how can i call the standard component?

[Guest]

i am a beginner of pro/e, is there any methods or software(plug-ins)for us to call standard componet,? Ihave used autodesk inventor for some times,can pro/eget the same function like inventor?

 

[skraba]

If you're talking about machine parts as standard components, like bolts, nuts and so on, you can access them through Open, Look In, Pro/LIBRARY option (you should install that library when installing Pro/E). But I must say you're in the wrong forum, when you are thinking on machine parts.

 

[Guest]

thanks skraba! & Sorry for my first topic.


i have'nt got pro/library,i just download some read-made prt.


how can i call them without copying them?

 

[skraba]

You can create your own library, put it on the server (or local dir if you're working alone), setup menu files or just create library catalog (use pro_build_library_ctg.bat command - you have to temporary set the path to the library dir for that command to work properly and you have to have write permission to that dir).


Then you have to set pro_library_dir in your config.pro file and point it to the previously set library dir.


When everything set correctly, you should be able to load standard parts without saving or copying them and you can also manage those parts from one place instead changing them on all the directories and/or with all the users separately.

 

[appinmi]

You can also have several other files available without them being in the "current working directory". The config.pro option, search_path_file, points to a text file that contains your standard component dirctories. Example:


Setsearch_path_file to C:\proe\search.pro


Then create a text file called "search.pro" in the C:\proe directory. Within this file you can have many folders to search through:


C:\fixtures


C:\myparts


C:\your parts


etc.


When adding these components to an assembly, you will have to change directories, "on the fly", to locate them. But once they are assembled, you never have to change the "current working directory" for Proe to locate them the next time you call up the assembly. If a component is not in the "current working directory", proe will search through all of the directories in your "search.pro" file to find them. This works very well if you have a component that is in several assemblies. You don't have to make copies into the current working directory.


Note: If you have the same file in 2 or more of these directories, Proe will bring in the one it finds first, so be careful on filenames.

 

[Guest]

Thanks !


By the way, if i have pro/library some day,can i join the downloaded prt intothe library?

 

[appinmi]

As far as I know, the library is just a lot of part files. To add another part, just simply put it into this directory.

 

[skraba]

As far as I know, the library is just a lot of part files. To add another part, just simply put it into this directory.

Yes, but to build catalog correctly you have to modify *.mnu file of the folder also.

 

[Guest]

Thank all of you so much!