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Table Of Contents
Style............................................................................................................. 1Using Style ................................................................................................. 1
Tutorials .................................................................................................. 1An Overview of the Style Tutorials .................................................................... 1Overview of the Style User Interface ................................................................. 1
Style Toolbar............................................................................................... 2Style Quickbar............................................................................................. 2Style Analysis Quickbar ................................................................................ 3Styling Menu ............................................................................................... 3Style Commands on Other Menus .................................................................. 4Shortcut Menus ........................................................................................... 5Four-View Layout......................................................................................... 7
Overview of Modeling Techniques ..................................................................... 8To Build Four Curves .................................................................................... 8Displaying Points ........................................................................................10To Build a Surface.......................................................................................11To Connect the Free Curves to the Surface.....................................................12Understanding Updates................................................................................13To Connect the Style Surface to the Pro/ENGINEER Surface..............................13To Create Normal Tangency .........................................................................14To Exit the Style Feature..............................................................................16To Redefine the Style Feature.......................................................................16
Creating Curves and Surfaces..........................................................................18To Open the Start Part.................................................................................18Create Curves on the Model .........................................................................20
To Create a COS by Drop ..........................................................................20Create the Remaining Curves .......................................................................21
To Create the Curve for the Blister .............................................................21To Create the Bottom Curve ......................................................................22
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Create Surfaces and Change Connections.......................................................23To Create the Surfaces .............................................................................23To Break the Default Surface Connections ...................................................23
Make a Solid Cut with the Style Quilt .............................................................24Understanding Connections.............................................................................25
About Curve to Curve Connections .............................................................25To Redefine the Free Curves ......................................................................26About Surface Connections........................................................................27About Normal Connections ........................................................................27To Make Style Surface Connections ............................................................28
Making Further Modifications ........................................................................29Redefining Surfaces .......................................................................................29
To Create a Curve to Redefine a Surface ........................................................29To Redefine the Boundary References of the Surface .......................................31To Add Internal Curves to the Surface ...........................................................31Add the Internal Curve to the Surface............................................................32
Using Proportional Update...............................................................................33To Begin the Exercise ..................................................................................34To Redefine a Feature Proportionally .............................................................35To Make Proportional Updates to the Rest of the Model ....................................38
Creating Curves on Surfaces (COSs) ................................................................39To Create the Curve Profiles .........................................................................39To Drop the Profile Curves onto the Surfaces..................................................41To Create a Fillet Surface from the Dropped Curves.........................................42To Add Detail to the Surfaces using COS ........................................................45
To Create COSs .......................................................................................45To Trim the Fillet Surface ..........................................................................48
Using the Internal Resolve Mode......................................................................50To Understand Resolve ................................................................................50Make Another Change to the Phone Model......................................................53Make a Third Change to the Phone ................................................................55
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Other Options on the Resolve Dialog Box .......................................................55Using Style with Reference Data ......................................................................56
Part 1: Freeform Blending between Pro/ENGINEER Features .............................56To Connect the Curves to the Surfaces ..........................................................57Tangent Edge Connection.............................................................................57Surface Tangent Connection.........................................................................58To Create Surfaces......................................................................................58Part 2: Scan Data .......................................................................................59Analyze the Data ........................................................................................62Redefine the Feature ...................................................................................62Part 3: Facet Data.......................................................................................62
User Interface .........................................................................................65About Style Features......................................................................................65About Multiple Views ......................................................................................66To Start Style................................................................................................67To Exit Style .................................................................................................67Styling Menu.................................................................................................67Edit Menu .....................................................................................................68View Menu....................................................................................................68Analysis Menu ...............................................................................................69Info Menu.....................................................................................................70Style Toolbars ...............................................................................................70
Style Quickbar............................................................................................70Style Toolbar..............................................................................................71
To Customize the Style Toolbars......................................................................71Shortcut Menus .............................................................................................72Modifier Keys ................................................................................................72Enabling the ALT Key .....................................................................................73
About Snapping in Style .........................................................................74About Snapping.............................................................................................74To Enable Snapping .......................................................................................74
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Enable Snap With a Menu Option ..................................................................74Enable Snap With the SHIFT Key...................................................................74
Setting Preferences ...............................................................................75To Set Style Preferences.................................................................................75To Display Surface Mesh.................................................................................75
Views and Datum Planes ..............................................................................76About Multiple Views ......................................................................................76About Setting the Active Plane Orientation ........................................................76About Selective Display of Entities ...................................................................77Creating and Editing Curves in Multiple Views....................................................77To Set the Active Plane...................................................................................78To Set a View to the Active Plane Orientation ....................................................78To Show All Views..........................................................................................78Example: Four-View Display............................................................................78To Resize the Panes in a Four-View Display .......................................................79To Show the Next View ..................................................................................80To Reset a View.............................................................................................80About Creating Datum Planes..........................................................................80To Create an Internal Datum Plane ..................................................................80About Modifying and Regenerating Internal Datum Planes...................................81Example: Internal Datum Plane Offset from a Datum Plane .................................81Example: Internal Datum Plane Through a Blend Section ....................................81
Curves ......................................................................................................82Understanding Curves...............................................................................82
About Creating Curves in Style ........................................................................82About Defining Points for Curves......................................................................83
Soft-Points.................................................................................................84Fixed Points ...............................................................................................84
Point Types...................................................................................................84Interpolation Points.....................................................................................84Editing Control Points ..................................................................................85
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Example: Curve Control Points ........................................................................85Creating Curves .......................................................................................85
To Create a New Curve...................................................................................85To Create a Free Curve...................................................................................86To Create a Planar Curve ................................................................................86About Curves on Surfaces ...............................................................................86To Create a COS by Points ..............................................................................87To Create a COS by Drop................................................................................87About Offsetting Curves On Surface .................................................................87
Redefining Offset Curves..............................................................................87To Create an Offset of a Curve On Surface ........................................................87Example: Offset of a Curve On Surface.............................................................88About Curves from Surface .............................................................................89To Create a Curve from Surface.......................................................................89About Radial-Path Planar Curves......................................................................89To Create a Radial-Path Planar Curve ...............................................................90Example: Radial-Path Planar Curve ..................................................................90
