10 Orthographic drawing.

Contents:
10.1 Introduction.

10.2 Pre-requisites.

10.3 Modifying the STARTPART.prt model.

10.4 Creating a drawing sheet.

10.5 To create views.

10.5.1 The general view.
10.5.2 The projection views.
10.5.3 An auxiliary general view.

10.6 To remove datum planes, curves and axes.

10.7 To re-scale the drawing.

10.8 To move views.

10.9 To delete a view.

10.10 To dimension a drawing.

10.11 To move dimensions and limit/witness lines.

10.12 To switch views with dimensions.

10.13 To erase dimensions.

10.14 To add a section view.

10.15 To add text to a drawing.

10.16 To change text format.

10.17 To add tolerances to Dimensions.

10.18 Practise examples.

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10.1 Introduction to Orthographic Projection Drawing (from the model).

You will now produce an orthographic (3rd angle) projection drawing of the
STARTPART.prt model. You will add dimensions and a section as needed for a fully
detailed drawing. See below.

Fig. 10.1

10.2 Pre-requisites.

You must have successfully completed:

Pro/ENGINEER: 4 The starter part.

10.3 Modifying the STARTPART.prt model.

Before we start the drawing we need to modify the 3-D model STARTPART.prt to define
a plane on which we will take the drawing Section AA.

! Note: For a simple component such as the STARTPART.prt a section

is not required. It is included here to demonstrate the method.
Make the project_1 directory your Working Directory.

Open the STARTPART.prt file.

An easy method to define a plane is to use an additional Datum plane:

Insert an offset datum plane

by clicking the side toolbar button:

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Or from the pull-down menu:

Insert > Datum > Plane...

From the Menu Manager select Offset:

Select FRONT
to offset from.

Fig.10.2

Select the FRONT datum plane to Offset from, as shown above in Fig 10.2.

" Tip: If you have difficulty selecting the correct plane use Quit Sel,
refer to Section 5.6.2 –using Query Select.
Click on Enter Value under OFFSET in the Menu Manager.

Enter 200 as shown above, to give a datum plane, DTM1, at half the length of the
STARPART.prt model, Fig. 10.2.

In the Menu Manager click Done.

Observe the new datum plane.

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10.4 Creating a Drawing Sheet.

There are two methods to start a drawing. If you have completed the operation above
and STARTPART.prt is active:

Create a new object form the toolbar button

or from the pull-down menu: File > New...

In the New window select:

Drawing, as the file type

and name the drawing STARTPART

Untick the Use default template box.

Click OK.

! Note: You can use any name for the drawing. The model that the
drawing associates with is not defined by the drawing file name
but by the active part or assembly.
In the resulting New Drawing window:

The Default Model will be the active part.

If you have no active part (i.e. just logged in)

you should follow the above but in the
New Drawing window under Default Model
select Browse... This opens your directory
and you can select the Part/Assembly you
wish to draw. Once selected click on Open
to commit and continue.

Make the Standard size A3.

This sets an A3 size drawing which is OK for

STARTPART.prt with a suitable scale

Click on OK to create the empty A3 sheet.

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10.5 To Create Views

You should be presented with a blank A3 drawing, as shown below.

Click

Click

Current Model used to Drawing

drawing scale. create drawing. size.

10.5.1 The General view.

You will add a General (3D) View and reorient it to

produce the first orthogonal view. In the Menu Manager
check the following settings to add a General view to
your drawing:

Then click Done Click

! Note: Read the message prompt.

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Click in the display as shown below.

Select a location to place

the General View.

A general view is shown and you can

now change the orientation to obtain the
first orthogonal view.

In the Orientation window Reference 1 is requesting the Front. This requires a plane
or surface that you define as the front of the component, as you wish to view it in the
drawing. Select the surface as shown below.

" Tip: Use Query Select to give you more control over your selecting!

Reference 1.
The front.

Reference 2.
The top.

Observe how the scale

adjusted automatically
when you added a view.

For Reference 2 select the Top as shown and then OK in the Orientation window.

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The view should be as shown to the
right.

To aid viewing, switch off Datum Plane

display and Redraw, see section 10.6.

10.5.2 The Projection views.

You can now proceed to add two views that are

projections of this view.

