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Introduction to
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Training Agenda
Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER
Day 1
Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER
The Pro/ENGINEER Interface
Pick-and-Place Features
The Sketcher Mode
Sketched Features
Day 2
Datum Planes
Parent/Child Relationships
Simple Sweeps and Blends
Relations
Day 3
Patterns and Copy
Drawing Creation and Views
Additional Detailing and Associativity
Creating Assemblies
Day 4
Layers and Suppression
Additional Datum Features
Additional Advanced Features
The Resolve Environment
Day 5
Information Tools
Configuring Pro/ENGINEER
Modeling Philosophy
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Table of Contents
Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER
RELATIONS 9-1
DEFINING PARAMETRIC RELATIONS........................................................................9-2
Types of Relations ............................................................................................................. 9-3
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Module
Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER
Pro/ENGINEER is a powerful application. It is ideal for capturing
the design intent of your models because at its foundation is a
practical philosophy. In this lesson, you will learn the concepts that
drive this philosophy and the powerful functionality that it generates.
OBJECTIVES
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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Feature-Based
Pro/ENGINEER is feature-based. Geometry is composed of a series of
easy to understand features. A feature is the smallest building block in a
part model. Things to remember:
Thru- All Cuts and Holes Added Chamfer Added Rounds Added
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Parametric
Pro/ENGINEER is parametric i.e. it is driven by parameters or variable
dimensions. This means:
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Associative
Pro/ENGINEER models are often combinations of various parts,
assemblies, drawings, and other objects. Pro/ENGINEER makes all these
entities fully associative. That means if you make changes at a certain
level those changes propagate to all the levels. For example if you change
dimensions on a drawing the change will be reflected in the associated
part. Figure 4 shows associativity between a part and an assembly.
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Figure 4: Associativity
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Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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SCREEN LAYOUT
Main Window
When you start Pro/ENGINEER, the main window opens on your desktop.
You create your designs in this window. The four distinct elements of the
window are:
• Pull-down menu
• Toolbar
• Display area
• Message area
Pull-Down Menus
The Pro/ENGINEER pull-down menus are valid in all modes of the
system.
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Toolbar
The Pro/ENGINEER toolbar contains icons for frequently used options
from the pull-down menus. The toolbar can also be customized.
Display Area
Pro/ENGINEER displays parts, assemblies, drawings, and models on the
screen in the display area. An object’s display depends on the current
environment settings. When you select the model on the screen, the
system distinguishes between an edge and a surface of the model by
highlighting them in two different colors.
Note:
Surfaces of models are valid in Pro/ENGINEER regardless of
the model display.
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Message Area
The message area between the toolbar and the display area performs
multiple functions by:
Note:
When Pro/ENGINEER requires data input, it temporarily
disables all other functions until you enter the required data.
• .PRT – Part files allow you to create 3-D models consisting of many
features.
• .ASM – Assembly files contain information on how 3-D parts and
assemblies are assembled together.
• .DRW – Drawing files contain 2-D fully dimensioned drawings of parts
or assemblies.
• .SEC – Sketch files contain 2-D non-associative sketches that can be
imported while in sketcher mode.
In addition, there is also a SKETCHER mode that allows you to create two-
dimensional sketches that are parametric.
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Tabs
Drop-down
arrow
Check box
Text box
Command button
The following figure illustrates a model dialog box that defines a round
feature.
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Retrieving Models
When you retrieve files into a working session by clicking File > Open ,
Pro/ENGINEER also opens up a MODEL TREE window and a Menu
Manager that allow you to create, manipulate, and modify model geometry.
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Using the MENU MANAGER, you drive along a certain path to complete a
task by making choices from menus. Each time you choose an option from
a submenu, Pro/ENGINEER opens another submenu until you have
finished making selections.
Holding your mouse over any menu option provides one-line help
displayed on the bottom of the current active window. If you need
additional help, choose the menu option with the right mouse button and
click Get Help from the pop-up menu.
Note:
The system administrator must install and set up the online
documentation for you to be able to access this functionality.
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Saving Changes
Save changes at any time by clicking File > Save . It is a good practice to
save often. When saving a model, Pro/ENGINEER creates a new version
by increasing the version number, thereby creating two existing versions.
To retrieve an old version, you must specify the version number in the
retrieval name. To display the version numbers in the FILE OPEN dialog
box, use the All Versions option.
Closing Windows
To close a window use Window > Close or File > Close Window .
However, this does not remove the model from the current session of
Pro/ENGINEER. The model still occupies RAM space on the computer. If
the model is no longer required, erase it from memory by clicking File >
Erase > Current. To erase all models that are in session but not displayed
in windows, click File > Erase > Not Displayed .
Deleting Files
Click File > Delete to remove old versions of a model. When you click
File > Delete > All Versions , the system deletes all versions of the model
from the system memory as well as from the hard drive.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
To prove that Pro/ENGINEER is a parametric, associative, and feature-
based solid modeler.
Method
The first two exercises of this lab deal with the user interface and how to
manipulate the size and orientation of a model. The final exercise
demonstrates that Pro/ENGINEER is a parametric, associative, and
feature-based solid modeler.
2. In the OPEN dialog box, click the Type drop-down arrow and click
Assembly . Only assembly files become visible.
3. Open master.asm .
4. At the bottom of the dialog box, click Hidden Line from the
DISPLAY STYLE drop-down list.
5. Click Apply .
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2. Click Apply .
2. Shade the model. Click the Shade icon from the toolbar.
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Wireframe Shade display
display
4. You may also use the pull-down menu to cosmetically shade the
model. Click View > Shade .
Note:
Hidden Line remains selected on the toolbar because we
have only cosmetically shaded the model and have not
switched to a shaded display mode.
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2. Pick a location on the model with the left mouse button and pick a
second location to create a zoom box.
1. Click .
5. Pick the front surface of the bracket part as shown in Figure 12.
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Pick this
surface to face
front for
Reference 1.
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1. Click View > Model Tree , if the Model Tree is not on.
5. In the text box in the message area, type [90] and press <ENTER>.
4. Note that the gear and crank parts follow the shaft. This proves the
parametric nature of the assembly.
1. Open MASTER_SHAFT.PRT.
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Task 4. Check for associativity between the shaft and the assembly
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Modify this
dimension
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TYPE drop-
down list
6. Save the assembly model. Click File > Save and accept default
name.
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1. Click Window > Close Window from the pull-down menu. Notice
the base Pro/ENGINEER window cannot be removed as indicated
in the message area.
2. Open the CRANK2 part that is still in memory. In the FILE OPEN
dialog box, click the In Session icon.
In Session
icon
3. Select CRANK2. PRT. Click Open . The system retrieves this model
from the system memory, not from the computer hard drive.
Task 4. Remove the master assembly models that are not displayed in a
window from the session memory.
1. Erase the models that are not displayed. Click File > Erase > Not
Displayed .
2. A dialog box appears with the selected models that are in session.
Click OK from the dialog box to complete the operation.
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1. Open the OPEN dialog box again. Click File >Open . Click In
Session . Note that the CRANK2.PRT is the only model that is
listed because it was displayed in a window when you erased the
other models.
Task 6. Erase the crank model from system memory to conserve RAM.
1. Erase the current file. Click File > Erase > Current . Confirm the
operation.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module you have learned that:
• Pull-down menus, toolbar, display area, and message area are the four
important elements of the Pro/ENGINEER user interface.
• Models can be oriented and displayed on the screen in various ways.
• Pro/ENGINEER models such as parts, assemblies, and drawings
exhibit feature-based, parametric, and associative characteristics.
• You can work with multiple windows. Pro/ENGINEER automatically
opens a new main window each time you open an additional model.
• Erasing models that are not in use frees up system memory.
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Module
Pick-and-Place Features
Certain Pro/ENGINEER features need not be (Keep it simple) built.
They are freely provided and can simply be utilized whenever
needed. These features are called Pick-and-Place features.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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• straight hole
• edge round
• edge chamfer
To create any of these features, you specify the appropriate placement
references on your model and provide the required dimensions.
Pro/ENGINEER places the feature on that location.
Note:
Pick-and-Place features behave parametrically with respect to
their placement references. That is, if the placement reference
moves, the feature also moves.
Placement Options
To place a hole on your model, you can choose from the following options
in the PLACEMENT menu.
• Linear – Places the hole on a plane. Dimensions the center of the hole
from two surfaces or edges using linear dimensions.
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• Radial – Places the hole with respect to an axis using polar dimensions
on a plane, cylinder, or cone. Radial holes placed on a plane have a
diameter, radius, or linear dimensioning scheme.
• Coaxial – Places the hole coaxially using an existing axis. Does not
create placement dimensions, only a diameter dimension for the hole
itself.
Depth Options
You can also create the hole from either side of the placement plane or
from both sides using the Depth One and Depth Two options in the HOLE
dialog box.
The system determines how deep to create the hole based on your depth
specification. Figure 6 illustrates the various depth options listed in the
HOLE dialog box.
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Variable
Thru All
Thru Next
To Reference
Thru Until
Figure 6: Hole Depth Options
Full Round
Note:
Do not dimension other features to the edges or tangent edges
of round features. Round features make unstable parents.
Tip:
You should create round features on your model as late in the
design process as possible.
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Original model
Original Model
Figure 11: Using the Thru Pnt/Vtx Option
Note:
When selecting circular edges for chamfers, Pro/ENGINEER
only highlights one half of the edge. Since the system places
the chamfer on the entire circular edge, you do not have to
select the other half of the edge.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
By the end of this lab, you will have command over the important Pick-
and-Place features of Pro/ENGINEER: the Straight Hole, the Simple
Edge Chain Round and the Edge Chamfer.
Method
This lab is structured to present the Pick-and-Place features in their order
of complexity.
2. From MENU MANAGER, click Feature > Create > Solid >
Chamfer .
3. Click Edge > 45 x d . Type [1.0] as the value for the chamfer
dimension.
5. After the edges have been selected, click Done Sel > Done Refs.
Pick these
two edges
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Task 2. Add the D1 X D2 chamfer to the four edges at the bottom of the
model.
3. Switch to a Hidden Line view. Click Query Sel , then pick the
hidden bottom surface as the reference surface for the D1
dimension.
4. Pick the front edge and right side edge as edge references.
5. Click Query Sel , then pick the two hidden bottom edges.
Pick front
and right
side edges
Note:
When Pro/ENGINEER prompts for you to pick an edge or
surface, the system can determine the difference between the
two, thus filtering out everything but the prompted reference
type.
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9. Save the model. Accept the default name when saving the part.
1. Open ROUNDS.PRT.
2. Create the first round feature as a corner break on the front end of
the cylinder. Click Feature > Create > Solid > Round > Simple >
Done .
3. Give the round a constant radius value. Click Constant > Edge
Chain > Done .
4. Leave the default tangent chain and pick the first edge of the
cylinder to round, as shown in Figure 20. Click Done .
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5. Type [.5] as the value for the radius dimension and click OK .
Task 2. Create a second edge round, similar to the first, at the other end
of the cylinder.
1. Click Feature > Create > Solid > Round > Simple > Done .
3. Pick the back edge of the cylinder, as shown in Figure 21, then
choose Done .
Pick this
circular edge
1. Start defining the edge round. Click Feature > Create > Solid >
Round > Simple > Done .
5. Pick the three visible vertical edges of the base as shown in Figure
22.
7. Click Done .
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Pick these
three edges
Pick the fourth
(hidden) edge here.
Task 5. Use the surface chain attribute to round the base edges of the
part.
2. Click Simple > Done > Constant > Edge Chain > Done .
3. From the MENU MANAGER, click Surf Chain over the default
tangent chain. Read the message window.
4. Click Query Sel , then pick the bottom surface as the selection
reference.
Pick the
bottom
surface.
4. Now pick above the edge on the adjacent angled surface, as shown
in figure below.
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Base feature
270-degree
flange
Fluid pipe
1. Open STRAIGHT_HOLES.PRT.
2. Click Feature > Create > Solid > Hole . The HOLE dialog box
appears, as shown in Figure 27.
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5. Leave the depth one default as Variable and depth two as None .
7. Through the Primary Reference you define the location of the hole.
8. First click on the arrow next to the primary reference. Choose the
placement plane by picking on the top surface of the base feature
as shown in Figure 28.
Placement plane
First dimension
reference (hidden
side surface)
Second dimension
reference
9. For the first linear reference, click > Query Sel to pick the
hidden side of the base feature. Type [10] as the distance for this
reference. Press <ENTER>.
10. For the second linear reference again click > Query Sel to
pick the visible front surface. Type [15] for the distance from this
reference. Press <ENTER>.
11. Click .
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Task 2. Add a linear hole that runs through the cooling fins. Reference
it to the back and right side surfaces of the fins, so that if the fins get
longer or wider the hole will move with them.
1. Start the definition of the hole feature. Click Feature > Create >
Solid > Hole .
2. In the HOLE dialog box, leave the default hole type as Straight .
5. Define the placement location. Pick the top surface of the first
cooling fin near the right back corner, as shown in Figure 30.
Placement plane
6. For the first linear reference, click Query Sel , then pick the hidden
back side surface of the base feature. Type [10] as the distance for
this reference. Then press <ENTER>.