Editing Curves .........................................................................................91About Proportional Update ..............................................................................91To Select Curves for Edit ................................................................................92To Edit Curve Points.......................................................................................92To Change the Curve Type ..............................................................................92To Constrain Point Movement While Editing .......................................................93To Change the Soft-Point Type ........................................................................93To Change a Planar Curve Position ...................................................................94About Editing Curve Tangents .........................................................................94About Direct Manipulation of Curve Tangents ....................................................94To Change a Tangent's Directional Constraints ..................................................95To Create Curve Connections Using Tangent Constraints.....................................96About Dual Constraints for Surface Tangents .....................................................97To Create Dual Constraints for Surface Tangents ...............................................97
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Tip: Setting the Secondary Tangent Type..........................................................98To Add Points to Curves .................................................................................98To Combine Curves........................................................................................98To Split a Curve ............................................................................................98To Extend a Curve .........................................................................................99About Making Curves Planar Between Their Endpoints ........................................99To Make a Curve Planar Between Its End Points.................................................99To Redefine a Radial-Path Planar Curve ..........................................................100About Importing Curves ...............................................................................100To Import Curves ........................................................................................101
Editing Multiple Curves ...........................................................................101About Multiple Curve Edits ............................................................................101To Edit Multiple Curves .................................................................................102To Change the Location of Multiple Points .......................................................102To Change the Tangent Options for Multiple Curves.......................................... 103To Offset Multiple Planar Curves ....................................................................103To Change References for Multiple Planar Curves .............................................103To Convert Multiple Curves ...........................................................................104
Style Parameters ...................................................................................104About Parameters in Style ............................................................................104To Make Style Parameters Visible ..................................................................104To Edit Parameters Outside Style...................................................................105To Obtain Information on Parameters.............................................................105
Surfaces ..................................................................................................105About Surfaces............................................................................................105About Composite Surfaces ............................................................................105To Create a Boundary Surface .......................................................................106About Triangular Surfaces.............................................................................106To Create a Loft Surface ...............................................................................106Example: Loft Surface..................................................................................107To Create a Blend Surface ............................................................................107
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Example: Creating Radial Blend Surfaces ........................................................108Example: Creating Uniform Blend Surfaces .....................................................111About Internal Curves ..................................................................................113About Internal Curves in Triangular Surfaces...................................................115About Editing Surfaces .................................................................................115About Trimming Surfaces..............................................................................115To Trim a Surface ........................................................................................116 About Redefining Trimmed Surfaces...............................................................116To Redefine Trimmed Surfaces ...................................................................... 116To Delete Trimmed Surfaces .........................................................................117
Connections ............................................................................................. 117About Curve Connections..............................................................................117About Direct Manipulation of Curve Tangents ..................................................117To Create Curve Connections Using Tangent Constraints...................................118About Surface Connections ...........................................................................118
Controlling Surface Connections in Composite Surfaces..................................119To Connect Surfaces ....................................................................................119About Surface Connections with Triangular Surfaces.........................................120
Style Editing Tools ....................................................................................120To Select Entities.........................................................................................120
Using Selection for Move and Copy..............................................................120About Moving and Copying Style Geometry .....................................................120
Copying Curves with Soft-Point Constraint Proportionally ...............................121To Move and Copy Style Geometry.................................................................121To Copy Style Geometry Proportionally...........................................................121Example: Copy Proportional ..........................................................................122To Redefine Geometry..................................................................................122To Get Information on Style Features .............................................................123To Get Information on Selected Entities ..........................................................123To Repeat a Style Command.........................................................................123To Unlink COSs ...........................................................................................123
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Deleting Geometry .................................................................................123About Deleting Geometry..............................................................................123To Delete Geometry .....................................................................................124To Delete Curve Points .................................................................................124
Regeneration............................................................................................124About Style Regeneration .............................................................................124To Regenerate the Style Feature....................................................................124About Automatic Curve Regeneration .............................................................124About Automatic Surface Regeneration...........................................................125About Resolve Mode.....................................................................................125To Resolve a Style Feature............................................................................125
Curve and Surface Analysis ........................................................................126About Curvature Plots ..................................................................................126About Curve and Surface Analyses in Style .....................................................127
Pro/ENGINEER Integration .........................................................................128To Redefine or Reroute Style Features............................................................128
Redefining Features ..................................................................................128Rerouting Features....................................................................................128
To Resolve Style Features from Pro/ENGINEER ................................................ 128To Create Style Parameters in Pro/ENGINEER..................................................128
Trace Sketch ............................................................................................ 129About Trace Sketch......................................................................................129About Fitting Sketches .................................................................................129To Insert a Sketch on a Default Datum Plane...................................................129To Insert a Sketch on a Datum Plane or a Planar Surface..................................129Example: Trace Sketches on Datum Planes and Planar Surfaces ........................ 130To Insert a Scene ........................................................................................131 To Remove, Show, and Hide a Sketch ............................................................132To Align the Inserted Sketch .........................................................................132Example: Aligning a Sketch........................................................................... 133About Creating Geometry from Sketches ........................................................133
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Glossary ..................................................................................................134Glossary of Terms........................................................................................134Index.........................................................................................................139
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Using Style
Tutorials
An Overview of the Style Tutorials
This project contains several short tutorials addressing different Style functionality.
The tutorials are:
Overview of the Style User Interface
Overview of Modeling Techniques
Creating Curves and Surfaces
Understanding Connections
Redefining Surfaces
Using Proportional Update
Creating Curves On Surface (COSs)
Using the Internal Resolve Mode
Using Style with Reference Data
Overview of the Style User Interface
The Style module has its own user interface (similar to Sketcher), and it requires
some explanation as to what actions the various icons, dialog boxes, and menus
perform. The following figure shows the Pro/ENGINEER window with the Style
interface displayed. The Style Quickbar is displayed horizontally at the top of the
window, and the Style Toolbar is displayed vertically at the right of the window.
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Style Toolbar
The geometry tools in the following figure duplicate many of the functions found on
the Styling menu:
Select
Set the active datum plane
Create curves
Edit curve
Create COS by projection
Create surfaces
Connect surfaces
Trim quilts
Done
Style Quickbar
The tools on the Quickbar shown are commonly used functions in Style.
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Style Analysis Quickbar
The tools on the Quickbar shown are commonly used analysis functions in Style.
Curvature: curvature, radius, tangent options for curve,
normal options for surface.
Sections: curvature, radius, tangent, position options for
cross sections and position for highlight.
Offset: curve or surface
Shaded Curvature: gaussian, max, section options
Reflection
Draft Check
Slope
Display the Saved Analysis dialog
Hide all saved analyses
Delete all curvature saved analyses
Delete all sections saved analyses
Styling Menu
The Styling menu contains several commands.
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Style Commands on Other Menus
The Edit menu contains several Style commands.
The View menu also has Style options.
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Style preferences are available on the Styling menu to set preferences for display,
curvature plots, and surface mesh. If you click Styling > Preferences, the following
dialog box opens:
Shortcut Menus
The shortcut menus are as follows.
Right-click anywhere in the main window to open the view shortcut menu.
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Right-click a tangent to open the tangent shortcut menu.
Right-click a soft-point to open the soft-point shortcut menu.
Right-click an endpoint (not a soft-point) on the curve to open the point shortcutmenu.
Right-click an internal point (not a soft-point) on the curve to open the point shortcut
menu.
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Right-click anywhere on a selected curve (not on a point) to open the curve shortcut
menu.
