Working in 2D on WF2 ro WF3, need tips and recommendations

[texaspete]

Hey Gang, It me texaspete with another problem. I am working with a customer that only wants 2D sections (modeled on the 3d side). Let me give you some insite, I am developing a tail lamp for a SUV. Let give you a comparison between CAD systems, I am working on CATIA V5 and I am only creating 2d sketches. For the most part the contents of the sketches contain unconstrainted geometry. The sketches are then shown on the drawings which are later plotted and reviewed. I want to do this in PRO/E. First I can make unconstrained sketches in CATIA, the sketches contain both sides of the material or parts (in this case all parts are plastic). The problem I have with Pro/E is the constraints and showing both sides of the material. The sketches can and some time are unmanagable. Is it possible to IGES or create a neutral file of just a single sketches, then bring the data back into the file ( remembering to delete the constrained sketch first).

Any tips or recommendation on working in 2D in Pro/E would be helpful. I have 10 years on Pro/E and I can create Surface or solid models, but this customer incises on me to create only 2d sections, they think it cost to much time to develop the 3d surface. Thanks in advance.

 

[Heckler]

So you want to bring a 2D file from CATIA into Pro/E? I would try creating a *.sec file which is basically a 2d sketch file. I go the other way....create a 2D *.sec file from Pro/e. Maybe you can read in a dwg/dxf into a *.sec file! Just a thought

Heckler
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[robertib]

I think that you as the designer should determine the best way to give the customer what they want - if you think that you will be faster making a 3D surface and creating the 2D from it, then do it that way.

I used to work in a 2D package (8 years - we switched to ProE 2 years ago), and I have found it faster to create 3D models & the 2D drawings from them than to create the 2D in the old software.

 

[Guest0527211403]

I'm not sure if it answers your question, but I bring in 2D drawings into Pro/E files quite a lot.

The 2D drawings are typically building drawings done in autocad or microstation which I clean up (in autocad) and save as a DXF file. I then bring this into Pro/E using Insert-->Shared Data-->From File. I often have to make several new coordinate systems to locate/orient the 2D geometry in the correct location.

I don't actually reference this geometry, since I'm mainly interested in seeing how our steel structures fit into the building, so it's probably very similar to what you are doing but on a different scale.