Pro/Engineer® Wildfire (with CD-ROM containing Pro/E Wildfire Software) - Softcover

Lamit, Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534400833 ISBN 13: 9780534400835

Publisher: CL Engineering, 2004

Synopsis

Utilizing a variety of hands-on lessons, this book introduces students to the basics of Pro/Engineer® Wildfire™, one of the most widely used CAD/CAM software programs in the world. The author’s basic premise is that the more parts, assemblies, and drawings one creates using Pro/E® Wildfire, the better one learns the software. With this in mind, each lesson introduces a new set of commands with an incrementally more difficult set of parts while building on previous lessons. The parts created (in Part One of the book) are used to create assemblies (Part Two) and generate drawings (Part Three). Students are able to work with actual completed parts, assemblies, and drawings in a short-lesson format, instead of building large complex projects where basic commands may be overshadowed and lost in a complicated process. Rather than attempting to cover all of Pro/E Wildfire’s features, this book provides an introduction to the software, makes one reasonably proficient in its use, and establishes a firm basis for exploring and growing with the program beyond the classroom.

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Review:

Introduction To Pro/Engineer. Parametric Design. Fundamentals. Part Design. Establishing Features. Datum Features. Using the Text. Part One: PART MODE. Lesson 1. Introduction to Pro/Engineer Wildfire (Pull-Clamp). Lesson 2. Extrusions (Clamp). Lesson 2. Project: Angle Block. Lesson 3. Editing (Base Angle). Lesson 3. Project: T-Block. Lesson 4. Holes and Rounds (Breaker). Lesson 4. Project: Guide Bracket. Lesson 5. Datums, Layers, And Sections (Anchor). Lesson 5. Project: Angle Frame. Lesson 6. Revolved Protrusions And Revolved Cuts (Pin). Lesson 6. Project: Clamp Foot and Clamp Swivel. Lesson 7. Chamfers And Threads (Cylinder Rod). Lesson 7. Project: Clamp Ball and Coupling Shelf. Lesson 8. Groups And Patterns (Post Reel). Lesson 8. Project: Taper Coupling. Lesson 9. Ribs, Relations, Failures And Family Tables (Adjustable Guide). Lesson 9. Project: Clamp Arm. Lesson 10. Drafts, Suppress, And Text Protrusions (Enclosure). Lesson 10. Project: Cellular Phone Bottom. Lesson 11. Shell, Reorder, And Insert Mode (Oil Sink). Lesson 11. Project: Cellular Phone Top. Lesson 12. Sweeps (Bracket). Lesson 12. Project: Cover Plate. Lesson 13. Blends And Splines (Cap). Lesson 13. Project: Bathroom Faucet. Lesson 14. Helical Sweeps And 3d Model Notes (Helical Compression Spring). Lesson 14. Project: Convex Compression Spring. Part Two: ASSEMBLY MODE. Lesson 15: Assemblies (Swing Clamp Assembly). Lesson 15 Project: Coupling Assembly. Lesson 16: Exploded Assemblies (Exploded Swing Clamp Assembly). Lesson 16 Project: Exploded Coupling Assembly. Part Three: DRAWING MODE. Lesson 17. Formats, Title Blocks, And Views (Base Angle Drawing). Lesson 17. Project: Clamp Drawing. Lesson 18. Detailing (Breaker Drawing). Lesson 18. Project: Cylinder Rod Drawing. Lesson 19. Sections And Auxiliary Views (Anchor Drawing). Lesson 19. Project: Cover Plate Drawing. Lesson 20. Assembly Drawings (Swing Clamp Assembly Drawing And Exploded Assembly Drawing). Lesson 20. Project: Coupling Assembly Drawings and Exploded Assembly Drawing. Index.

About the Author:

Louis Gary Lamit is the former head of the drafting department and CAD facility manager at De Anza College in Cupertino California. Mr. Lamit has worked as a drafter, designer, numerical control (NC) programmer, technical illustrator, and engineer in the automotive, aircraft, and piping industries. A majority of his work experience is in the area of mechanical and piping design. He started as a drafter in Detroit (as a job shopper) in the automobile industry, doing tooling, dies, jigs and fixture layout, and detailing at Koltenbar Engineering, Tool Engineering, Time Engineering, and Premier Engineering for Chrysler, Ford, AMC, and Fisher Body. Mr. Lamit has worked at Remington Arms and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft as a designer, and at Boeing Aircraft and Kollmorgan Optics as an NC programmer and aircraft engineer. Mr. Lamit also owns and operates his own consulting firm, and has been involved with advertising and patent illustrating.

About this edition

• Publisher: CL Engineering
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0534400833
• ISBN 13: 9780534400835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 921