## Customization readme

It is recommended to copy this folder to a secure location like a network drive
to improve collaboration and ensure that your customization is not lost after
a Creo reinstallation or update.

Within AFX you can use the config option CUSTOMIZATION_PATH to specify the 
location of this folder. See online help for further instructions and usage.
https://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/r7.0/usascii/#page/advanced_framework%2FAbout_Saving_Advanced_Framework_Customizations_Outside_Installation_Directory.html%23

### Text folder
The text folder contains a subfolder for the required language. There are two 
files that can be adjusted:
- afx_custom.txt
- custom_modelnames.txt

The afx_custom file contains all strings and messages that are used by afx that 
should be adjusted. This can be parameter names, names of objects in the library
and other messages that are translated. You can get the required message id's from 
the text folder of the software.

The custom_modelnames is used to create localized creo modelnames. It is required
that the localized strings do not succeed the allowed model name lenght of 
31 characters or violate other creo naming restrictions.

The syntax for the message file is as follows:
Line 1: The message ID
Line 2: The english string
Line 3: The localized string
Line 4: A blank line

For more information about the message ID's see the PRO/Toolkit user guide.

### Parts folder
The parts folder needs to consist of the subdirectories that can be found in the
original parts folder of the software (assemblies, auto_udfs, bend_profiles, etc.)
The folders can each contain your customized parts and will overwrite the default
models from the software's parts folder.