! Note: The default projection type is Click

3rd angle, as you will see when
you place the projected views.
From the Menu Manager check these selections
and click on Done.

Add the first projected view as indicated below.

Repeat the process to add the second view.

Click
Click here to place Click here to place
the first view. the second view.

Click

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Your drawing should look like
the display to the right here.

Observe how the first view has

used the hidden lines, as you
would expect with 3rd angle
projection.

Hidden lines are shown as grey

in the display but print out as
dotted lines.

10.5.3 An auxiliary general view.

You will add another General view in order to demonstrate the method.

Add a General View from as in section 10.5.1, and place it in the empty top right
quadrant of the drawing.

Click OK in the Orientation window to accept the defaulted orientation. Do not worry if
the view is too large for the drawing at this stage.

! IMPORTANT NOTE :
When indicating the position of a projected view it is sometimes
possible to indicate a point that allows a projection from two
existing views. In this case Pro/E prompts that you have
CONFLICTING VIEWS and prompts for the view from which you
wish to project. Select this view.
We now need to carry out various procedures to obtain a good layout of views.

10.6 To remove Datum Planes, Curves and Axes.

Select all of these buttons to off:

Redraw:

! Note: To clean up the drawing display, you can redraw any time.
You will do this during the following operations.

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10.7 To Re-Scale the Drawing.

From the pull-down menu:

Edit > Value

Select the number of the

drawing scale – bottom left
corner.

Type (appropriate) new

scale as a decimal, i.e.

0.2

Click the tick or press

return to continue.

Select this text.

! Note: Remember the views should, as a guide, occupy no more than

50% of the linear drawing space, in order to leave room for
dimensions and notes, etc.
To finish this operation, in the Menu Manager: Views > Done/Return

10.8 To Move Views

We need to move the views in order to provide space for dimensioning, notes, etc.

Click on the actual view to select the view you wish to move.

Click on it again and move the mouse in order to move the view.

Click again to set the position.

Click off the view to complete.

! Note: If you select a parent view, (i.e. a view from which you have
projected another view) the parent and child (projected view)
will move.
This move operation is also available under Views > Move View from Menu Manager on
the right. Move and re-scale your drawing to give a layout as shown above.
See section 10.9 if you wish to delete a view and replace it.

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10.9 To Delete a View
You will only need to carry out this section if you have made an error in earlier sections
and wish to replace a view.
From Menu Manager on the right: Views
Delete View

Select the view to be deleted and then click: Confirm

Done/Return

Go to Section 10.5 above to create new views as required.

10.10 To Dimension a Drawing

From the top pull-down menu: View > Show and Erase...
In the Show / Erase window Show is selected by default and you are able to select a
range of dimension systems to apply to your drawing.

For the STARTPART select these options:

Show

Dimension

Axis

Click on Show All.

! Note: For this simple part we can

Show All as there are relatively few
dimensions. For more complex parts
we can Show by feature and rearrange the
dimensions in an orderly sequence using the
steps below.
Select Yes to the prompt, then Accept All and
Close

Redraw

The dimensions are untidily presented on the drawing. We will now rearrange to
produce an acceptable drawing.

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10.11 To Move Dimensions and Limit/Witness Lines

! Note: Remember that the dimensions of a feature can be some

distance from the feature, provided the limit/witness line is to (but not
touching) the point being dimensioned. In many cases the limit/witness lines
lie over the lines of the drawing and need to be moved.
You may need to use the MAGIFY (icon at top) to help these operations.
position, see section 2.5. Click off view and Redraw.

We will demonstrate by moving the 400mm dimension.

Select the dimension text to highlight it.

Select again and hold and drag to new
(better) position.

Release button.

Select the end of the limit/witness line

–a small arrow is shown-
hold and drag to new position.

Repeat/practice with other dimensions.

Limit/witness line.

Tidied dimensions should look something like this.

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10.12 To Switch Views with Dimensions.

! Note: In more complex parts it is often necessary to re-arrange

dimensions by moving them between views to improve the layout and clarity
of the drawing.
We will demonstrate the procedure by moving the 400mm dimension.

Select the 400 dimension to highlight it, it should become red.

Move off the view and press RMB to obtain the sub-menu.

Move down to Switch View and release.

Pro/E prompts for the new view for the dimension.

Select the top view.

Top view.
Click off the view to complete.

