Drawing format and how to create a drawing

Presented By: Weidong WU, Ph.D.Date: 9-30-2010

Part I Creating a drawing format for the paper size A (11 x 8.5)1. Start Pro/E wildfire.2. File set working directory… Your

directory.3. Choose File New, and for the type select

format option.4. Type in my-format as the file name OK. 5. A window of New Format appears. Select

Empty, Landscape and Standard size A OK. We get the following images.

6. To create the frame, select the icon of line. A window for sketching the frame appears. Right click and hold, and a pop up window appears.

7. Select Absolute Coordinates. Type in 0.50 for X and 0.25 for Y, press the Enter key. Repeat this for the next point (10.75, 0.25).

8. Repeat step 7 to create another horizontal line from (0.50, 8.25) to (10.75, 8.25).

9. Repeat step 7 to create another vertical line from (0.50, 8.25) to (0.50, 0.25).

10. Repeat step 7 to create another vertical line from (10.75, 8.25) to (10.75, 0.25).

11. Create title box with 3 columns and 2 rows: Table Insert Table.

12. From the Menu Manager window, select Ascending leftward By Num Chars Abs Coords, type 10.75 as x-coordinate and 0.25 as y-coordinate (the position of lower right corner of the table).

13. On the screen, a row of numerical numbers appears, select 15 (10 characters + 5 characters) as the width of the column repeat it twice for creating 3 columns Done.

14. Select 3(3 characters) as the height of the row.

15. Repeat it one more time so that we have two rows Done or press the middle button of mouse.

16. To enter text at a given cell, for example, to enter Due Date at the left-upper cell, double click the cell and a window of Note Properties appears.

17. Type Due Date <enter> type &todays_date. To justify its position, click the box of Text Style. In the pop up window, select Center for the horizontal and Middle for the vertical. OK.

18. The symbol & tracks the name of the parameter used in the design process. As a result, when the format file is being used, the actual date will appear in the title box.

19. Fill other cells as shown below.

20. At this stage, we have completed the creation of a format.

Part II Creating a drawing using the created format

1. Open the drawing Plate_Pattern1.prt.

2. New Type: Drawing Name: Plate_Pattern1OK.

3. Default Model: Plate_Pattern1.Prt select: Empty with format Format: MY-FORMAT 1 OK

4. Click create a general view icon, and click a point in the drawing window.

5. Select TOP view optionOK.

6. Right click the view select: Insert projection view. We get the right view.

7. Use same step as in 6 to create the bottom view and default view.

8. Select View Display settings Model Display… Display Style: Hidden LineOK.

9. Click Repaint icon (Ctrl+R).

10. Add dimensions as required. We get the final drawing.

Homework: Create the pulley-pattern.prt drawing using your format.