Master v8 Manual

BOXFORD Pro/DESKTOP Version 8 Training Course
BOXFORD Pro/DESKTOP Version 8 Course Tutorials
Written By: Stephen Oddy A032
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Introduction to Pro/DESKTOP V8
Pro/DESKTOP is a feature based solid modelling and assembly modelling package with an inbuilt feature-based drafting package designed to run on a PC. Version 8 differs from previous versions as it is built on the same platform as Pro/Engineer and because of this files can now be transferred between these two packages. The software has three major parts to it being 3D Design, 2D drafting and a 3D Album or visualisation package. All three parts of the software interact and changes made to one effect the others. This is the meaning of Parametric Design. The first package we will look at is the 3D design. Pro/DESKTOP can be controlled using descriptive menu bars or by selecting the options from regular windows pull down menus.
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Pro/DESKTOP DESIGN Menu Bars and Functions

The Design Toolbar
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Select line Select Constraints Select Workplanes Select Edges Select Faces Select Parts Draw Lines Draw Circle Draw Rectangle Draw Ellipse Draw Arc Draw Spline Delete Segment
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The Features Toolbar
Extrude Profile Project Profile Revolve Profile Sweep Profile Insert Holes Round Edges Chamfer Edges Shell Solid Draft Faces Use Component
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The Constraints Toolbar
Dimension Parallel Perpendicular Collinear Tangent Concentric = Length = Radius Fix lines (clamp) Constraints inspector
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The Views Toolbar
Wire Frame Shaded Transparent Enhanced Trimetric Section Auto-scale Auto-scale selection Zoom in Zoom Out View options Toggle back through views Toggle forward through views Tumble
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View Options Drop-down menu
Other useful Pro/DESKTOP features Pro/DESKTOP has comprehensive help tutorials available. These can be used in conjunction with this manual to help understand the software. These tutorials can be found under the Pro/DESKTOP help menu. Other useful features within Pro/DESKTOP are the View and Zoom options available using the centre mouse button or scroll bar. Press and hold the centre button when looking at a design and the drawing can be manipulated: By holding down the mouse centre button and moving the mouse the design is rotated Press Shift and then left click the centre button and the design is dragged on the screen Press Ctrl then click the centre button and you can zoom in and out. Press Ctrl and Shift then click the centre button, this gives a rotate function. By rolling the scroll wheel the zoom function is also obtained.
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Selecting Lines, Edges, Faces or Components There are some simple rules when relating to selection within Pro/Desktop which are common to all areas of the software. It is important to understand these rules before you proceed with the rest of the course. When selecting any line, edge, face, component or in fact anything within the software the selection tool must first be found and selected from the Design toolbar. Once this is selected, move the cursor over the item to be selected and you will see it turns BLUE. This means it is PRESELECTED. The item coloured blue will be selected if you click the mouse. Once you have clicked the mouse, the line, edge, face or whatever you selected will now be coloured in RED. Red indicates an item is SELECTED. If you now want to drag or move the item you move back over it with the cursor and wait for the cursor to change to indicate the item can be manipulated.
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No edges selected
Edge Pre- Selected
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Features, Sketches and Workplanes To be able to use Pro/DESKTOP you must have an understanding of Features, Sketches and Workplanes. Workplanes The best way to think of workplanes is to think of them as drawing boards. If you want to draw on a face of an object or anywhere in a design first you need to create a workplane or drawing board. When you open a new design, you get 3 workplaces by default. They are the Base, Frontal and Lateral.
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Sketches Sketches are like sheets of tracing paper and are placed on drawing boards. You cannot have a sketch unless it is on a drawing board or Workplane. You can have multiple sheets of tracing paper or sketches on the same drawing board. When you are drawing on one sketch, you can see the lines drawn on other sketches. The active piece of paper or sketch is always highlighted in black in the sketch list. Features
Features relate to solids within a design.
A sketch is used to define a feature. If you create a feature from a sketch then any changes made to that sketch in the future will change the feature. If the sketch is deleted the feature will no longer be able to exist. General Rule When looking at the menu bars on the screen you will notice that several of the icons are coloured yellow. Yellow icons refer to Solids or Features. They allow you to create a feature or select a face, edge or part of a feature.
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Example: Sketches and Features If you open a new design then draw a rectangle this is a sketch. The shading or fill indicates that the Sketch is Valid or is OK to use to create an extrusion. With a new design there is an initial sketch created on the base Workplane by default. By looking in the Workplane design tree you can see the active sketch is called initial and is located on the base Workplane.
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If a sketch is NOT VALID because lines overlap or the profile is not a closed boundary then the shading is not shown. The sketch is invalid and must be corrected before you try to make a feature from it.
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If you draw a rectangle then extrude it the resulting solid is a Feature and appears in the Feature list at the top left of the screen.
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Initial Sketch Extrusion created from sketch You can reselect a Feature and modify it from this Feature List.
Feature List showing Extrusion
As designs are created you can select any feature in the list and redefine it at any time. Once the feature is changed you must refresh the design for the change to take effect.
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Right Click to Modify
Click to Refresh design when Green

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If you now draw a circle it will be added to the active sketch, which is in this case the initial sketch.
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Circle added to initial sketch The Extrusion we defined is applied to all items drawn on the initial sketch, so as soon as we add to or modify the sketch the Green refresh light comes on. This indicates that the sketch defining a feature has changed and so the design needs to be updated. If we click the Update light the design is updated and the modified feature is shown.
Click to Refresh design when Green
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Updated Feature

