collaboration

Pro/ENGINEER
Tips & Tricks
innovation

Terry Amundson
Mark Fischer

global solutions
August 13, 2002

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Agenda

ƒ Introductions

ƒ Goals for Today

ƒ General ProE Tips

ƒ Drawing Tips

ƒ Questions

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Tips & Tricks – Goals

ƒ A Bunch of Things You Probably Knew

ƒ Some Things You Didn’t Know

ƒ Maybe One Thing That Works Great

That You Didn’t Know

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Tips & Tricks – General ProE

ƒ Middle Mouse Button to Accept

ƒ Right Mouse Button for Pop-up Redefine/Info/Etc.

ƒ Use Fast Hidden Line Removal

ƒ Renaming Features

ƒ Display Datums While Spinning

ƒ Component Display States

ƒ Explode States

ƒ Assembly – move component using CTRL-ALT

ƒ Drag & Drop Files – from File Explorer

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Tips & Tricks – Model Tree

ƒ Right Mouse Features from Model Tree

ƒ Drag and Drop Re-Order

ƒ Drag and Drop Insert Mode

ƒ Right Mouse in Model Tree

ƒ Custom Model Tree Setups

ƒ Rename/Modify Features in Model Tree

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Tips & Tricks – Drawings (Clarity)

ƒ Z-Clipping (also decreases repaint time)

ƒ Member Display

ƒ Relating Draft Items to a View

ƒ Quilt Hidden Line Removal

ƒ Fonts

ƒ Use @o to attach leader to multi-line text

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Tips & Tricks – Drawings (Ease of Use)

ƒ Right Mouse Modify

ƒ Align Views / Unalign Projected Views

ƒ Copy from other Drawing

ƒ Template Drawings

ƒ Word Wrap (2001)

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Tips & Tricks – Drawings (Speed)

ƒ General Tips:

ƒ Turn off datum displays

ƒ Work in wireframe

ƒ Set auto_regen_views to no

ƒ No View Open (open_simplified_rep_by_default=yes)

ƒ Erase/Resume Views

ƒ Snapshot of View

ƒ Merge Drawings

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BOM Graph

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File Open

Create a Table Display in your workspace with 2 columns:

Model Name, Description

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File Open

Create “Fly Outs” to sort for commonly used objects: Parts,

Assemblies, Drawings

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File Open

Preview

Config.pro Options:
z save_model_display shading_low
z save_drawing_picture_file embed

NOTE: “shading_low” will take longer to process than

“shading_high”, but takes up less disk space, and is
“lighter” when working with “graphics reps”.

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Open Rep

Set config.pro option so that Open Rep dialog box comes up

by default
Open_simplified_rep_by_default YES

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Hide / Un Hide

Hide / Unhide available from:

‹RMB in working window
‹RMB from model Tree
‹View menu in pull down

‹Assembly – works on Components, Features

‹Part – works on Datums, Curves, and Surfaces
z Turn off 1 datum at a time
z No need to create excess layers

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Datum Tag Display

You have the ability to turn off labels for:

Datum Planes, Coordinate Systems, Axis, Points

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Intent Manager (Sketcher)

Learn How to Use the tool !

Turn on these Config.pro options:

sketcher_readme_button yes
sketcher_overview_alert yes

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Tips & Tricks – Sketcher

Middle Mouse Button

to get Pick Arrow

Mapkeys – Create & Iconize

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Sketcher

Ability to reference an entity that intersects the sketch plane

Pick XSEC button

Select SURFACE

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 Pro/ENGINEER 2001 Sketcher Cheat Sheet Line Centerline
Sketcher Tools
Toolbar

Concentric
Circle Circle Ellipse

Select Item
(hold SHIFT to gather more)
Sketcher Arc Tool
Preferences tangent & Concentric Arc Center & Conic
Rectangle 3-point Arc Ends Arc