Four-View Layout
In Style you can work in a single view as in top-level Pro/ENGINEER, or you can click
(or click View > Show All Views) and switch to the four-view layout shown.
Click again to return to single view.
1 Vertical sash
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Overview of Modeling Techniques
This tutorial demonstrates an overview of some basic Style modeling techniques,
including creating curves and surfaces, redefining surfaces, and understanding
surface connections. For more detailed tutorials on each subject, refer to the Table ofContents for individual titles.
To Build Four Curves
In this exercise you use a cylinder as the basic shape for a pitcher and build four
curves to define the shape of a spout.
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_overview_start.zip
The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select isdx_overview_start.prt and click Open. The start part, consisting of a
parametric cylinder and a datum point, opens in the Pro/ENGINEER graphics
window.
The cylinder height is 270, and the radius is 80. The point is offset from the
surface by 30.
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3. Click Insert > Style.
4. Click . The Style dashboard displays the curve-related options.
Now create a spout shape at the top of the cylinder. The shape consists of four
curvestwo curves on surfaces (COSs) and two free curves.
5. Click COS.
6. Select two locations on the surface on which to create two points of a COS to be
the side of the spout.
7. Click (or middle-click).
8. Select two locations on the surface on which to create two points of the COS to
be the bottom of the spout as shown in the following wireframe model:
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1 Two free curves
2 Two COSs
9. Click (or middle-click).
10. Click Free.
11. Hold down SHIFT and select two locations to create two points of a free curve to
be the top edge of the spout (one point is snapped to the datum point, the other
to the COS).
12. Middle-click.
13. Hold down SHIFT and select two locations to create two points of a free curve to
be the outer edge of the spout (one point is snapped to the datum point and the
other to the COS). See the preceding figure.
14. Click .
Displaying Points
When a curve references some other geometry, the curve is said to be the child of
the other geometry, and the points on the curve are said to be soft. A point isdisplayed in one of four shapes depending on what it references.
A free point in space is displayed as a solid dot.
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A soft-point referencing a curve, facet data, and a solid or surface edge isdisplayed as a circle.
A soft-point referencing a surface or solid face is displayed as a hollow square.
A fixed point is fully constrained and is displayed as an x.
To Build a Surface
This exercise shows how to build surfaces from curves.
1. Click . The Style dashboard displays the Surface-related options.
2. Holding down CTRL, select the four curves you created previously. The surface is
created.
3. Click . See the following figure:
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To Connect the Free Curves to the Surface
The type of connection between curves and surfaces makes a tremendous difference
in the shape of the transition from the curve to the surface.
1. Select the free curve that is the top edge of the spout.
2. Click to edit the selected curve.
3. Click the endpoint that lies on the surface to display the tangent.
4. Right-click the tangent to display the following tangent shortcut menu:
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5. Select Surface Tangent.
6. Repeat this procedure for the other free curve.
7. Click .
8. Click to regenerate the feature.
Understanding Updates
The Style feature is a superfeature that contains curves, surfaces, relations, and
internal history. For this reason, it has an internal regeneration and update
mechanism. resembles a traffic light.
When you modify a component of a superfeature, you must update its children using
.
To Connect the Style Surface to the Pro/ENGINEER Surface
Even though the curves are now connected, you must still make surface connections.
1. Select the Style surface.
2. Click .
The connection icons are displayed as arrows on the surface as shown in the
following figure:
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3. Click on the connection arrows to change their direction and level.
o Clicking on the end of the icon changes the connection direction.
o Clicking in the middle of the icon raises the continuity level (if the curve
connections allow).
o Clicking with SHIFT held down removes the connection.
4. Click .
To Create Normal Tangency
In this exercise, you connect the top and bottom horizontal curves of the Style
surface to be normal to a datum plane, and then make the spout surface centerline
continuous.
The two criteria for establishing normal tangency are:
The curves that run into the center plane must have tangents of type Normalwhere they touch the center plane.
The curve that lies on the center plane must be flat (either a planar curve, or afree curve with a 2D shape).
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1 Curve on the center plane
1. Click and select the curve for editing.
2. Turn on the display of datum planes.
3. Click the endpoint of the top horizontal curve that is attached to the datum point
to display the tangent.
4. Right-click the tangent to display the tangent shortcut menu.
5. Select Normal from the menu.
6. Select the datum plane.
7. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for the bottom horizontal curve.
8. Connect the surface to the datum plane.
1 Connect this edge
2 To this plane
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Note: If you see surface connect icons that do not have a neighbor surface, they are
likely these "normal to plane" connections.
To Exit the Style Feature
Exiting the Style feature allows you to merge the two surfaces into one quilt.
1. Click (Done).
2. Merge the two surfaces into one quilt.
To Redefine the Style Feature
In this exercise you redefine the Style feature and edit the two curves on surfaces
(COSs) to change the shape of the spout.
1. Select the Style feature.
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2. Right-click to display a shortcut menu in the feature tree.
3. Click Edit Definition.
4. Select one COS.
5. Click .
6. Move the points of the curve to modify the shape of the curve, being careful to
keep the centerline curve on the centerline plane so it mirrors correctly.
7. Middle-click to repeat.
8. Select the other COS.
9. Move the points of the curve.
10. Click .
11. Click to regenerate the feature.
12. Exit the Style feature.
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Now you can modify the datum point parametrically to increase or decrease the
depth of the spout opening.
Creating Curves and Surfaces
The techniques presented here are examples of the curve and surface creation tools.
In this procedure you learn how to modify the surfaces of a toaster model by
inserting a blister to reduce the weight and improve its aesthetics. The techniques
you use can be applied to many products.
To Open the Start Part
In this exercise you open and set up the base model of a toaster.
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_create_curve_surf.zip
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The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select isdx_create_curve_surf.prt and click Open. The start part opens.
3. In the Model Tree, drag the Insert Here arrow up until it is just below the datum
curve.
Note that after you have moved the insert arrow, the features below it are
suppressed in the Model Tree and in the graphic window, as shown in the following
figure:
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Create Curves on the Model
In the next exercises you create three curves to drop onto the surface of the toaster
model as you begin shaping the side of the model to improve its aesthetics. To do
this you drop three lines of the sketched rectangle, as shown in the preceding figure,
onto the outer curved surface of the extrusion.
The type of feature you create is called a COS by Drop. COS (Curve on Surface) is a
special kind of curve constrained to lie on a single surface.
To Create a COS by Drop
1. Click Insert > Style to create a new Style feature.
2. Click to indicate the target surface, the curves to drop onto it, and the datum
plane to define the drop's direction.
3. Select the surface on which to drop the COS and middle-click.
4. Select the top and side curves of the sketched rectangle as indicated in the
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1 Select these curves
2 Select this surface
5. Select the Right datum plane as the direction for the drop.
6. When you select the datum plane the curve is dropped onto the surface, and the
Surfaces text box on the dashboard is filled with names of the entities you
selected.