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Example 2:
Creating New Sketches and Workplanes
When you create a new design the software automatically creates three Workplanes and adds a sketch to the base Workplane. If we draw a rectangle on the initial sketch on the base Workplane and extrude this up we now have a block.
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Extrusion 1
If we wanted to draw another item and extrude it higher than the block we have we must create a NEW SKETCH to define the new feature. If we add to the existing initial sketch then whatever we draw will be extruded to the same height as the block. Add a sketch to an existing Workplane We need to add a sketch to the base workplane. This is like adding another sheet of paper onto the base drawing board. To do this move the cursor over the Workplane folder named base and Right Click the mouse. Select New Sketch
Workplane List & Initial Sketch
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You can now draw some additional geometry on the new sketch and create a new extrusion using the new sketch. The sketch can overlap lines on other sketches an will remain valid. The new extrusion can be any height.
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New sketch can overlap other sketches Extrusion 2
The Workplane tree and Feature tree show the additional sketches and features.
New sketch on Base Workplane
New Extrusion in Feature List
Add a sketch and create a new Workplane
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If you want to draw on the top of the cylinder we need to add a sketch to the top face of the cylinder. To do this we must create a workplane or drawing board on this face and add a sketch or sheet of paper to the drawing board. If you try to add a sketch to a face where there is not already a drawing board then Pro/DESKTOP will automatically create this for you.
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First select the Face Selector tool from the Design toolbar and select the top face of the cylinder. Note as you move near the edge of the face it pre-highlights in Blue.
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Face Pre-highlighted Face Selected With the face pre-highlighted, left click the mouse and the face will be selected and coloured in red. Right click the mouse anywhere on the screen or go to the workplane menu then select New Sketch.
Right click and select New Sketch
The new sketch window appears and automatically suggests that a new Workplane is also created. You can now name the new sketch and Workplane or accept the default suggestions then click OK. Note: sketch 2 is in bold type so is the active sketch.
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Name sketch & Create Workplane

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Now draw a rectangle on top of the cylinder Once the rectangle is drawn it can be extruded as shown.
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Sketch 2 on Workplane 1 Extrusion 3 Select the top face of the cylinder with the face selector tool.
Face selected
Face Selection tool
From the Feature Menu or toolbar select the Round Edges feature and set the radius to 8mm
Set Radius to 8mm
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Round Feature Applied
The Chamfer Edges feature works in the same way as the Round Edges feature. Just select the edges or faces prior to selecting the feature. Multiple edges or faces can be selected by holding down shift during the selection process.

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Tutorial 1 Dimensioning
When you are designing in Pro/DESKTOP it is important that you dimension your sketches. The dimensions within the Design package are used in the Drawing package also and enable the design to be changed at any time. There are several ways to dimension parts some of which are shown below. It is good practice to select a reference line and dimension everything in relation to this. Below is a sketch that has been drawn freehand which we will now dimension. The dimension tool is located on the constraints toolbar as shown.
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Un-dimensioned Sketch Dimension Tool A Reference line is selected. To do this move over the line with the Dimension tool and the line will be pre-selected and coloured blue. Click on the line to select it, the colour will change to red to show it is selected.
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Pre-selected Reference Line
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Now move the mouse to select the line that we will dimension to. Note as you move over the line the cursor changes to show a dimension tool and the line to be dimensioned is preselected in Blue. Click on the line and hold down the mouse button and drag the dimension away. Release the mouse to drop the dimension.
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Line to be dimensioned Pre-Selected Repeat for other edges Dimension dragged and dropped
Line to be dimensioned Pre-Selected Dimension dragged and dropped Select the Left hand edge as a reference then dimension the vertical edges.
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Dimensioning a Circle or an Arc First you must ensure no reference lines are selected (if they are, click the mouse away from any line). Move over the arc and it will pre-select in Blue. If you want to dimension a Radius value, then, whilst the arc is pre-selected click and hold the mouse button and drag the dimension away. If you want to dimension as a Diameter value, first select the line, then when it is selected, (red) click on it and drag it away.
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Pre Selected Arc
Arc selected then dimensioned as Dia
Dimension to the centre of a Circle or an Angle When dimensioning the centre of an arc or circle you must first highlight a reference line by selecting it and ensure it is coloured red. To select the centre of a circle you have to move the cursor to a position just inside its diameter and then you will see a black square appear marking the centre. When the black square is present any dimensions will snap to this point.
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The same is done to dimension the circle to the other reference edge. When dimensioning an angle first select reference side then move over the line whose angle you want to dimension until the line is Pre-Selected and coloured Blue. Click and drag the dimension.

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Exercise 1 Dimensioning
Draw a Rectangle Draw a circle in the centre of the rectangle: Insert a radius in all 4 corners of the rectangle Dimension as shown Dimensions: 50mm x 100mm Diameter 25mm Radius 8mm
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Tutorial 2 Workplanes Sketches and Extrusions

Open up a new design. Sketch a rectangle on the base Workplane. Dimension the rectangle (50mm x 50mm) turning it into a square. Extrude the square 50mm, adding material to make a cube.
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Create a new Sketch on a Workplane Select the front face of the cube using the face selector tool. Note that the face highlights when selected
Right click the mouse and select New Sketch.
Name the Sketch Name Front Design Name the Workplane Front Face
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Draw a 15 mm diameter circle in the centre of the face. Draw a 36mm square inside the original block leaving a 7 mm boarder around the edge. Dimension the circle centre, the square and the circle diameter as shown. Note: The pink shaded area is the cube.
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View Trimetric so you can see the preview of the feature as it is defined Extrude the face back 10mm. Set to subtract material BELLOW the workplane.
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Repeat the process for all the other faces of the cube. Select each face in turn. Right click the mouse then select New Sketch. Note that you are adding a workplane on each face other than the base. Ensure you name both the sketch and the Workplane so you can identify them later. When you get to the last face which is the bottom of the cube, you will NOT create a new workplane but add the new sketch to the existing base Workplane. Call this sketch base extrusion. When you extrude this face you will subtract material ABOVE the workplane.
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Exercise 2 Workplanes Sketches and Extrusions

Repeat the Tutorial and create the cube as shown above. Ensure all workplanes and sketches are named.
Select the 6 round centre faces and apply a Round Edges or Chamfer Edges feature to each.

