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TUTORIAL: Spring - Make Flexible in Pro/ENGINEER Assembly
Version: Pro/E Wildfire, Wildfire2.0 and Wildfire3.0
Elastic items always fit into the assigned space in an assembly. It may change its length, width, major & minor diameter or/and so on. Common elastic items in engineering are spring (compression, tension, torsion), rubber and foam.
In any MCAD, we used to draw a few of the elastic model with different dimensions. For example, spring can fit into an assembly with varies of length. So spring model like spring_10mm, spring_12mm, spring_15mm are created and inserted into assembly. There is nothing wrong except the Bill of Materials (BOM) or part list. Instead of displaying Spring in 3 units, the BOM shows spring_10mm, spring_12mm, spring_15mm in 1 unit each. This has created an inaccurate BOM.
In Pro/ENGINEER, we use the flexible component to overcome this problem. Flexible component will allow us to make its dimension varies when it is fit into assembly. In this tutorial, we are using a compression spring as the sample.
My spring model is not behaved as expected when I use the make flexible function in Pro/ENGINEER. Instead of compressing the spring, my spring reduce the number of coils after applying make flexible function. What should I do?
How to create round which is stop at desired datum plane in Pro/E Wildfire? You may want to create round which is not applied thru the entire selected edge. How to do that?
TIPS: Component Display Color in Pro/ENGINEER Drawing
Version: Pro/E Wildfire, Wildfire2.0, Wildfire3.0
All the components are displayed in white by default. When you want to make a component different than others, different line types or colors may be your first thought. However, how to change the display color for a component in Pro/ENGINEER drawing?
TIPS: Useful System Parameters in Pro/ENGINEER Drawing
Version: Pro/E Wildfire, Wildfire2.0, Wildfire3.0
To display a drawing label indicating the model’s useful information in Pro/ENGINEER, you will need to make use of some system parameters. The tables below list down the most commonly used system parameters in Pro/E Drawing.
Symbol ‘&’ is used as the syntax to display the system parameter in a note or text field. These system parameters are reserved in Pro/ENGINEER and you are not able to create a user defined parameter using the same name.
There are a few methods to model spring in Pro/ENGINEER. Below is a tutorial shows you how to create a spring using the Helical Sweep tool.
Helical sweep tool is still using the pre-wildfire interface in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0. So, for those who start using Pro/E from Wildfire version, the interface may not too friendly to you. To create a helical sweep feature, you will need to define the attributes, spring profile, pitch and spring coil section.
This tutorial shows you how to model spring by using the helical sweep tool.
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