create model from drawing alone

[Ester]

I have a drawing which is without a model and I am not sure how this was done, Apprarently the guy before me must have create this drawing from scratch in PRO E drawing template and right now I am thinking of using this drawing tomake it to a model. Is there any way I can use this PRO E drawing to do generate the model rather than building the model from scratch? Please help

 

[puppet]

Ester,

You could use "autobuild" but most people agree its a waste of time. Your best bet is to sit down and model it.

 

[dr_gallup]

Drawing may have been imported from a different CAD system or the views may have been converted to draft entities and the model deleted from the drawing. If it was the latter you should search your model database, it might still exist. The hardest part may be figuring out what it was named.

 

[rickkiefer]

Ester,





Many times people rename models without updating the drawing file. You could look in drawing mode and see if there is or was a name of a model that was use. I have seen this happen many times. There must be a model in order to generate drawing especially if it is a drawing template.

 

[dojo]

Hey there,


If you have the drawing exported as dxf or dwg i would import that in a part, at least you'd have some references (dxf or dwg, i cant remember but think its dxf)


greets


Nick

 

[donha]

Puppet is correct. You have a 2D drawing. Could have been done in ProE or imported. Put a dimension on one of the dimensioned features. The ProE dim over your print dim is your scale. ProE Dim/Print Dim = Scale. Someone suggested AutoBuildZ. Probably not an option. If not, the only choice you have is to use the equation above and rescale the draft geometry. After rescaling, you can use the sections (sketch import from drawing) to re-create the part. 2D to 3D is never easy

 

[Zaki]

Hi Ester


U didnt tell that the drawing is of proe extension or what? auto buildz is greate but mostly autocad drawings create tension, bcoze in autocad its measuring correct, but after importing in proe, it change its x and y scale. My simple rule is, if ur part is easy to create, so why go to autobuildz, if its hard to create in proe, so its hard to create in autobuildz too. bcoze autobuildz not support all kind of features, but only limited. just post ur drawing here so we can see and tell u what to do.