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Pro/DESKTOP DESIGN Advanced Functions The next section of this manual covers more of the drawing tools and features available within Pro/DESKTOP. These include: EDIT FUNCTIONS Transform Duplicate LINE
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Mirror Offset Chain Project Add Text
FEATURES Revolve Swept Profile Helical Sweep Loft through Profile Draft Face Deform face Insert Holes Shell Pattern ASSEMBLY Add / Replace Align Mate Offset TOOLS Workplanes Components Features
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Tutorial 3: Transform
The transform feature allows vectors (lines in a sketch) to be moved, rotated or scaled in relation to the origin. Any constraints applied to the sketch prior to transforming the object will take priority over the transform command. Notes: If components are linked to other components with any constraints then the transform feature effects both components. If lines are dimensioned, this will override any attempt to scale the lines.
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Create a new design. Draw a rectangle starting from the origin Draw a circle inside the rectangle as shown. The size is unimportant Ensure the circle is selected (RED).
From the Edit menu select transform
With the translate option selected type (12,12) then OK. The centre of the circle will move a 12mm away from the Axes in both the X and the Y axes. If you type 12,12 once more and OK, the circle will move a further 12mm away from the Axes. Shift the circle back to its original position with a command of (-24,-24).
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Select all the items on the drawing, then select Edit, transform and rotate. Type in an angle of 45 degrees and the whole part rotates around the axes by 45 degrees.

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Select just the circle again. Select Edit, Transform and scale. Set the scale to 0.5 The circle diameter and the distance from the axes reduces by half.
Exercise 3 Transform Rotate and Scale

Draw a rectangle and then an ellipse
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Right click then Reposition Axes in the centre of the ellipse.
Note: When you are repositioning the axes, note that the centre of the ellipse pre highlights as you move near. If the centre is pre highlighted then the axes will be placed on centre.
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Select the ellipse then rotate through 30 degrees about the axes

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Select the rectangle and reduce it in scale by 50%
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Tutorial 4 Duplicate
Open a new design, view onto the workplane then draw two circles as shown and trim out the overlapping lines with the trim tool. Set the diameter of the large circle to 80mm and the smaller one to 25mm.
Select all the lines in the sketch and ensure they are coloured Red.
Select the EDIT, DUPLICATE menu and set repeats as shown
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Use the undo command to return to the original drawing. Using a circular repeat, you can rotate an object around the axes through a set angle.
Note to do this you need to reposition the axes. (Right click the mouse and select reposition axes)
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The sketch can be duplicated several times through a total angle or a separation angle. Examples of both are shown below. Circular Rotation through a total angle
Circular Rotation through a separation angle
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Exercise 4 Duplicate
Create the following design using the Duplicate function. Draw just one ellipse and create the following using just the Edit and Duplicate function. Reposition the axes as required. You should be able to create this with just 3 operations after drawing the initial ellipse.
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Tutorial 5 Mirror, Offset Chain

Open a new design. Go to the Line menu and then select Add Text Outline Type a letter R and select Arial Black as the font. Set the Height to 74mm
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Note: You can drag the height of the text while watching the preview.
Next we will draw some lines that we will use to mirror around. As soon as these lines are drawn you will see that the letter R is no longer filled with colour as the profile is no longer valid.
Construction Lines If you select all the lines so they are all highlighted in red then right click the mouse you can convert the lines to construction lines. Construction lines have no effect on the profile. The sketch then becomes valid again.
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From the Line menu select the Mirror option. A control box now appears asking you to select the lines you want to mirror. There are two options available. Select Line first then using the line select tool, select the letter R and make sure the construction lines are not selected.

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Now select the Axes option from the control box. Ensure the Preview option is checked. Using the line select tool click on each of the construction lines in turn and you will see a preview
Select each of the construction lines in turn and you will see the mirror preview. Note if you select any of the straight lines that make up the letter R then they can also be used as an axis.
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If you hold down shift and select all the construction lines together then a multiple mirror can be done.
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Note: The Lines to mirror about must be straight lines Multiple mirrors can be made in one operation. The Lines to mirror can be construction lines. Lines used as the part to be mirrored can also be used as the axes.

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Open a new design
Draw a rectangle then view onto the Workplane. Add a radius to the corner as shown Select all the lines of the sketch
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Select the Line menu.
Select Offset Chain
Type in or drag the offset line 10mm inside the original profile. Now click both sides of the line and you will see two offset lines appear.
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Note: This tool is useful when manufacturing parts where you need to create a cutter-path offset from the original geometry.

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Exercise 5 Mirror and Offset Chain & Construction Lines

Create the following design: Draw a Letter T 100mm high in Arial Bold Text. Mirror the text 4 times about construction lines so that the letters can still be extruded. Create an offset chain profile outside 2 of the letter Ts with an offset of 10mm. Extrude the final profile 20mm high
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Tutorial 6 Project and Add Text

Open a new Design. We are going to design a pallet base. Draw a rectangle and extrude the rectangle up to create a base as shown. Select the top face of the extrusion and create a new sketch on the face.
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Draw 3 rectangles on this face to create skids on the pallet base. Extrude as shown.
Select the middle face of the pallet and create a new sketch
Draw an ellipse on the new sketch then select Project option from the Features toolbar.
Set the Project options as shown.
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Material is added above the Workplane until it reaches the next face.

