CREATING CUSTOMIZED DRAWING TEMPLATE

Herli Surjanhata The easiest ways to create a drawing format is to use an existing format provided by Pro/ENGINEER.. This technique will keep the sheet in ANSI/ASME standard size and fo

ME-430 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN CREATING CUSTOMIZED DRAWING TEMPLATE

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0

Dr Herli Surjanhata

The easiest ways to create a drawing format is to use an existing format provided by Pro/ENGINEER Save the format in your directory under a different name, and

modify it as required

This technique will keep the sheet in ANSI/ASME standard size and format with its standard title block The parameters can be added to the drawing template so that the appropriate information can be displayed where appropriate

Before you begin creating a new template, set to your working directory where you want to store the template files

File -> Set Working Directory…

Click on

to create a new directory Note that you

Enter the name of directory e.g DrawingTemplates

OK

Click on

To accept specified working directory

File -> Open

Click on Select

System Formats

Select c.frm

– a “C” size format Click Open You can create any number of personal format using this method, e.g b.frm or

a.frm

The c.frm template is opened as shown below

File -> Save a Copy…

Enter the New Name e.g njit_c_format Click OK

File -> Erase -> Current

Click on Yes

Open the newly save template file

The File Open dialog box appears

Select the template

njit_c_format.frm

Click Open

Click to zoom in the title block area – see figure below

For every drawing, the title block is filled with standard data or data unique to the design There are two types of text in Pro/ENGINEER:

1 Parameter text that will automatically reflect the design when the format is added to a drawing in DRAWING MODE Note that there are two different types of parameters that can be used in a format: Pro/ENGINEER parameters (e.g &model_name, &scale etc) and user-defined parameters (e.g material etc.)

2 Plain text which does not change when the format is added Example of plain text is company name etc

Add the plain text to the title block

Click on Create a note icon , or select

Insert -> Node

Select Make Note

Pick the location for the text as shown in the figure

Enter the text:

NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Press Enter Press Enter again to finish the text

Click on again, and repeat the same procedure to create the following texts – see figure below

Pick this LOCATION for the text

From Font drop list, select

Blueprint MT

Uncheck the Default box, and change the text Height to

0.125

Click on Apply button

Close

Manually move the text to better organize the title block To do so, click the text using left mouse button

If necessary, move again the texts, and the title block texts should be as shown below

Enter your name

in the DRWN BY: box such as shown on the left Enter the drawing size C under SIZE box

Next, we will enter the system parameters Pro/ENGINEER parameters include:

&dwg_name

&todays_date

&scale

&type (drawing model type)

&format (format size)

&linear_tol_0_0 through &linear_tol_0_000000

&angular_tol_0_0 through & angular_tol_0_000000

&current_sheet

&total_sheets

Make sure Caps Lock is off Create the note that will display the model name in the Part Name area in the title block

From Insert pull-down menu, select Notes -> Make Note

Pick the location in the PART NAME box

Type: &model_name and press Enter

twice

Click on Text Style tab

Change the font to Blueprint MT Click on OK

Repeat the same procedure for SCALE box – see figure below

Change the font and text height for DRAWING SCALE to Blueprint MT and 0.1 in

The last thing to be entered is sheet number as shown below,

To save the drawing template, select

Click OK

To use the newly created drawing template,

File -> Erase -> Current

Yes to confirm

Start a new drawing,

Click Create a new object icon

Type the desired drawing name e.g test

Uncheck Use default template

Select radio button Empty with format

Navigate to the directory where the customized drawing template is saved

Select

njit_c_format.frm

Open

Note that the entries in the title block will be added automatically when the model part is added in the drawing

ASSIGNMENT

Create your B Size drawing template (customized) based on b.frm