Creo Parametric Tip: The Setting that Prevents Sketcher from Zooming Out When You Rotate the Sketch

One of my students recently asked me about this topic in the Creo class I was teaching, so I wanted to share with everyone in case it can help someone else!

If every time when you edit and regenerate a dimension in a sketch the image is zoomed out - often to a point where    (Refit) does not bring the sketch back to the center of the screen, consider changing the environment default configuration option sketcher_refit_after_dim_modify.

When set to yes*, the configuration option sketcher_refit_after_dim_modify refits the two-dimensional section after dimension modification or when creating the first feature. The default value of this option is yes*.

Change this value to No to prevent the screen from zooming out after you modify a sketch dimension value.

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Technical Training Engineer<br><br>Natasha joined the company in 2000 and has extensive experience sharing her CAD expertise through delivering webcasts, contributing to blog posts, and leading training classes. She trains end-users with all skill levels on Creo Parametric and CATIA, and she collaborates closely with the company’s technical writers on courseware development. Before joining Rand Worldwide, Natasha served as a mechanic in the U.S. Army National Guard and worked as a mechanical designer for a multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, and she holds certification from Dassault Systèmes as a CATIA V5 Expert Mechanical Designer and Certified Surface Design Associate.

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