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If you want to change any feature after it has been defined, you must select the feature list at the top left of the screen. Move the mouse over the feature to be changed and Right Click. Select Redefine and it is possible to change any of the values.
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The following screen shots show the results while projecting with different settings for the Project feature. Subtract Material to next face.
Material subtracted to the Next face. Note the subtract does not start until it reaches a solid and ends at the next face.
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Adding material below the Workplane

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Material added below the Workplane.
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Add Material, Symmetrically about the workplane
Add Material Symmetrically.
Subtract Material, Symmetrically about the workplane stopping at the next face after material has been removed.
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Note: Material has not been removed from the back face as the settings are to remove to the next face.
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Subtract Material through entire part.
Material has been removed through the entire part.
Add Text Outline
Create a new Design.
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Draw a rectangle base 150mm x 130mm and extrude up 10mm Select the top face of the rectangle and create a new sketch called Text.

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Select the Line menu. Then select Add Text Outline. Type BOXFORD in the Text Box. Select Arial Black as a Font. Once you add a value in the height box a preview will appear provided, if not ensure that the preview box is checked.
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The Text is positioned starting at the axes.
If you reposition the axes you can move the start point of the text. Adjust the spacing slider and you will see the gap between the letters change.
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Once you click OK the text is placed in the sketch. The Text becomes a series of lines and is no longer text. You can no longer change font or adjust spacing.

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Once the Text is placed it becomes a sketch and can be used to create a feature. You can extrude the Text, adding or subtracting material as shown.
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Exercise 6 Project and Add Text Create a box as shown with the Text Exercise 6" extruded on the base and a bar projected through the top. If required, use the transform command to rotate the text by 90 degrees.
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Tutorial 7 Revolve
The revolve feature allows a profile to be revolved about an axis. The profile must be a closed shape that is valid (shaded). It is possible to revolve around a workplane that is perpendicular to the profile. It is possible to rotate around a solid edge of a feature in the same plane as the profile It is possible to rotate around a straight line in the profile sketch or a line on another sketch on the same workplane. Revolve about a Line A construction line can be drawn as an axis within a sketch containing a profile. Draw a profile as shown. Ensure that the profile is filled to show it is valid. Draw two straight lines as shown
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Draw the lines then when they are selected (coloured red), right click the mouse and toggle them to be construction lines.
These lines can be used as axes and providing they are construction lines, do not make the profile invalid. Select the Revolve feature.
Select the sketch name you have drawn the shape to be revolved in as the profile.
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The control box that appears defaults to 360 degrees rotation. The axis tool defaults to lines. Select the vertical line on the left hand edge of the profile (where the Axes are located) and click OK. Right click on the revolve feature in the feature list at the top left of the screen. Select Redefine.
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Now select the Vertical line at the bottom right of the profile as the axis Select the revolve angle and set it to 180 degrees
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180 degree revolve around the bottom outside edge of the profile.
If the revolve is redefined it is possible to revolve around the vertical construction line as shown.
180 Degree Revolve.
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If the revolve is redefined with the axis as the horisontal construction line then the result is as shown. Again the revolve angle is 180 degrees.

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Revolve about an edge Draw a rectangle and extrude it up. Select the front face of the block and create a new sketch and workplane on it. Draw a circle on the new sketch, positioned to the left of the block as shown.
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Select the revolve feature and set the sketch with the circle on it to be the profile. Set the revolve angle to 360 degrees.
Select the axes and use the edges option.
Select the top horizontal edge of the block as shown.
Redefine the feature using the vertical edge of the block as the axis. Again revolve through 360 degrees.
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Exercise7
Revolve
Draw the following profile and construction line. Revolve the profile around the vertical construction line to produce the part as shown

If you have time, try and add a key to the shaft and a hole for a grub screw.

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Tutorial 8 Swept Profile

The sweep feature allows a profile to be swept (extruded) along a path. This allows a profile to be extruded but to change direction along its path. A sweep requires two sketches one to be used as the profile and the other to be used as the path along which the profile is to be swept. Draw a rectangle on the base workplane Initial sketch and extrude it upwards. Select the front face, then create a new workplane and sketch upon it. Call the workplane front face and the sketch Profile. Draw a Circle on the Profile sketch positioning it at the top left hand corner of the face.
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Select the sweep profile option from the feature toolbar or feature drop-down menu. Select the sketch to use as profile to be Profile.
Leave the Add Material checked.
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Sweep adding material
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Sweep subtracting material
If additional profiles are added to the profile sketch then the update light will become green and the sweep will effect the new parts of the profile.
Additional circles added to Profile sketch
Refreshed Profile
The path used for the above sweeps has been the initial sketch. It is possible to add a new sketch to the design and create a new path. If the profile was only required on 3 sides of the block then the path would only be drawn on 3 sides.
Select the top face of the block. Make a new Workplane called top and a new sketch called Path.
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Set the sweep profile to use the Profile as the sketch profile and Path 1 to be used as the Path. Set the material to add.
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Exercise 8 Create a block 200mm x 160mm in size and extrude it to a height of 100mm. Create a cutter profile as shown. Sweep the profile around the cutter path on top of the block and subtract material to create the following part.
Cutter profile shown on the top corner of the block
Path on top of block 60mm Radius
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Finished sweep subtracting material