7. For the second reference, click Query Sel , then pick the side
surface (not the edge) of the topcooling fin. Type [10] for the
distance. Then press <ENTER>.
Note:
If you are creating another hole after creating a hole, use the
repeat button .
8. You may preview the hole feature but do not close the HOLE
dialog box.
1. In the HOLE dialog box, leave the default Straight hole type. Type
[12.5] as the diameter. Press <ENTER> .
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3. Click Query Sel , then pick the bottom surface of the third fin. By
this, you are specifying that the hole has to end at the bottom
surface of the third fin.
Pick this surface
as the placement
plane
Second
dimensional
reference
First
Dimensional
reference
4. For the Primary Reference, pick the top surface of the first fin as
shown in figure.
5. For the first Linear Reference, pick the front part of the base
feature and type [10] for the distance. Press <Enter >.
6. For the second Linear Reference, pick the visible side surface of
the cooling fin. Define the second distance as 10 units as well.
1. Define the hole. Click Feature > Create > Solid > Hole
2. In the HOLE dialog box, leave the default hole type as Straight .
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Depth surface to
extrude up to
½ Distance = 25 mm
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½ Angle = 25.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you have learned that:
Module
Sketcher Basics
Previously, you have learned that “Pick and Place” features allow
for very fast creation of features such as holes and rounds whose
geometry is easily understood as part of standard engineering
operations. For any geometry that involves the definition of more
complex, individual shapes, you will actually sketch them.
To enable this, Pro/ENGINEER provides a Sketcher mode and
includes a built-in Intent Manager to help you capture design intent.
This module starts with the basics of the Sketcher mode.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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• A menu bar with the usual Pro/ENGINEER pull-down menus and two
additional Sketcher-specific menus—EDIT and SKETCH.
• A standard Pro/ENGINEER toolbar.
• An additional Sketcher toolbar with specific Sketcher functionality
such as Undo , Dimensions On/Off , and Grid On/Off .
• A message area below the toolbars.
• An Intent Manager with fly-out icons on the right to perform
frequently used actions.
• An additional Sketcher-specific message area at the bottom left of the
window describing Intent Manager’s fly-out icons.
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• The color red is used to highlight and select entities. This provides
accurate and easily identifiable entities selections.
• Using the mouse, you can select individual or multiple-specific
sketched entities, or all entities that fall within a swept box.
Intent Manager
• The Intent Manager with fly-out icons appears automatically on the
right side of the screen when you enter the Sketcher mode.
• These icons are logically grouped together, based on capability.
Default cursor to
pick entities
Icons to create
different kinds of
geometry
To create dimensions
To modify dimensions
To impose constraints
To trim Entities
• With fly-out icons, you can access the most frequently used sketching
tools with a single click without having to go to pull-down menus.
Pop-Up Menus
• Additional pop-up menus can be accessed by holding the right-mouse
button in the Sketcher mode display area.
• These pop-up menus aid ease-of-use.
• They offer short-cut methods for sketching, modifying, dimensioning,
deleting, and undoing steps.
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Specifying References
One of the first things you will be prompted for after beginning a sketch in
the Sketcher mode will be to specify references of the section you are
about to sketch.
Note:
The references that you select for a section create Parent/Child
relationships.
Creating Geometry
Sketcher mode enables the creation of a variety of geometrical shapes and
entities. The basic ones—lines, arcs, and circles—are discussed below.
Lines
Using the Line fly-out icons in the Intent Manager, you can create two
types of sketched lines—straight lines from point to point or centerlines
for referencing or constraining entities.
Arcs
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Using the Arcs fly-out icons in the Intent Manager, you can create four
types of arcs. You can create:
Circles
Using the Circle fly-out icons in the Intent Manager, you can create three
types of circles. You can create:
Sketched circle
Concentric to this
edge
Dimensioning
After completing a sketch, you must dimension it. To place dimensions in
Sketcher, pick the entity with the left mouse button and place the
dimension with the middle-mouse button.
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Modifying Dimensions
• Sketcher makes it easy to modify dimensions of geometric entities at
any time.
• With the MODIFY DIMENSIONS dialog box, shown below, you can
change the dimension values of multiple entities with just a click of the
mouse.
Constraining
• Sketcher assumes certain constraints for the geometrical entities you
create.
• You are free to impose your own constraints overriding the system’s
default constraints to capture your design intent.
• This can be done easily by accessing the CONSTRAINTS dialog box
shown below.
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Note:
The Use Edge and Offset Edge options create parent/child
relationships with the referenced feature.
Copy
Copies 2-D draft/imported entities from a drawing. You can dynamically
move and scale a section, making legacy data easier to manipulate. This
functionality can be accessed by clicking Edit > Copy from the pull-down
menus.
Mirror
This tool mirrors sketched entities from one side of a centerline to the
other. This can be accessed by Edit > Mirror.
Move
• Repositions sketched entities. The MOVE ENTITY menu displays the
following options:
• Drag Item – Moves an entity or its vertex to a new location.
½ Drag Many – Translates picked entities within a sketch.
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Section Analysis
To obtain information about a particular section within Sketcher, click
Analysis > Section Analysis . This option provides you with information
about
Sketcher Points
½ They force coincidence among sketched entities.
½ Allow slanted dimensions between sketched entity end-points.
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Sketching in 3-D
When you select the Use2D Sketcher option from the ENVIRONMENT
dialog box. Sketcher starts in 2-D orientation (that is, with the sketching
plane parallel to the computer screen).
When you do not select this option, Sketcher starts in 3-D orientation. You
may change the view orientation at any time and sketch in 3-D. Using
View > Sketch View , you can re-orient a Sketcher section into the 2-D
view while in Sketcher mode.
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SKETCHER PHILOSOPHY
Rules of Thumb
Certain rules of thumb must be rigorously adhered to gain maximum
advantage from the power of the Sketcher mode’s diverse capabilities,
½ If you use an open section, you must explicitly align its open
ends to the part.
½ When in doubt over whether you should use an open or closed
section, you should use a closed one since it is easier to
regenerate, and is less prone to failure.
Protrusion B
Protrusion A
Cut
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
By the end of this lab, you will be conversant with basic sketching skills
such as entering sketcher mode, creating straight lines, creating arcs,
applying constraints, dimensioning, and generating solid models.
Method
In Exercise 1, you learn sketching basics.
3. Type [ROUND_RECTANGLE].
Task 2. Sketch four lines as shown, the bottom line being horizontal.
2. Similarly, once again pick the other two lines to make them
perpendicular.
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Task 5. Sketch a tangent end arc on the left side of the section.
1. Click .
2. Pick the top left vertex and drag the mouse out of the left quadrant
of the circle to get a tangent end arc.
3. Pick the end point to be the bottom left end point, as shown below.
1. Click .
2. Pick each arc with the left mouse button, then place the dimension
where you would like it to appear with the middle button.
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1. Click .
2. Pick the left arc twice with the left mouse button and place it with
the middle.
4.
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2. Select Sketch .
Task 3. Create a rectangle that snaps to the inside circle on both upper
vertices.
Delete
Start dynamic
trim here
1. For the rectangle, click . Just click once to start and then click
again to end sketching.
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3. Make sure that each item becomes highlighted. If all the crossed
items are not highlighted continue to hold the mouse button and
drag over the lines until they do highlight.
1. This time snapping to the outside circle and the bottom of the two
vertical lines as shown below.
Task 5. Use the dynamic trim to remove the final lines and arc.
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2. Pick each entity with the left mouse button and place the
dimension with the middle mouse button.
1. Click File > New . Select Sketch and type [HEX] as the name.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
Module
Sketched Features
In this module, you learn how to sketch your own new features on a
sketching plane and how to convert your sketches into actual robust
features. Proficiency with sketching is of paramount importance to
any complex design process. It gives you the ability to innovate in
ways that richly capture your design intent.
OBJECTIVES
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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Sketched
Note
The reference plane must be perpendicular to the sketching
plane.
Sketching
plane
Resulting protrusion
Resulting cut
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SKETCHER BASICS
• All sketches are parametric. That is, you can first create them in a
convenient scale and later modify their dimensions.
• In Sketcher Mode, a new pull-down menu item Sketch containing all
the necessary sketching tools appears in the menu bar.
• A toolbar containing various sketching options and constraints appears
on the right side of the window in sketcher mode.
• Whenever you create a sketch, Pro/ENGINEER automatically assumes
a dimensioning scheme.
Dimensioning Sections
To override weak dimensions with strong ones, pick the entity with the
left mouse button then place the dimension at the desired location using
the middle mouse button.
Linear Dimensions
• Linear dimensions indicate the length of a line segment or the distance
between two entities. The different types of linear dimensions are
illustrated Figure 5.
Note:
You cannot dimension the length of a centerline.
Diameter Dimensions
• Diameter dimensions measure the diameters of sketched circles and
arcs. To create a diameter dimension, pick on the arc or circle twice
and place the dimension.
Place the
dimension
Pick twice on the
circle
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Pick 1 on
sketched entity
Note:
The diameter dimension for a revolved feature extends beyond
the centerline, indicating that it is a diameter dimension rather
than a radius dimension.
Radial Dimensions
• Radial dimensions measure the radii of circles or arcs. To create a
radial dimension, pick on the circle or arc and place the dimension.
Place dimension
(middle)
Angular Dimensions
• Create an angular dimension between lines by picking two lines and
placing the dimension using the middle mouse button. Where you
place the dimension determines how the system measures the angle.
• To create an arc angle dimension, pick one endpoint, then the other
endpoint, and finally the arc. Place the dimension using the middle
mouse button.
Pick 1 -
endpoint
Pick 2 -endpoint
Pick 3 - on
arc
Place dimension
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
The general goal of this lab is to enable you to sketch new features. The
more specific goal is to introduce you to the Sketcher mode to extrude
cuts and protrusions on a sketching plane.
Method
In Exercise 1, you learn to define a cut feature.
Exercise 2: Protrusion
Exercise 1: Cut
Feature
1. Leave defaults and Query Sel to pick the planar front surface of
the block as the plane on which to sketch the shape of the cut.
2. The feature should extrude into the part. Click Okay from the
DIRECTION menu.
2. Pick the top planar surface. You enter the sketcher mode.
Note
Instead of manually orienting the model, you can usually click
Default in the SKET VIEW menu to enter the default
sketcher mode.
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2. Pick the bottom surface and the right side surface as references.
Note that the REFERENCE dialog box entries are both
Surf:F4(Protrusion). Click Close .
1. To sketch a horizontal line left click to start a line drag from left to
right, then left click to end the line. Click the middle mouse button
to finish the line.
2. Click Sketch > Arc > 3 Point/Tangent End . Click the right end of
the line as the start point for the arc and drag a 180-degree arc.
Click to end arc creation.
Note:
If you did not sketch what you wanted, you can undo the
operation by selecting Undo.
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4. Finally, sketch another tangent end arc that connects the open end
of the second line to the open end of the first line.
2. Next pick the two horizontal lines you want to make equal.
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2. Pick the perimeter of the left arc, move the cursor a short distance
and click the middle mouse button to place the radius dimension.
2. Pick a point approximately half way between the two arc centers
using the left mouse button.
3. When the centerline snaps to vertical, click the left mouse button
again.
Symmetric
constraint
symbols
2. Click Sketch > Dimension > Normal . Pick the centerline and the
side surface as shown. Place dimension.
3. Pick the left arc center and Query Sel the bottom of the base
feature. Place the dimension.
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Pick the
centerline
and this side
surface
2. Define Material Side of the cut. Click Okay to accept the arrow
pointing towards the inside of the section.
4. Click OK .
Note:
Note that the system placed a circle with an X in the center of
the part to indicate the direction of feature creation. It
represents a 2-D arrow perpendicular to the screen in the
direction that is into the screen (away from you). A circle with
a dot in the center represents a 2-D arrow perpendicular to the
screen in the direction that is out of the screen (toward you).
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TOP orientation
reference
Sketching
plane
You are
creating this
protrusion
2. Click Extrude > Solid > Done from the SOLID OPTS menu.
5. The arrow points outward from the block. Click Okay from the
DIRECTION menu.
2. Toggle off the icon so that you can clearly see the block.
Delete the two references in the REFERENCE dialog box.
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3. Pick the top and back surfaces of the model as references (as
shown). Close the REFERENCES dialog box.
Pick here to
query select
the back
surface
reference
2. Pick the circle twice with the mouse and place the dimension with
a middle-click.
3. Now pick the center of the circle and the left reference surface.
Place the dimension with a middle-click.
4. Place the dimension between the center of the circle and the top
reference surface.
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3. Click OK .
6. Click File > Erase > Current ; then click Yes from the dialog box.
MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
• Cut and Protrusion are two important features that can be sketched
using the Sketcher Mode
• Both of these sketched features can be created in extruded and
revolved forms
• When sketching a new feature, you can always sketch it as convenient
and later alter the dimensions
• In a new sketch, lines, arcs, and circles can be constrained to different
properties such as equal lengths, concentricity, perpendicularity,
parallelism and symmetricity
• For a sketched feature, you not only have to dimension it properly but
also have to orient it in relation to reference planes (usually the side
surfaces of the base feature).
