Understand the full assembly functionality of Pro/ENGINEER while concentrating on techniques that maximize large assembly management capabilities. This is a hands-on course with a substantial amount of time dedicated to practice exercises.
AutoCAD Training Prerequisites
Pro/ENGINEER: Introduction to Solid Modeling I & II and Pro/ENGINEER: Core Update Wildfire 2.0 to Wildfire 3.0 or equivalent Wildfire experience.
AutoCAD Training Topics
- Assembly management
- Skeleton Models
- Packaging
- Assembly duplication tools
- Assembly family tables
- Display styles
- Layers and Suppression
- Restructure
- Creating parts and features in an assembly
- Controlling external references
- Merge and Cut Out, Intersections
- Copy Geometry features
- Simplified Representations
- Interchange assemblies
- Assembly Relations
AutoCAD Training Course Duration
16 hours
AutoCAD Training Course outline
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Assembly Design Philosophies
Default Datum Planes
Parts and Subassemblies
Assembly Features
Assembly Relations
Assembly Regeneration
1.2 Component Placement
Constraints and Offsets
References
1.3 Revision Tools
Edit Definition
Edit References
Reorder
Insert Mode
1.4 Assembly File Management
Rename
Save a Copy
Backup
1.5 Assembly Design Approach
Skeleton Models
Parts in Assembly Mode
Chapter 2 Advanced Component Placement
2.1 Repeating Components
2.2 Reference Patterns
2.3 Component Interfaces
2.4 Flexible Components
2.5 Copy and Paste
Paste Special
Exercise 2a Advanced Constraints
Exercise 2b Using Component Interfaces
Exercise 2c Using Flexible Components
Exercise 2d Using Copy and Paste
Chapter 3 Assembly Management
3.1 Layers in Assembly Mode
Display Status
Save Status
Editing Layers
Default Layers
3.2 Suppress and Resume
3.3 Restructure
Exercise 3a Working with Layers
Exercise 3b Assembly Restructure
Chapter 4 Assembly Family Tables
4.1 Creating Assembly Family Tables
4.2 Modifying Family Tables
Modifying non-family tables
Adding Components to the Generic Model
Adding Components to an Instance
Deleting Components from an Instance
Deleting Components from the Generic
Exercise 4a Assembly Family Tables
Exercise 4b Using Assembly Family Tables
Chapter 5 Relations
5.1 Assembly Relations
Exercise 5a Relations I1
Chapter 6 View Manager
6.1 Component Display Styles
6.2 Simplified Representations
6.3 System-Defined Simplified Representations
6.4 User-Defined Simplified Representations
6.5 Opening Simplified Representations
Exercise 6a Component Display Styles
Exercise 6b Simplified Representations
Chapter 7 Advanced View Manager
7.1 Advanced Simplified Reps
External Simplified Representations
7.2 Zones
7.3 Envelopes
7.4 Part Simplified Representations
Exercise 7a Rule-Based Simplified Reps
Exercise 7b Zone-Based Simplified Reps
Exercise 7c Substitute by Envelope
Exercise 7d Simplified Representations
Chapter 8 Skeleton Models
8.1 Skeleton Models
Parent/Child Relationships
Incorporating Motion
Spatial Claims
8.2 Geometry Creation
8.3 Skeleton Properties
Exercise 8a Creating a Skeleton Part
Chapter 9 Packaging
9.1 Packaging
9.2 Finalizing Components
9.3 Dragging
Detecting Collision
Exercise 9a Packaging Assembly Components
Exercise 9b Dragging Assembly Components
Chapter 10 Designing in Context
10.1 External References
10.2 Global Reference Viewer
10.3 Create Parts in Assembly
10.4 Create Assembly Features
Exercise 10a Assembly Features
Exercise 10b Design in Context
Chapter 11 Distributing Design Information
11.1 External Reference Control in Current Assembly
11.2 Global External References
11.3 Copy Geometry Features
11.4 Publish Geometry
11.5 Shrinkwrap Features
Large Assembly Management
Incoming vendor models
Outgoing Models
Swept Volume Analysis
Exercise 11a Designing Parts in Context
Exercise 11b Shrinkwrap Features
Chapter 12 Advanced Assembly Operations
12.1 Mirror Components (Method 1)
12.2 Mirror Components (Method 2)
12.3 Merge and Cut Out
12.4 Part Intersections
Exercise 12a Mirroring Components
Exercise 12b Assembly Merge
Exercise 12c Flexible Components
Chapter 13 Interchange Assemblies
13.1 Functional Components
AutoTagging
Manual Tag Creation
13.2 Simplify Components
13.3 Simplifying Using Shrinkwrap Features
Replace
Simplified Representation Substitution
13.4 Case Studies
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Exercise 13a Functional Interchange Assemblies I
Exercise 13b Functional Interchange Assemblies II
Chapter 14 Assembly Model Performance
14.1 Factors Affecting Model Performance
CPU Speed
RAM
Swap Space
Memory Management
Network Traffic
Trail Files
Search Paths
32-Bit Architecture
Dual Processors
Levels of Detail
Software Configuration
Default Simplified Representations
Appendix A Search Tool
Appendix B Additional Skeleton Exercise
Exercise B1 Creating a Skeleton
Appendix C Pro/PROGRAM
C1 Assembly Pro/PROGRAM
Exercise C1 Program l
Exercise C2 Program ll
