Drawing and Plotting - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire Tips & Tutorial (Pro/E Wildfire 4.0, Wildfire 3.0, Wildfire 2.0 and 2001)

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Drawing and Plotting

TIPS: Can I show dimension with 2 units in Pro/ENGINEER Drawing?

Version: Pro/E 2001, Wildfire, Wildfire 2.0, Wildfire 3.0, Wildfire 4.0

I want to place a dimension with 2 units in Pro/ENGINEER Drawing. Is it possible for me to do that?

ProE Drawing dual dimensioning

Yes, the answer is possible. The method is pretty simple actually. Set these 2 options in the drawing option (File > Properties > Drawing Options) will do.

dual_dimensioning	primary[secondary] or secondary[primary]
dual_secondary_units	mm, cm, m, inch or foot

TIPS: Add Plus/Minus Tolerance to the Dimension with Text Display in Pro/E

Version: Pro/E 2001, Wildfire, Wildfire 2.0, Wildfire 3.0, Wildfire 4.0

How to add the plus / minus tolerance to the dimensions substituted by Text Display in Pro/ENGINEER drawing? The dimension’s tolerance does not showing up after changing it to the dimension with text display.

Add Plus/Minus Tolerance to the Dimension with Text Display

Version: Pro/E Wildfire3.0, Wildfire4.0

Quick print command is a new command introduced in Pro/ENGINEER wildfire 3.0 and it will be continue occurred in the later version such as ProE Wildfire 4.0, Wildfire 5.0 and so on. You can use the quick print command to quickly print out the drawing with multiple views of your active ProE model.

ProE Wildfire 3.0 Quick Print command dialog box - projection

ProE Wildfire 3.0 Quick Print command dialog box - manual

Version: Pro/E 2001, Wildfire, Wildfire2.0, Wildfire3.0, Wildfire 4.0

Changing the dimension display from dimension’s value to text or symbol in Pro/ENGINEER involves of some simple syntax.

ProE Substitute Dimension Display start

Version: Pro/E 2001, Wildfire, Wildfire2.0, Wildfire3.0

Can I move the leader attachment of a multi lines note in Pro/E?

Yes, you can.

ProE Drawing: Move leader attachment in multi lines note

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Pro|ENGINEER Wildfire Tips & Tutorial

TIPS: Can I show dimension with 2 units in Pro/ENGINEER Drawing?

TIPS: Add Plus/Minus Tolerance to the Dimension with Text Display in Pro/E

TIPS: Quick Print Command in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 and Later Versions

TIPS: Substitute Dimension Display with Text or Symbol in Pro/E Drawing

TIPS: Move Leader Attachment for a Multi Lines Note in Pro/ENGINEER Drawing