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Datum Planes
In previous modules, you learned how to add pick-and-place features
and sketched features to existing parts.
In this module, you learn how to create a part from scratch starting
from a base feature—a feature that acts as a foundation to capture
design intent. Datum planes form the ideal base feature.
Objectives
After completing this module you will be able to:
• Define a datum plane and explain why it is the ideal base feature.
• Create, delete, and modify datum planes.
• Explain the difference between internal and external datum planes.
• Implement default or offset datum planes as non-solid base
features.
• Align sketched section entities to part entities.
• Orient additional datum planes within your model.
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The choice of the base feature is crucial for the success of your model.
Figure 1 illustrates the base feature for a finished part.
By default, datum planes have two sides: yellow (or the active side) and a
red side (the passive side). In the default mode, the system displays datum
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planes with a yellow side and a text name such as FRONT, TOP, and
RIGHT.
Surfaces on datums
to clarify orientation
• Through/Plane
• Offset/Plane
• Offset/Coord
• Blend Section
Internal Datums
If you do not want datum planes to be a feature of your model, you can
create an internal datum, on the fly, when specifying sketching or
reference planes. Sometimes, it is beneficial to construct internal datums
because the system builds their dimensions into your sketched feature,
while displaying the datums only temporarily.
Consider the following rules about the datum planes created on-the-fly:
• Datum planes that you create during feature creation are internal to
and belong to that feature.
• Datum planes on-the fly become invisible after you create the feature.
Any associated dimensions positioning the datum plane are included
with those of the feature. This gives you more choices for varying
dimensions when you create a feature pattern.
• When you use Copy/Mirror to copy features and use datum planes on-
the-fly as the mirror plane, this datum plane stays visible because it
can be referenced by more than one feature.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
This lab has three goals. The first is to prove that Datum Planes make a
good base feature. The second is to show that Datum Planes can be used
as references for other features of a model. The third and final goal is to
create Additional Datum Planes on the fly and exploring how parent-
child relationships can be planned and executed.
Method
In Exercise 1, you create an extruded feature that is based on default
datum planes.
In Exercise 2, you will use existing datum planes as references for other
new features.
3. From the Menu Manager click Setup > Units > millimeter
Newton Second (mmNs) > Set . Click OK from the WARNING
dialog box, then click Close .
Task 2. Use the default datums as your sketching reference for the first
feature.
7. Notice that the Intent Manager places references (RIGHT and TOP)
for the intended protrusion automatically. Click Close .
8. Click Sketch > Circle > Center/Point . Pick the intersection of the
default datum planes as illustrated below. Drag out the diameter of
a circle and place with the left mouse button. The Intent Manager
adds a weak diameter dimension.
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1. Change the diameter. Click Edit > Modify and double-click the
diameter dimension. Type [14.5].
2. Press <ENTER>.
3. Press <ENTER>
4. Click OK .
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1. Click Feature > Create > Cut > Revolve > Solid > Done .
4. Pick LEFT and Query Sel the end of the cylinder nearer to you
(SURF:F5 protrusion) to make the model horizontal, as shown
below.
4. Pick TOP datum plane as the first reference. Then pick the
silhouette edge of the protrusion and the left end surface of the
protrusion as the second and third references.
Figure 6: Sketch for Revolved Cut (dimensions not shown for clarity)
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2. Pick the horizontal line you sketched. Pick the centerline. Pick the
horizontal line again. Place the dimension using the middle mouse
button.
3. Modify the dimensions of the section. Click Edit > Modify and
change the dimensions.
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Add this
protrusion.
Task 1. Add a datum plane to the part to use as the sketching reference
for the cylindrical protrusion you want to create.
2. Click Feature > Create > Solid > Protrusion > Extrude >Solid >
Done .
4. Click Make Datum > Offset in SETUP PLANE menu. Pick the
planar front surface of the block as a reference for the new plane.
3. Delete the two default references. Make the A_2 axis of the first
cylinder the first reference. Make the vertical surface from which
the cylinder protrudes the second reference. Close the
REFERENCES dialog box.
4. Click the Circle icon from the sidebar. Sketch a circle on the
cylinder with its center coinciding with the A_2 axis.
6. Modify the distance from the left vertical surface of the base
feature to 1.5.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
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Parent/Child Relationships
In a model, the order in which features are created and the
references that they are provided creates hierarchical relationships.
These are called parent/child relationships and they determine
feature interaction.
In this module, you learn how to create and alter parent/child
relationships and how to achieve a desired order of feature
regeneration for your model.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
In Pro/ENGINEER, solid modeling is a cumulative process where the
creation of certain features must, by necessity, precede others.
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Rerouting
With the Reroute option in the FEAT menu, you can change the parents
of a feature including sketching planes, reference planes, and anything
specified as a reference in sketcher.
You have two choices. You can either click Alternate and select a new
reference, or click Same Ref and retain the current reference.
Note:
Pro/ENGINEER considers references that you use for
alignment to be dimensioning references.
Redefining
The Redefine option in the FEAT menu also changes the parents of a
feature. When you select a feature to redefine, the same feature dialog box
appears that is visible during initial feature creation. To make a change,
select the elements to redefine; then click Define .
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When sketching a section, you can change the sketch plane or the sketch
itself. The features that you created after sketching a section temporarily
disappear.
When you select the Section element for a sketched feature, the menu
displays the following options:
Note
To remove a feature from the regeneration process, you must
also decide what to do with its children, if they exist.
Reorder
The Reorder or Insert Mode options in the FEAT menu modify the order
of the features. Or you can simply drag and drop the features in the model
tree to reorder their positions.
Note
You must regenerate a parent feature before you regenerate its
children. Therefore, you cannot reorder a parent to be after its
children; nor can you reorder a child to be before its parents.
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Base caps
hole
Finished model
Cylindrical protrusion
with hole added
Protrusion added
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
The goal of this lab practical is to alter existing parent/child
relationships in a model and create new parent/child relationships to
capture changed design intent.
Method
In Exercise 1, you move the Cylindrical protrusion on the base feature and
place it on the Cut feature. This involves creating new parent/child
relationships for the Cylindrical protrusion.
Second Cylindrical
protrusion protrusion
Cut
Base
protrusion
Slot feature
3. Do not roll back the part model. Accept the default No.
4. Specify a new reference for the sketching plane. Leave the default
Alternate . Pick the top surface of the cut.
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Task 2. The model enters the Resolve environment because the changes
that you have made created a problem. Investigate the problem and resolve
it.
1. Click Info > Parent/Child. Pick the slot on the front side of the
block.
8. Click Close .
Task 4. Break the parent/child relationship between the slot and the
cylindrical protrusion.
3. Retain the same sketching plane. Click Same Ref . Read the
message window.
4. Leave the default Alternate . Pick the top surface of the large
protrusion as the new horizontal reference plane.
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Second
protrusion New horizontal
reference
New dimensional
reference
1. In the Model Tree, press and hold the right mouse button while
selecting Protrusion id 58. Release the button over Reroute .
3. Pick the top surface of the cut as the new sketching plane.
Task 6. The new design intent of this model dictates that you should
remove the second protrusion from the model. Try to delete it.
Task 7. Break the parent/child relationship between the slot and the
protrusion. In addition change the section of the slot.
2. Click Section > Define > Sketch from the FEATURE dialog box.
Delete this
line segment.
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Pick this
vertical bar
constraint
symbol
2. Click Sketch > References > Edge: F6 > Delete > Close > Yes.
Added dimension
5. Click > OK .
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Task 10. Change the design so that the slot passes completely through the
model.
2. Click Depth > Define > Thru All > Done > OK .
1. Click View > Shade . Press <CTRL> and the middle mouse button
to freely spin the model.
2. Click View > Saved Views >BACK > Set > Close .
Note:
You may need to re-shade the model if the machine you are
working on has a low-end graphics card.
1. Look in the Model Tree and confirm that the hole pattern (listed as
PATTERN) is the last feature in the model.
2. Select SHELL from the Model Tree and drag it below PATTERN.
3. Note that the holes now all have a collar. Click View > Shade to
see the results.
4. Close the model without saving the changes. Click File > Erase >
Current > Yes .
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
Module
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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SWEPT FEATURES
Defining a Sweep
To define a sweep, you define its two aspects—the trajectory and the
cross-section. The trajectory is the path along which you sweep the cross-
section. The first step in defining a sweep is always creating a trajectory;
the second step is creating the cross-section while locating it with respect
to the trajectory.
Note:
A sweep can add material when defined as a protrusion and
remove material when defined as a cut.
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BLEND FEATURES
Creating Parallel Blends
The Blend feature consists of a series of at least two planar sections that
Pro/ENGINEER joins together at their edges with transitional surfaces to
form a continuous feature. You can use blends as forms for either
protrusions or cuts.
You create a parallel blend from a single section that contains multiple
contours, called subsections. In Figure 2, each segment in each section is
matched to a segment in the following section, creating the blended
surfaces between the corresponding segments. Therefore, each section or
subsection must always have the same number of segments/vertices.
The Feature Tools option in the Sketch pull down menu changes the start
point for any section to control the blend or twist of the blended surfaces.
Or you can use the pop-up menu to select a different start point.
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When creating a parallel blend, you create all of the sections for the blend
in the same sketch. Therefore, we must toggle to distinguish between
sections.The feature attribute for parallel blends is smooth or straight.
• The straight attribute blends the transitional surfaces from one section
straight to the next.
• The smooth attribute connects the section with spline surfaces.
Subsections can be located with respect to the other subsections via
dimensions or constraints. If you began your part with three default datum
planes, all subsections can be dimensioned to them. As with any feature,
the dimensioning scheme is important, since it captures the design intent
of the model.
LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
By the end of this lab, you will be able to create Parallel Blends and
Simple Sweeps.
Method
In Exercise 1, you create a Parallel Blend by first retrieving a section to be
used for subsections. This is an effective technique to use for common
sections, especially if they are complex.
3. Accept all of the defaults in the BLEND OPTS menu and click
Done .
5. Pick DTM3 as the sketching reference and click Okay for direction.
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Task 3. Retrieve the first section from disk and place it.
4. For the Scale option, type [3.0 ] and press <ENTER>. For Rotate
leave the default [0.0 ] value.
5. Pick the center point of the section; move and place it so that your
vertical and horizontal centerlines snap to DTM1 and DTM2
respectively.
Place center
point of
section at
intersection of
DTM1 and
DTM2.
Task 4. Add the second section to the sketch using the same sketch, but
a different scale value.
1. Click Sketch > Feature Tools > Toggle Section . Notice the first
subsection turns gray.
5. Place the sections so that the centerlines are coincident with the
previous section centerlines.
Task 5. Use the same sketch again for the third section of the blend
assigning it a scale factor of 2.
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2. Type [30.0] as the depth for the second section and press
<ENTER>.
3. Type [20.0] as the depth for the third section and press <ENTER>.
4. Click OK .
5. The blend should look as shown in the figure below except the
dimensions will not be visible.
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Task 1. Create a part, starting with default datum planes. Create the
base feature protrusion as a Sweep.
2. Click .
4. Check to see if DTM3 and DTM1 are the default references and
close the REFERENCES dialog box.
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Lines
Line
Arc Fillet
7. When you have completed the trajectory, click Done from the
SKETCH pull down menu, or click the checkmark.
Task 3. The system has placed you in another Sketcher mode session.
Note that the centerlines provided by the system at the start point of the
trajectory. The system defines the sketching plane as a plane normal to the
trajectory, located at the start point. Sketch the cross-section of the sweep.
Start point is
Start point
Trajectory
Cross-section
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3. Finish the feature. Click OK to complete it. The sweep should look
as shown in figure below.
Note:
The sweep feature is rounded where there was an arc in the
trajectory, and mitered where there was a corner (nontangent
segment) in the trajectory.
MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that
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Relations
Previously, you have learned that the parametric nature of
Pro/ENGINEER gives the designer powerful control over his design
by creating geometry based on variable dimensions.
Relations are a way of capturing design knowledge and intent. Like
parameters, they are used to drive models. Change the relation and
you change the model.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Define Relations.
• Describe the four different types of Relations pertaining to a
model.
• Create Relations that allow your child features to drive their parent
features.
• Re-order Relations after first creating them.
• Delete and update invalid Relations in a model to suit changes to
its design intent.
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Relation: d0 = 2*d1
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Types of Relations
There are four types of model relations:
Part relations
Hole centered in plate
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Using Relations
Relations enable you to capture sophisticated levels of design intent for
your models. They are an integral part of any advanced design of parts and
assemblies.
Relations allow one feature to drive another. You can take advantage of
this unique capability and use child features to drive their parent features.
In a traditional parent/child relationship it is the parent feature which
always takes precedence (whether in dimensioning or regeneration).
Parametric relations allows you to craft your model in such as way as to
reverse the parent/child hierarchy.
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Relations: An Illustration
In the Figure 3, you could write a relation that drives the placement of the
hole so that it is centered top to bottom:
d5=d2/2
You could then write another relationship to keep the hole centered from
left to right:
d6=d3/2
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Order of Relations
Pro/ENGINEER evaluates relations in consecutive order. Therefore, the
order that you enter them in is important. During regeneration of the
model, the system evaluates the relations and checks to see if all of them
are still valid. If not, it issues a warning.