7. Click to finish the COS.
Create the Remaining Curves
In this section you will create two more curves: one to define the bottom of the
surface, and another to create the blister in the side of the toaster.
The curve will be on planes that pass through each datum point. Both curves will
have midpoints attached to the datum points.
To Create the Curve for the Blister
1. Click .
2. Click Planar from the dashboard.
3. Click Refs to open the Planar or Free dialog box.
4. Type 80 in the Offset box and press ENTER.
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The active datum plane moves to pass through PNT1.
5. Hold down SHIFT and click each of the vertical COSs that you dropped onto the
surface in the previous exercise.
6. Middle-click to complete the curve. The new curve lies in a plane 80 units offset
from the bottom surface.
7. Click .
8. Click Free.
9. Click Yes to convert the curve to a free curve. This also converts the end points
to soft-points.
10. Click and select the end points of the curve.
11. Right-click on the curve and select Midpoint. The midpoint is created.
12. Click .
13. Hold down SHIFT while you select the midpoint and move it toward the datum
point PNT1 until the point highlights in red. This snaps the midpoint to PNT1.
14. Click to complete the curve.
To Create the Bottom Curve
1. Click .
2. Click Planar.
3. Hold down SHIFT and click to create a point at the bottom of each vertical drop
curve. This creates a planar curve at the base of the model.
4. Middle-click to complete the curve.
5. Click .
6. Click Free.
7. Click Yes to convert the curve to a free curve. This process also converts the end
points to soft-points.
8. Click and select the end points of the curve.
9. Right-click on the curve and select Midpoint. The midpoint is created.
10. Click .
11. Hold down SHIFT while you select the midpoint and move it toward the datum
point PNT3 until the point is highlighted. This snaps the midpoint to PNT3.
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12. Click to complete the curve.
Create Surfaces and Change Connections
With the five curves on the model you will create two surfaces, and then edit the
default surface connections.
To Create the Surfaces
1. Click .
2. Holding down CTRL, select four boundary curves (the three drop curves and the
planar curve) to create the top surface and middle-click.
3. Holding down CTRL, select four boundary curves (the two vertical drop curves,
the planar curve, and the bottom curve) to create the bottom surface.
4. Click .
The surfaces look like the following figure in a wireframe display:
To Break the Default Surface Connections
1. Hold down CTRL and select the two surfaces.
2. Click . The connection arrows are displayed on the model.
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3. Hold down SHIFT and click on the middle of each connection arrow to break the
connection. The arrows are displayed as dashed lines.
4. Click .
Make a Solid Cut with the Style Quilt
1. Click to finish the Style feature.
2. Select the Style quilt.
3. Click Edit > Solidify. Select the icon for trimming.
4. Click Side 1 (red) to make a solid cut using the Style quilt.
5. Click to finish the cut.
The resulting model looks like the following figure:
6. Resume all of the later features to reapply them to this new solid shape.
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Understanding Connections
In the tutorial Creating Curves and Surfaces you made a solid cut in the model of a
toaster to lighten the model's contours. In this tutorial, you learn how to use Style
connections to round the edges of the cut, blending them smoothly with the rest of
the model.
Begin with the toaster model as it was at the end of the Creating Curves and
Surfaces tutorial, or load the start part for this tutorial,
isdx_connect_redefine.prt. To load the start part:
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_connect_redefine.zip
The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select isdx_connect_redefine.prt and click Open.
About Curve to Curve Connections
The key to establishing connections between surfaces in Style is to first make
connections between the parent curves. Connect the curves, and the surfaces will
follow. Curve connections use the concept of leader/follower (parent/child) curves.
The leader maintains its shape while the follower adapts its shape to meet the
leader.
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To Redefine the Free Curves
In this exercise, you redefine the two horizontal free curves shown in the following
model:
1. Select the Style quilt and right-click.
2. Select Edit Definition.
3. Select one of the free curves.
4. Click .
5. Click one of the curve's endpoints to activate its tangent.
6. Right-click on the tangent to display the following shortcut menu:
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7. Select Surface Tangent.
8. Click the curve's other endpoint and repeat the two preceding steps for its
tangent.
9. Select the other free curve and repeat the steps 5 through 8.
10. Click to regenerate the feature.
About Surface Connections
Surface connections use the concept of leaders (parents) and followers (children). A
leader surface does not change its shape, while a follower surface changes its shape
to meet the leader. Surface connection icons are displayed on the surface as shown.
Arrows point in the direction of influence (from parent to child).
1 No connection (G0)
2 Tangent connection (G1)
3 Curvature connection (G2)
About Normal Connections
As you make surface connections, you may notice connection icons where there is no
apparent connecting surface as shown outlined by the white box in the following
figure. These are connections to the datum plane.
The two criteria for establishing centerline tangency are as follows:
The curves that run into the center plane must have tangents of type Normalwhere they touch the center plane.
The curve that lies on the center plane must be flat (either a planar curve, or afree curve with a 2D shape).
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To Make Style Surface Connections
Even though the curves are now connected, you must still make surface connections.
1. Select both Style surfaces.
2. Click .
3. Click each connection icon. These connections change according to the following
rules:
o Clicking on the end of the icon changes the connection direction (if the
curve connections allow it).
o Clicking in the middle of the icon raises the continuity level (if the curve
connections allow it).
o Clicking in the middle of the icon with SHIFT held down removes the
connection.
4. Click to complete the Style feature. The cut is updated to look like the
following figure:
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Making Further Modifications
The final cut shown in the preceding figure could be modified by free form or by
parametric methods.
Freeform modifications can create sculpted appearances by varying the length of
curve tangents, and by varying the type of surface connections of the two Style
surfaces.
Parametric modifications can be made to the initial rectangle and the datum points.
Redefining Surfaces
In this tutorial you learn how to redefine Style surfaces by changing boundary
references and adding internal curves.
To Create a Curve to Redefine a Surface
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_surface_redefine.zip
The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select isdx_surface_redefine.prt and click Open. The start part as shown in
the following figure, opens in the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
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3. Select the Style quilt in the Model Tree. Right-click and select Edit Definition on
the shortcut menu. See the following figure. The white arrow shows the new
curve being added.
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4. Click .
5. Holding down SHIFT, click near the bottom of one vertical curve and then click
near the bottom of the other.
6. Middle-click to complete the curve.
7. Click . Right-click on the curve and select Midpoint to add a midpoint to the
curve.
8. Click and press SHIFT to snap the midpoint to PNT3.
9. Move one endpoint of the new curve to the bottom of the vertical curve, and
repeat for the other endpoint.
10. Click .
To Redefine the Boundary References of the Surface1. Select the bottom Style surface.
