File New

Creating a New Part

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File management Toolbar

Model Display Datum Display Toolbar Toolbar View management Toolbar 3 Principal Orthographic planes

Datum Creation Toolbar

Part management area

Work Screen
Feature Creation Dashboard

Feature Creation Toolbar

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Default Toolbar

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Model Display

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Pro/E Mouse Functions

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Default Datum Planes in Pro/E Three Standards Principal Orthographic Planes

Top Front

Right

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Creating Solids
Sketched Features - (extrusions, revolves, sweeps, blends, ..) These features require a two-dimensional drawing (cross section) which is then manipulated into the third dimension. Although they usually use existing geometry for references, they do not specifically require this. These features will involve the use of an important tool called Sketcher. Select a datum plane to draw. Create a 2D sketch. Create a feature from the sketch by extruding, revolving, sweeping, .

Extrude Revolve Sweep Blend

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Creating Solids
Placed Features - (holes, rounds, shells, ...) These are features that are created directly on existing solid geometry. Examples are placing a hole on an existing surface, or creating a round on an existing edge of a part.

Hole
Shell Rib Draft Round Chamfer
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Edit Toolbar
The final group of buttons is used for editing and modifying existing features. Mirror

Merge
Trim

Pattern

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Implicit Constraints in Sketcher

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Example of Implicit Constraints

vertical lines

horizontal lines
perpendicular lines tangency

equal length lines

equal radius vertical alignment

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Setting Sketch Orientation

Sketch plane - the plane on which you will draw and your view is always
perpendicular to the sketch plane. The Orientation option list in the dialog window (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) refers to directions relative to the computer screen, as in TOP edge of the screen or BOTTOM edge of the screen and so on. This orientation must be combined with a chosen reference plane (which must be perpendicular to the sketch plane) so that the desired direction of view onto the sketching plane is obtained.
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Setting Sketch Orientation - Example

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Sketcher

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The Sketcher Toolbar

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Sketcher Toolbar Flyout Buttons

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Weak vs. Strong Dimensions

A dimension created by Sketcher is called weak and is shown in gray. Strong dimensions, on the other hand, are those that you create. Sketch with weak dimensions You can make a strong dimension in any of three ways: 1. Modify the value of a weak dimension 2. Create a dimension from scratch by identifying entities in the sketch and placing a new dimension on the sketch 3. Select a weak dimension and promote it to strong using the RMB pop-up menu
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Over and Under Constrained Sketch

If there is not enough information to define the drawing (it is underconstrained), Sketcher will create the necessary and sufficient missing dimensions.These are the weak dimensions. If Sketcher finds the drawing is overconstrained (too many dimensions or constraints) it will first try to solve the sketch by deleting one or more of the weak dimensions (the ones it made itself earlier). However, if Sketcher still finds the drawing overconstrained, it will tell you what the redundant information is (which may be dimensions or constraints),

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Extrude Command in Pro/E

Extrude Icon

The Extrude Dashboard

Extrude

Select Placement to define the sketch plane

Blind depth Thicken Sketch Depth options Remove material (cut) Surface Solid Flip direction

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Extrude Command in Pro/E

Extrude Dashboard

Surface

Thicken Sketch

Extruded surface
Extrude from the sketch by a specified value Extrude on both sides of the sketch, equal amount. Extrude to selected point, curve, plane or surface

A Thick extruded solid

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Depth Spec options

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Creating an Extruded Cut

1. 2. 3. Select a plane to sketch on, cannot sketch on a curved surface. Sketch the curve Select Remove Material button

Remove Material

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Creating an Extruded Cut

Material Removal Side

Material removal arrow pointing to the right.

Material removal arrow pointing to the left.

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Common dashboard controls

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Creating a Hole (placed feature)

Straight Sketched

Hole types

Standard hole countersink Thru next Blind Thru all Thru until Standard hole counterbore

Depth options
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Creating a Hole (placed feature)

Hole placement: linear or radial

Standard threaded hole option

The Straight hole dashboard (default)

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Chamfer and Fillet (Round)

Chamfer Dashboard Round Chamfer

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Round Dashboard

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Creating a Revolved Feature

Extrude Revolve

Sketch a 2D profile

Sketch a centerline
Revolve the sketch around the centerline

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Creating a Sweep Feature (Protrusion)

Trajectory

Section
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Creating a Sweep Feature (Cut)

Create an entity from an edge

Pick the top surface of the table top to sketch, insert the two edges of the table into the sketch plane for reference, erase after finished.

Trajectory

Sketch the sweep trajectory (guide sweep)

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Creating a Sweep Feature (Cut)

select Insert Sweep Cut, and choose the Select Traj. option

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Creating a Sweep Feature (Cut)

Sketch the cut profile on the back surface f the table top

Back surface

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Creating a Swept Blend Feature

Insert Swept Blend

Sweep type

Swept Blend Dashboard

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Creating a Swept Blend Feature

The Normal to Trajectory option keeps each of the
features cross sections normal to the trajectory of the feature. Each section is created normal to a vertex of the trajectory or normal to a datum point on the trajectory. It requires the definition of a trajectory and the definition of one or more sections

The Normal to Projection option keeps the features cross

sections normal to a second trajectory. Each section of the feature is created perpendicular to the normal trajectory. The option requires the definition of a sweep trajectory, a normal trajectory, and two or more sections.

Constant Normal Direction option keeps the features

cross sections normal to a selected planar pivot plane, edge, curve, or axis. Each section of the feature is created normal to the selected pivot plane. It requires the definition of a trajectory a normal plane and the definition of one or more LPU sections.

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Creating a Swept Blend Feature - Examples

The Normal to Projection

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The Normal to Trajectory

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Creating a Swept Blend Feature - Examples

Sketch the trajectory

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Creating a Swept Blend Feature - Examples

Select Insert Swept Blend Swept Blend dashboard

Select the trajectory, if there is only one sketch, it will be selected automatically Select Normal To Trajectory (default)

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Swept Blend Feature - Example

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Select a point and sketch the cross section

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Select Insert when finished with the sketch

Follow the same steps to draw the other sections

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Creating a Variable-Section Swept Feature

Used to create complex geometric shapes. The option sweeps a section along one or more trajectories.

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Creating a Datum Plane Tangent to a Curve at a Point

Select Datum Plane

Select the curved plane and the Tangent option

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Creating a Datum Plane Tangent to a Curve at a Point

Select the end point of the line, the datum plane is tangent to the cylinder at point A.

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Sketch on the created datum plane

Extrude and cut

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