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Relations added:
d5=d4
The design intent is to center the hole on the plate. The two relations,
d5 = d4 and d4 = d2/2, are added in that order. After the first regeneration
of the model, the relations do not capture the desired intent. Design intent
is captured by reversing the order of relations. Relations can be deleted or
edited using the Edit Rel option.
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Design Changes
As a design cycle progresses, the design intent of a model tends to change.
This may invalidate existing relations in the model. Whenever
Pro/ENGINEER encounters invalid relations during regeneration, it
automatically highlights the problem and prompts you to correct it. You
can click to either delete the relation or comment it out.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
In this lab, you learn how to create relations and how to manipulate
their defining parameters.
Method
In Exercise 1, you create relations to capture the design intent of a part,
test the relations, and add number parameters to them.
1. Open RELATIONS.PRT.
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5. The dimensions appear in their symbolic form (i.e., d4, d5, d6).
4. For the second relation, enter comment [/* Center hole left
to right] followed by <ENTER>.
Note
If your relation contains an error, resolve it by clicking
Relations > Edit Rel .
Task 4. Test the two relations by modifying the base feature width and
depth.
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3. Pick the width of the block and change it to [70.0 ] from [50.0 ]
4. Modify the depth dimension. Pick the depth of the block and
change it to [90.0 ] from [50.0 ].
4. Change the base back to the original dimension values. Pick each
dimension, and type [50.0].
Task 6. Add a relation that limits the diameter of the hole to be less than
or equal to 11.25.
2. Pick the hole feature. Identify the symbolic name given to the hole
diameter (d7).
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2. Retrieve only the last set of features that were suppressed. Click
Last Set > Done from the RESUME menu.
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3. Define a real number so the depth can vary infinitely. Click Real
Number .
3. Click ADD.
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1. Increase the total depth of the hole. Click Modify and pick on the
counterbore hole.
Task 4. Edit the ratio parameter to change the relationship between the
counterbore and hole.
1. Click Set Up from the PART menu, then click Parameters from
the PART SETUP menu.
5. Click Regenerate .
Task 5. Change the symbolic name of the entire depth of the hole and
the counterbore depth to document the design.
6. Click Done from the DIM COSMETIC menu, then click Done from
the MODIFY menu.
1. Click Setup > Parameters > Info from the MODEL PARAMS
menu.
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5. Notice that the system lists the relations you have defined along
with the parameters. Also notice that the new symbolic names are
now displayed.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module you learned that:
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Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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CREATING A PATTERN
By creating a pattern, you can create multiple instances of a single feature
that is referred to as the pattern leader. There are two ways to define the
instances in a pattern:
Benefits of Patterning
The patterning method of feature duplication offers numerous benefits.
Types of Patterns
Dimension Patterns
With dimension patterning, you increment existing dimension values of
the leader in one or two directions to specify the pattern instances. If you
use the second direction, the system takes all instances that are created by
the first direction and increments them in the second direction.
Reference Patterns
With reference patterning, you reference an existing pattern to define the
locations of the new instances. This pattern type is only available if the
leader feature for the new pattern references the leader feature of the
existing pattern.
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Pattern Options
There are three patterning options: Identical, Varying, and General.
Identical
Varying
General
1st
1st
1st
I II III
I II III
A B
1st
1st
2nd 2nd
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A B
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Note:
Do not use a sketched centerline to create the rotational
dimension. A sketched centerline has no direction associated
with it, so the pattern results may not be consistent.
Specifying Location
To click a location for the copy, click one of these options from the COPY
FEATURE menu:
• New Refs – Specifies new feature references. You can retain each
reference or click an alternate.
• Same Refs – Retains the same feature references.
• Mirror – Mirrors the features about a planar surface or datum plane.
• Move – Specifies rotation and/or translation.
Choosing Features
To select which features to copy, select one of these options from the
COPY FEATURE menu:
Establishing Dependence
To make the copied feature dimensions independent of their parent
dimension, use the Independent option. Copies that you create using the
FromDifModel and FromDifVers options are automatically independent.
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To specify that copied feature dimensions (that you have not changed),
depend on the parent feature for their values and click the Dependent
option. When you create a dependent copy, you can make the entire
section or individual dimensions independent by clicking Modify and
Make Indep .
Completed Model
3. Move copy
2. Same Ref copy
1. Original model
4 New ref
copy
5. Mirror copies
LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
By the end of this lab, you will be proficient in creating generic
Dimension Patterns, Reference Patterns, and Rotational Patterns of
sketched features. You will also be able to duplicate features and parts
using the Copy feature.
Method
In Exercise 1, you create a dimension pattern. To produce the end result,
you pattern the cut and then modify the angle of the slot.
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Task 1. Using patterns allows for you to duplicate features easily. Open
an existing part to be used for creating a pattern.
1. Open the dim pattern part model. Click File > Open . Select
DIM_PATTERN.PRT and click Open .
2. Change to hidden line display. Click the Hidden Line icon from
the toolbar.
1. Click Feature > Pattern and pick the cut. Click Varying from the
PAT OPTIONS menu; then click Done .
2. Increment the 10mm dimension for the first direction 4 units. Pick
the 10 dimension describing the location of the cut on the model.
At the prompt, type [4] as the incremental value between pattern
members. Click Done from the EXIT menu.
4. Do not add a second direction to this pattern. Click Done from the
EXIT menu. You have created the pattern.
Task 3. Making changes to the first instance of a pattern will modify the
other instances. Modify the angle of the leader to change the angle of the
entire pattern.
1. Click Modify. Pick the cut. Pick the 45-degree dimension and type
[-45] as the new value.
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To create the end result, you pattern the hole, create the square slot on the
leader feature, and pattern the square slot by referencing the hole pattern.
As you create these features, consider the amount of time you are saving
because you did not have to create these features separately. Try
modifying the parametric dimensions to observe how the pattern updates.
Model at start
1. Click Pattern from the FEAT menu and pick the hole to pattern.
3. Pick the 20 dimension and type [20] as the new value. Since this is
the only dimension that you are going to increment in the first
direction, click Done from the EXIT menu.
5. Now pick the 10 dimension and type [20]. Since this is the only
dimension that you are going to increment in the second direction,
click Done from the EXIT menu.
Task 3. Create a square cut on the leader feature of the pattern, so that
you can create a reference pattern of it.
5. Click Okay from the DIRECTION menu to make cut into the solid.
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1. Work on the leader figure shown, so that it can act as the reference
feature later.
7. Change the depth value. Click Done to accept the Blind default.
Type [2.5] as the depth value.
1. In the Model Tree, hold the right mouse button down over Cut id
1205 and select Pattern in the pop-up menu.
2. Define the pattern using the leader reference. Click Ref Pattern >
Done .
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Note:
You are going to use the blower part later in an assembly, so
be sure to save it.
Task 1. The base feature has already been defined for you in another
directory. Retrieve the model and setup the environment for creating the
first protrusion.
1. Open the part model called blower. Click File > Open > Project .
Select BLOWER.PRT. Click Open .
1. Start defining a solid protrusion. Click Feature > Create > Solid >
Protrusion .
2. Extrude one side of the sketching plane. Click Extrude > Solid >
Done . Leave the default One Side, and click Done .
3. Pick the top face of the disk as the sketching plane for blower
blades.
7. Create a datum plane through the center axis. Click Through ; then
pick axis A_1.
9. Type a value to define the angle. Click Enter Value and type [30].
10. Specify the references as the outer edge of the circular protrusion
and the datum you just created. Make sure you do not specify
DTM3 or DTM1 as a reference.
11. Define the shape of the protrusion and create the first blade. Sketch
the section as shown in Figure 14. Make sure that the bottom
straight edge has a constraint of perpendicular to the outer edge of
the base protrusion.
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12. Add the dimensioning scheme as shown in Figure 14. Type [73.5]
as the protrusion depth value.
Section
1. Start the creation of the pattern. Click Pattern and pick the blade
protrusion.
3. Use the angle of the datum plane to orient the part as the pattern
creation direction. Pick dimension 30 .
Pattern angle
Original angle
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Task 4. The design calls for the air to flow into the blower from the top
but to have support for the blades. Create the blower top.
4. Click View > Model Tree Setup > Highlight Model . Select the
first protrusion from the expanded list. Note which protrusion
highlights.
5. Define the sketching plane as the top surface of the leader. Accept
the default direction for creating the protrusion.
9. Pick the outer circular edge of the base protrusion. The system will
select the edge as a specified reference and start the creation of a
circle.
11. Drag the mouse so that the circle snaps to the outer edge reference,
thus constraining to lie on that edge.
12. Click the middle mouse button to exit from creating circles.
14. Type [2.5] as the blind depth value. Refer to figure below.
15. Click OK .
Task 5. Define a cut to allow the air to pass into the blower.
1. Start the creation of a cut feature. Click Feature > Create > Solid
> Cut .
2. Extrude the cut one side of the sketching plane. Click Extrude >
Solid > Done from the SOLID OPTS menu. Click One Side >
Done from the ATTRIBUTES menu.
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10. Specify the depth. Click UpTo Surface > Done from the SPEC TO
menu.
Task 6. The blower model needs a mounting boss located on the bottom
of it. Add a mounting boss using a solid protrusion.
9. Click OK .
Task 7. Add a mounting hole through the circular boss you just created.
2. Define the hole with a straight taper in the HOLE dialog box.
5. Capture the design intent of being coaxial to the boss. Pick the
center axis as the primary reference; then pick the axis line.
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Task 8. You have now completed the blower model for your project lab.
Finish by saving the model and erasing it from memory.
2. Erase the model from memory. Click File > Erase > Current .
Finished model
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2. Use the existing references that the current feature has. Click
Same Refs .
4. Pick the slot. Click Done from the SELECT FEAT menu.
5. Pick the 65-inch dimension and the 45-degree angle (Dim 1 and 3).
Click Done .
1. Modify the length of the slot. Click Modify and pick the parent
slot. Pick the 125.00 dimension, type [75.00] as the new value,
and regenerate.
3. Modify the 45-degree angle of the parent slot. Type [30.00]. Note
that the angle of the copy does not change because you broke the
dependence of that dimension when you modified it to create the
copy.
Task 4. You have the ability to mirror the entire model by using various
options. Mirror all of the features to complete the part using Copy.
2. Click Mirror > All Feat > Independent from the COPY FEATURE
menu; then click Done .
3. Pick DTM1. The model should now appear as shown in Figure 21.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
Module
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS
Creating a Drawing
After selecting Drawing from the NEW dialog box and assigning it a
name the NEW DRAWING dialog box will open. This dialog box gives
you multiple options in which you can; assign an associated model, select
the sheet size, and specify an orientation:
• With a portrait orientation, the system uses the larger sheet dimension
as the height and the smaller one as the width.
• With a landscape orientation (the default setting), the system uses the
larger sheet dimension as the width and the smaller one as the height.
• With a variable orientation, the system uses values that you specify for
the height and width of the drawing sheet.
You also have the ability to assign a predefined company format. The
format that you select will automatically define the sheet size and
orientation.
Note:
You should always use default datums to orient a general
view.
Types of Views
The five primary view types available in the VIEW TYPE menu
(illustrated in figure below) are:
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• General – A view that you orient and is not dependent upon any other
view for its orientation.
• Detailed – A view that you create by taking a portion of an existing
view and scaling it for dimensioning and clarification purposes. The
boundary for the detailed view can be a circle, ellipse (with or without
a horizontal or vertical major axis), or a spline.
• Revolved – A planar area cross-section revolved 90 degrees about the
cutting plane line and offset along its length.
Using other options in the VIEW TYPE menu, you can specify how much
of the model is visible in the view, as shown in the next figure.
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Manipulating Views
Using various options in the VIEWS menu, you can:
Move Views
Use the Move View option. You can move general and detailed views
anywhere on the sheet, but you can move projection, auxiliary, and
revolved views only along their line of projection.
Delete Views
Use the Delete View option. Parent views—views used to create
projection views—cannot be deleted. Instead, they have to be erased with
the Erase View option. Restore erased views using Resume View .
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
The goal of this lab is to enable you to create drawings of solid parts,
experiment with VIEWS and DETAIL menus, and explore the
associativity between drawings and part models.
Method
In Exercise 1, you create a drawing of a Gear Part. You will explore
various options available with the VIEWS and DETAIL menus. Then you
modify the drawing in different ways and regenerate to explore its
associativity with the solid Gear Part.
Second view
Third view
First view
Fourth view
1. Click File > New from the pull-down menus. In the NEW dialog
box, click Drawing , type [GEAR], and click OK .
6. Specify the sheet size. Select A from the STANDARD SIZE drop-
down list.
7. Click OK to finish.
Task 2. Create and orient the first view of the gear model using a
general view.
2. Pick a location for the general view. Do not be too concerned with
the placement; you can move the view later.
6. Leave the default Top. Select DTM2 as top for Reference 2. If you
make a mistake, click Undo .
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2. Pick the view to activate it; then pick a new location for it.
