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Secret to getting radial dimensions?

kerklein2 -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:37:22 -0500

I'm not clicking on anything else.  I simply click the circle, middle click elsewhere, and I get a dimension about 20% of the time or less.

Secret to getting radial dimensions?

AHA-D -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:34:46 -0500

Click once on a circle for radius, 2 times for diameter and be sure not to click on anything else when positioning. Otherwise ProE will "think" you want to create a dimension between the circle...

Secret to getting radial dimensions?

kerklein2 -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:29:13 -0500

Newbie here, and I am having a lot of trouble dimensioning radii and diameters.  Sometimes when I click the middle mouse to locate it they work, other times it gives me "The specified...

Measuring in Sketcher Mode

sreymond -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:39:29 -0500

Thanks jeff4136, you rock!

"Expert" machinist?

marker4x4 -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:06:12 -0500

Expert Machinist is IMHO a feeble attempt by PTC to automate our job... nice idea, but limited to simple tasks such as holes, pockets, etc. OK for a crude jobs, but that's about it.

Update Parameter List

Borisw37 -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:45:55 -0500

Marc,

A sample J-Link code would be very usefull. Could you post it and let me know what the link is.

Thak you,

Boris.

Video Tutorials Here

apollo -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:39:34 -0500

Yes I have seen it. Great site!

There is another site : http://www.frotime.com/training_main.aspx

I don't...

How to assign tool and params. to a seq.?

cncwhiz -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:27:17 -0500

Marker,
I talked to a guy about this before. He built a mapkey to do 90% of a program? I was messing around with "expert machinist" the other day and they have templates, I don't know if they are...

Surface

apollo -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:26:22 -0500

try here:

http://www.e-cognition.net/pages/Tutorials.html

what does this icon mean?

kdem -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:22:10 -0500

It is an unplaced component in the assembly and does not show in the graphics window. It was created using the Insert>Component>Include command. Edit the definition of the component to package...

what does this icon mean?

sadrok -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:48:51 -0500

I have it in an assembly. I can't see it and when I select it from the model tree, it doesn't highlight.

HOW TO RUN TRAIL FILES

csusie -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:45:30 -0500

no extension.

No returns at the end of the file

Name something other than trail

Tables- adding row to top of table

kdem -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:48 -0500

Another thing you may want to try is to set the rotation origin of the table. Select the table then right mouse click>Set Rotation Origin and pick a corner of the table to be the fixed corner.

Tables- adding row to top of table

jfixsen -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:02:22 -0500

I guess that the skinny would be that I want to add an ascending row to a table that was created as descending.  Is that possible?  Once the table is created, you can't get back to the...

Tables- adding row to top of table

kdem -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:59:17 -0500

It sounds like your table was created as ascending if you are having to manually move it down. For a descending table to add a row select near the top border line of the cell.

.enf_stp

wpsfuninfl -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:45:16 -0500

I just received a zip file with the file extension of xxxx.enf_stp. I do not know how to convert this file to regular STEP File. Does anyone know how I can open the file. I would like to bring it...

Changing working directory in PRO_E

dgs -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:38:17 -0500

That's great, glad I could help.

Since you found config files there, you should check with your Pro|E admin just to make sure you're not bypassing the company setup.  There are...

Fast 3D but slow 2D

zweck -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:36:46 -0500

Thanks, but I just tried this and it still isn't working.  I turned off all the anti-aliasing settings of the video card (I didn't see a specific setting for 2D) and it still is not...

Changing working directory in PRO_E

dimitardw -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:29:12 -0500

Hi dgs,

Thank you very much for your advise.Now I heve what I want!!!

I also copy/paste the "config.pro" and other configuration files in my new directory,and everything is...

Multiple section with multiple guide curv

design-engine -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:20:43 -0500

guide curves are used in Alias Studio and Solidworks usually. Maybe he is talking about multiple curves in one direction etc.

Multiple section with multiple guide curv

mgnt8 -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:01:30 -0500

[QUOTE=sabir001]

we can't define closed sections, that's my problem.

[/QUOTE]

Righto, lets see those curves. This may require pro/workaround.

Changing working directory in PRO_E

dgs -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:50:16 -0500

Right click no the icon that you use to start Pro|E and set the 'Start In' field to the directory that you want to use.

Be aware, though, that if there any config files in "PTCWorkD_WF"...

how do you model a huey nose?

design-engine -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:44:13 -0500

I feel like a cheap bald egotistical arse.    :o   

Yes... I do barrow terms to describe modeling techniques....our sport is relatively new as I teach...

