Learning Objectives:

• Sketch in the Drawing mode.

• Create a user-defined drawing format for the drawing sheets.
• Add or remove the sheets from the current drawing.
• Create the tables in the current sheet.
• Use the assembly Bill Of Material in the assembly drawing views.
• Create associative BOM in the Report mode of Pro/ENGINEER.
 Sketching in the Drawing Mode
Sketching can be done by using the Sketch menu in the menu bar or the tool
buttons available in the Drawing Sketcher Tools toolbar in the Right Toolchest.
The tools available in the Drawing Sketcher Tools toolbar and the options
available in the Sketch menu that are used to sketch in the Drawing mode are
discussed next.

• Select Items
The Select items button in the Right Toolchest is used to select
drawing views, sketched entities, dimensions, notes, and so on from the
drawing views.

• Line
The Line option in the Sketch menu in the menu bar or the Create 2
point lines button from the Right Toolchest is used to create line
segments.
• Circle
The Circle option or the Create circle button is used to create circles.

• Arc
The Arc option or the Create an arc by 3 points or tangent to an entity at
its endpoint button is used to create arcs.

• Chain
The Enable sketching chain button is used when the object you want to
draw consists of more than one entity. You can create the object as a chain
by choosing this button and then drawing the entities by using the required
buttons.

• Sketching Using References

The Remember parametric sketcher references button is used to draw the
sketches by automatically applying constraints.
 Modifying the Sketched Entities
There are various options to modify the sketched entities that are termed as draft
entities. The operations or the modifications that can be applied on the draft entities
in Pro/ENGINEER are discussed next.

• Trimming the Draft Entities

The sketched or draft entities can be trimmed by choosing Edit >
Trim from the menu bar. When you choose this option, the
cascaded menu is displayed as shown in the figure. The options in
this menu are discussed next.
Cascaded menu of
• Divide at Intersection • Length Trim option in Edit
• Divide by Equal Segments • Increment menu

• Corner
• Bound
• Transforming the Draft Entities
To translate or move the draft entities, choose Edit > Transform. The cascaded
menu is displayed as shown in the figure. The options in this cascaded menu are
discussed next.

• Translate
• Translate and Copy
• Rotate
• Rotate and Copy
Cascaded menu of
• Rescale Translate option in
Edit menu
• Mirror
• Stretch
• Grouping the Entities
A draft entity can be grouped with other draft entity, with a note, a geometric
tolerance (gtol), or a dimension. In Pro/ENGINEER, the note, gtol, and dimensions
are called detail items. After grouping the draft entities, any operation applied on any
one of them is applied to the grouped entity also. The options to group can be
invoked by choosing Edit > Group. The cascaded menu is displayed as shown in the
figure.

• Draft Group
• Set Default Relate View
• Unset Default Relate View Cascaded menu of
• Relate to View Group option in Edit
menu
• Relate to Object
• Drafting Using the Drawing Views
You can use the generated drawing views to create an entity or the whole drawing
view. To use a generated drawing view, choose Sketch > Edge. The cascaded menu
is displayed with two options; Use and Offset.

• Use
The Use option is selected to draw a copy of the selected edge in the drawing view.
This option will be available only when you have at least one drawing view in the
current drawing sheet and if it is selected.

• Offset
When you choose this option from the cascaded menu, the
OFFSET OPER menu is displayed as shown in the figure.
There are two options in this menu. The Single Ent option is
used to select a single entity from the drawing view. The Ent
Chain option is used to select a chain of entities from the
drawing view. OFFSET OPER
menu
• Converting a Generated View to a Draft View
To convert a generated view to a draft view, choose Edit > Convert to Draft Entities
from the menu bar. After converting a generated view to a draft view, all the objects in
the view are converted to individual entities. This option is available only when the
drawing view is selected. When you choose this option, the SNAPSHOT menu is
displayed as shown in the figure.

SNAPSHOT menu
 User-Defined Drawing Formats
Sometimes you may need to create a user-defined
drawing format that is specifically designed as per your
requirements. Choose the Create a new object button
to display the New dialog box. In this dialog box, select
the Format radio button from the Type area and then
specify the name of the format in the Name edit box to
proceed for creating the user-defined format. When you
choose OK, the New Format dialog box is displayed.

New Format dialog

box
Figure A shows a user-defined format created using the A4 size sheet. This format
consists of the user-defined title block. Figure B shows the drawing views
generated on the user-defined format.

