INTRODUCTION TO Pro/DETAIL

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire

Subject: Pro/DETAIL
Lesson # 1

Topics:

Drawing Mode vs. Pro/Detail

Creating a Drawing
Adding Views
Modifying Views

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How to Read This Tutorial

Below is a quick outline of how to read this tutorial. Underneath each item is an example
of how it might be used throughout the document.

All menu picks in Wildfire are designated by #this text.

Part menu: #Feature, #Create, #Datum, #Plane, #Default.

Explanation or comments about what youre doing are noted by this text
** To begin, we will create a new part with default datum planes **

Any file selection is noted by <this text>

File menu: #Open, Name: <handle>, #OK.

Any input into Wildfire will be displayed with [this text].

File menu: #New, Name: [surf_1], #OK.

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 Table of Contents

I. Introduction Drawing Mode Vs. Pro/DETAIL.................... 4

II. Tutorial Lesson Creating a Drawing........................................ 5

III. Tutorial Lesson Creating a View .............................................. 9

IV. Tutorial Lesson Modifying Views........................................... 15

V. Summary ...................................................................................... 19

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 I. Introduction Drawing Mode Vs. Pro/DETAIL

Drawing mode provides you with the ability to document your parts and assemblies
created using Pro/E in drawings that share a two-way associativity with the model. When
you modify a part or assembly in Pro/E the drawing is automatically updated and reflects
the changes. When you make changes to your part or assembly in the drawing, those
changes will be reflected in the models. You can use basic Pro/ENGINEER to create
drawing views of one or more models in several standard view types and dimension
them. You can also annotate the drawing with notes, manipulate the dimensions, and use
layers to manage the display of different items.

Pro/DETAIL is an optional add-on module for Pro/E. It extends the drawing mode
capability allowing you to create additional view types as well as the ability to use
multiple sheets. Pro/DETAIL includes numerous commands for manipulating items in a
drawing, and enables you to add and modify different kinds of textual and symbolic
information. You can use Pro/DETAIL to customize drawings by utilizing sketched
geometry, creating custom drawing formats with company logos.

This tutorial, as well as the rest of the tutorials in the FroTime Detailing series, will
assume that you have the Pro/DETAIL module.

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 II. Tutorial Lesson Creating a Drawing

** Bring the part named fan_housing into session **

FILE menu: #File, #Open, Name: <fan_housing.prt>, #Open

** We will now create a C size drawing for this part. **

FILE menu: #File, #New

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** The NEW dialog box appears. Select Drawing from the Type box and then add
the nameFAN_HOUSING. New for 2000i2 is the Use default template check box.
This allows you to use a default template for your drawing that already has default views
defined. For this lesson we will create our own views. Uncheck the Use default
template check box. **

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** Make sure that the model fan_housing is showing in the Default Model box.
Under the Specify Template box selectEmpty (You can also select Empty with
format to select your own format or Use Template to use a default template.) Select
Landscape in the Orientation box. Inside the Size box select C for the
Standard Size. Select OK. **

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** A blank C size format should now be on your screen. **

** Note that the model fan_housing is associated to the drawing. This can be verified
by looking at the bottom of the graphics window. **

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 III. Tutorial Lesson Creating a View

** Create a front view of the fan_housing part. **

Insert menu: #Drawing View

VIEW TYPE menu: #General, #Full View, #No Xsec, #No Scale, #Done

** You are now prompted to select a CENTER POINT for the drawing view. **

** Select the center of the C size blank format. The default view of the fan_housing
appears and the Orientation box shows up in the upper right. **

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** There are two ways to orient the view in order to be a front view. With the Type
box set to Orient by Reference, you could go ahead and select the MID_CENTER
datum plane on the fan_housing part as the Reference 1 Front plane and then select the
HORZ_CENTER plane on the fan_housing part as the Reference 2 Top plane. This
would generate a front view. The second way is to simply select on the Saved Views
menu and pick FRONT from the list of saved views and then SET. This view was
created in part mode. Both methods should produce the same result as shown below.
The second method is preferred since it takes advantage of the views that have already
been created. **

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** Now create top, bottom and right side projection views off of the front view just
created. **

Insert menu: #Drawing View

VIEW TYPE menu: #Projection, #Full View, #No Xsec, #No Scale, #Done

** Again you are prompted to pick a CENTER POINT for the view. **

** Select a location above the front view you created in the previous step. The view
will automatically be created in the proper orientation as a projection off the front
view. **

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** Repeat this process for the bottom and the right side views. When completed, your
drawing should look like the following image. **

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** Finally, create an isometric view in the upper right corner of the format. Use
General from the view type menu and then select FRONT_ISO form the Saved
Views menu in the Orientation Box. Pick Set and then OK. **

DRAWING menu: #Drawing View

VIEW TYPE menu: #General, #Full View, #No Xsec, #No Scale, #Done

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** Your drawing should now look like the image below. **

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 IV. Tutorial Lesson Modifying Views
** Move the front view of the
fan_housing to the left side of the
format. **

Screen: select the Front view,

right click, uncheck Lock View
Movement

Screen: The move cursor should

now show when you have the
Front view selected, click on the
view to drag it to the left of the
screen.

** All the drawing views become highlighted with a red boarder around them. Select the
front view and then pick the new location on the left side of the format. Notice that the
two projection views (top, bottom) move along with the front view. These projection
views are children of the parent front view. Projection views can only move along one
axis of the parent view. Verify this by moving the right side projection view to the left
side of the format. **

** Your drawing should now look like the following image. **

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** Next, change the orientation of the isometric view in the upper right side of the
drawing format form a FRONT_ISO to a REAR_ISO. **

Screen: select ISO view, right click #Properties

VIEW MODIFY menu: #Reorient

** Select the isometric view in the upper right side of the drawing. The Orientation
box appears. Select REAR_ISO from the Saved Views menu. Pick Set and then
OK. **

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** Now that the views are all positioned and oriented correctly, you need to set the view
display. This is different form setting it in the environment pull-down menu because this
will only change the view display in the current secession of Pro/E. If someone else were
to work on the drawing his or her settings may be different from yours and confusion
could set in. In order to prevent this the view display must be set specific to the drawing
so that no matter who works on the drawing the same display will be shown. **

Screen: hold Ctrl key, select front, top, bottom and right view
Screen: right click, #Properties
VIEW MODIFY menu: #View Disp

** These views will be set to display no hidden lines and no tangent edges **

VIEW DISP menu: #No Hidden, #No Qlt HLR, #No Disp Tan, #Hide Skeleton,
#Done

** Select the rear isometric view. This view will be set to display hidden lines and no
tangent edges **

Screen: select ISO view

Screen: right click, #Properties
VIEW MODIFY menu: #View Disp
VIEW DISP menu: #Hidden Line, #No Qlt HLR, #No Disp Tan, #Hide Skeleton,
#Done

** Your drawing should now look like the image below. **

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** As an added exercise you can make additional drawings using the default template
functionality as well as your own formats. **

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 V. Summary
After completing the above tutorial, you should be able to do the following:

Create a drawing related to a part or an assembly created in Pro/E.

Add views to the drawing (general views, projection views)
Modify the views you created (move view, reorient the view, set view displays)

This was a basic introduction to the Pro/DETAIL module of how to generate a drawing
in Pro/ENGINEER

This concludes the 1st Frotime detailing tutorial. To continue your detailing training
please obtain the 2nd Tutorial in the Frotime detailing series at www.frotime.com!

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