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[bobmalik]

hi guys i am doing a 3 year project on making mould in Pro/engineer. I have finished making the mould in Pro/E and now i am writin my final year reportI have been on the net for hours but cant get any information on what programing language does Pro/e use and what r the basic differences between Pro/e and other design softwares like CAD ansys or any other.
I would be very grateful if some one could help me with my problem
Cheers

 

[zuardy]

Hi,
to my knowledge almost CAD Programs including Pro/E is written in C languange due to its faster execution time then other languange. May be Solid Edge is written in C++, but I am not so sure about this. In case of Pro/E, since Pro/E 2000i the GUIs are written in Java, so it is slower then previous version, this is not only my opinion. Pro/E is the first fully parametrized, feature driven CAD program. These features lead Pro/E as champion in 3D design. But meanwhile CATIA is also fully parametric with his Version 5 and even user friendly (many icons instead of text).
Hope this can be a little contribution to your wide range question ;-)

cheers

 

[zuardy]

Hi,
to my knowledge almost CAD Programs including Pro/E is written in C languange due to its faster execution time then other languange. May be Solid Edge is written in C++, but I am not so sure about this. In case of Pro/E, since Pro/E 2000i the GUIs are written in Java, so it is slower then previous version, this is not only my opinion. Pro/E is the first fully parametrized, feature driven CAD program. These features lead Pro/E as champion in 3D design. But meanwhile CATIA is also fully parametric with his Version 5 and even user friendly (many icons instead of text).
Hope this can be a little contribution to your wide range question ;-)

regards

 

[zuardy]

Hi,
to my knowledge almost CAD Programs including Pro/E is written in C languange due to its faster execution time then other languange. May be Solid Edge is written in C++, but I am not so sure about this. In case of Pro/E, since Pro/E 2000i the GUIs are written in Java, so it is slower then previous version, this is not only my opinion. Pro/E is the first fully parametrized, feature driven CAD program. These features lead Pro/E as champion in 3D design. But meanwhile CATIA is also fully parametric with his Version 5 and even user friendly (many icons instead of text). As futher information Pro/E has a powerful API, called Pro/Toolkit and its counterpart from CATIA is CAA.
Hope this can be a little contribution to your wide range question ;-)

cheers

 

[bobmalik]

hi everyone i am desperate in finding some information on Pro/E i will be really grateful if anyone could tell me what are the basic difference between Pro/E and other CAD programs such as Solid Works, CATIA, Auto CAD, etc
Cheers

 

[Hora]

Hi,

If I'm not wrong, PRO/E was written in delta language.

If you want to create your own functions and use them in PRO/E, then you must use C or C++ languages. PRO/E provides the all API functions you need to create your own programs.

Hope I answered at your question.

Hora.

 

what is the main differences between a "tranditional" package such as Auto CAD (2D/basic3D) and a parametris, or variational solid modelling package such as I-DEAS or pro-engineer.

 

Anyone?

 

[3dlogix]

In short, a parametric CAD software allows the designer to "link" geometry together. Example, you make a hole that is dimensioned tot an edge, as the edge changes, the hole updates its location.

Steve

http://www.3dlogix.com