CAD BASIC COURSE

ASSEMBLY MODELING

 Pro/ENGINEER provide designers,

engineers, and manufacturers with the tools
necessary to take a design from the
conceptual stage through the final
manufacturing process. One of the most
powerful tools of Pro/ENGINEER is its
Assembly module.
 Within this application, existing components
can be grouped as part of an assembly or as
part of a subassembly.
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 Assembly A collection of components that forms a complete
design or a major end item.
 Bottom-up design The placing of existing components within an
assembly.
 Constraint The explicit relationship defined between
components of an assembly.
 Component A part or subassembly.
 Package A component that has not been fully constrained within
an assembly.
 Parametric assembly An assembly with parts constrained to
other parts.
 Top-down design The designing of components within an
assembly.
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 Parts in Assembly mode maintain their associativity

with their separate part files. Within Part mode, if a
dimension value is modified; the part in Assembly
mode is modified. Correspondingly, if a part is
modified in Assembly mode, the component in Part
mode is modified.
 when a part is created within Assembly mode by
using top-down assembly design, a new part file is
created that can be modified separately within Part
mode.
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 When a component is placed into an assembly, the

component's separate part or assembly file is placed
into memory and remains there until the parent
assembly is erased from memory.
 When an assembly is saved, objects within the
assembly are saved to their separate object files.
 Individual components cannot be erased from
memory as long as an associated assembly object
is open.
PLACING COMPONENTS

 The I n s e r t » Component» Assemble and

the Add Component icon are used to locate
and open components.
 A component can be placed into an assembly
at any point during the assembly creation
process.
PLACING COMPONENTS

 When placed as the first component and

before the creation of any assembly features,
the object is placed without any defined
constraints.
 When the object is placed after a component
or after an assembly feature, Pro/
ENGINEER will launch the Component
Placement dialog box
PLACEMENT CONSTRAINT TYPES

 The Automatic placement constraint is

selected by default when a new component is
introduced into an assembly for placement.
 After you select a valid pair of references
from the assembly and from the component,
the system automatically selects a constraint
type appropriate to the specified pair of
references.
PLACEMENT CONSTRAINT TYPES

 The following placement constraints are available from the

Constraint Type list in the Component Placement dialog box:
 Mate
 Align
 Insert
 Coord Sys
 Tangent
 Pnt On Line
 Pnt On Srf
 Edge On Srf
 Angle
MATE

 The Mate constraint is used to position two surfaces or

datum planes with their normals pointing at each other.
 If they are mated "coincident" or with an offset value of
zero, the planes are coincident with the normals facing
each other.
1. Mate
MATE OFFSET

 If datum planes are mated with an offset value, an arrow

appears in the assembly reference pointing in the
direction where the offset is positive.
1. Mate 2. Mate offset 3. offset
ALIGN

 The Align constraint is used to make two planes

coplanar (coincident and facing the same direction), two
axes coaxial, or two points coincident.
1. Align 2. Align
ALIGN OFFSET

 Use the Align constraint to align two planar surfaces at

an offset: parallel and facing the same direction.
1. Align 2. Mate 3. Align offset 4. offset
INSERT

 Insert constraint is used to insert one revolved surface

into another revolved surface, making their respective
axes coaxial. This constraint is useful when axes are
unavailable or inconvenient for selection.
1. Insert 2. Mate
ORIENT

 Orient constraint is used to orient two planar surfaces to

be parallel facing the same direction; it does not specify
the offset.
1. orient 2. insert 3. mate
COORD SYS

 Coord Sys constraint to place a component in an

assembly by aligning its coordinate system with a
coordinate system in the assembly (you can use both
assembly and part coordinate systems).
1. Coord sys 2. Coordinate system in assembly
(belongs to part)
TANGENT

 Tangent constraint is used to control the contact of two

surfaces at their point of tangency.
 this placement constraint functions like Mate because it
mates surfaces; it does not align them.
1. Tangent 2. Align
 Pnt On Line
Use the Pnt On Line constraint to control the
contact of an edge, axis, or datum curve with
a point.
1. Point on line 2. Edge
Pnt On Srf

 Use the Pnt On Srf constraint to control the contact of a

surface with a point.
 You can use part or assembly datum points, surface
features, or datum planes, or part solid surfaces for
references.
Edge On Srf

 Use the constraint to control the contact of a

surface with a planar edge.
Default

 Use the Default constraint to align the default system-

created coordinate system of the component to the
default system-created coordinate system of the
assembly. The system places the component at the
assembly origin.
1. Part coordinate system 2. Assembly coordinate
system
Fix

 Use the Fix constraint to fix the current

location of the component that was moved or
packaged.
PACKAGED COMPONENTS

 When a part or subassembly is placed with

constraints using the Assemble option, it is
considered a parametric assembly.
Components of a parametric assembly have
to be fully constrained. If a component is only
partially constrained, it is considered a
packaged component.
 A packaged component is considered
nonparametric.
PACKAGED COMPONENTS

 When you use the

 Insert» Component » Package » Add »
Open option, a component is placed and
repositioned with the Move dialog box.
CREATING ASSEMBLY
CREATING ASSEMBLY
CREATING ASSEMBLY
EXPLODED ASSEMBLIES

 When components are added to an

assembly, they are placed in their functional
orientation and located. Often, this state of
viewing an assembly can be confusing and
less descriptive.
EXPLODED ASSEMBLIES

 To make the assembly drawing legible, the

assembly can be exploded to separate
components.
 The View » Explode option is used to
explode a view, while the View Manager
dialog box is used to create and set
explode states.
CREATING EXPLODED VIEW
CREATING EXPLODED VIEW
MOVING COMPONENTS

 When a motion type is selected, the relative

motion is based on the motion reference
selected. The following references are
available:
• View Plane The motion will be relative to
the current screen orientation.
• Sel Plane The motion will be relative to a
selected plane.
• Entity/Edge The motion will be relative to a
selected axis, edge, or curve.
MOVING COMPONENTS

 • Plane Normal The motion will be

perpendicular to a selected plane.
 • 2 Points Two selected vertices on the
workscreen are used to created the relative
motion.
 • Csys The motion will be relative to the X-
axis of a selected coordinate system.
CREATING EXPLODED VIEW

 Select OK on the dialog box when the

explode state is complete.
 Close the View Manager Dialog box.
 Use VIEW » EXPLODE to explode and
unexplode the view.
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