3D Drawings

In order to better support Global Product Development, and further speed time to market, there is a shift in industry away from conventional, full 2D production drawings.  The alternative is a model-centric approach.  To support this concept and the ASME Y14.41 standard, Annotation Features were introduced in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 and have been significantly enhanced with each release.  Downstream products like Pro/NC and ProductView are also being enhanced to understand and leverage this rich information.

Enhancements covered in this Tutorial:

• Annotation Elements (AE) from Driving Dimensions
  • Active (sticky) Annotation Orientation
  • Modification of 3D dimension attributes
• View Manager
  • Combined State support for layer status 
  • Rule-based layer organization
• Additional Capabilities
  • Annotations in fixed position - relative to screen or geometry
  • Ordinate driven dimensions

* For all exercises, Set Working Directory to 3D-DRAWINGS

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PTC recognizes that 2D Drawings are still a very important deliverable, ingrained in the design process and supply chain.

Highlights of some other Detailing enhancements:

• Improved conversion of model snapshot draft entities
• Convert Broken View to Full View
• BOM balloons for Flexible Components
• Cosmetic threads for NPT / conical surfaces
• Modify model edge linestyle 
• Apply cross-hatching to flat surfaces, with support for HLR
• Hole note callout attachment, offset from model axis or point
• Additional text areas for GTOLS
• 3D -- 2D associative annotation placement
• Use surface references for driven dimensions