                              A menu button will execute a Creo command linked to this button.
                           

                           

                              Submenu
                              A group is a submenu of the RMB and contains the configurated buttons.
                           

                           

                              Mode
                              A mode is the Creo Parametric environment for different objects or different functionality (i.e. Sketcher, Part mode, NC,
                                 ...)
                              
                           

                           

                              Selbuffer
                              Is the content of the current selection list.
                           

                           

                              Toggle
                              A toggle Button is a switch between two executed actions. Pressing the button once executes action one, pressing the button
                                 again executes action two.
                              
                           

                           

                              Event
                              An event is a Creo command occurrence that is used as a trigger for another action
                           

                           

                              Options
                              In this context options are Creo config.pro options.
                           

                           

                              Mapkey
                              A mapkey is a sequence of Creo Commands that is recorded in Creo.
                           

                        
                     

                  

               

            

               
Available modes

               

                  

                     

                        
                           
                           
                        
                        
                           

                              
                                 
Image

                              		
                              
                                 
Part mode

                              		
                           

                           

                              Image
                              Assembly mode
                           

                           

                              Image
                              Drawing mode
                           

                           

                              Image
                              Sketcher
                           

                           

                              Image
                              Mold
                           

                           

                              Image
                              NC
                           

                           

                              Image
                              Sheetmetal
                           

                           

                              Image
                              Any mode (combination of all 3D modes)
                           

                        
                     

                  

               

            

               
Selbuffer evaluation process

               
The evaluation of the selbuffer is the core of the SMARTMenu selection process. For your customized buttons you can define a valid selection type from the available selbuffer content types.
               

               
When clicking on a button created by SMARTMenu, SM checks the selbuffer. 
                  

                     
    
                        
  1. SMARTMenu detects a valid selection for this button
    
                              
      
                                 
    • Action 1 is executed
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    2. 
                        
  2. SMARTMenu detects an invalid or no selection
    
                              
      
                                 
    • SM automatically selects a dummy item of the required type
      • 
                                 
    • Action 2 is executed
      • 
                              
    
                           
    
                        
    3. 
                     

                  

               

            

               
Selbuffer content types

            

            

               

                  
                     
                     
                  
                  
                     

                        
                           
No action

                        		
                        
                           
Do nothing. (Default)

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Clear buffer

                        		
                        
                           
Dismiss all Creo selections prior to the action

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
First feat

                        		
                        
                           
Selects the first Csys of the model. Alternatively SMARTMenu will select any feature.
                           

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Curve, Curvegeom

                        		
                        
                           
Select a curve or a curve geometry element.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Quilt

                        		
                        
                           
Select a quilt.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Edge of quilt

                        		
                        
                           
Select an edge of a quilt.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Solidface

                        		
                        
                           
Select a surface of the solid geometry.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Select feat

                        		
                        
                           
The user is prompted to select any feature in part mode and components in assembly mode.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
2 Quilts

                        		
                        
                           
Selects two different quilts.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
1/2 sketched curve

                        		
                        
                           
Selects one or two sketched curves.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Select View

                        		
                        
                           
The user is prompted to select a drawing view.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Curve Geomitem

                        		
                        
                           
Selects a curve from a geometry element.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Solidface, Quilt

                        		
                        
                           
Selects a solid surface or a quilt.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Solidface, Quilt, Datum plane

                        		
                        
                           
Selects a solid surface or a quilt. If the selbuffer is not empty also datum planes are valid.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
Curve, Curvegeom, Edge

                        		
                        
                           
Selects a curve, curve geometry or an edge.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
All preselected dimensions

                        		
                        
                           
The user is prompted to select dimensions. Multiselect via CTRL is possible.

                        		
                     

                     

                        
                           
All preselected components

                        		
                        
                           
The user is prompted to select components from an assembly.