proengineer drawing - creating a basic drawing

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Procedure for Creating a Drawing:

Model the Side Lock SL100x137 using the details shown at the end of this document (or onPage 8 if printed).

Assuming the Slide Lock part is on the screen, create a drawing of this part.Use File New.

After entering the name and OK, the New Drawing dialog box appears as below:Pick on the Use template button and select the template you wish to use from the list in the

bottom of the box.a-3views_horiz will use a template that automatically creates three views on a A size title

block oriented in the horizontal direction.


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Result of hitting OK button. Note that this will not work with old models that do not havepredefined views called FRONT, TOP and RIGHT.


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To add a title block, select Sheets Format Add/Replaceand select the format you want.a_horiz_English is an A size title block, oriented in the horizontal direction assuming Englishunits.


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Notice that the title block is filled in automatically, as a function of parameter informationcontained in the model. You can now remove (Views Delete views) views not needed (for thissample exercise the right side and top views).

Add the bottom view. To add the projected view, select Add View. Notice that the View Typemenus appear as shown earlier, except that Projection is highlighted instead of General. Select

Doneand simply select a point under the front view to create the bottom view.

At this point the screen appears like this.

Change the scale of the views. Select Modifyfrom the Detail Menu and pick on the Scale:0.500 located at the lower left corner of the drawing. Change this to 1.0.

Move the front view up. Select View Move View, select the view you want and pick a newlocation.

Add in the isometric view. Select View Add View, select General, Scale, type in the scale, OKbutton for Orientation, Done. Place this view in the upper right corner as shown.


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Fix the line types in the views. We want to turn off tangent lines in the bottom view and makethe isometric view a solid.

Select:Views Disp Mode View Disp(Select Bottom View) No Disp TanViews Disp Mode View Disp(Select Iso View) No Hidden

Datums/Axis Labels turned off, Repaint (Icons at top of screen)

Add centerlines and dimensions. (Under the Detail Menu) Show/Erase Dimensions andCenterlines and erasing Centerlines in the isometric view.


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To edit the centerlines, under the Detail Menu, select Move, Select the appropriate end of thecenterline and drag it to its new position. (You cannot control the length of the individualdashes, gaps, etc.)

Clean up dimensions. Under the Detail Menu, select Tools Clean Dims Pick Many(Use PickBox) Done Sel, set Offset to .375 and Increments to .25, Uncheck the Create Snap lines inDialog Box, - Apply:

Move dimensions to another view and adjust the witness lines. Under the Detail Menu, selectSwitch View. Under the Detail Menu, select MoveClip(The example below shows the width

dimension of 1.000 and 1.500 have been moved from the front view to the bottom view andclipped.):

Erase unnecessary dimensions and centerlines, move dimensions, clip witness lines, adjustarrows, and turn crowded arrows/witness lines off for all views.Under the View Menu select:

Disp Mode Edge Disp Erase Line(lines showing edges of the relief holes in the notch):Under the Detail Menu select:

Show/Erase Erase(.375 counter bore depth and centerlines for fillets and rounds.)Clip(to correct extension lines)Move(to adjust placement of views)


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Modify Text Text Line(2X added to R .125, R .25 and R .375Move Text, Flip Arrow(done on R .188 and .500 dimensions)Modify Dim Params - Wit Line Disp - Erase (hides crowded arrows and witness lines)

To create parametric note for counter bored hole, Move the text defining the hole diameters sothey can be read, if necessary. Show the dimension for the depth of the counter bored hole inthe bottom view again (Select Feature from the Show/Erase dialog box) as shown below:

Create the note by picking the following:


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Create Note Leader Make Note - (On Entry)-pick where the arrow portion of the note willbe (circumference of the outer circle). (Arrowhead) Done- Select the location for the note withthe mouse. Enter the following note at the prompt line:

Note that the symbols for diameter, counter bore and depth come from the Symbol Palette(below) that appears during the creation of the note.

All text on the drawing turns to its symbolic representation (shown in the following view) whileentering the note so as to allow you to include the symbolic names in the note. Precede anysymbolic dimensional values with an &.

Hit enter after creating the first line of the note, if no additional lines are required in the note, hitenter to finish. The results are shown in the following figure.Edit the leader to point to center, under the Detail Menu select

Mod Attach select the note select the desired location for the arrowhead


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Incorrect Correct

Note that the original two diameter dimensions and depth dimension are erased from thedrawing automatically by Pro/ENGINEER. The scale for the isometric view was moved off thedrawing so that it would not print.

Side Lock SL100x137

If you left the snap lines on, select Utilities Environmentand Uncheck Snap Lines. Rememberto repaint the screen.


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If the holes are dimensioned as R instead of diameter, go back to the part file. Delete the R,select the Dimension icon, double click on the hole, and click where the dimension is to beplaced.

To change the number of decimal places, under the Detail Menu, select Modify Num Digits.

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