2. Right-click and select Edit Definition on the shortcut menu.
3. Click the Boundary selection arrow.
4. Select the new curves for the surface boundary.
5. Click to finish the surface definition.
To Add Internal Curves to the Surface
In this exercise you create an internal curve on the redefined surface. The internalcurve changes the shape of the surface by adding loft.
1. Click .
2. Click to select the active datum plane.
3. Select the FRONT datum plane as shown in the following figure:
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4. Click Planar from the Style dashboard. The offset should be 0.0 by default.
5. Hold down SHIFT and snap to the top curve of the surface, then snap to the
bottom curve, creating a planar curve on the FRONT datum plane.
6. Edit the curve shape as desired.
7. Click .
Add the Internal Curve to the Surface
1. Select the Style surface.
2. Right-click and select Edit Definition on the shortcut menu.
3. Click the Internal selection arrow.
4. Select the new internal curve as shown by the arrow in the next figure, and
middle-click.
5. Click .
6. Click to finish the Style feature.
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Using Proportional Update
Proportional update allows a curve's free points to move in proportion to the soft-
points. So, the curve retains its shape proportionally while being edited.
In this tutorial you modify the shape of a vacuum cleaner model to reduce its
internal volume while maintaining the overall design intent.
First, you see a simple example of proportional update with a single curve. The next
figure shows a curve with two soft-points snapped to two other curves, which is the
minimum requirement for a curve to change proportionally.
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The next figure shows the results of an edit moving the right soft-point when the
Proportional Update option is turned off for this curve. Only the point being dragged
is moved.
The next figure shows the same edit on the curve when Proportional Update is
turned on. You can see in Figure 3 that the other points on the curve move in
proportion to the point being dragged.
To Begin the Exercise
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_proport_update.zip
The File Open dialog box opens.
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2. Select isdx_proport_update.prt and click Open. The model, as shown in the
following figure, opens in the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
To Redefine a Feature Proportionally
Proportional update works when a curve has two (or more) soft-points, so you need
a construction curve to guide the proportional change. The construction curve is built
onto the two ends of a profile curve, and then unlinked from it.
1. Select the feature STYLE-BODY-LOWER from the Model Tree, right click and selectEdit Definition.
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Now the model appears as is shown in the figure below. You will create a
construction curve between the top corners and unlink the soft-points.
2. Click .
3. Snap (by clicking and holding down the SHIFT key) to the top corners of the
profile curve creating a new curve.
1 Soft-points created by snapping
2 Top profile curve
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4. Click and select the curve.
5. Right-click on one of the soft-points to open the shortcut menu shown below:
6. Click Unlink to unlink the soft-point, and repeat step 5 & 6 for the other soft-
point on the curve.
7. Select the top profile curve.
8. Press the SHIFT key while you click to select one endpoint, and then drag the
endpoint to snap to the end of the construction curve.
9. Repeat the steps for the other endpoint of the profile curve. If you click one of
the endpoints now and move it, only the one point moves.
10. Click the front endpoint and move it to see that the curve scales non-
proportionally.
11. Select the Proportional Update option from the Style dashboard.
12. Click the front endpoint and move it to see that the curve scales proportionally
now.
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1 Profile curve is resized proportionally now
To Make Proportional Updates to the Rest of the Model
You may want the front (vertical) curve on the model to move proportionally when it
is updated.
1. Undo the last edit where you moved the curve in the previous procedure.
2. Click .
3. Select the front (vertical) curve.
4. Select the Proportional Update option.
5. Now edit the shape of the top curve, until you are satisfied with the shape.
6. Click to complete the Style feature.
The final model is shown in the following figure. Both curves have proportional
updates turned on.
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1 Curves with proportional updates
Creating Curves on Surfaces (COSs)
This tutorial teaches you to create Curves on Surfaces (COSs) by dropping curves on
a surface or by creating points for the curve on a surface.
To Create the Curve Profiles
In this exercise you will create two curves and drop them on the model's surfaces to
shape the front edge of the model.
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_create_cos_start.zip
The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select isdx_create_cos_start.prt and click Open. The start part opens. The
start part, consisting of two flat surfaces that act as the top and front faces of the
model, opens in the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window.
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3. Create two datum planes that are offset from the FRONT and TOP datum planes,
as shown in the following figure.
4. Click Insert > Style.
5. Click to specify the active datum plane.
6. Select the DTM1 datum plane.
7. Click .
8. Create a curve that is the profile for the front face of the model.
9. Middle-click to complete the curve.
10. Click to change the active datum plane.
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11. Select the DTM2 datum plane.
12. Click .
13. Create a curve that is the profile for the top face of the model.
14. Middle-click to complete the curve.The following figure shows the two curve profiles.
1 Two curves
To Drop the Profile Curves onto the Surfaces
1. Click . The Style dashboard opens.
2. Select the top surface and middle-click.
3. Select the curve on the DTM2 datum plane and middle-click.
4. Select the TOP datum plane to specify a direction for the drop.
5. Middle-click to complete the curve.
6. Middle-click again.
7. Select the front surface and middle-click.
8. Select the curve on the DTM1 datum plane and middle-click.
9. Select the FRONT datum plane.
10. Click .
The following figure shows the dropped curves.
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1 Two dropped curves
To Create a Fillet Surface from the Dropped Curves
1. Click .
2. Hold down the SHIFT key and snap to the ends of the dropped curves to create a
free curve that connects the two ends.
3. Repeat step 2 and connect the other ends of the dropped curves.
4. Click .
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5. Right-click on an endpoint of the free curve and select Surface Tangent on the
shortcut menu.
6. Repeat step 5 for other endpoints of the free curves.
7. Click .
8. Click .
9. Click Planar on the dashboard.
10. Create a planar curve on the RIGHT datum plane by holding down the SHIFT key
and snapping the endpoints of the planar curve to the dropped curve.
11. Click .
12. Click on an endpoint of the planar curve.
13. Move the tangent to edit the shape of the planar curve, as shown.
14. Repeat steps 12-13 for other endpoints of planar curves.
15. Click .The Style dashboard and the Select dialog box open.
16. Select the four boundary curves.
17. Click OK in the Select dialog box.
18. Click the Internal selection arrow on the Style dashboard. The Select dialog box
opens.
19. Select the planar curve as the internal curve.
20. Click OK in the Select dialog box. A boundary surface is created.
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21. Click . The following figure shows the boundary surface.
22. Click to trim the surface using the dropped curves.
23. Select the top quilt and middle-click.
24. Select the dropped curve on the top surface and middle-click.
25. Select the smaller of the two meshed surfaces.
26. Click .
27. Repeat the above trimming quilt operation for the front surface.
The following figure shows the two trimmed surfaces.
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To Add Detail to the Surfaces using COS
In this exercise, you will create four curves on the surface, and use them as
boundary curves to create a detail surface on the front of the model.
