ProENGINEER Tutorials John Lee 2008

Session Two
Creating a Revolved component : Bottle Stopper
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Aim of the session:
In this session you will be shown how to use
the sketcher in Pro/ENGINEER to draw a 2D
profile that is then revolved to create a new
component – the Bottle Stopper shown

Learning objectives:

By the end of this session you should:

Be aware of:
 revolved features and how they can be used to create 3D components.

Understand:
 how to mange your Pro/ENGINEER files
 the concept behind creating features based on internal sketches in
Pro/ENGINEER.

Be able to:
 use Pro/ENGINEER to create revolved features using internal sketches.
 use sketching and editing tools to create valid profiles suitable for revolving.
 Use the Dashboard to control revolved 3D features

1.0 Setting the Working Directory

Your first task is to set a new working

directory - left click on File menu and left
click to select Set Working Directory.

In the Select Working Directory dialogue New Directory

box that opens, browse to your own folder
within the ProENGINEER_TRAINING folder.

Left click on the New Directory icon

at the top of the dialogue box.

Create and name the new directory,

'Bottle_Stopper'

Left click everything you now

design to do with the bottle stopper will be
saved to this location.

Left click the File menu and select New.

The New dialogue box will open - left click

Part and create a name for the new part, in
this case 'STOPPER'

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2.0 Selecting the datum plane for

your sketch

This time, you will be creating an 'internal

sketch' which has a number of advantages
outlined in the introductory notes.

2.1 Left click the Revolve tool

In the Dashboard that has appeared at the

bottom LH side of the screen, left click on
Placement > left click Define

2.2 You now need to define the datum plane

on which you want to sketch.

Left click on the Front Datum plane - the

Sketch dialogue box will open at the top RH
corner of the screen.

The default settings will be

Sketch Plane - Front

Reference Plane - Right

Left click on Sketch to accept these 3.0 Creating the profile for your
Bottle Stopper
The Front plane will re-orientate to fill the
screen and is now ready for you to sketch 3.1 To create a revolved feature, you only
on. need to draw half of the profile. This is then
revolved around a straight line – or ‘axis’.
Centre
Line So your first step is to create an axis for the
revolution

On the Sketcher toolbar, left click the

Centerline tool from the Line
flyout menu.

Let the cursor snap to the vertical axis line

and left click the left mouse button. A yellow
centerline appears, attached to the cursor.

Move the cursor to rotate the centerline to

coincide with the axis line; left click to place
it.

Middle-click to exit the tool.

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3.2 You are now ready to sketch the profile

of your stopper design

Left click on the Circle Tool in

the sketcher tool bar and sketch a circle with
it's centre on the centreline - some way
above the Top datum plane - as shown on
the right.

Left click to finish sketch - middle cljck to

exit tool (again - don't worry about
dimensions at this stage)

Now double left click on each dimension in

turn to create the dimensions as shown in
the sketch on the right.

3.3 Left click to select the Line

tool to complete the profile shown on the
right

Left click to select the Trim tool and

remove the part lines part lines to create a
complete 'half' profile for your stopper on the
right.

Middle click to complete - a number of

random dimensions will appear

(Note: Dimensions can be selected and

moved to another position to make them
more easily visible - use left click drag )

Double left click on each dimension in turn

to convert them to the sizes shown below

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Left click to exit sketcher

3.4 The Revolve dashboard will appear at

the bottom LH side of the screen and the
model

should have generated to give you a 3D

revolved profile -

Note that the revolution can be edited in the

dashboard - for example to 270 degrees to
provide you with a 'cutaway' sketch

4.0 Adding the O ring grooves

Your final task is to add the grooves for the
O rings. To do this you will need to go back
and edit the sketch.

4.1 Left click on the + sign at the side of

the revolve icon and then right click on the
sketch (called S2D0001 by default)

Left click to select Edit Definition

The sketch will re-appear.

Left click to select the Circle tool

and sketch two small circles as shown -

Note: you should notice if you draw the

second circle carefully, that it snaps at one
point to be the same size as the first.

Left click to select the Trim tool and

delete the outer lines until your sketch looks
like the one below.

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Middle click to finish sketching - random Note : How to add a dimension :

dimensions will appear, and these need to be To place the 6mm dimension between the
edited to match those shown below. two circles

Zoom in so that you have a clear view of the

two circles - left click to select Create

defining dimension

Left click on the centre axes of each circle in

turn - they should turn cyan to show that they
have been selected.

Middle click to place the dimension

Left click OK on the Select box to accept

your dimensions
4.2 You are now ready to re-instate the
model -

Left click to finish the modification to

the sketch and your 3D model should re-
appear complete with grooves for the O
rings.

Go to the File menu and left click Save > OK

This will save the part to the Bottle_Stopper

working directory.

5.0 Design Task:

What would you need to do now to create
two new parts for the rubber seals?