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Helical Sweep
The Helical Sweep feature is a cross between the Revolve and the Sweep features. The sweep can follow an edge or a line but the profile has to be a valid sketch. On the initial sketch draw a vertical line. Then make another sketch called profile on the same workplane and draw a circle. Make sure the circle is filled to show it is valid. Select the Sweep along a Helix feature from the feature menu as shown.
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Select the profile sketch to be used as the profile, then select the line option from the Axis drop-down menu. Now select the vertical line.
Enter a value into the pitch box and ensure the pitch is large enough to prevent a self intersecting sweep.
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Finished Sweep

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Tutorial 9 Loft Through Profile

The loft feature allows a design to be produced moving through several workplanes. It allows parts to be designed that change from profile to profile. To be able to draw the sketches required to produce a loft, a series of workplanes and sketches have to be created. So far we have used just the Workplanes that are created automatically when a new design is opened or Workplanes have been added to the faces of a component already defined. In this tutorial we will create Workplanes and add sketches to them before defining the sketches to make the feature. Open a new design.
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Go to the workplane menu and select New workplane.
Several options are available for creating workplanes. Select Offset.
The workplane can be offset from any workplane that already exists by selecting the workplane first. Create a new workplane, offset by 50mm from the base. Click OK.
Note the new workplane is now the active workplane.
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Repeat the process of adding workplanes with an offset of 50mm. The new workplanes are added as shown, offset 50mm from the previous plane. You can also get the add workplane option by
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right clicking once you have created one new workplane. At the top right of the screen, each new workplane is displayed.
The + symbol next to the Base Workplane indicates there is a sketch or sketches on the workplane.
To be able to draw on these Workplanes we need to add a sketch to them. To add a sketch to the workplane move the cursor over the workplane folder and Right click. Select the New Sketch option. You can name the sketch at this time.
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Once a sketch is added to the workplane a + symbol appears next to it in the tree.
Add sketches to each of the 6 new workplanes Clicking the plus sign expands the tree so the sketches can be seen. The active sketch and workplane is indicated by the sketch name and workplane being in bold type.
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Select the Initial sketch on the base workplane to be the current sketch. To do this move the cursor over the initial sketch and double click. It is possible to select any sketch by double clicking on it in the tree.

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The profile of a vase is now going to be defined. Ensure the Initial sketch is the active sketch (bold font) View onto the workplane. Draw a circle diameter 300mm from the axes centre as shown.
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Select sketch 1 on Workplane 1 and draw a slightly larger diameter circle. Select Sketch 2 and draw a larger circle again Repeat for all the sketches until you have a series of profiles creating the profiles of the vase.
Select the loft option from the feature menu then with the line select tool select all the sketches in the profile. You can rearrange the order of sketches by clicking on them in the list then selecting move up or move down. Select OK and the Loft will be displayed.
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Finished Loft.

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It is possible to loft through sketches in different workplanes.
In this example a sketch has been made on the Base, Frontal and Lateral Workplanes. All the sketches are valid.
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The loft has been selected and the profiles linked. It is possible to move the corners that the loft follows by selecting the sketch in the profile list and then clicking on the yellow drag handle.
Finished Loft.
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Exercise 9 Create Offset Workplanes and Loft

Open a New Design Create 6 offset workplanes and design a vase incorporating Rectangles, Circles and Ellipses. When the loft is complete, shell the component by selecting the top face and the shell feature from the feature menu. Try a wall thickness of 5mm. You may have to change the wall thickness to make the function work.
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Tutorial 10 Draft Face Deform Face

Open a new design. Draw a rectangle 100mm x 80mm. Extrude it to a height of 50mm. Select the front face of the block.
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Select the Draft face feature from the feature menu toolbar or the Feature drop-down menu. Drag the face back to an angle of 35 degrees Note: The plane the draft relates to can be changed but in this case the draft is relative to the base workplane.
Select both the side faces of the block together. To do this select one face then holding down the shift key select the second face. Select the draft face feature and drag both faces in 20 degrees then click OK.
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Select the front face of the block Select the Feature, Modify Solids and Deform face. Pull the face forwards by 25mm Select the top face. Deform the face by 20mm The following shape results.

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Exercise 10 Create the following shape using the draft face and deform face commands. The block is 80 x 60 x 20mm high. The front face is at an angle of 45. The sides are at an angle of 15 degrees. The top is depressed by 15mm.
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Tutorial 11 Insert Holes

Create a new design. Draw a rectangle 100mm x 80mm and extrude to 25mm high. Select the top face and create a sketch called Countersink and a workplane called Top.
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Draw 4 holes on the Countersink sketch as shown. It does not matter what diameter the circles are drawn as they are only used to define the centre of the holes.
Select the Insert Holes feature from the Feature tool bar or drop-down menu.
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It is possible to select the type of hole, in this case select Thru Entire Part. Standard hole types available are ISO, UNC, UNF. If one of these is selected then the values relating to the selected size are automatically entered into the relevant boxes relating to hole size, diameter, countersink depth and angle. Changing the type of hole to counter-drill, counter bore etc also changes the values. It is essential to check that all the boxes relating to the hole have a value entered.
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Once OK is clicked, the feature is created.
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Draw two more circles on the Countersink sketch and you will see that the green refresh light is now lit. The hole feature again effects all things drawn on the defining sketch.
Click the green light and two new countersunk holes appear.
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Exercise 11 Drill Holes and Construction Lines

Create a new design with a block 120mm x 80mm extruded to a height of 20mm On the top of the block create a new sketch drill 4 x ISO M8 countersunk holes through the entire block, located 10mm in from each corner. Use construction lines and dimensions to locate the holes
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Now create a new sketch and add 6 x ISO M6 counterbored holes 15mm deep. The holes are located around the circumference of a 50mm diameter circle located in the centre of the block as shown. (Use the duplicate function to position the holes)
Create the finished part as shown
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Tutorial 12 Pattern and Shell