To Create COSs
1. Click Insert > Style to create another Style feature.
2. Click .
3. Click COS.
4. Create a COS, as shown in the following figure.
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1 Curve on Surface (COS)
5. Middle-click to complete the curve.
6. Repeat steps 4-5 to create four COSs as shown in the following figure. Use the
SHIFT key to snap each COS to the end of the other.
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1 Four curves on surface (COSs)
7. Click .
8. Select the RIGHT datum plane as the active plane.
9. Click .
10. Create a planar curve and snap the endpoint to the COSs near the front and top
surface.
11. Click .
12. Right-click on the endpoints of the planar curve and click SurfaceTangent on
the shortcut menu.
13. Right-click on the planar curve and click Add Midpoint on the shortcut menu. A
midpoint is added.
14. Select this midpoint and move it slightly inside to modify the shape of the planar
curve as shown.
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1 Planar curve
To Trim the Fillet Surface
1. Click .
2. Select the fillet surface that you created earlier from the dropped curves and
middle-click.
3. Select the four COSs created earlier and middle-click. The portion between the
COSs from the surface is removed. The final quilt is as shown in the following
figure.
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4. Click . The Style dashboard and the Select dialog box opens.
5. Select the four COSs as the boundary curves.
6. Click OK in the Select dialog box.
7. Click the Internal selection arrow on the Style dashboard. The Select dialog box
opens.
8. Select the planar curve as the internal curve.
9. Click OK in the Select dialog box. The surface is created.
10. Click . The final model is as shown in the following figure.
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Using the Internal Resolve Mode
In this tutorial you learn how to use Style's internal resolve functionality to fix failed
updates within the Style feature. One unique aspect of Style's internal resolve mode
is the ability to continue working on a model even though regeneration has failed.
To Understand Resolve
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_resolve_mode.zip
The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select isdx_resolve_mode.prt and click Open. The following part opens in the
Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
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3. Select the Style feature in the Model Tree.
4. Right-click and select Edit Definition.
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5. Select the internal curve on the top of the phone.
6. Click Edit > Delete (or press DELETE).
The Delete dialog box is displayed. The Delete dialog box appears because the
entity you are deleting has children, and Style must be able to handle the
children after the parent curve is deleted.
o DeleteDeletes the children.
o UnlinkRemoves the internal curve from the surface.
o SuspendSuspends the failure for later resolution.
o CancelCancels the Delete command.
7. Click Suspend.
The Regenerate traffic light turns yellow because entities are out of date. Clickingthe yellow traffic light opens the Resolve dialog box and turns the light red.
Other methods to access the Resolve dialog box are:
o Try to exit a Style feature that has a failure.
o Click Edit > Resolve. The Resolve dialog box opens.
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A blocked entity is a child of a failed entity. The regeneration system does not try
to regenerate children of failed entities, but considers them blocked.
8. In the Resolve dialog box, select the name of the failed entity (SF-21) and
notice that the explanation is "Missing reference for internal curve."
9. Click Unlink to unlink the failing reference.
10. Click the traffic light to regenerate the feature. The light changes from red to
green indicating the regeneration is complete and successful.
Make Another Change to the Phone Model
1. Select the Style curve shown by the arrow at the top of the phone.
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2. Click .
3. Click on the endpoint of the curve to display the tangent.
4. Right-click on the tangent to display the tangent shortcut menu:
5. Select Natural.
6. Click to see the failure.
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The Resolve dialog box opens with the failure of entity SF-21. The explanation is
"Cross curves are not consistent with surface connection," because you have just
broken a curve connection, but Style is trying to maintain the surface connection.
In Style, the Resolve dialog box does not prevent you from further work. In this
case you can use to remake all curve connections and resolve all features.
7. Click .
8. Click on the curve's endpoint to display the tangent.
9. Right-click on the tangent to display the tangent shortcut menu.
10. Select Tangent.
11. Click and see the feature regenerate successfully.
Make a Third Change to the Phone
1. Select one of the short vertical curves on the side of the phone.
2. Click .
3. Click on a curve endpoint to display the tangent.
4. Right-click on the tangent to display the tangent shortcut menu.
5. Select Natural.
6. Click Edit > Resolve to see the failure in the Resolve dialog box.
This failure is the surface connection normal to the TOP datum plane.
7. Click Unlink to unlink the failed surface connection.
8. Click and see the feature regenerate successfully.
Other Options on the Resolve Dialog Box
Redefine the failed entity, for example, by selecting new boundary curvesfor a surface.
Operate on the failed entity. Completely unlink all references. If the failedentity is a COS, planar curve, or drop curve, the Unlink option also converts thecurve type to free.
Convert a planar or COS curve to a free curve. Delete the failed entity. Obtain information about the failed entity.
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Perform a local regeneration on the failed entity.Using Style with Reference Data
Style features can build geometry that references most other types of geometry,
including other Pro/ENGINEER solid data, imported scan curves, and facet data. This
tutorial demonstrates the main Style tools for this.
Part 1: Freeform Blending between Pro/ENGINEER Features
In this exercise, you learn how Style can create smooth freeform blends between two
Pro/ENGINEER parametric features.
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_reference_data_1.zip
The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select isdx_reference_data_1.prt and click Open. The following figure whichshows part of a model of an engine air intake, opens in the Pro/ENGINEER
graphics window. You will create the surfaces to blend these parts together.
3. Click Insert > Style.
4. Click .
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5. Create four free curves that attach to the surface edges as shown below.
Make sure you attach these Style curves to the edge in each case. You will notice
the edge is briefly highlighted when you snap to it, but if you have doubt as to
what entity you are snapping to, use the Sel Bin as described below:
a. Right-click to open the shortcut menu.
b. Click Show Sel Bin to open the Selections dialog box.
c. From the Query bin, select the edge you want your curve snapped to.
d. Click Accept.
To Connect the Curves to the Surfaces
To successfully use the Style curves to create surfaces for the intake model, you will
create two kinds of tangent connections, edge and surface.
Tangent Edge Connection
1. Click .
2. Select one of the curves attached to the interior of the existing surface.
3. Click an endpoint to display the tangent.
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4. Right-click the tangent to display the shortcut menu.
5. Select Tangent.
6. Repeat for the other curve attached to the interior of the surface edge.
1 Endpoints with tangent connections
Surface Tangent Connection
1. Select one of the remaining curves.
2. Click an endpoint to display the tangent.
3. Right-click the tangent to display the tangent shortcut menu.
4. Select Surface Tangent.
5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for the other endpoint of the curve.
6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for the other three curves.
To Create Surfaces
You can use solid or surface edges as well as datum curves as boundaries for Style
surfaces.
1. Click .
2. Select four boundary curves.
3. Middle-click to repeat to build three Style surfaces.
You can adjust the connection length, length and angle of the tangent vectors for
the smoothest shape.