Experiment with moving the view. Finally, position the view
toward the left side of the sheet.
3. Click Done .
4. Place the projection view by picking a location above the first view
near the top of the sheet. Pro/ENGINEER automatically bases the
orientation on the general view’s orientation.
1. Click Add View > Auxiliary > Full View > Section > No Scale >
Done .
2. Define a cross section through the entire view. Click Full > Total
Xsec > Done .
3. Pick a location to the lower right of the first view to place the cross
section view.
4. Use DTM4 as the plane to setup the view orientation. When the
system prompts you to pick an edge of, axis through, or datum
plane as the front surface on the main view, pick DTM4. It was
defined through the main axis and normal to the small hole axis.
Note:
Do not concern yourself with the view location; you can move
it later.
Task 6. The system also allows you to use cross sections that have been
defined in part mode. The gear contains the cross section, C, that you can
use for this view.
1. Use the predefined cross section C. Leave the default Retrieve and
pick C from the XSEC NAMES menu.
2. Specify a view in which to display the cutting arrow. Pick the first
general view you created.
Note:
You can create cross sections in the drawing if you have a
license for the optional add-on module Pro/DETAIL.
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1. Click Views > Add View . Click General > Scale > Done , leaving
the other defaults.
2. Pick a location toward the upper right of the drawing to place the
view.
6. Leave the default Top. Select DTM2 as top for Reference 2. If you
make a mistake, click Undo .
Task 9. Change the display of hidden and tangent edges from the
default settings. Change the projected view in the upper-left corner, the
last general view, and the auxiliary view so that they do not have any
hidden lines.
3. Change the display of the projected and auxiliary view. Pick the
upper left view: then pick the lower middle view with the cross
section. Click Done Sel .
4. Set the display settings to not display hidden lines and display
tangent edges as solid. Click No Hidden > Tan Solid > Done from
the VIEW DISP menu.
7. Change the display back to hidden line. Click the icon from
the toolbar.
Task 10. Projected and auxiliary views are children of their parent view.
Experiment with moving these view types
Note:
The upper left view is projected and the cross section view is
an auxiliary view. Pro/ENGINEER bases their placement on
the first view; therefore, you cannot move them independently
of the lower left view.
1. Click Modify and select the sheet scale value 0.500 located
immediately after SCALE in the lower left corner of the screen.
Type [.625].
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Task 12. Create a feature on the gear part to view the associativity
between the part model and the drawing. Recall that the drawing is fully
associative to the part model. If the model changes the drawing will
automatically update.
1. Retrieve the gear part into a working window. Click Open from
the FILE pull-down menu; then select GEAR.PRT.
Note:
You can choose the dimension and attributes of the hole, since
you are going to delete it later.
Task 13. Pro/ENGINEER does not automatically save to disk any change
that you have made to the model. A simple way to revert back to the last
saved version is to erase the model from memory without saving. Erase
the drawing and the part without saving the hole feature.
1. Close the GEAR PART window. Click File > Close Window .
4. Click Erase > Current > Select All > OK . The system erases the
gear drawing.
MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
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After completing this module, you will be able to:
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When you make changes to the model in Part or Assembly mode, the
system automatically updates the drawing and reflects the changes;
likewise, any changes that you make to the model in Drawing mode
become immediately visible on the model in other modes.
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Preview
Manipulating Dimensions
Once you have displayed dimensions in a drawing, you can use options in
the DETAIL menu to manipulate them in various ways:
• Use Move Text to relocate the dimension text along the dimension or
leader elbow line.
• Use Mod Attach to locate dimensions of rounds and chamfers on
another reference of the same feature.
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The NOTE TYPES menu allows you to specify leaders, text justification,
and text styles.
Parametric Notes
When you include a dimension or parameter in a note, it is referred to as a
Parametric Note.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
In this lab, you will create additional detailing and, once again, test
associativity.
Method
In Exercise 1, you will retrieve the gear part drawing that you started
earlier, manipulate its dimensions and create notes.
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4. Now pick the lower left general view on the screen. Click Done
Sel .
7. Pick the 76.66 dimension and move the cursor to another location.
Note
By right-clicking Move , you can change the extension line
lengths of dimensions, as well as flip arrows.
Task 3. Change the location of the text with respect to the leader lines.
1. Click Move Text from the DETAIL menu. Move the dimensions.
Note
Recall that you cannot delete a driving dimension from a
drawing.
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3. Pick the two extra 6.3mm dimensions and click Done Sel from the
GET SELECT menu.
Task 5. Enable the display of dimensions for the section view and clean
up their display.
1. Click Show .
5. Pick the 30.2 dimension and click Switch View from the MENU
MANAGER.
7. Switch the 19mm dimension to the projected view using the same
operation.
11. Clean the dimensions of the section view. Click Done Sel .
12. Click Tools > Clean Dims . Pick the section view, then click
Apply > Close .
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Note
The system allows for notes to be displayed with the
parametric dimension within the text. This allows the note to
automatically update with changes in the dimensions.
Task 6. Create a parametric note that displays the value of the pin hole
diameter.
2. Click Leader > Normal Ldr > Make Note leaving alone all the
other defaults from the NOTE TYPES menu.
3. Specify attachment for the note. In the cross section view, pick the
edge of the small hole as the entity to which the system should
attach the note. Use Query Sel , if necessary.
4. Pick a location for the note All of the dimensions and parameters
change to their symbolic form.
5. Look at the lower right or cross section view and identify the
symbolic dimension representing the diameter of the small hole
(for example, symbol:d26).
7. Enter the text to come after the symbol. Type [&d26 DRILL
THRU] in the message area.
8. Continue to the next line. Press <ENTER> once; then type [ONE
PLACE].
Task 7. Add another note for the radius value of the round.
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1. Click Move > Move Text and Mod Attach to adjust the final
position of any dimension or note.
2. Save the drawing and erase both the gear drawing and gear part
from memory.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
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Creating Assemblies
Pro/ENGINEER is ideal for feature-based design and a cumulative
building up of successive parts. But once these complex parts are in
place, they have to be assembled in ways that work. Creating
workable assemblies and machines is the desired end result and the
most important aspect of learning to work with Pro/ENGINEER.
Objectives
In this module, you will learn to
• Create assemblies.
• Modify assemblies.
• Explore associativity in the context of creating assemblies.
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OVERVIEW
To create an assembly model, you must constrain components by selecting
surfaces and features.
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Constraint Options
Placement constraints create a parent/child relationship between the
already assembled components and the new component being added to the
assembly. Careful consideration is advised in choosing constraint types
and references.
Offset
Note:
Pro/ENGINEER does not associate any direction to the
alignment of an axis.
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Offset
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Surfaces of revolution
Over-Constrained Components
When you over-constrain a component, you add more constraints than is
necessary in order to capture additional design intent.
Component Placement
Throughout the design cycle, you can:
ASSEMBLY MODIFICATION
Since Pro/ENGINEER is associative, you can make changes to all
components in sub-assemblies while working in the assembly. However,
the system limits the scope of those changes through the MOD ASSEM
menu options listed below:
Note
When creating part features at the assembly level, you should
use caution to avoid creating unwanted parent/child
relationships between the part and the assembly.
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Note:
If you rename a part in an assembly, but the assembly is not in
RAM, the placement fails when you retrieve that assembly.
Note
You cannot assemble components in an exploded view. If you
try to do so, the system asks you to unexplode the assembly
using the Unexplode option in the View pull-down menu.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
This exercise demonstrates how to create and modify workable complex
assemblies.
Method
In Exercise 1, you will assemble existing components, modify specific
parts, and add features that will capture design intent.
Note:
Keep in mind that the way you assemble components captures
your design intent, allowing the system to update their
locations correctly when you modify them.
1. Click File > New . Click Assembly and type [BASE] as the name.
Make sure Use default template is checked.
2. Setup the assembly to use millimeter units. Click Set Up > Units.
> millimeter Newton Second > Set.
Note:
You may need to turn the datum display back on to see the
datum planes.
4. Click Done .
Task 2. Start assembling the bracket part onto the assembly datums
using the part datums.
Align ASM_RIGHT
to DTM1 (yellow
to yellow)
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Task 3. Define the first alignment constraint between DTM1 of the part
and ASM_RIGHT of the assembly.
2. Pick DTM1 as the first datum on the bracket (you may need to use
Query Sel ).
Task 5. Again use the default align constraint. Align DTM3 and
ASM_FRONT together using their yellow sides.
5. Read the prompt in the message area. Finish the placement of the
bracket. Select OK .
1. Open the bushing part. Click Component > Assemble ; then select
BUSHING.PRT from the OPEN dialog box. Click Open .
Insert references
Mate references
Task 7. Insert the bushing into the bracket using the revolved surfaces
on the models.
3. Pick on the inside revolved surface of the slot on the bracket part.
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Task 8. Mate the lip on the bushing to the back of the bracket.
3. Pick the back surface of the bracket using Query Sel . Click
Accept when the proper surface highlights.
Task 10. Define an internal datum plane through the D-slot surface.
1. Click Make Datum . Select through using Query Sel , pick over the
top of the D-slot.
2. Click the icon until the surface highlights in red; the click
Accept .
Note:
Pro/ENGINEER issues a message in the dialog box as well as
the message area when it considers a model to be fully
constrained.
Task 11. Assemble the ring part to the bushing part by using the
constraints.
1. Zoom in on the bushing model so that you can see the snap ring
grove more clearly.
2. Turn off the display of the datum planes using the icon in the
toolbar.
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Insert references
Mate references
5. Add a mate constraint between the front side surface of the groove
and the back side of the snap ring. Click Mate and pick the two
planar surfaces.
6. Orient the tabs so they match the orientation of the flat of the
bushing. Use the Orient option to position the tabs on the ring as
desired.
Task 12. Create a new assembly called machine consisting of the base
subassembly and the remaining three parts.
1. Click File > New . Click Assembly and type [MACHINE] as the
name. Uncheck Use default template option.
2. Setup the assembly to use millimeter units. Click Set Up >Units >
millimeter Newton Second > Set > OK > Close .
Task 13. Assemble the base assembly into the machine assembly using
the datum planes. This reduces the parent/child dependency verses using
part model geometry in the assembly.
3. Align offset the end of the shaft that has the hole closer to the end
with the front of the bushing part using a value of 60mm as the
offset value.
4. If datum planes are not visible, make sure layers are set to be
shown.
5. Orient one of the default datum planes going through the axis of
the shaft by creating a datum that goes through the axis of the
bushing at an angle to the flat on the bushing.
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Task 15. Add the crank part to the assembly by using the assembly
constraints.
3. Align the small hole on the crank with the small hole on the shaft
by picking the axes.
4. The system says it is fully constrained, but orient the back of the
crank with the end of the shaft.
1. Assemble the gear part into the assembly using constraints similar
to those that you used for the crank part.
2. Add a simple edge round to the bracket with a 20mm unit radius.
Figure 19 shows the modified bracket.
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5. Erase all models that are not displayed. Click File > Erase > Not
Displayed .
MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
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After completing this module, you will be able to:
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DEFINING LAYERS
Functionality
• Layers provide a means of organizing object items into related groups
to avoid confusion
• Using layers, you can control the information that the system displays
on the screen
Working Rules
• If you use a default template, Pro/ENGINEER automatically
associates the different features of a model to specific default layers.
• You can still create additional layers using two methods. The first is
through the Config file and the second is by using the def layers
command from the Layer pull-down menu in the LAYERS dialog box.
• A single item can be associated with multiple layers.
• You can have as many layers as you need or none at all.
CREATING LAYERS
Selecting the Object
The active object is the model in which you actually create the layers and
make changes. The principle is to associate those items to a layer that exist
at the layer level. For example, if you select the top-level assembly as the
active object, you can associate only items from the top-level assembly to
a top-level assembly layer.
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Note:
In Drawing mode, you can select either the model or the
drawing as the active model.
Creating Layers
• Pro/ENGINEER identifies layers by name only.
• You can express the name in numeric or alphanumeric form, using a
maximum of 31 characters.
• After you have established the active model, you can define a new
layer by clicking the
• Once you have typed one layer name you can create multiple new
layers by simply typing a new name and pressing <ENTER>.
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Note:
If you attempt to associate an item to a layer that does not exist
in the active model, the system identifies the native model for
the item. You can select or create a layer in the native model,
or ignore the selection of that item.
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Note:
Pro/ENGINEER does not save the display status of a layer by
default when it saves the object. The next time that you
retrieve the object, the display status reverts back to Show for
all layers. If you want to save the display status with the
object, you must click Save Status from the LAYER
DISPLAY dialog box.
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Part Mode
Assembly Mode
D E
SUPPRESSION FUNCTIONALITY
• Suppression temporarily removes a feature or component from the
model
• The system does not regenerate the item, and the model appears as if
you had never created the item.
• When you suppress items, you can resume them at a later date.
Suppress differs from delete in that it is not permanent.
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Using Suppression
• To simplify the model
• To reduce regeneration time
• To reduce screen repaint time
• To use design alternatives
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
This laboratory is intended to demonstrate the practical application
layers and suppression.