Tables- adding row to top of table

jfixsen -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:32:57 -0500

But once it's originally created descending, it can only be descending from there on?  I just want to add some rows to the top of an existing table with a J-link program.

Javascript style function in Pro/E

conrat -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:57:15 -0500

Gondi,

Thanks for your reply.  I may have 10 or 15 parts, all of which may or may not require repositioning OR each of those parts may require a reposition or varying lengths.

Can...

Displaying weight of a Simplied rep

ERamsey -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:28:51 -0500

thanks for the forward link.

Seems like it is an issue for a long time... Wonder if there is any update on it?

/edit

After some further looking through those...

Displaying weight of a Simplied rep

muadib3d -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:03:58 -0500

my fault, I just remind me the post I read long time ago considering this subject, and...

well as I remeber right it was not possible then...

read it

ARC AND LINE LENGTH

DDJCAD -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:59:56 -0500

IN DRAWING MODE

HOW DO ONE FIND 'TOTAL LENGTH' OF AN ARC AND A LINE OR TOTAL LENGTH EG. OF LINE/ARC OF SHAPED LIKE ALPHABET 'S' OR(LIKE 'P' LINE LENGTH IN ACAD) IN ONE SINGLE...

Javascript style function in Pro/E

gondi -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:57:55 -0500

Hi,

   I have seen this reqirement very lately. Jim same as your requirement. I was handeled a project. My project is for placing a machine on a support bed. the machine size...

Displaying weight of a Simplied rep

ERamsey -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:34:18 -0500

I thought I had done that but to make sure I started a new drawing. I set the assembly to the rep I wanted prior to starting the drawing. I even set the rep at the bottom of the...

Fast 3D but slow 2D

trally -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:05:02 -0500

The problem is the antialias settings. In 2d the hardware can't handle very well the regeneration of the dimensions and lines. Try to turn off the antialias setting, and you will see a very big...

How to do these????

muadib3d -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:02:17 -0500

I suppose Suresh - if You looking for an info of possible way of fixing these two things together - better place to introduce such question is Eng tips forum

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HOW TO RUN TRAIL FILES

vercoutter@duco -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:53:11 -0500

Save with wich extention?

trail.txt.9???

or just as txt file??

Miguel

How to do these????

sureshdesigns -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:39:07 -0500

Looking for your suggestions???? 

swept blend between circle and square

2ms1 -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:33:53 -0500

I thought with VSSes you basically were limited to one cross section shape.
Didn't know you could vary the section that you are sweeping. But I only
know the very basics. Interesting...

WF4 Crashes-at the worst time!

pro_eek -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:20:55 -0500

Grrrr, here goes: I'm finding that my WF4 M010 installation crashes and closes down. Not a lot, but much more than the 1st build I had. It may have nothing to do with the build and more with the...

Punch & Notch

Asho Pulsar -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:10:36 -0500

Have a look at this earlier post, there i have posted two links which contains tutorial for making forms.

Changing working directory in PRO_E

dimitardw -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:09:21 -0500

Heloo All,

When I start PRO_E my default Working dir is "PTCWorkD_WF".
Now I want to change it, to other,but not manualy every time,and when I open a new...

Inside bend radius.

Asho Pulsar -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:03:51 -0500

[QUOTE=matwer]

everything works fine untill I made sheetmetal parts with sheetmetal template. But when I use solid template and then change application to sheetmetal and use conversion,...

Creating a Pipe model without Pro/Pipe

tilco -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:42:55 -0500

Hello Everybody...

I have also the same problem. ProE/Piping is unavailable and I have to design roughly a piping system. did you manage to design with sweep or trajectories? how can one do...

mirror parts and deleting feature

bhanu_gs -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:16:05 -0500

dear all.
I mirrored a sheet metal part and added some feature to it.adding is not a problem as per my requirement.but I want to delete a feature in mirrored part one cut out.i dont want to see...

Fastest Laptops? Certification?

klemen -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:07:52 -0500

HI!
I Have HP 8710W with NVIDEA QUADRO FX 1600M and 4 GB of ram, on VISTA 64 and it is easy to handle large assembly.
I have 12 meter boat assembly (there is about 3000 parts), modeled to the...

new plotter

m_ammar_t -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:57:33 -0500

dear sirs

i have changed my plotter with new one , but the new one is not available in the defualt list of pro E , how could I define this plotter on ProE so I can Plot...

Surface

j.venkatesan -- Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:56:38 -0500

Hai Friends,

I need some surface tutorial & style tutorial .Please anyboby send me...