The pattern feature allows a feature to be duplicated. Create a new design Draw a circle of 60mm diameter.
Extrude the circle up 25mm with a draft angle of 8 degrees.
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Select the top face and add a Round to the edge with a radius of 4mm
Now create a new sketch.
Using a vertical construction line to locate the centre draw a circle as shown overlapping the original part. Project this profile above the workplane subtracting material without any taper angle.
The result is a groove in the side of the knob.
We are going to pattern (repeat this grove) 12 times around the diameter of the circle.
It would have been possible to EDIT Duplicate the circle as we have done previously but the circles would overlap and would need to be trimmed. By selecting the feature (projection) and right clicking on it, you can select the pattern command.
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Once the pattern window is open using the select edge tool click on the outer edge of the knob and a green arrow appears showing direction of the pattern. Enter the number of repeats and angle between them. A preview can be seen. Enter 12 repeats and an angle of 30 degrees.
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Once OK is clicked the pattern is completed and the finished product looks like this.
We are now going to shell the knob. The Shell command hollows out an object from a selected face leaving a specified wall thickness.
Rotate the part so that the base is upwards.
Select the base face then select the Shell Solids feature from the Feature toolbar or drop-down menu.
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Shell the object from the base, leaving a wall thickness of 3mm as shown.

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Exercise 12 Pattern and Shell

Create a new design. Draw a circle 120mm diameter and extrude up 10mm. Create a new sketch and workplane on the top face and draw two circles as shown. The first circle is 80mm diameter, the second one 20mm.
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Trim the overlapping lines to make the sketch valid. Extrude the second sketch up a further 10mm as shown. Once this is extruded, select the feature tree at the top left of the screen and find the second extrusion in the design.
Right click on the extrusion and pattern it 8 times around the diameter of the circle, with an angle of 45 degrees. Rotate the part over and shell out, leaving a 3mm wall thickness.
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Tutorial 13 Assembly
Using Pro/DESKTOP it is possible to assemble parts together. There are several commands that are used and examples of these are shown below. The constraints put onto the components as they are assembled are listed in the tree at the Left of the screen and can be checked, deleted and redefined. When assembling parts ALWAYS START WITH A NEW DESIGN. If you open up a design of a part and add other parts to it then when the design is saved the other components become part of the design.
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Selecting a Part When components are added to the design they can be selected with the Parts select tool from the Design toolbar Move over the part and it will pre-highlight in blue. Click the part and it is selected in red. Move back over the part and the cursor changes to a drag icon. Click the mouse and hold down and the part can be moved.
Selected Part Part ready to be dragged
Pre-Selected Part Open a new design.
Check the very top menu bar to see that the part name says New Session and has a default name. (This confirms that we are starting an assembly and are not adding parts to a component design). Go to the Assembly drop-down menu and select add component. Find the box component and select it. Now select add component again and add the lid. The components will be displayed as shown. Select component option in the drop-down menu at the top left of the screen and you will see both parts displayed. (Choose component rather than Workplanes or features)
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Mate (This function pulls two faces together face to face) To make the top fit onto the top of the block the two faces must be mated. Use the face selector tool and select the bottom face of the lid. Hold down Shift and then select the top face of the block so both are highlighted in Red.
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Right click the mouse and then select the Mate option. The box and lid are shown mated together. When two faces are mated they will touch face to face. (The two components can be slid apart but the faces remain in the same plane)
Align (When 2 parts are aligned, the selected faces are both in the same plane facing the same way) The align command will be used to line up the side faces of the box with the side faces of the lid. The two faces of the box and lid have been selected together. (Hold down the shift key to allow both faces to be selected) Right click the mouse and select Align. Now select the other 2 side faces and align them also.
Centre Axes (this function centres cylindrical faces down the centre axis)
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Add a new component called wheel, Move the wheel and rotate the box so that the holes in both are visible. Highlight the faces of the holes as shown. Right click the mouse and select Centre Axes and the centre line of the two holes will line up.
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If the wheel is selected and dragged, it now follows the line of the axis hole.
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Wheel centred on hole Wheel moved on centre line If the wheel is selected and dragged it is now constrained on the centre line. It can be moved closer to and further away from the box and can also be rotated. Offset (The offset command allows parts to be assembled using both mating or aligning constraints but adding an offset or gap between the faces either + or -). By selecting the face of the wheel nearest the box and the front face of the box, an offset mate can be created, which will make the wheel remain a fixed distance from the face of the block. In this case we have used an Offset Mate with a value of 20mm which will keep the wheel 20mm away from the face of the box (also maintaining the centre line of the holes).
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Faces selected Faces offset Orient (The orient command is used for a rotary (angular) constraint) The angle of the faces in the slot in the wheel can be set to an angular dimension from any face of the box.

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Select both the top of the lid and a face of the slot in the wheel. Right click the mouse and set an angular Orient value of 320 degrees.
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At the bottom of the menu at the left of the screen the constraints for any selected component can be found. Find the orient command and right click on it. It is possible to redefine the values relating to any constraint from here
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Assembly Tutorial
Open a new design. Add component and select the Block. Add another component and add a peg.
If you select either component they can be moved.
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Select the Block and Right click the Mouse. Use the FIX COMPONENT command. The block will remain in a fixed position as components are imported. (Note: It is still possible to change the view using the mouse but as components are added the block will remain in a fixed position and the new components will be moved in relation to the block) Use the face selector tool (F) and select both the bottom face of the peg and the bottom face of one of the holes in the block. Right click the mouse and select mate.
The bottom of the peg and the face at the bottom of the hole are mated.
Select the outside face of the peg and the inside face of the hole and then centre the axes.
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The peg is now fixed in the hole. The peg cannot be moved now. The only motion available is to rotate the peg.

