Create component in Assem Mode 2

[alionoa1]

Hello,

When you create a component in Assem-mode...there are no drawing views created (front,right,etc.)nor are there any parameters driven to the drawing.(part name, material, etc.) How can I resolve this?

I have been getting up to Speed on Pro_e for the last 5 weeks and it has been a couple years since I used, but I would appreciate any advice on what are probably basic simple questions. Another issue for me is how can I offset a sketch created in the above fashion(move part)after it is in the model?

Have a good day and thanks!
Al

 

[fighterpilot]

Instead of creating a component in assy mode create an empty part in part mode using your start part and then assemble it into your assy using the default part datum planes for the initial references. Now you can activate the part in the context of the assembly and work in part mode.

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Fighter Pilot
Manufacturing Engineer

 

[dgallup]

You have the option to use a start part (template) while creating a new part in assembly mode. Just check the radio button "copy from existing" and it will default to your default start part but you can browse to any part you want.

 

[alionoa1]

These were good suggestions which I will use but I can't help but wonder...I use Pro_e for Tool Design which means I am modeling around forestry equipment assemblies and weldments(WF3). This means when I am finished, I really should not have any mates or relations to the the assem/weldments I am modeling around. So how can I best use the provided geometry to model around and then remate to my geometry? Maybe it just is what it is.

Thanks you for yor help.

 

[dgallup]

You can use edges from the other components to create your features then delete the references. That way your parts will open correctly without needing to pull up all the parts you are working around. Of course, that also means that your part won't update when something else changes. I usually create the features in assembly then redefine in part mode. Open the section and delete all the external references then create a dimensioning scheme.

 

[alionoa1]

Let me think out load on this...I have been creating my own subassembly for my fixtures(w/parts & subs underneath) and the parts I am modeling around are on thier own sub assembly above my assembly. I do use edges and surfaces from the provided model to create my geometry...but then I have no front, top, etc. views and I seem to have lost all my parameters to feed the drawing title, material, etc. Can I redefine these items in part mode? What do you mean "open the section"? I do value your time on this and appreciate any advise you can share.

Al

 

[mjcole]

Al you can setup a mapkey to use the Dynamic view orientation to bset up your default views. Typically you have the mapkey prompt the user to orient the front view and then use 90degree rotations to set the Front Right Back Left Top and Bottom orientations. I believe there is a macro you can download from proecentral.com or mcadcentral.com that has already been made.

Your Part PArameters can be entered using the Relations editor.
PART_NO = "20015746"
CREATED_BY = "YOUR NAME"
OD = 3.00
THK = .125

These relations can be edited from the relations to create the PArameters and then deleted or commented out to allow editing them from the Parameters dialog.

Michael

 

[dgallup]

Your named views and parameters come from your start part, see my first reply. You can add them later but it is more work.

 

[alionoa1]

One more question-what if I want to sketch a outline of a compound contour on a datum plane slicing thru the assembly? An example would be if you wanted to make 1/8" plates every half-inch to cradle an apple. Say the plate is 2.00 x 0.12 x 6.00 so that what would remain is the plate(s), less the profile of the apple at any half-inch increment. It's like I want to make a plate of a section view but is not square or plum but to only the slice plane.

Thanks again!!!