General drafting - is Pro/E good for it?

[scottm]

If I want to make a diagram, i.e. four tires, turning radii, etc. with dimensions, labels, etc. is PRO-E at all appropriate for that?


I did it all in a sketch- which kind of worked in that I could set up all the relationships - but I can't change colors - I can't convey the informatioin, etc.


I've got AUTOCAD LT and I have a feeling that it would look a lot better. This is totally a 2D solution. Any opinions?

 

[velcro]

If it is just 2D, I would do it in AutoCAD. There may be ways to do that in ProE, but I don't know about it after ~8 years of using it.


(I'm not an expert, just a regular user)

 

[Moroso]

You could try to make a skeleton of the linkage using datum curves and points, then hang parts on it if you wish.


Us the skeleton in the drawing along with the dimensions.

 

[scottm]

Well maybeI would - but I've got Pro/E Lite... Or that's what they should call it (Foundation).

 

[robertib]

You can do this in Wildfire 2.0, simply by creating a drawing liked to nomodel.

 

[pmack009]

You will not be able to have parametric dimension if you just do a drawing with on model you will also have little control of the drawing"creating a drawing liked to no model" is a bad thing and should not be done in Pro-E. solid works and inventor can do this just fine. having different colors can be done but it will be a lot of work. what information are you trying to conv

 

[scottm]

Allow me to answer my own question...


I think its a question of trying to drive a screw with a hammer. It can be done, but why?


Pro-E is a 3D package and does not have good drawing tools (like ACAD). So the answer is no, don't bother. Drawing and detailing are very different things.

 

[mganzer]

You can, but the detailing pacjkage tools are not geared to stand-alone 2-D drafting. It tends to be a bit clumsy. It is not so bad if you want to add a few 2-D bits and associate them to a existing view generated from a model.

 

[EddyVE]

I would definitely use AutoCad.
Think of AutoCad as a drawing program where Pro/E is a (3D) modelling program.


Kind regards