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Add another peg and again mate one end with the bottom of a hole then centre the axis of the diameter with the inside faces of the holes. Repeat adding all nine pegs.
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Add another component and select the hinge. Select the flat face of the hinge and the face of the block with the mounting holes. Right click to get the assembly menu and MATE the faces.
Select the face of one of the mounting holes and then the face of one of the holes in the hinge and CENTRE THE AXES. Select the remaining mounting hole and the other hole in the hinge and again Centre the axes.
Add another Hinge to the design.
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Select two faces that will mate when the hinge is assembled and then select MATE. This will rotate the hinge to be in the correct orientation.

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Select a cylindrical face of each of the hinges and then Centre the Axes. This will link the two hinges. Use the select part tool and select the new hinge. The movement is limited to just a rotary motion.
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Add a new component and add the Lid. Select the face of the Lid with the mounting holes in it and the face of the Hinge as shown. Mate the two faces. Do not worry that the lid appears to be upside down.
Select a mounting hole in the lid and a mounting hole in the Hinge and CENTRE THE AXES. Select the remaining mounting hole in both the Hinge and Lid and again CENTRE THE AXES.
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Add another component which is the Hinge Pin. Select the outside diameter of the Pin and a cylindrical face of the Hinge. Centre the axes and this will orient the pin down the centre of the hinge.

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Select the end face of the Pin and the end face of the Hinge. Select ALIGN.
The assembly is now complete.
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Using the SELECT PART tool select the Lid. The motion available allows the lid to be opened and closed. The block does not move because it was fixed at the beginning of this Tutorial. Select the Lid using the Select Part Tool. Right click the Mouse and select SET COMPONENT COLOUR. Set the Lid to be bright Yellow. Select the pegs to be blue and the block to be pink.
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In the diagram above select components in the drop-down menu at the top left of the screen. Each part of the assembly is identified in the top list and the constraints relating to the selected part are displayed in the lower section of the menu.
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Editing Constraints
Once parts have been assembled the constraints are in place. If a constraint is placed in the wrong place or is over constraining a component they can be edited or deleted. To view the constraints on a part select the Component list and select the part in question. By hovering the mouse over a part in an assembly it can be identified. Once the part is selected in the parts list there is a list of constraints displayed below. To be able to see these constraints easily it is best to display the assembly in the TRANSPARENT mode. Once the assembley view is transparent then select each constraint in turn by left clicking the mouse over it in the list. The Lid in the TIC TAK TOE assembly has the following constraints. The Centres relate to the hole in the lid and the hole in the Hinge.
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The Mate is the constraint locking the face of the hinge to the face of the lid.
Centre 13
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Centre 12

Mate 11
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Exercise 13
Assembly
Repeat the above tutorial and assemble the TIC TAC TOE game. Colour the base in Red, the Lid in Yellow and the Pegs in green. Ensure the base is fixed and the lid can be opened and closed.

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The Drawing Package

Within Pro/DESKTOP there is a conventional 2D drawing package where blueprint drawings of the designs can be obtained. The dimensions given in the 3D package can be automatically imported and are used to Parametrically link the 2D and the 3 D designs. This allows a dimension given in the 3D design package to be altered within the 2D part of the software and both drawings are dynamically linked and changed together. The Drawing Program is started by selecting file new then Engineering drawing. You must decide if you want to open a template or a blank sheet. If you want to open a blank sheet then you must first browse for the document to open. There are templates or blank sheets that can be selected. There are also 3 other options of New Design, Design in Session or open an existing design. If you select one of the templates you can then select one of the open designs and it will be imported and distributed on the sheet.
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It is also possible to browse for a blank sheet and open a new empty design.
If you open a design in session then both a drawing window and a design window are opened together so you can design then import the design into the drawing. Which ever way you open an engineering drawing the menu bars and tools work in the same way. Select New Engineering drawing. Browse for the blank A3 Drawing file as shown. Select open
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From the New Engineering Drawing menu select New empty design and Click OK. You will now have an empty A3 drawing sheet.

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The Drawing Menu Bar
The Drawing Menu Bar is made up of 4 sections with shortcut keys shown in brackets: Select Select Constraints (N) Select Annotations (A) Select Features (F) Select Views (V) The first section is: Select Lines Constraints Annotations Features Views Dimension Linear Angular Diametric Radial Design Variables Definitions Geometric tolerance Datum Feature Notes Text Reference Part Balloon Surface finish Welding Symbol Draw Draw Lines Straight (S) Draw Circle (C) Draw Rectangle (R) Draw Ellipse (I) Draw Arc (T) Draw Spline (B) Delete Segment (D)
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The Centre Line Menu Bar
Common Plane Common Axis Mid Plane Pitch Circle Centre Points Phantom Intersection
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The Constraints Menu Bar
Sketch Dimensions Parallel Perpendicular Collinear Tangent Concentric = Length = Radius Fix lines (clamp) Constraints inspector
The Drawing Views Menu Bar
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Auto-scale drawing Auto-Scale Selection Zoom in Zoom Out Scroll back through previous views Scroll forward through views

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Tutorial 14: Basic Drawing

In this session we will create a 2 D drawing from the previously designed component. Select file, Open and then select Tutorial 14.des. With the design open, select File and New Engineering Drawing.
Browse and select A3.dra as the option for paper size, then select OK. Now select the Drawing menu and Add Modelling View.
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The drawings that you are allowed to import are the designs that are open in the background. Select Tutorial 14.des" and the WORKPLANE menu. If you were to select from WINDOW you would get a Trimetric view or the view currently on screen of the active design. The image will appear on screen in the drawing package. The view is active and this is indicated by the red dotted boarder around the view. By clicking and holding the mouse while over the border the view can be moved. Position this in the top right of the sheet.
Use the select features tool and highlight an edge of the extrusion. This must be a flat face not a rounded edge. Right click the mouse and select ADD PROJECTED VIEW. Select third angle Projection.
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The view can be repositioned in the same way as the first view. Note: Pressing the shift key while moving views aligns the view with the other views.