This menu appears

when you have nothing
selected and click the
Right Mouse Button
Elliptical
Fillet Fillet
Spline

Reference Create
Create Dimension Csys Point

Modify
(dimensions,
splines & text)
Use Offset
Edge Edge

Sketcher Constraints

Create Datum Plane Dynamic

This menu appears Trim Trim Divide
when you have an item
Create Datum Axis
selected and click the
Right Mouse Button
Create Datum Curve
Pressing the Create Datum Points Scale &
DELETE key will
delete selected Mirror Rotate Copy
Create Datum Csys
items
Create Analysis Feature

Asynchronous Datum Complete Quit

Creation Toolbar Section Section
(Used Anytime out of
Sketcher Mode)
Sketcher Toolbar
Undo Redo

Toggle
Vertices

Reorient to Toggle Toggle Toggle

Sketch View Dims Constraints Grid

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Ethan Meyer - PTC MSS
ISDX Tutorial

D:\Pro/E Loadpoint\apps\tutorials

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Flatten Quilt

Create flat pattern of Any* Part

*NOTE: All surfaces must be tangent

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“Trace Sketch”

“Scan” sketches, apply to Surface

Can be used as a sketching aid

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Performance Options

Turn off display of datums

For BEST performance while
SPINNING and FLY THROUGH
Of LARGE Assemblies

(Blanking Datums with LAYERS or turning

Off DISPLAY of DATUMS with icon is NOT
The same!)

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Performance Options

Fly Through – from inside Pro/E

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Intent Rounds

Pick in 1 Location
All 4 Edges are selected!
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Increased understanding of the design
Design Insight
z Model Player

z VCR-like controls

over the regeneration of the model

z Clear understanding of how the

model was
constructed

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Compare Part

Shape Comparison
z View different versions of
z

same model
z Comprehensive graphical
z

display of feature and

geometric differences
z
z Compliments Shape
Indexing and offers text
report of feature differences

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BMX

Optimization Features
z Capture critical design

requirements persistently
within the model itself
z Ensure that these

requirements are ALWAYS

met, even as the design
changes

always Ensure container holds exactly 5 liters.

persistently
Maintain balanced crankshaft.

continually
Maximize critical clearance.
Minimize design’s mass.

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Import/Export of board & components

2001 Features
z
z Geometry
z
z Attributes
z
z ECAD Areas

z
z Direct Interfaces
z
z Allegro
z
z Boardstation
z
z Visula
z
z Industry standard interfaces
z
z IDF2.0
z
z IDF3.0
z
z Investigation of modifications on
re-import
z
z Board geometry
z
z Component placement
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External Copy Geom

‹A great way to create Castings & Machined Parts

‹Use External Copy Geoms – not Copy Geoms in Assembly
-NO dependence on Assembly hierarchy

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Sheet metal Hints

Create all sheet metal parts with “Absolute Accuracy” (.001)

Create all “Form Tools” at same “Absolute Accuracy”
Config.pro options:
enable_absolute_accuracy yes
accuracy_lower_bound 0.0000100
HINT: you may have to sketch a small datum curve in your
“Template Part” in order to set the “Accuracy” low enough!

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 CCS Composites
Benicia, CA.

The Company
z Specialists in Compression Molding for custom and
z

production molding of high performance carbon fiber and

glass reinforced composites.
z Provides complete design thru manufacturing capabilities.
z

Needs for collaboration

• A majority of molded products are jointly designed with
the customer to reduce component & associated tooling
costs.
• Early inclusion of the tool makers to streamline cost and
schedule.
Benefits
z “Since we started using Pro/Collaborate, we have reduced
z

the time to create a customer product”

z “Our customers are very pleased with the ability to
z

collaborate with us on new projects”

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PTC Customer Care Portal

http://www.ptc-mss.com

Links to:
z Tips & Techniques

z Tutorials

z FAQ

z Customer Support

z User Groups

z Documentation

z Training

z And Much Much MORE!

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