Changes to the parent parametric features will flex the Style surfaces, and editing
the Style curves will also change the shape of the Style surfaces.
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Part 2: Scan Data
In this part of the tutorial, you will learn that Style features can reference scan data.
The start part has scan curves, and you will create a new Style feature thatreferences scan curves that you select.
1. Drag the following file into the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
isdx_reference_data_2.zip
The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select isdx_reference_data_2.prt and click Open. The following part opens in
the Pro/ENGINEER graphics window:
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For this exercise, you will concentrate on only the main spoke of this wheel.
3. Click Insert > Style to create a new Style feature.
4. Click .
You will use the curve tool to create curves with soft-points on the scan data.
5. Hold down the SHIFT key while you define points on the scan lines making a
curve.
Typically, you do not need many points to define the shape, and you can use the
curve edit to refine the shape after it is defined. Notice that the soft-points float
along the scan data.
6. Hold down the SHIFT key and click to create a second curve on the scan section.
After you have the two curves defined, you can create two more curves to define
a closed rectangle for a surface.
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1 First two curves on scan line
2 Two curves across scan line
7. Click .
8. Select the four curves you just made, and middle-click.
9. Click to exit the Style feature.
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Analyze the Data
You can analyze the deviation of the surface from the scan data. Remember, this is
not intended to be accurate fitting (as in Restyle, for example) but rather capturing
design intent.
You may find it necessary to modify the surface by editing the defining curves or
adding internal curves to the surface.
Redefine the Feature
1. Select the Style surface from the Model Tree and right-click to select Edit
Definition.
2. Click .
Now you can add an internal curve by building a curve just as you built the first
two boundary curves for the surface.
3. Press the SHIFT key and click to define points on the curve across a scan line.
4. Click .
5. Rebuild the surface and add the internal curve.
Part 3: Facet Data
A technique similar to the one used in Part 2 to build the surface on scan data can be
used to build curves and surfaces onto facet data. You can use this technique to
capture design intent from a facet model.
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First open an empty part and import the scan data.
1. Click the following link and save the file at a location of your choice:
phone.zip
2. Click File > New > Part.
3. Click Insert > Shared Data > From File. The Open dialog box opens.
4. Select the phone.zip file and click Open.
5. Select the phone.stl file and click Open. The Import Options dialog box
opens.
6. Click OK. The facet model shown below appears:
Next, you start Style to build a surface directly onto the model.
7. Click Insert > Style.
8. Click .
9. Build four curves directly on the area of the model that you want to capture.
10. Click OK when you are satisfied with the curves.
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1 Boundary curves
11. Click .
12. Select the four curves as boundary curves.
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13. Changing the color of the surface will make comparison with the facet reference
easier.
You may want to create another curve to use as an internal curve to refine the
surface. You also may add points to the boundary curves to hold them closer to thefacets.
User Interface
About Style Features
Style is a design environment within Pro/ENGINEER that allows you to create free-
form curves and surfaces quickly and easily, and to combine multiple elements into
superfeatures. Style features are called superfeatures because they can contain
limitless numbers of curves and surfaces.
The new Style user interface offers the best of both worldsit is a self-contained,
intuitive modeling environment and also a Pro/ENGINEER feature. The user can
create truly free Style features and take advantage of the parametric and associative
Pro/E capabilities.
Style features are flexible; they have their own internal parent/child relationships,
and can also have relationships with other Pro/ENGINEER features.
You can accomplish all of the following tasks with Style:
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Work in single- and multiple-view environments. The multiple-view environmentis a powerful feature in Pro/ENGINEER; you can display and work in four model
views at one time.
Create curves and surfaces at the part level.
Create simple features or multiple-element superfeatures. Create a Curve on Surface (COS), a special curve type that lies on a surface. Create surfaces from boundaries that do not have to be trimmed to corners. Edit individual geometric entities or a combination of entities in the feature. Create internal parent/child relationships for Style features. Create parent/child relationships between Style features and model features.The Style environment consists of the following elements:
Styling menu in the top menu barcontains the main set of Style commands forcurve and surface creation and modification.
Style commands in the Edit, View, Analysis, and Info menuscommands suchas those to undo and redo Style curve operations, enter Resolve mode, display
curvature plots, and set Style preferences (surface mesh).
Style quickbarcontains shortcuts to the Style commands found in the Edit,View, and Analysis menus.
Style toolbarcontains shortcuts for the Styling menu commands. Multiple-view displayswitches between top, isometric/trimetric, front, and right
views, or displays all four views at once. The views are positioned in the window
as shown below:
Top view Isometric/Trimetric/ User-defined
Front view Right view
About Multiple Views
A multiple-view environment is available in Style as an alternative to modeling in a
single view. Multiple views support direct 3D creation and editing of geometry. You
can edit geometry in one view and simultaneously view the geometry in the other
views. Multiple views allow for the creation of curves in 2D (specifying the third
dimension after the 2D shape) or directly in 3D.
In the multiple-view environment, the four views are displayed as shown:
Top view Isometric/Trimetric/
User-defined
Front view Right view
Note: The isometric/trimetric view is identical to the single view in Pro/ENGINEER.
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A four-view display allows you to resize the panes by dragging the sash that divides
the view into four panes.
To Start Style
Click Insert > Style on the top menu bar to start Style. You can also click from
the toolbar.
A Styling menu is added to the menu bar, and two Style toolbars are added, one
each at the top and side of the Pro/ENGINEER window.
To Exit Style
Click or Styling > Done to save and exit the current Style feature, finalizing all
geometry in the Pro/ENGINEER geometry database.
Click or Styling > Quit to cancel all changes to the current Style feature.
Styling Menu
The Styling menu contains the following options:
PreferencesOpens the Styling Preferences dialog box that allows you to set
preferences for surface connections, display, regeneration, grid spacing, and surface
mesh.
Set Active PlaneAllows you to set the active datum plane for geometry creation
and edits.
Internal PlaneOpens the DATUM PLANE dialog box where you create datum
planes internal to the Style feature.
Trace SketchOpens the Trace Sketch dialog box where you create trace
sketches from the referenced images.SnapToggles snapping on and off. By default it is turned off. (You can also enable
snap by pressing and holding the SHIFT key while you press the mouse button.)
CurveDisplays the options to create Style curves using interpolation or control
points.
Drop CurveDisplays the options to drop a curve onto a surface to create a COS.
Offset COSAllows you to offset a COS on the same surface as that of the COS or
perpendicular to the surface on which it lies.
Curve from DatumConverts curves or edges created outside Style to Style Free
curves.
Curve from SurfaceAllows you to create a free or COS curve from an
isoparametric line of a surface.
Curve EditAllows you to edit a curve or multiple curves by dragging points or
tangents.
SurfaceDisplays the options to create three or four boundary surfaces from
boundary and internal curves.
