Pro/engineer Wildfire 3.0: Advanced Tutorial

This textbook is suitable for a second course in Pro/ENGINEER for students who understand the features of Pro/ENGINEER covered in Roger Toogood's Pro/ENGINEER Tutorial.

The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce users to some of the more advanced features, commands, and functions in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. The style and approach of the previous Tutorial have been maintained. Each lesson concentrates on a few of the major topics and the text attempts to explain the "Why's" of the commands in addition to a concise step-by-step description of new command sequences.

The material covered in this Tutorial represents an overview of what are felt to be commonly used and important functions. These include customization of the working environment, advanced feature creation (sweeps, round sets, draft and tweaks, UDF's, patterns and family tables), layers, Pro/PROGRAM, and advanced drawing and assembly functions.

Table of Contents

Lesson 1 The Pro/E Interface and Customization

• The Configuration File config.pro
• Customizing the Interface
• Toolbars
• Changing Toolbar Buttons
• Keyboard Shortcuts - Mapkeys
• Working with Part Templates
• Adding Mapkeys to Menus and Toolbars
• Introduction to the Project

Lesson 2 Helical and Variable Section Sweeps

• Helical Sweeps
• Variable Section Sweeps

Lesson 3 Advanced Rounds and Tweaks

• Rounds
  • The Rounds Tutor
  • Simple Rounds
  • Round Creation Shortcuts
  • Advanced Rounds
• Ribs and Tweaks
• Ribs
• Drafts
• Lips
• Ears

Lesson 4 Patterns and Family Tables

• Advanced Patterns
• Feature Creation for Revolved Patterns
• Identical Patterns
• Varying Patterns
• Pattern Relations
• Pattern Tables
• Reference Patterns
• Family Tables
• Creating the Generic Part
• Creating the Family Table
• Verifying the Family Table
• Examining Instances
• Adding Features to the Family Table
• Child Features in the Generic Part
• Manipulating Parts Containing Family Tables
• Locked Instances
• Adding Features to an Instance

Lesson 5 User Defined Features (UDF's)

• Introduction to User Defined Features
• UDF Exercises
  • #1: Standalone, Independent
  • #2: Multifeature UDF with Family Table
  • #3: Subordinate UDF
• The Pro/E UDF Library

Lesson 6 Pro/PROGRAM and Layers

• Pro/PROGRAM
• PROGRAM Elements
• Syntax of PROGRAM Statements
• Example: A simple bracket with optional rib
• Layers
• Creating the model
• Using Layers
• Default Layer Setup in config.pro
• Manipulating Features by Layer

Lesson 7 Advanced Drawing Functions

• Drawing Set-up Files
• Detailing: Dimension Symbols and Draft Entities
• Drawing Dimensions
• Creating Draft Entities
• Relating Entities to Views
• More Drafting Tools
• Drawing Formats and Tables
• Creating a Format
• Creating a Table
• Using Drawing Parameters
• Using a Drawing Format
• Repeat Regions
• A Simple Repeat Region
• A 2D Repeat Region
• Multi-Model Drawings
• Multi-Sheet Drawings
• Creating a Drawing Template

Lesson 8 Assemblies

• Creating the Assembly
• The Assembly Plan
• The Side Frames
• The Side Frame Subassembly
• The Front Wheel Subassembly
• The Side Wheel Subassembly
• The Frame Subassembly
• The Main Assembly
• Creating a Part in Assembly Mode
• Assembling the Springs
• Using an Evaluate Feature with Pro/PROGRAM
• Performing an Interference Check
• Assembly Drawings
• Creating a Drawing BOM
• Adding Balloons