Redraw.

Use Section 10.11 to move, etc.

10.13 To Erase Dimensions.

Dimensions that are associated with the 3-D model cannot actually be deleted, but do
appear on the drawing after Show All. This means many dimensions are duplicated and
are not needed on the drawing, so they can be Erased.

We will demonstrate the procedure by

Erasing the 200mm dimension. Select
the 200 dimension to highlight it.
Move off the view and press RMB to
obtain the sub-menu.
Move down to Erase and release.
Click off the view to complete and
Redraw.

IF YOU HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF DIMENSIONS TO ERASE:

From the top pull-down menu: View
Show and Erase

In the Show and Erase window select Erase. Select Items is selected in this
window by default so select all the dimensions to delete and then Done Sel and
Done Sel again to complete.

! Note: You could select by feature, view, etc or Erase All.

Repaint and Close Show/Erase window.

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 10.14 To Add a Section View

We will add a Section View to our drawing, see Fig 10.1, (although it is not needed for
this simple part).
You may need to Move Views, Section 10.8, to provide space for the Section view.

You will need to display the Datum Planes to show the Section plane.

Click on to switch on the Datum Plane display.

Redraw.

Check the Menu Manager

selections as shown to the left
here.
Click
Click on Done, then check the
second Menu Manager selections
and click on Done again.

You are prompted for the position

of the view.

Select a point to the left of the side

view, the first general view you
added.

Click

Click
Click.
Click

This creates the basic view. We now place the Section on

this view by clicking Create as shown above and then Done.

Click Enter the section name, A in this case.

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You are prompted to select a planar surface or datum plane.

Select DTM1, as shown, and select Click on Then click in

the same view to define the view on which DTM1 first. this view.
the section arrows are displayed.

The Section should be displayed and

labeled.

Switch off Datum planes and move labels,

etc. to improve display. Refer to Fig. 10.1.

You may need to select and RMB the

section arrows to Flip them if they do not
point in the correct direction.

10.15 To Add Text to a Drawing.

To demonstrate the procedure you can add your name, etc.

to the drawing.

From the top pull-down menu: Insert > Note...

In the Menu Manager, click on Make Note.

Select a point on the drawing for your note.

Type your name etc. and Return to enter that text and Return
again to complete/exit.

Done/Return

! Note: Symbols from the pallet can be inserted

at any time.

The text can be moved using a similar procedure Click.

for moving dimensions, Section 10.11.

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10.16 To Change Text Format

From the top pull-down menu: Format > Text Style...

Select the text to be changed and then Done Sel.

You will be presented with a window that allows many aspects

of the text to be changed.

We are going to change the text height and thickness.

For Height: Switch off the tick in the box at Default, delete in the box and type
new height, say 8.

For Thickness: Switch off the tick in the box at Default, delete in the box and type
new thickness, say 0.5.

Select OK to apply and close window.

The drawing exercise is now complete.

Create similar drawings for other parts you have created, using similar procedures.

When finished, close each window and erase files not displayed, as described in section
2.9.

10.17 To add tolerances to Dimensions.

a) To set the Drawing to Display Tolerances:

{If the default setting is "Display Tolerances" this part can be omitted.}

From the text menu on the right, select: Drawing

Advanced
Draw Set-up

In the resulting text window headed Options move down to a heading:

These options control dimensions

Then move down to a sub-heading:

tol_display (note the headings are in alphabetical order).

Select this heading and in the Value window at the bottom change no to yes,
then click on Add/Change, then Apply and Close.

b) To assign Tolerances:

Select the dimension, it will be displayed in red.

RMB for sub-menu and select Properties.

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 In the Dimension Properties window change the Tolerance Mode to any of
these:

Limits
Plus:Minus
/+-Symmetrical as required.

You can experiment with these settings.

Type in your tolerance values, then select OK.

c) You should note that from the Properties window you can also Flip Arrows and
carry out other operations to improve the display of the drawing.

Experiment.

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10.18 Practise examples.

1) Create 3D solid models and then create seperate, fully dimensioned orthographic
projection drawings of the components below, using Pro/ENGINEER.

• Assume each square is 10mm side.

• Create at least three views, Front, Plan and Side.
• Create component drawings in 3rd angle projection.

a) b)

c)

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d)

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