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Surface ConnectDisplays the options to change connections between surfaces.
TrimAllows you to trim surfaces and quilts using a set of curves.
DoneExits Style, completing the Style feature and finalizing all geometry in the
Pro/ENGINEER geometry database.
QuitCancels all changes to the Style feature.Additional options on the Edit, View, Analysis, and Info menus allow you to
control Style views and access information about Style entities.
Edit Menu
The Edit menu contains the following options for Style:
Regenerate AllAllows you to regenerate geometry locally within Style. During
Style regeneration, only the entities contained in the Style feature are regenerated
and not the entire Pro/ENGINEER model.
UndoUndoes the last Style operation.
RedoRedoes the last Undo operation. See Undo above.
CopyDuplicates the selected Style curves and allows you to position them. Soft-
points are preserved during a copy if valid; otherwise this option is disabled.
Copy ProportionalDuplicates the selected geometry, retaining the original
proportions when the endpoints of the first curve in the selected geometry are
moved to new positions during duplication.
MoveAllows you to reposition selected Style curves.
ConvertAllows you to convert curves from one type to another.
UnlinkBreaks the associativity between Styling entities and any of their optional
references. Optional references for surfaces include internal curves and connections.Optional references for curves include soft-points. Drop curves have no optional
references.
DeleteDeletes selected Style curves, surfaces, internal datum planes, or trimmed
quilt pieces.
ResolveAllows you to resolve a Style feature that has failed regeneration. Opens
the Resolve dialog box.
DefinitionAllows you to redefine Style geometry. Opens the appropriate dialog
box where you can edit entities such as curves or surfaces.
Note: Move and copy functionality in Style applies to Style curves only. It applies to
planar and free curves but not COSs.
View Menu
The following Style options are on the View menu:
Show All ViewsDisplays all four views for modeling. This command is also
available on the shortcut menu.
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Show Next ViewDisplays the next view counter-clockwise from the active view
when you are in single view display.
OrientationAdjusts the view as follows:
Default OrientationAdjusts the view to the saved default view. Active Plane OrientationAdjusts the view so that the active datum plane is
normal to the screen.
PreviousDisplays the model in the previous view. RefitFits the object to fully display it in the graphics window. ReorientOpens the Orientation dialog box where you can specify the view
orientation.
VisibilityAllows selective display of entities. You can use Hide, Unhide, or
Unhide All.
Analysis Menu
The following Style options are on the Analysis menu:
Show CurvatureDisplays the curvature plot on the selected curves.
Clear CurvatureRemoves the curvature plot for the selected curves.
Clear All CurvaturesRemoves all displayed curvatures from the display.
Saved AnalysisDisplays the SavedAnalysis dialog box.
Hide AllHides all saved analyses.
Delete AllThe following options are available:
Delete AllDeletes all saved analyses. Delete All CurvatureDeletes all saved curvature analyses. Delete All SectionsDeletes all saved sections analyses. Delete All OffsetDeletes all saved offset analyses.The following Style options are available when you click Analysis > Geometry:
CurvatureEvaluates and displays the curvature of curves, edges, or surfaces.
Mathematically, the curvature is equal to 1/radius.
SectionsEvaluates surface continuity, especially across shared boundaries. Allows
you to highlight section curves on the surface or display cross-sections parallel to the
selected reference plane.
OffsetEvaluates and displays an offset for a selected set of curves, edges, or
surfaces.
Shaded CurvatureEvaluates and displays the smallest and largest normal
curvature values for every point on a surface.
ReflectionDisplays curves that represent the reflection due to linear sources of
light on a surface when viewed from the specified direction.
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DraftAnalyzes a part design to determine if a draft is necessary for the part to be
used in a mold. Displays a color plot of the draft.
SlopeDisplays, in color, the slope of a surface relative to a reference plane,
coordinate system, curve, edge, or datum axis on a part.
Info Menu
The following Style options are on the Info menu:
EntityDisplays information about selected Style entities in an information window.
Current FeatureDisplays information about the current Style feature in an
information window.
Note: You can modify certain Style parameters outside Style by clicking the check
boxes next to these parameters in Style. Clicking Info > Feature outside Style also
displays the information about these parameters.
Style Toolbars
Two Style toolbars are added to the Pro/ENGINEER interface by default when you arecreating a Style feature. The Quickbar is added to the top of the window, and the
Toolbar is added to the right side of the window.
Style Quickbar
The following icons are available in the Quickbar which is, by default, displayed at
the top of the graphics window:
Icon Command Description
Undo Undoes the last Style operation.
Redo Redoes the undo Style operation.
Repeat Executes the last Style tool (command) that
you used.
Show All Views Toggles between showing four views or one
full size view.
Show Curvature Displays the curvature plot for each selected
curve.
Clear AllCurvatures
Removes all curvature plots from thedisplay.
Regenerate All Regenerates any Style features that are out
of date. The traffic light is green when the
model is up-to-date; yellow when the model
is out-of-date; and red when there has been
a failed regeneration.
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Style Toolbar
The icons on the Toolbar provide shortcut access to the most common Style
operations located on the Styling menu. By default the Toolbar contains the
following icons:
Icon Command Description
Select Allows you to select Style geometry.
Set Active
Plane
Allows you to set the current datum plane for
geometry creation and edits.
Internal
Plane
Allows you to create datum planes internal to the
Style Feature.
Curve Displays the curve creation options on the Style
dashboard, which allow you to create curves.
Curve Edit Displays the options for editing curves on the Styledashboard.
Drop Curve Displays the curve projection options on the Style
dashboard, which allow you to create a COS
(Curve on Surface) by projecting it onto a surface.
Surface Displays the options for creating surfaces from
boundary and internal curves on the Style
dashboard.
Surface
Connect
Displays the options for creating connections
between surfaces on the Style dashboard.
Trim Displays the options for trimming surfaces using
curves on the Style dashboard.
Done Completes the Style feature finalizing all geometry
in the Pro/ENGINEER geometry database and exits
Style.
Quit Cancels all changes and exits Style.
To Customize the Style Toolbars
You can reposition the toolbars using the following procedure:
1. Click Tools > Customize Screen. The Customize dialog box opens.
2. Click Toolbars.
3. Change the Style option to Right or Left.
4. Change the Style Tools option to Top or Left.
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Shortcut Menus
There are several shortcut menus available with Style. Right-click while performing a
task to access its shortcut menu. The default shortcut menu contains the following
commands:
NextSelects the next item in the Style Query Bin during the selection process.
PreviousSelects the previous item in the Style Query Bin during the selectionprocess.
Show Sel BinShows the geometry in the Style Query Bin. Unselect LastAllows you to unselect the last geometric entity that you
selected.
CurveDisplays the curve creation options on the Style dashboard. Curve EditDisplays the curve editing options on the Style dashboard.
SurfaceDisplays the surface creation options on the Style