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Parameters

Create and edit the Standardize Parameters catalog: name, value type, default, units, list options, and apply flags.

A Parameter is an organization-scoped Creo parameter definition. Maintain the catalog in the CadActive web app. A catalog row does not land on a model by itself — add it to a Parameter Profile, then attach that profile to a Model Template (or pick the profile on a parameter report).

See Parameter Management for how Parameters, profiles, templates, and reports fit together.

Open Parameters

  1. Sign in to the CadActive web app.

  2. In the left navigation, open Standardize.

  3. Under Model Metadata, select Parameters.

The list shows Name, Value Type, Default Value, Description, Force Default, and Create if Missing. You can filter those columns and export the list to CSV.

Create or edit a Parameter

  1. Create a new Parameter, or select the edit action on an existing row.

  2. Set Name — 31 characters or fewer, letters, numbers, and underscore only (A–Z, a–z, 0–9, _). Reserved PTC, CadActive, and Windchill names are blocked.

  3. Set Value Type: String, List, Integer, Double, or Boolean.

  4. Set Default Value (optional, 80 characters or fewer). The editor matches the type:

    1. String — free text.

    2. Integer — a whole number.

    3. Double — a decimal, plus an optional Select Unit… from the Synchronize units catalog. Only Double parameters can have units.

    4. Boolean — true, false, or undefined.

    5. List — enter List Options (2–100 values; each option 80 characters or fewer), then pick the default from that list.

  5. Set Description if you want a note for other admins. It is not written onto the Creo parameter.

  6. Set the flags, then save.

Flag

Default

What it does

Force Default Value

On

When CadActive creates or applies this parameter, use the default even if the model already has a different value.

Create if Missing

On

Create the parameter on the model when it is not already there.

Allow Value Outside of List

Off

List type only. When on, Creo may store a value that is not one of the list options.

A Parameter Profile can override these flags per membership (Yes, No, or Inherit from Parameter). Locked and Designated exist only on the profile membership, not on the catalog row.

What the catalog does not do

  • There is no archive on Parameters. Delete only when you are sure the definition should leave the organization catalog. Removing a Parameter from a profile does not delete the catalog row.

  • Copy is not available on this list.

  • Name formulas in Model Builder pull tokens from this catalog with the add (+) control. Author the Parameter here first.