Method
In Exercises 1 and 2, you learn to control the information that the system
displays in a part model and an assembly model. You learn to use layers to
control the display of the datum planes and axes of the part in Exercise 1,
as opposed to turning their display off.
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Task 1. Retrieve the crank part; then shade and spin the model.
Note:
If the model does not have the datum planes and axes
displayed, display them using the environment icons.
1. Select the Datums layer from the layers list. Make sure the Axes
layer is not highlighted. Clicking a layer name toggles that layer
for action.
4. Select DTM1, DTM2, and DTM3 from the MODEL TREE, then -
click Done Sel > Done Return
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3. Click Query Sel . Pick the A_1 boss protrusion. Accept the
selection.
4. The A_5 axis was created as a result of the cross hole in the boss.
Click Query Sel . Pick the cross hole in the boss. Accept the
selection.
Task 5. Use the LAYER dialog box to see what features you have
associated to the layers.
Task 6. Change the display status of the two layers you just created.
2. Click the icon, then click the .icon. The system no longer
displays the datum planes and axes on the screen, but they still
exist. You can verify this by using the MODEL TREE.
Note:
Pro/ENGINEER does not save the display status of the layers
unless you click Save Status prior to exiting the LAYERS
dialog box.
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Task 1. Open an existing assembly and define two layers at the top-
level assembly called crank and gear.
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Task 2. Associate the crank part to the CRANK layer and the Gear part
to the GEAR layer.
10. Finish the association. Click Done Sel > Done/Return >
Done/Return .
11. Repeat the steps above to associate the gear part to the gear layer
3. . Click the icon to repaint the screen and turn off the datum
planes and axes. The system no longer displays the layer crank
and layer gear components on the screen, as shown in Figure 8.
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3. Read the information window and close the information window and
the FEATURE LIST dialog box.
Task 6. Determine the effect that other environment settings have on the
Hidden Line setting for the layer.
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Note
The icons next to the layer names in the dialog box indicate the
current status of the layers. If the eye icon next to the layer
name is gray, then some of the layers of the same name in
assembly sub-components have varying display statuses set
4. Notice all the models have a layer called DATUMS, but only some
of them are blanked.
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Task 9. You have the ability to effect the display of layers within all
levels of the assembly, as well as associate items at any level. Change the
display of all the part level datum planes.
Task 10. Add the layer called Datums at the top level and associate the
default datums of the assembly.
1. Click .
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Task 11. Save the display status of the datum planes for the next time
that you retrieve the assembly, or any of the associated components,
2. Click Close .
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In Figure 12, each hole has a cut that represents the threads; therefore, it
requires a great deal of time to retrieve and regenerate it. For this design
you only need the threads for mass property calculations, and not for other
operations.
1. Open the part named PLATE.PRT, note the amount of time the
system uses to retrieve the part.
2. Modify the height of the circular boss to 10mm. Click Modify and
pick the boss protrusion. Pick the 5 dimension and type[10].
3. Regenerate the part. Note the amount of time that the system
requires to update the geometry.
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3. Click Done Sel from the GET SELECT menu. Click Done from
the SELECT FEAT menu.
4. Note that the cuts are no longer in the model. Verify this by
checking in the MODEL TREE.
2. Change the height of the circular boss back to 5. Click Modify and
pick the 10 dimension, then type [5].
3. Regenerate the part. Note that the system updates the model much
faster now.
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Task 1. Suppress the crank components in the assembly to see what the
assembly will look like with a different crank part.
3. Click Done Sel > Done . Note that the system no longer includes
the component in the assembly.
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1. Click Suppress .
3. Click Done from the SEL FEAT menu to complete the operation.
4. Align axis A_5 of wheel crank model with axis A_3 of shaft
model.
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4. Resume the original layer crank component. Right mouse click the
LAYER_CRANK.PRT entry in the MODEL TREE, and select
Resume from the pop-up menu.
1. In the MENU MANAGER, click Component > Resume > All >
Done
3. Select only the hand crank part from the MODEL TREE.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
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After completing this module, you will be able to:
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Datum Axes
Datum axes appear as dashed yellow lines that often have nametags such as A_1 ,
A_2 , and A_3 , and are used as:
Uses
• As centers of coaxial holes.
• As references for assembly constraints.
• As aids for the creation of other datum features.
Methods of Creation
• Thru Edge – Created through a straight edge of the model.
• Normal Pln – Normal to a selected surface with linear dimensions to
two references.
• Pnt Norm Pln – Normal to a selected surface and though a datum
point.
• Thru Cyl – Created through the “imaginary” center of any surface of
revlolution.
• Two Planes – Created at the intersection of two planes.
• Two Pnt/Vtx – Created through two datum points or two vertices of
the model.
• Point on Surface – Goes through a point normal to the surface.
• Tan Curve – Created tangent to a datum curve or at the end point of a
model’s edge.
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Datum Curves
Datum curves appear on the model as orange lines. They can be straight or
curved, and be open or closed loops.
Uses
• As trajectories for swept features.
• To help define the shape of assembly skeletons.
• To aid in surface creation.
• To measure features of a model.
Methods of Creation
• Sketch – Uses sketcher functionality to create the curve on a flat
surface.
• Intr . Surf – Creates a curve at the intersection of two surfaces.
• Thru Points – Create a curve through a series of datum points.
• Projected – Projects a 2D curve onto a solid surface.
• Formed – Transfers a datum curve onto a surface as a formed curve.
The formed curve preserves the length of the original curve.
• 2 Projection – Creates a projected datum curve from two sections on
non-parallel sketching planes.
• From Equation – Creates a curve based of mathematical equations.
Datum Points
Datum points appear as small yellow “x ”s on the model, with name tags
such as PNT1
Uses
• Help in creating datum curves and datum axes.
• Used when creating holes that are placed on point.
• Used as references for assembly constraints.
Methods of Creation
• On Surface – Creates a point on a selected surface using linear
dimension to two references
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Uses
• Ability to define a zero position for datum points read in from file.
• Orientation for manufacturing procedures.
• References for assembly constraints.
Methods of Creation
• 3 Planes – Origin at the intersection of three planes.
• Pnt + 2Axes – Origin at a datum point, vertex, or origin of another
datum coordinate system.
• 2 Axes – Origin at the intersection of two axes, straight edges or
straight datum curves.
• Default – Origin at the first vertex of the base feature.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
By the end of this lab, you will be able to create and use all the
additional datum features you have learned about in this module in a
solid model.
Method
In Exercise 1, you start with the default datums and a datum coordinate
system included in any new part. Then you create datum points and a
datum curve to create a door handle.
4. Click Enter Points and type [0] for x, [0] for y,[0] for z.
Task 3. Once the first datum point’s x, y, z position has been defined,
enter in the x, y, z data for the other points.
1. Create a second datum point at 4,0,0. Enter [4], [0], [0] at the
prompt.
2. Create a third datum point at 4,16,0. Enter [4], [16], [0] at the
prompt.
3. Create a fourth datum point at 0,16,0. Enter [0], [16], [0] at the
prompt.
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4. Once the coordinates of the last point have been entered, type
<ENTER> on a blank line.
5. Click Done to complete the feature. The part should look like
Figure 2.
Task 4. Create a datum curve through these points. The order the points
are created does matter because the curve will connect them in that order.
Task 5. Define a specific radius that the curve will take through each
point.
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1. Click Feature > Create > Protrusion > Sweep > Done.
3. Pick the datum curve; then click Select All > Done > Okay .
5. Click OK to finish the feature. The final part should look like
Figure 3.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you have learned that
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After completing this module, you will be able to:
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SURFACE DEFORMATION
In Pro/ENGINEER, you can create several features to deform or alter the
existing surface of a part by tweaking. For example, to add a taper of a
specific angle to a surface, you can use a Draft feature.
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Axis of rotation
Neutral
plane
Draft
plane
Reference 10
Note
You cannot draft surfaces with fillets around the edge
boundary; however, you can draft the surfaces first and then
fillet the edges.
OTHER FEATURES
To create complex geometry, you can add additional features such as Ribs
and Sketched Holes.
Creating a Rib
• A rib is a special type of protrusion designed to create a thin web that
is attached to a part.
• A rib always has to be sketched as an open section in a side view. The
system creates it symmetrically about the selected sketching plane, as
shown in Figure 4.
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Section aligned
to cylindrical
surface
Conic surface
• To create a sketched hole, sketch a section and then place the hole onto
the part using the same options that you would use for a straight hole.
However, sketched holes have the following restrictions:
½ They are always blind and one-sided.
½ You must sketch them as a closed section.
½ In the sketch, you must include a centerline as an axis of
revolution.
½ They must have one sketched entity normal to the centerline,
which the system aligns with the placement plane.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
This laboratory exercise introduces the creation of draft features.
Method
In Exercise 1, you create a neutral plane draft. In model design, one of the
final steps usually is adding draft wherever needed.
1. Open DRAFT1.PRT.
2. Click Feature > Create > Solid > Tweak > Draft .
1. Click Include > Loop Surfs and pick the upper face and the outer
edge as shown in Figure 9.
2. Click Include > Loop Surfs once again. This time, pick the same
face and the hexagonal shaped edge.
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Task 3. Specify a neutral plane to define where the draft surfaces pivot.
4. Click Preview . Note that the draft on the other loop is in the
opposite direction from the loop inside the hexagonal cut.
5. Include the cylindrical boss and its hole to be part of the draft
feature you just created.
6. In the DRAFT dialog box, click on the Draft Srfs element and the
Define button.
8. Pick the top surface of the boss and then the outer edge as shown
in Figure 11.
10. Now, pick the same top face of the boss but this time pick the edge
of the hole.
Second, pick First, pick this
this face, and face, and then
then pick this pick this edge.
edge.
Figure 11: Selecting the Cylindrical Boss and Hole as Draft Surfaces
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Note
To maintain the robustness of a model, it is always good
design practice to include all features before defining the draft.
1. In the model tree, drag the Insert here icon to be before the draft.
4. Create the rib sketching on DTM3 and using DTM2 as the top.
5. Sketch the section as shown in Figure 12. Specify the top of the
block and the silhouette edge of the cylinder as references.
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1. Create a hole.
4. Pick the top of the cylindrical boss for the second dimensioning
reference.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
Module
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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TYPES OF FAILURES
Failures usually occur because a feature gets changed and the effected
change conflicts with other features. These types of failures occur due to
the following reasons:
• You create new features that are unattached and have one-sided edges.
• You resume a feature that now conflicts with another (such as having
an edge round and a chamfer on the same edge).
• The feature intersection is no longer valid because dimensional
changes have moved the intersecting surfaces.
• An assembly you retrieve cannot open the required models that are
included in the assembly.
• The assembly constraints for a component are invalid.
• You have violated a relation constraint.
• The File pull-down menu is unavailable and you cannot save the
model.
• The failed feature and all subsequent features remain un-regenerated.
• The current model displays only the features that have regenerated up
to the point of failure.
• Pro/ENGINEER displays an explanation of the problem in the
Message Area.
• Pro/ENGINEER displays the RESOLVE menu options in the Menu
Manager and a diagnostics window.
• Undo all of the changes that you have made since the last successful
regeneration.
• Diagnose the cause of the model failure using the current (failed)
model or the backup model.
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Specifying a Model
When you diagnose the problem or change the model, you can work on
the current failed model or a backup model. If you use a backup model,
Pro/ENGINEER shows all features in their pre-regenerated state, so that
you can modify or restore dimensions of the features that are not displayed
in the current model.
If you select the Regen Backup option from the Environment dialog box,
the system saves a copy of the current model to disk with the name
regen_backup_model####.prt prior to each regeneration, and removes the
file when you exit the Resolve Environment. Otherwise, it uses the last
version of the current model saved on disk prior to the failure.
Undoing Changes
Rather than attempt to resolve the problem, you can simply undo the step
that brought you into the Resolve Environment. However, this may not be
the best choice in some cases. For example, if the feature fails because of
the change that you have made, even if you undo the change, the model
itself still remains problematic. The undo approach is most appropriate in
those cases in which you either did not intend to make the change or you
want to fix the problem in the model without using the Resolve
Environment tools.
Note:
Keep in mind that the Resolve Environment tools are designed
to resolve failures in order to allow you to build more robust
models.
If you need to investigate the problem further, you can use the Investigate
option to obtain the following information about the current model or the
backup model, if it exists:
• Modified dimensions.
• All modifications and changes.
• All references for the failed feature in the model.
• Invalid geometry of the failed feature.
You can then choose to roll the model back to one of the following: the
failed feature (for the backup model only), the feature just before the
failed feature, the state at the end of the last successful feature
regeneration, or a specified feature.
• Redefine it.
• Reroute it.
• Suppress the failed feature along with its children.
• Delete it with its children.
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Note:
When you make changes in the Resolve Environment, they can
affect the failed feature or another specified feature. If you
suppress features using the QUICK FIX menu, you should
investigate the cause of the failure before continuing with the
part design. If you do not make any corrections, you may not
be able to resume the feature later in the design.
LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal:
The general goal of this lab is to make you comfortable with
regeneration failures and give you the skill to be able to successfully
navigate the resolve environment.
