» I'm new to Wildfire (last used 2000i in 2000 and have been on SW since
» then) but I'm getting back into the swing of things with a new job and
» Pro/E.
»
» Despite the fact that I have to relearn how to do a great number of
» things, from a modelling perspective everything I could do in SW I can
» still do in Pro/E.
»
» However, I haven't been able to find out how to do one thing I will do a
» lot. I work on plastic parts that have several pieces that fit together.
» each piece follows the same contour (as in front and back housing). In SW,
» I would create a part that contained the base geometry and then even add a
» parting line draft at the parting line or lines. I would then create a
» new model, insert this base part as my first feature and then cut the
» appropriate half away. this way, the front and back housings were locked
» together so if I wanted to change the physical size of the housing I
» changed the base part and then everything else updated.
»
» How can I do this or something similiar in Pro/E? I really don't want to
» have several models that are supposed to be identially sized or shaped and
» manually have to enter dimensions as necessary effectively making more work
» and more areas where error could appear.
»
» thanks
»
» Michael

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jeff4136
Posted: 18 February 2006 at 4:34am | IP Logged Quote jeff4136
How they might go about it (as well as other "top down" methods) will depend on whether or not they have AAX (I believe; don't have it myself).

If working without AAX, they'll probably want to work within the context of an assembly (master geometry in a part or just as assy features) and use some copy / merge function (WF / WF2; there will be differences in available options).