ReadMe for SpaceControl's Plug-in for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5 and Creo elements/pro 5.0

1 Plug-in Description

This plug-in enables you to incorporate the menu items of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5 and Creo elements/pro 5.0 in the SpaceControl Panel's Key Configuration Dialog for easy mapping of menu items to the SpaceController's function keys.

You can set the spin center as usual in ProE and Creo:
Keep the middle mouse button pressed and move the mouse a little. Be aware that the spin center button

must not be activated in this case.

The plug-in is a background process ("proe_wf5_plugin.exe") which is started by the SpaceControl driver as soon as ProE or Creo comes into the foreground the first time. It waits 30 seconds to give the application time to boot up its base services and tries to establish a connection to it then. This delay time can be adjusted by means of the parameter "connectDelay" in the file "Documents And Settings\<user name>\SpaceController\Applications\proe_WF5_plugin.ini", which is created after the first start-up. If your computer is slow and you observe connection problems set this time to 60 seconds for example.

2 Change Log

7 November 2017, Version 2.9.0:

Some minor internal changes have been made.

8 November 2016, Version 2.8.6:

The plug-in is aware of the new device functions "Back", "Left" and "Bottom". By default you can trigger them by double pressing the device keys FRONT, RIGHT and TOP.
The "Sketcher" mode is detected now even if it is entered from within "Part" or "Assembly" mode.

4 October 2013, Version 2.6.0:

The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build based on updated versions of the SpaceControl DLLs.

22 February, Version 2.5.0:

The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with updated versions of the SpaceController's DLLs and configuration files.

16 November 2012, Version 2.4.1:

Due to a bug in ProE the undo stack is cleared when ProE is asked for the mode (part, assembly, ...) it is in. The plug-in asks ProE for the mode all 500 ms. This can be changed with the parameter "readMode" in file "C:\Users\<Username>\SpaceController\Applications\proe_plugin.ini". Set it to "off" to disable the mode detection. Advantage: The undo stack is kept intact. Disadvantage: You can use only one configuration for all of ProE's modes.
The plug-in supports Creo 1.0 and Creo 2.0.
The default values for the paths to ProE's installation directory and the "pro_comm_msg.exe" binary (used in the plug-in's file "proe_WF5_plugin.ini") are derived more reliably.

16 March 2012, Version 2.3.0:

The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with updated versions of the SpaceController's DLLs and configuration files.

20 October 2011, Version 2.2.0:

The plug-in is unchanged, this is a new build with updated versions of the SpaceController's DLLs and configuration files.

16 June 2011, Version 2.1.0:

The file "ProEngineerWF5.mnu" (it provides the SpaceController driver and its GUI with ProE's and creo's menu items) will be generated now (see log entry from version 1.2.1).
On some installations ProE WF5 has been detected as ProE WF4 and the driver tried to start the wrong plug-in therefore. The detection algorithm is more tolerant now and will start the correct plug-in.
On some systems the plug-in could not establish the connection to Creo, an error message with error code -4 was displayed instead. This is fixed.
A new version of the SpaceController's DLL is included.

15 February 2011, Version 2.0.0:

The plug-in is incorporated into the driver's new, single installation file now.

28 April 2010, Version 1.4.0:

This version is an update due to compatibility with the SpaceController driver version 1.4.0. It has no new functionality.
Attention:
This version needs a driver version 1.4.0 beta or later and will not work with prior driver releases.
This version uses a new configuration file format. Configuration files created with prior versions can not be used.

3 December 2009, Version 1.2.1:

In case ProE was started by the plug-in the file "ProEngineerWF5.mnu" (it provides the SpaceController driver and its GUI with ProE's menu items) has not been generated at all. The file is generated now, but the file contains no menu items; unfortunately the file will still contain not all expected entries. This bug we will fix as soon as possible.

27 November 2009, Version 1.2.0:

This version needs the driver version 1.2.0 or higher
The plug-in tries to start ProE by itself when the connection to ProE fails and the "connectDelay" parameter mentioned above is set to a negative value.

14 April 2009, Version 1.1.1:

On 64 bit OSs the path to ProE's pro_comm_msg.exe differs from that on 32 bit OSs. The plug-in is aware of that now.
On Windows XP 64 and Vista 64 the plug-in failed retrieving ProE's installation directory out of the registry. This is fixed.

9 March 2009, Version 1.00:

First published release.

SpaceControl GmbH & Co. KG, Am Technologiepark 10, 82229 Seefeld, Germany