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Select the side of the brick using the select feature tool and project another 3rd angle view to the left of the original as shown.
To add an isometric view, we have first to change the view in the design window to Isometric. To do this select the Window menu and then select Tutorial 14.des. Click the view option to Isometric then return to the Engineering drawing by selecting it from the Window menu. Select the Drawing Menu Add a modelling view and select Tutorial 14
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From the Add Modelling View window select From Window
This will select the current view in the design window and hence it will give an isometric view. Click OK.
The following drawing is now displayed.
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It is possible to import the dimensions given when the part was designed. To do this select the dimensions menu and then select import sketch dimensions Ensure none of the views are selected when you do this or only the directions on that view are imported. Only the dimensions in the design are imported and these are the only dimensions that can be used to alter the design. The heights of the extrusions, the angle of the tapers and the radius of the edges are controlled by features in the design.
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These can be dimensioned but cannot be changed withing the Engineering Drawing. If any of the features are modified the dimensions in the drawing will automatically change at the same time. Add the additional information in relation to the dimensions set by features to the drawing as shown.
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Use the conventional drawing tools to draw a circle round the Isometric view and a box around the page. Create a title block in the bottom right of the screen. Click the text icon, to place text click and drag. You can delete the leader if you select it and highlight it.

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Double click on the text to edit the text.
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Exercise 14 Create Engineering Drawing
Using the Design Tutorial 14 create a drawing of that part in 3rd angle projection. Add dimensions that are not imported. Add a modelling view from the window. Scale the 3D view to a scale of 0.5 The finished drawing should look like this: Now Draw a Box in the corner and add a title to the drawing. Draw a box around the whole drawing. Save the file as Exercise 14.
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Pro/DESKTOP Album The third part of Pro/Desktop is the Album. In this package it is possible to import designs or assemblies, give them textures, colours, change the background and lighting effects. Open the Design Chair Assembly in the design package. This is an assembly of several different components.
Tutorial 15 Photo Rendering

Select a New Album from the menu
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From the image menu select New Image. A list of the open Designs is displayed to choose from. Select the chair assembly. The image appears on screen in wire frame mode, the update light is lit in green to indicate the display needs refreshing. Press the green light. The chair now appears with colours and textures.
As in the design package the component can be pressing the centre mouse button. Once it has been moved the display returns to wire frame and needs refreshing. Using the tools menu you can select the materials browser which appears at the top left of the screen. Select Part Selector tool from the Album toolbar. Select materials and open up the metals menu.
Click on the Cast Aluminium and drag to the 5 pointed base of the chair. When the base pre highlights release the mouse then refresh the display. Click on the Plastic Injected and drag to one of the 5 castors of the chair. When the base pre highlights release the mouse then refresh the display.
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Move the mouse over a castor and right click and Set Material Properties and set the colour to black. Again refresh the screen. Note all the castors have changed as they are a common component.

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Select Poly Urethane as the seat pad and back and Refresh again.
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Effects and Lighting From the Image Menu Bar select Image Properties From here, the resolution, size and quality of the image can be controlled.
If you select Presentation quality the size of the files and time taken to refresh the image are greatly increased. Try changing the rendering quality to Presentation then refresh the image.
The image shown is of a presentation quality.
You can see the edges of the shape and material texture are a better quality.
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Select the Effects option from the Properties menu.
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You can change both the Foreground and Background that the image is shown on. Select foreground and experiment by setting to snow. Refresh the image then reset the foreground to none and refresh again.

Now select Background and try setting this to Clouds, refresh the image as shown. Save as TUT14

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Exercise 15 Album
Import the Design Valve Assembly into the Album. Render the Valve body in Cast Aluminium. Add Machined Aluminium to bore and base of the body Colour the internal flap Red Render the shaft in Stainless steel Render the cover in Copper Render the handle in Knurled Brass.
Graduate the background colour from dark to light blue. Save the part as EX14
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BOXFORD Pro/DESKTOP Version 8 Training Course

BOXFORD Pro/DESKTOP Version 8 Course Tutorials

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Pro/DESKTOP DESIGN Menu Bars and Functions

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The Features Toolbar

The Constraints Toolbar

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The Views Toolbar

View Options Drop-down menu

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Edge Pre- Selected

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Features relate to solids within a design.

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Right Click to Modify

Click to Refresh design when Green

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Click to Refresh design when Green

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Creating New Sketches and Workplanes

Workplane List & Initial Sketch

Add sketch to Workplane Right click on Base Workplane

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New sketch on Base Workplane

New Extrusion in Feature List

Add a sketch and create a new Workplane

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Right click and select New Sketch

Name sketch & Create Workplane

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Set Radius to 8mm

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Pre-selected Reference Line

Selected Reference Line

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Pre Selected Arc

Arc selected then dimensioned as Dia

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Pro/DESKTOP Version 8 Course Tutorials

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Tutorial 2 Workplanes Sketches and Extrusions

Right click the mouse and select New Sketch.

View onto the workplane

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Exercise 2 Workplanes Sketches and Extrusions

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Mirror Offset Chain Project Add Text

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From the Edit menu select transform

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Exercise 3 Transform Rotate and Scale

Right click then Reposition Axes in the centre of the ellipse.

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Select the rectangle and reduce it in scale by 50%