Chapter 1 Views....................................................... 1-1
1.1 General Steps for Drawings ......................................... 1-3
1.2 Create a New Drawing .................................................. 1-4
Use Template.................................................................. 1-5
Empty with Format .......................................................... 1-6
Empty .............................................................................. 1-7
1.3 Drawing Mode Interface................................................ 1-8
Pan, Zoom....................................................................... 1-9
Selection Tool ............................................................... 1-10
Pop-up Menus............................................................... 1-10
Undo/Redo .................................................................... 1-11
1.4 Place the First Drawing View ..................................... 1-12
1.5 Place Additional Views ............................................... 1-17
1.6 Modify View Properties............................................... 1-22
Visible Area ................................................................... 1-23
Scale ............................................................................. 1-24
Sections ........................................................................ 1-26
1.7 Drawing Environment Options .................................. 1-34
Environment Dialog Box................................................ 1-34
Drawing Setup File........................................................ 1-35
Config.pro File............................................................... 1-36
Exercise 1a Create a New Drawing .................................... 1-39
Exercise 1b Add a Drawing Format.................................... 1-49
Exercise 1c Create Views.................................................... 1-61
Exercise 1d Create Views with Break Lines ...................... 1-71
Exercise 1e Create a Drawing............................................. 1-77
Chapter 2 View Manipulation ................................. 2-1
2.1 Modify View Properties II.............................................. 2-3
View Type ....................................................................... 2-4
View Manager States ...................................................... 2-7
View Display.................................................... 2-8
Origin............................................................... 2-10
Alignment .......................................................... 2-11
2.2 Manipulate Drawing Views......................................... 2-13
View Alignment ................................................... 2-13
Moving Views.................................................... 2-13
Delete Views..................................................... 2-14
Erasing Views .................................................. 2-15
Drawing Display............................................... 2-15
2.3 Configuration Options................................................ 2-17
Exercise 2a Move Drawing Views ...................................... 2-19
Exercise 2b Move Broken Views........................................ 2-29
Exercise 2c Modify Drawing Views.................................... 2-33
Exercise 2d Modify View Boundaries ................................ 2-39
Chapter 3 Detailing a Drawing .......................... 3-1
3.1 Show Detail Items ......................................................... 3-3
Show By............................................................... 3-5
Options.............................................................. 3-5
Preview ......................................................... 3-6
3.2 Create Dimensions ....................................................... 3-8
Coordinate Dimensions................................................. 3-12
3.3 Manipulate Detail Items .............................................. 3-14
Modify Dimensions........................................................ 3-15
Delete.......................................................... 3-17
Move ........................................................... 3-17
Edit Attachment............................................................. 3-17
Breaking Cross-Hatch Lines ......................................... 3-22
Break............................................................. 3-22
Clip.................................................................. 3-24
Move Item to View ........................................................ 3-24
Flip Arrows.................................................................... 3-24
Make Jog ...................................................................... 3-24
Align Dimensions .......................................................... 3-25
Snap Lines.................................................................... 3-25
Cleaning Dimensions .................................................... 3-26
Erase Witness Lines ..................................................... 3-27
Diameter/Linear Format................................................ 3-28
Radial and Diameter Dimensions ................................. 3-28
3.4 Customizing Options.................................................. 3-30
Exercise 3a Showing Detail Items...................................... 3-33
Exercise 3b. Showing Detail Items II................................... 3-43
Exercise 3c. Creating Dimensions...................................... 3-55
Exercise 3d. Ordinate Dimensions...................................... 3-61
Chapter 4 Project Labs ........................................ 4-1
Project Lab 1 Creating a Detailed Drawing.......................... 4-3
Project Lab 2 Creating 3D Drawings .................................. 4-13
Chapter 5 Drawing Notes......................................... 5-1
5.1 Create & Modify Notes.................................................. 5-3
Dimensions ......................................................... 5-6
System-defined Parameters............................................ 5-7
User-defined Parameters ................................................ 5-7
Special Characters.......................................................... 5-8
User-defined Symbols..................................................... 5-8
Moving Notes .................................................................. 5-9
Editing Attachments ........................................................ 5-9
Modifying Text............................................................... 5-11
Hyperlinks ......................................................... 5-12
Superscript and Subscript Text ..................................... 5-12
Outlining a Note ............................................................ 5-13
Modifying Text Styles .................................................... 5-13
Creating a Style Library................................................. 5-14
Saving Notes................................................................. 5-15
5.2 Customizing Options .................................................. 5-17
Exercise 5a Creating Notes................................................. 5-19
Exercise 5b Read a Note From File .................................... 5-25
Chapter 6 Tolerances............................................. 6-1
6.1 Showing Dimensional Tolerances............................... 6-3
6.2 Set Tolerance Standards .............................................. 6-4
ISO Standards................................................................. 6-5
ANSI Standards .............................................................. 6-6
6.3 Create Geometric Tolerances ...................................... 6-8
Set Datums ..................................................................... 6-8
6.4 Drawing Configuration Options................................. 6-15
6.5 Drawing Setup File Options ....................................... 6-17
Exercise 6a Dimensional Tolerances................................. 6-19
Exercise 6b Geometric Tolerances .................................... 6-25
Chapter 7 Project Lab 3 ...................................... 7-1
Project Lab 3 Tolerancing a Drawing................................... 7-3
Chapter 8 Assembly Drawings ............................. 8-1
8.1 Add Models.................................................. 8-3
8.2 Explode Assembly Views............................................. 8-6
8.3 Change Component Display........................................ 8-8
8.4 Display Cross-Sections.............................................. 8-11
Cross-Section Material Files ......................................... 8-12
3D Cross-Sections ........................................................ 8-13