Figure A User-defined format Figure B Drawing views generated using a

user-defined format
 Retrieving the User-Defined Formats in the Drawings
Once you have created the user-defined formats, you can use them in the
Drawing mode as sheets for generating the drawing views. To retrieve the user-
defined format, select the Empty with format radio button and choose the
Browse button from the New Drawing dialog box to invoke the Open dialog box.
A folder named System Formats will be displayed in the Open dialog box. Some
predefined formats are given in this folder. You can retrieve these predefined
formats or browse the location where you have saved the user-defined format
created earlier.
 Adding and Removing Sheets in the Drawing
To add sheets in the current drawing, choose Insert > Sheet from the menu bar. A
new sheet is displayed on the screen. At the bottom of the screen, the sheet
number is displayed. You can generate various views of a model on multiple
sheets. All these drawing views on different sheets are contained in a single
drawing file.

The following points should be remembered while dealing with multisheets:

1. If you move a projected view to another sheet, the parent-child relationship

of the two views is broken. That means, if you move the projected view on
one sheet the source view on the other sheet does not move.

2. The scale of the drawing views on different sheets can be controlled

independently.

3. If you erase a drawing view on one sheet, it can be resumed on the other
sheet.
 Creating Tables in Drawing Mode
You can easily create any kind of tabular representation in Drawing
mode by using the options available in the cascaded menu that is
displayed when you choose Table > Insert from the menu bar. The
cascaded menu is displayed as shown in the figure.
Cascaded menu
• Table
• Table From File
• Column
• Row
 Using the Assembly Bill Of Material in the Drawings
The Bill Of Material (BOM) is a representation of the components and their
parameters that are used in the assembly. In Pro/ENGINEER there are two methods
to create the BOM.

• Creating BOM in the Drawing Mode

The BOM that is created in the Assembly mode can be directly used in the Drawing
mode if it was saved in the .bom format. To use the assembly BOM, choose Insert >
Note > File from the menu bar. Select the other options for placing the BOM and then
enter the name of the file that was saved in the .bom format in the Assembly mode.

• Creating BOM in the Report Mode

To create a BOM in the Report mode, the exploded view of the assembly is created in
the Report mode of Pro/ENGINEER. The table is created on the drawing sheet. Then
a repeat region is defined in the table that automatically generates the BOM of the
assembly. The BOM generated is associative in nature and any modification in the
assembly, like addition or removal of components is automatically reflected in the
BOM generated in the Report mode.
 Tutorial 1
In this tutorial you will create a format of size A and add the title block in the format.
Then you will retrieve the format in the Drawing mode and generate the exploded
isometric view of the Pedestal Bearing assembly created in Tutorial 2 of Chapter 9.
Also, add the assembly Bill of Material and the Balloons to the drawing view as shown
in Figure A. (Estimated time: 45 min)

Figure A The drawing view of the

assembly showing the BOM and
balloons
a. Open a new file in the Format mode, create the format of the drawing, and add
the title block in the format as shown in Figure B.

b. Save the format file and then

close it.

Figure B The title block

 c. Open a new drawing file in the Drawing mode, select the Pedestal Bearing as
the model, and retrieve the format that you had created.

d. Generate the exploded drawing view as shown in Figure C.

Figure C Exploded isometric view of the

assembly
e. Create and save the BOM. Then place the BOM in the drawing view.

f. Edit the text in the BOM.

g. Enter the text in the title block and add balloons to the drawing view. The
drawing sheet after placing the BOM and adding the balloons should look
similar to the one shown in Figure D.

h. Save the drawing and then close the window.

Figure D The drawing view of the assembly showing the BOM and title block
 Tutorial 2
In this tutorial you will create a format of size A and add the title block in the format.
You will retrieve the format in the Report mode and generate the exploded isometric
view of the Shock assembly created in Tutorial 1 of Chapter 9. Also, add the
associative Bill of Material and the Balloons to the drawing view as shown in Figure A.
(Estimated time: 45 min)

Figure A The drawing view of the

exploded assembly with BOM
a. Open a new file in the Format mode, create the format of the drawing, and add
the title block in the format as shown in Figure B.

b. Save the format file and then

close it.
Figure B The title block
c. Open a new drawing file in the Report mode, select the shockassembly.asm
as the model, and retrieve the format that you had created.
d. Create the table and enter the headers.

e. Define the repeat region and then enter the report symbols, see Figure C.

Figure C Drawing sheet after

adding the report symbols
 f. Generate the exploded isometric view of the assembly and generate balloons in
the drawing view, see Figure D.

g. Add text in the title block, see Figure E.

Figure D The drawing view of the Figure E The drawing view of the
assembly showing the BOM and balloons assembly showing the title block, balloons,
and the BOM
 Exercise 1
Create a format of size A and then retrieve it in the Report mode to place the top,
front, and an exploded isometric view of the Cross Head assembly created in
Exercise 1 of Chapter 9. Add the associative assembly BOM and the balloons to the
drawing view as shown in Figure A. (Estimated time: 45 min)

The drawing view of the exploded

assembly with BOM