Method:
In this exercise, you add features to a part, which causes other features to
fail. You then investigate and resolve the problem in the Resolve
Environment.
2. Open the feature list. Click Info > Feature List . Review the
Information Window and close it.
4. Start from the beginning and step through the model. Click
Beginning from the START OPT menu.
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Round these
four edges.
Insert after
this
protrusion.
3. Create a simple edge round. Click Feature > Create > Solid >
Round . Leave Simple the default. Then click Done from the
ROUND TYPE menu.
5. Pick the round using a surface chain. Click Surf Chain from the
CHAIN menu.
6. Click Query Sel . Pick the bottom hidden surface, then click
Accept .
7. Pick all the highlighted edges to round. Click Select All from the
CHAIN OPT menu; then click Done from the CHAIN menu.
10. Click Feature List from the INFO pull-down menu. Note that the
system created the round feature after the second protrusion. Also,
note the regeneration status of the two chamfers.
12. Click Insert Mode > Cancel to exit insert mode. When the system
asks you if you want to resume the features that it suppressed when
activating insert mode, type [yes ].
3. Click Feature Info and review the Failed Feature Info. Close the
window.
Note:
The edge references for the chamfer appear on the screen, but
they are no longer part of the model. The round feature that
you created removed these edges. Because it regenerated prior
to the chamfer, it regenerated successfully and the chamfer
failed.
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1. Click Quick Fix from the RESOLVE FEAT menu; then click
Delete from the QUICK FIX menu. Read the prompt. Click Yes
from the YES/NO menu to exit the Resolve Environment.
2. Again review the feature list. Click Info > Feature List . Note that
the chamfer feature is no longer part of the model. Save the model
and erase it from memory.
MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
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Information Tools
Providing Pro/ENGINEER with correct information to create
complex designs is an important skill. Retrieving specific
information for model analysis and for manufacturing purposes is
another crucial skill.
While creating models, you have learned to stipulate information to
the system. In this module, you learn to retrieve information.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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Using Feature List , you can list all features in the model in their
regeneration order and obtain the feature number, feature ID, name, type,
suppression order, and regeneration status for each.
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You can also use the Model option to access information about selected
assembly components. In the INFORMATION WINDOW, the system
displays the names of the components in a hierarchical structure to show
how they were assembled.
In a mass properties calculation, the system does not include the mass of
suppressed features or suppressed components in any assembly.
Note:
By default, mass properties do not automatically update when
you make changes to the model. You must recalculate the
mass properties to see the effect of model changes.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
The goal of this lab is to enable you to elicit information that determines
how a part was created.
Method
In Exercise 1, you learn to use information tools to calculate measurements.
1. Open GEAR_COUNTERWEIGHT.PRT.
5. Click Info Feat to obtain information about the feature to see how
it was created.
2. In the MEASURE dialog box, click Area from the TYPE drop-down
list.
4. The value for the surface area appears in the RESULTS area of the
dialog box.
3. The length of the edge appears in the message area of your screen
and also in the RESULTS area of the dialog box.
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7. Click Close .
Pick this
vertex first.
Pick this
vertex
second.
MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you have learned that:
• In any model you can obtain information about any specific feature.
• You can access information about any specific part to learn how it was
built feature by feature using the Regen Info option
• You can calculate mass properties for parts, assemblies, and sections
using the Model Analysis option.
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Configuring Pro/ENGINEER
You can configure Pro/ENGINEER either to create a company-wide
standard or to suit your own individual needs.
This module teaches you how to modify Pro/ENGINEER ’s working
environment.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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CUSTOMIZING PRO/ENGINEER
• A configuration file allows you to customize your environment.
• The file can include settings for tolerance, display formats, calculation
accuracy, the number of digits used in Sketcher, etc.
• The default name for the Pro/ENGINEER configuration file is
config.pro.
• By editing configuration files, you can set company standards for:
½ Storing formats.
Configuration Files
Pro/ENGINEER can read in configuration files from several areas, as
shown in Figure 1. However, if a particular option is present in more than
one configuration file, it uses the latest value.
This file can be used to establish customized company standards for all of
your Pro/ENGINEER users. Every entry in the CONFIG.SUP file locks out
any duplicate entries in your local CONFIG.PRO configuration files.
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Note
For a complete listing of configuration file options and
defaults, refer to the Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER User’s
Guide.
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Note
Configuration files are not automatically loaded after editing.
They have to be loaded by clicking Utilities > Preferences
Creating Mapkeys
• A Mapkey is a keyboard macro that you can create using the Mapkeys
option in the UTILITIES pull-down menu.
• A mapkey performs a series of picks when you type only one or two
keystrokes.
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• The MAPKEYS dialog box lists each mapkey that is in session and
provides a description of its function.
• The RECORD MAPKEY dialog box allows you to create, modify, run,
delete, and save mapkeys to a configuration file.
As you go down the menu options on the left, you can simply drag the
associated icon of your choice onto the toolbar.
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In addition to using the MODEL TREE tool to display features, you can
also configure it to maintain predefined and customized columns that
correspond to items in the tree.
½ Feature number
½ Feature type
½ Feature name
• Layers – provides the status of layers.
• Model Params – displays new model parameters affecting the entire
model.
• Feat Params – displays new parameters affecting a feature.
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The Model Tree Columns dialog box is available with the VIEW menu
Model Tree Setup option.
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LABORATORY PRACTICAL
Goal
By the end of this lab, you will be able to optimize your Pro/ENGINEER
interface to suit your day-to-day needs.
Method
In Exercise 1, you will develop a configuration file and a toolbar to
customize the Pro/ENGINEER working environment.
In Exercise 3, you will utilize the MODEL TREE to create and modify
geometry.
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1. Clear the Show only options loaded from file box. All of the
options are now listed with the current value that is in effect listed
in the VALUE column.
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4. Check the Show only options loaded from file box. Only the
options you have changed from the default settings will be listed.
Note:
As you are typing, the system is trying to complete the option
for you. It presents the first option in the alphabetic list that
meets your criteria.
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7. Click Add/Change .
Task 4. Repeat this process to search for an option to add more lines to
the message area of Pro/ENGINEER.
3. Select visible_message_lines .
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Task 5. Save the changes to the settings such that they will be in effect
every time Pro/ENGINEER is launched.
1. Click .
3. Click OK > OK .
8. Click File > Exit to save the file and exit the editor.
Task 6. Verify that the changed settings are currently in effect. Some
settings will require a software restart to be active
10. Spin the part using the mouse. Notice that the datum planes remain
displayed during spinning. This is a result of the change to the
spin_with_part_entities option.
11. Modify a feature. Click Modify. Pick the center hole of the
bushing. Pick the 19.12 dimension, type [10.00].
12. Click Regenerate to update the geometry. Notice that the message
window has been expanded to list five lines.
13. Exit the system by clicking File > Exit > Yes . Since you modified
the bushing but did not save it, you are presented with the option to
save the model.
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1. Open CRANK.PRT
5. Click Record .
3. Type [Shaft_bore ]
5. Click Done .
7. Click OK .
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1. Type [fn ].
3. Click Info > Feature List . You will notice the new names you
have given to the model features.
2. Select the third icon from the right; then click Description .
4. Drag and place the icon next to the OPEN icon on the SAVE
toolbar, as shown below:
Task 6. Customize your toolbar to include an icon for the [fn ] mapkey
you created.
2. In the MAPKEYS area of the dialog box, click on the smiley face.
5. Now click and drag it from the dialog box onto your toolbar.
Note
The system will automatically save the changes the
CONFIG.WIN file to your working directory. You can change
the directory that the file is saved to.
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1. Notice the entry at the bottom of the dialog box. Leave the option
to automatically save the file and click OK .
Feature Name
Figure 11:Customized Toolbar
mapkey icon
3. Erase the current testing model from memory. Click the newly
added Erase Current icon from the toolbar, then click Yes .
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1. Click View > Model Tree Setup > Item Display .. The system now
displays the suppressed features in the MODEL TREE with a black
box next to the feature icon, symbolizing that the feature is
suppressed.
2. Resume the two features. Click and right-click to resume the hole
and DTM4.
1. Select Layer > Layer Status from the TYPE drop-down list.
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Task 6. Change the column format to decrease the size for feature id to
3 and layer status to 10.
2. Select the FeatID row and type [3] as the new WIDTH value.
3. Select the Layer Status row and type [10] as the new WIDTH
value.
4. Click OK to save.
Task 7. Save the settings for the MODEL TREE to be used again at a
later date.
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
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Modeling Philosophy
Throughout this training course, design intent is the one thread that
connects all the various techniques for creating parts, assemblies
and drawings.
Capturing design intent by various methods is the core of
Pro/ENGINEER’s modeling philosophy. This module recapitulates
some of the salient points about design intent that have been covered
thus far, while raising certain other points that need elaboration.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Describe the steps in recording the design criteria for a new model.
• Recapitulate the uses of Pro/ENGINEER as a parametric tool in
parent/child relationships.
• Describe the nature and uses of Relations.
• List the advantages of Pro/ENGINEER’s associativity.
• Recapitulate the ways to change design intent.
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Using Relations
Relations allow you to create a relationship between features or
components in an assembly without creating a parent/child relationship in
which child features control their parents.
Note
You can document the modeling intent by commenting the
relation and changing the symbolic name.
Behavioral Modeler
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MODULE SUMMARY
In this module, you learned that:
Appendix
Project Laboratory
This module contains an extended project for you to do when you
finish the specific module exercises. The purpose of this project is to
allow you to work with a minimum of step by step instruction in
order to reinforce the concepts you are learning in this class.
You should work through this project at your own pace as time
permits. Feel free to discuss your progress with the instructor or
your classmates.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Apply the concepts you have learned in this course to actual design
projects.
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INTRODUCTION
Throughout the next few days you will design components for an
assembly and document them through production drawings. Try to use the
project components that you create during the course of the week to
develop the project. However, if you would like to skip portions of the
project, there are supplied models that can be used to complete sections of
the project laboratories.
In this project, you create the motor part, lower housing part, snap ring
part, and upper housing part. The models develop a blower and motor
assembly consisting of eight components.
Snap rings
Motor
housing
Cover
Motor shaft
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Lower
housing
Blower
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PART CREATION
SECTION 1: Creating the Motor Part
To follow the design intent of the motor part, you must build it using only
those dimensions shown in Figure 2. You create the part using extruded
sketched features, along with holes. In addition, you also use relations to
maintain the electronics support foundation (rectangular shaped
protrusion) a constant distance from the back surface of the base feature.
2. Create the first solid feature. You may want to extrude a 70.00-
diameter circle to a blind depth of 90.00.
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6. Add a cut feature to the model so that you can remove material to
receive an armature. Assign it a 60.00-diameter and leave a 5.0-
wall thickness at the back of the motor, as shown in Section A-A in
Figure 2.
8. Save the model and clear the window by erasing the part.
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2. Create the first solid feature. You may want to extrude a 120-
diameter semicircle to a blind depth of 80.
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4. Add the base support feature to the model. Sketch the feature on
the central datum plane and extrude the feature in both directions,
as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7.
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Note:
In this figure, the sketched centerline is aligned to the
silhouette edge of the cylindrical surface of the base feature.
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Round these
edges.
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end of the line to the center of the housing, and assigning a radius
of 100 to the arc. Ensure that the sweep remains attached to the
base feature at this location, regardless of the diameter of the base
feature, by aligning the endpoint of the arc to both the cylindrical
and planar surfaces of the base feature (see Figure 15). Locate the
start point of the trajectory at the end of the line (notice the
centerlines in Figure 16). Create the cross-section as a rectangle.
Trajectory
Section
Trajectory
Start point
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Section
Centerlines (provided by
system)
Figure 16: Sweep Section
Section 1
Section 2
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10. Add a 04.1-thick bolting flange, as shown in Figure 21. Make this
feature similar to the flange on the motor part.
Flange
Hole Detail
Note:
To create a datum axis choose Create , Datum , Axis , Thru
Cylinder and select the cylindrical surface of the base
protrusion. You will learn more about datum axis in a later
chapter.
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13. Add a straight hole, as shown in Detail A in Figure 21. After you
have finished, save the model and erase it from memory.
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Note:
You should attempt to use the models that you completed from
the previous project lab. When creating these assemblies and
production drawings, you can either use the models that you
created previously or the models that are stored in a library
which reflect the model at the end of the previous project. The
stored models are indicated in parenthesis ( ).
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2. Assemble the motor part you created in the previous project lab (or
beta_motor.prt) to the default assembly datum planes. After
placing it in the assembly, turn off the datum planes to make it
easier to place the remaining component.
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4. Create another snap ring groove in the shaft so that it does not slide
into the motor. Retrieve the motor shaft part (beta_shaft.prt) in a
separate window.
5. Pattern the first snap ring groove to create a second one 141.8 from
the leader, as shown in Figure 26.
7. Open the motor assembly. Note that the snap ring groove now
appears in the shaft.
10. Create an assembly pattern to assemble the second snap ring into
the assembly using “ref pattern”
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12. Note that the patterned snap ring groove is positioned too far down
on the shaft. Modify the offset of the patterned grove and in the
motor shaft part (beta_shaft.prt). Change the distance to 127.5.