8.5 Modify Assembly Views ............................................. 8-18
View State..................................................................... 8-18
Combined States .......................................................... 8-18
Z-Clipping...................................................................... 8-20
Exercise 8a Assembly Drawing.......................................... 8-21
Exercise 8b 3D Cross-section, Simplified Representation,
and Combined States........................................................... 8-33
Chapter 9 Drawing Tables................................... 9-1
9.1 Create a Table ............................................................... 9-3
Selection Methods .......................................................... 9-6
Copy Table...................................................................... 9-6
Rotate ......................................................................... 9-7
Justification .................................................................. 9-7
Size................................................................... 9-7
Insert .............................................................. 9-8
Remove................................................................... 9-8
Merge........................................................................ 9-8
Table Origin ........................................................... 9-9
Blank Line Display ................................................... 9-9
9.2 Create Repeat Regions............................................... 9-10
Filters ................................................................... 9-14
Attributes............................................................. 9-16
Pagination ........................................................... 9-18
Creating BOM Balloons ................................................ 9-18
Modifying BOM Balloons............................................... 9-19
9.3 Create Hole, Point, and Axes Tables......................... 9-21
Exercise 9a Bill of Materials (BOM).................................... 9-25
Exercise 9b Family Table ....................................... 9-43
Exercise 9c Hole, Axis, and Datum Point Tables.............. 9-47
Chapter 10 Two-Dimensional Sketching.................................. 10-1
10.1 Create 2D Entities ....................................................... 10-3
Line ...................................................................... 10-5
Circle ..................................................................... 10-6
Ellipse................................................................... 10-7
Arc....................................................................... 10-8
Construction Line .......................................................... 10-9
Construction Circle...................................................... 10-10
Fillet.................................................................... 10-11
Chamfer ...................................................................... 10-11
Spline ................................................................. 10-12
Point ..................................................................... 10-13
10.2 Modify 2D Entities ..................................................... 10-14
Copy & Paste .............................................................. 10-14
Transform.................................................................... 10-14
Trim ................................................................. 10-15
Draft Area Display ....................................................... 10-17
Line Style ........................................................ 10-18
Break............................................................ 10-18
Offset and Use Edge................................................... 10-18
10.3 Group 2D Entities........................................... 10-20
Create a Draft Group................................................... 10-21
Relate Draft Items to a View ....................................... 10-21
Group Objects with Dimension Text............................ 10-22
Ungroup a Draft Group................................................ 10-22
Ungroup Items from a View......................................... 10-22
Set Drawing View as Current Draft View .................... 10-22
Modify a Draft Group................................................... 10-23
Suppress a Draft Group .............................................. 10-23
Resume a Suppressed Group..................................... 10-23
10.4 Convert to Draft Entities........................................... 10-24
10.5 Sketch Parametric Entities....................................... 10-25
Chapter 11 Symbols.................................... 11-1
11.1 Create Symbol Geometry ........................................... 11-3
11.2 Place a Custom Symbol ........................................... 11-12
11.3 Symbol Palette ......................................... 11-15
11.4 Surface Finish Symbols ........................................... 11-16
Exercise 11a Surface Symbols ......................................... 11-17
Exercise 11b Custom Symbol Definition Palette ............ 11-31
Chapter 12 Annotation Features.............................. 12-1
12.1 Create Annotation Features....................................... 12-3
12.2 Manipulate Annotation Features ............................... 12-9
Selecting ........................................................ 12-9
Model Tree Display ....................................................... 12-9
Editing ................................................................ 12-10
Text Style ........................................................... 12-10
Deleting.............................................................. 12-11
Disassociating Elements............................................. 12-11
Reordering .................................................... 12-11
Controlling Display .............................................. 12-12
Exercise 12a Creating Annotation Features ................... 12-13
Chapter 13 Drawing Formats & Templates.............................. 13-1
13.1 Create a Drawing Format ........................................... 13-3
Empty with section ........................................................ 13-5
Empty.............................................................. 13-6
13.2 Import Formats.............................................. 13-8
13.3 Add Tables to a Format........................................... 13-9
13.4 Parametric Text ............................................. 13-10
13.5 Add a Drawing Format.............................................. 13-11
13.6 Create Drawing Templates....................................... 13-12
Exercise 13a Drawing Formats......................................... 13-15
Exercise 13b Formats with Imported Data ...................... 13-19
Exercise 13c Drawing Templates..................................... 13-21
Chapter 14 Feature Management................................... 14-1
14.1 Hide Items......................................................... 14-3
14.2 Suppress Items ............................................... 14-5
14.3 Add Layers ....................................................... 14-8
General Steps ..................................................... 14-8
Hide.............................................................. 14-11
Unhide............................................................. 14-11
Isolate ............................................................ 14-11
Default Layers............................................................ 14-13
Display Status of Model Layers vs. Drawing Layers... 14-13
Layers with the Same Name....................................... 14-14
Controlling Individual View Display ............................. 14-14
Active Layer ................................................ 14-15
14.4 Create Assembly Simplified Representations........ 14-18
Restrictions ............................................... 14-22
14.5 Part Simplified Representations.............................. 14-23
Exercise 14a Drawing Layers ..................................... 14-27
Exercise 14b Drawing of an Assembly Simplified
Representation.......................................... 14-35
Appendix A Object Linking and Embedding .................. A-1
A.1 Object Linking and Embedding .......................... A-3
Exercise A1 Object Linking & Embedding .................. A-5
Appendix B Accessing Pro/HELP......................... B-1
B.1 Opening the PTC Help Center............................ B-3
B.2 Drawing Configuration File Options.......................... B-4
B.3 Drawing Setup File Options ........................... B-6
B.4 System-Defined Drawing Parameters ............... B-7
