creating a symbol 1

[troy06]

I am using wildfire 2.0 and I want to create a symbol from an autocad drawing to include on a title block .Is there an easy way to do this

 

[Heckler]

This is from r2001 help. It took me a few hours to figure out how to correctly specify all the parameters. I assume it hasn't changed much for WF.


To Define a Simple Symbol

1. Create the draft geometry and add notes to include as fixed or variable text in the symbol. The text size and placement should be proportional to the geometry. Symbol text and geometry remain proportional when you modify the symbol height.

2. Click Format > Symbol Gallery. The DWG SYMBOL menu appears.

3. Click Define.

4. Type a name that an existing symbol is not already using (in the directory where you are going to store the symbol) unless you intend to overwrite the existing symbol. The symbol edit window appears.

5. Choose Copy Drawing to copy entities from the format or drawing into the symbol edit window. Click GET SELECT > Pick Many > Pick Box to select all entities quickly.

6. Choose GET SELECT > Done Sel to confirm your selection. All selected entities appear in the symbol edit window.

7. Choose SYMBOL EDIT > Attributes.

8. Select the desired attributes from the Symbol Definition Attributes dialog box; then click OK.

9. Choose SYMBOL EDIT > Done. The system confirms that it has successfully defined the symbol.

To Specify Entities of a Simple Symbol:

To specify entities to be included in the definition of a symbol, you begin by selecting the draft geometry, nodes, unattached notes (defined as variable or fixed text), and filled areas to compose the symbol. Using the commands in the SYMBOL EDIT menu, you can create symbol entities in a number of ways:

• In the symbol edit window, create geometry and text using the Detail command.

• In a drawing, create geometry and text; then copy what you need into the symbol edit window using the Copy Drawing command.

• Using the Copy Symbol command, retrieve a selected symbol into the symbol edit window (for a generic symbol, when adding a symbol, you must select groups to include) and use its entities to define your own symbol. Once the symbol appears in the symbol edit window, the system ungroups its entities, and you can manipulate them individually.

• Import entities into the symbol edit window using the Import command in the Pro/ENGINEER File menu. You can import IGES, DXF, SET, and CGM drawing files or input from a tablet.
Notes:
? You cannot modify cross-hatching in a symbol instance because the symbol is a grouped entity. When you ungroup it, the cross-hatching explodes into individual entities. This behavior also occurs when you are redefining the symbol in the SYMBOL EDIT menu.
? You cannot include dimensions and coordinate systems in symbols


Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
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