Regenerate after the modification.
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Create this
hole first
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3. The lower housing was created without any holes in the mounting
flange. Modifying the part at assembly level, create the hole in
lower housing and pattern it in Assembly mode. Create a straight
hole on the flange with the dimensioning scheme shown in Figure
29.
Note:
Do not exit the FEATURE menu after creating the hole. In the
next task, you use Pattern from the same menu.
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4. Pattern the hole for a total of four (4) instances including the
original. If you exited the FEATURE menu, choose Modify, Mod
Part . Select the lower housing; then choose Feature .
Note:
Do not exit the FEATURE menu after creating the pattern. In
the next task, you use Copy from the same menu.
5. According to the design intent, you should mirror the flange along
with the pattern of holes to the other side of the model (as shown in
Figure 30).
Mirror Offset from this
plane surface for the
blower .
6. Assemble the blower that part you completed in the “Patterns and
Feature Copying” lesson. (If you did not finish the model, use the
part called beta_blower in the current directory.) Use a mate offset
command with an offset value of 1 to place it with respect to the
back of the lower housing. Exit the part modification menus.
Note:
In another project lab you will center the blower model inside
the housing via a relation.
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10. Create the four holes by patterning them with an increment of 20.
11. Use Copy , Mirror to create the bolt flange and holes on the other
side of the base feature.
Mirror protrusion
and holes.
Figure 31: Upper Housing Copy Command
12. Save the part file and close the subwindow. Activate the assembly
window. Note that the assembly now reflects the changes that you
made in Part mode. Save the assembly and erase the window.
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FOURTH VIEW
FIFTH VIEW
SIXTH VIEW
2. Add the first general view. Orient it to a side view of the motor
model using the default datum planes. Use No Scale to allow
Pro/ENGINEER to determine the scale of the drawing.
3. Add the front projected view, labeled as the second view in Figure
32.
4. Add the back projected view, labeled as the third view in Figure
32.
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5. Add the top projected view, labeled as the fourth view in Figure
32.
8. Change the display mode of the views. For the first, third, and fifth
views, change the display mode to Hidden line , Tan Phantom .
Note:
Once you set a view using Display Mode , it remains at that
setting even if you change the Environment setting.
FOURTH VIEW
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MODEL INTERROGATION
For this project, you continue developing the models according to the
design intent by adding more features to the parts, analyzing mass
properties for individual parts and whole assemblies, and investigating
interference between components. In addition, you write relations to
prevent interference between components. After accomplishing these
tasks, you then place the blower subassembly into the motor assembly.
The cover part is incomplete. According to the design intent, you must
create tabs to mount the cover to the motor part, and add cooling slots to
the top of the cover, as shown in Figure 34.
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4. Pattern the slot for a total of seven (7) instances, including the
original.
6. Note that in Figure 36, the system removed the underside of the
small cylindrical boss when you added the cooling fins. The
second protrusion was originally sketched on the inside of the base
feature. Reorder the cut and pattern after the first protrusion, and
note the difference on the model.
Material is
removed due to
feature order.
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Reorder leaves
material in place.
Open section
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Cylindrical
surface for axis
11. Create a co-axial straight hole on the leader tab. Make the diameter
7.5.
12. Reference pattern the straight hole. When you have finished, save
the model.
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2. Suppress all features, except for the first solid protrusion and the
default datum planes.
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6. Mirror the patterned cut features that are on the side of the
electronics foundation to the other side. After you have finished,
save the model and erase all.
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Toggle
between
4. Explode the assembly model so that you can see inside the model.
Click Modify, Mod Explode to change the position of the blower
using a normal plane, as shown in Figure 44.
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Select this
surface to
define the
Select these
two surfaces
5. Determine the distance that can be used for the blower. Measure
the distance from the back inside surface of the blower to the front
inside surface of the blower using Analysis , Measure , Distance
and selecting the surfaces shown in Figure 44. Remember the
distance value.
6. Modify the blade height again on the blower so it will fit within the
lower housing of the model. Change the blade length to be distance
you just measured minus the thickness of the top and base of the
blower and a clearance. At the current values the distance is equal
to 75 – (5 + 2.5 + 5) or 62.5.
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8. Note that the lower housing part does not have any dimensions that
control the inside dimension of the interior opening. According to
the design intent, you must control the wall thickness. This intent
was captured by driving the revolved cut off the dimension of 2.5
(shown as d8:0, d10:0, and d9:0 in Figure 45) from all the edges of
the surface of the model.
10. Write a relation that is equal to the length of the cut (cut_length =
d1 – (d8+ d10)). Remember to use symbolic dimensions. Enter the
parameter name in the relation to automatically create a number
parameter in the model.
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12. Create another parameter in the blower model that represents the
overall height of the blower including the base, blade and top.
Open the blower part (or gamma_blower.prt) in another window.
Add the following relation, height = d1+d9+d18, to automatically
create the parameter height.
14. Drive the offset of the blower model within the lower housing so
that they are equally offset. Enter a relation similar to d0:1 =
(cut_length:0 - height:2)/2.
15. Regenerate the model. Check the message area to see if the system
displayed a warning; you may have to regenerate twice, depending
on the order in which you added the relations. (Hint: Use Sort
Rels .)
16. Click Analysis > Model Analysis to calculate the mass properties
of the assembly. Add the density values of your choice to the
components. (example 7.63e-9 tonne/mm3 for steel)
17. Use the Info menu to create a BOM. When you have finished, save
the model.
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Select the
Blank icon.
Repaint
Note:
Note that the motor part is no longer visible in the working
window, but it is still listed in the Model Tree with the status
of Regenerated .
Note:
Pro/ENGINEER prompts you to select an option for the child
components. However, you cannot reroute or redefine them
because they all reference the base component of the assembly.
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Note:
Suspend is a temporary action; it only suspends components in
place until the next regeneration, which in this situation occurs
as soon as you choose Done/Return . This action causes the
assembly to fail.
11. The system places you into the Resolve Environment because the
child components have missing references. To exit the Resolve
Environment, select Quick Fix and Freeze for all of the
components. As soon as the system freezes one component,
another component causes you to remain in the Resolve
Environment because it is also missing references.
12. Once you have exited the Resolve Environment, review the
suppressed, frozen, and regenerated components listed in the
Status column of the Model Tree.
13. Resume the motor part. Note that all frozen components
automatically update in the Model Tree. Save the model and erase
all components.
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Front
flange
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Single sketched
line
Datum offset
dimension
2. Extract the body of the part from a mold. Create a draft feature on
the two parallel sides of the rib. Accept the default attributes of
Neutral Plane , No Split , and Constant . Create a neutral plane
through the top edge of the rib, parallel to the base surfaces. Use
the neutral plane as the reference plane. Enter [ -10] as the draft
angle.
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Draft surfaces
Figure 52: References for Draft Feature (surfaces meshed for clarity)
3. Copy the rib and draft features to create two supports. Use Move
and select the attribute of Dependent . Translate the features with
reference to the front of the model by a distance of 3.00
4. Mirror the ribs and draft features to the other side of the part. If the
mirroring operation fails because you cannot construct the
geometry, redefine the draft angle to -10 degrees. After you have
finished this task, save the model.
Mirror plane
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4. Detail the drawing as shown in Figure 54, and add the ISO view in
the corner. Keep in mind that most of the dimensions were created
in Drawing mode. After you have finished the task, save the
drawing and close the window.
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6. Add additional views, change the default scale to .7, and move the
additional views to an added sheet on the drawing. Detail the
drawing according to Figure 56 and Figure 57. When you have
finished, save the model.
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7. Notice that the axis circle does not appear around the patterned
holes on the flange. Change the setup file in the drawing so that
radial_pattern_axis_circle is set to YES; then show the axis of
the patterned holes.
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10. Retrieve the motor assembly (or the delta_motor.asm) and examine
the changes to the assembly. Finally, retrieve motor drawing and
notice how the changes are reflected. Save the drawing, assembly,
and parts by saving the assembly drawing. Erase the models from
memory and exit from Pro/ENGINEER.
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Appendix
Using PTC.Help
PTC is continuing its commitment to provide integral
internet/intranet enhancements through the i-series of software
products, including the innovative changes in this release of PTC
Help.
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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You can get Help on your current task when you are working in a dialog
box or with a menu by using one of the following three procedures.
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1. Click a menu command with the right mouse button and hold the
button down until the GetHelp window appears.
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Appendix
Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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Please use the following format (or download the template from
http://www.ptc.com/cs/doc/copen.htm):
FNAME: FirstName
LNAME: LastName
CALLCENTER: U.S., Germany, France, U.K., Singapore, or
Tokyo
PHONE: NNN NNN-NNNN x-NNNN
CONFIG_ID: NNNNNN
PRODUCT: X
MODULE: XX
PRIORITY: X
DESC_BEGIN:
description starts
description continues
description ends
DESC_END
Rand Customers
To open calls by email with RAND, send your questions to
tech.support@rand.com.
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The Technical Support Engineer will ask you for the following
information to log a call:
When the call is resolved your data will be deleted by the Technical
Support Engineer and will not be divulged to any third party vendors
under any circumstances.
Call
Customer question
Support Engineer
solves issue or
reports it
to Development (SPR)
SPR
Software Performance Report
Update CD to customer
Call Priorities:
• Extremely Critical – Work stopped
• Critical – Work severely impacted
• Urgent – Work impacted
• Not Critical
• General Information
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Please write down your username and password for future reference.
ONLINE SERVICES
After you have registered you will have full access to all Online Tools.
You can search our Knowledge Base using a Search-Engine. Our Online
Support Applications controls the status of Calls (Call Tracker) and SPRs
(SPR Tracker) and adds comments to these. If you add a comment, the
Technical Support Engineer assigned to your call will be notified
automatically.
The Software Update Tool allows you to request the newest software
updates for any PTC product.
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Definitions:
TAN – Technical Application Note provides information about SPRs that
may affect more than just the customer originally reporting an issue.
TANs also may provide alternative techniques to allow a user to continue
working.
3. You will then receive a daily email with update information; this
can help you by upgrading to a new PTC product or to a new
release.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Internet
Rand Customers
Rand Worldwide customers can visit the following Web site for phone
numbers:
http://rock.rand.com/webtracker/CustomerServicesWorldwide.htm
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PTC Customers
PTC Technical Support Worldwide Electronic Services
URL:
• http://www.ptc.com/support/index.htm (Support)
• http://www.ptc.com/company/contacts/edserv.htm (Education)
E-mail:
• ftp.ptc.com
E-mail:
• cs-feedback@ptc.com
Phone: Numbers are listed at:
• http://www.ptc.com/cs/doc/feedback_nums.htm
Telephone
For assistance with technical issues, contact the Electronic Services noted
in the previous section, or the Technical Support line as listed in the Phone
and Fax Information sections below.
• 800-477-6435
Outside the U.S.:
• 781-894-5332
• 781-894-5513
Maintenance:
• 888-782-3774
Education:
• 888-782-3773
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Netherlands 0800022-4519
Norway 8001-1872
Portugal 05-05-33-73-69
South Africa 0800-991068
Spain 900-95-33-39
Sweden 020-791484
Switzerland 0800-55-38-33 (French support)
0800-83-75-58 (Italian support)
0800-552428 (German support)
United Kingdom 0800-318677
Belgium 0800-75376
Denmark 8001-5593
Finland 0800-117-092
France 0800-14-19-52
Germany 49 (0) 89-32106-0
Ireland 1800-409-1622
Italy 39 (0) 39-65651
Netherlands 0800-022-0543
Norway 8001-1872
Portugal 05-05-33-73-69
Russia/Eastern Europe 44 1252 817 078
Spain 900-95-33-39
Sweden 020-791484
Switzerland 41 (0) 1-8-24-34-44
United Kingdom 0800-31-8677
Benelux 31-73-644-2705
France 33-1-69-33-65-50
Germany 49 (0) 89-32106-325
Italy 39-039-65-65-652 39-039-6565-1
Spain/Portugal 34-91-452-01-00
Sweden 46-8-590-956-00 (Malmo)
46-8-590-956-46 (Upplands Vasby)
Switzerland 41 (0) 1-820-00-80
United Kingdom 44-0800-212-565 (toll free within UK)
44-1252-817-140
Australia 1800-553-565
China* 10800-650-8185 (international toll free)
108-657 (manual toll free)
Hong Kong 800-933309
India* 000-6517
Indonesia 001-803-65-7250
97-2-48-55-00-35
Japan 0120-20-9023
Malaysia 1-800-80-1026
New Zealand 0800-44-4376
Philippines 1800-1-651-0176
Singapore 65-830-9899
South Korea 00798-65-1-7078 (international toll free)
080-3469-001 (domestic toll free)
Taiwan 0080-65-1256 (international toll free)
080-013069 (domestic toll free)
Thailand 001-800-65-6213
*Note: Callers dialing from India or China must provide the operator with
the respective string:
China MTF8309729
India MTF8309752
The operator will then connect you to the Singapore Technical Support
Center.
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ELECTRONIC SERVICES
Up-to-Date + Worldwide = Maximum
Information ISO 9000 Productivity
Certification with
Quality Control
PTC
System
Products